Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams–and their ace band, including Kenny Burrell–deliver what is one of the finest performances of “Stardust” you’ll ever hear on this album, a song so nice, they made it the title of the reissue of the album, and released it twice. And that’s just the first track; this is Donald Byrd hitting his first peak, and summoning a band behind him that was formidable, and deft.