I am unsure if he's still alive, but the alto saxophonist Byron Allen was born on this day in 1939. 

Understand what you mean.  Maybe more in your wheel house. Listening to now:

I don't know, I'm not hunting down an average Christmas recording. You want to buy an average Christmas recording? Pass on the reissue.   

I have this one, nice with Milt Jackson, but in general I listen more to the Mobley around the time of „Soul Station”. I find, the early BN albums are very very similar. Same with Morgan. I think this one is the one with the Benny Golson Arrangements, its nice. Is that the one with a cute waltz on it?  I kept only one of the 1950´s Morgan, I think it is called "The Cooker". In rest I have more from the 60´s I think, only that I don´t really listen much to the "Sidewinder", prefer other albums like "Search of a New Land", that´s what I love most.