| Byrd in Hand | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | May 31, 1959 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Hard Bop | |||
| Length | 39:54 | |||
| Label | Blue Note (BST 84019) | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Donald Byrd chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| DownBeat | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
Byrd in Hand is an album by Donald Byrd.[4][5] Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder, it was recorded in May 1959 and was released in 1959 as catalogue BLP 4019 (mono) and BST 84019 (stereo). It was remastered in 2002 and released on CD as Blue Note 42305.
Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the recording as a "typical Blue Note blowing session".[3] The AllMusic reviewer wrote that "Although none of the new tunes caught on, the group [...] plays consistently creative and spirited solos in the hard bop idiom."[1]
Track listing
- "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) 8:29
- "Here I Am" (Byrd) 8:25
- "Devil Whip" (Byrd) 4:42
- "Bronze Dance" (Walter Davis, Jr.) 6:42
- "Clarion Calls" (Walter Davis, Jr.) 5:41
- "The Injuns" (Byrd) 6:13
Personnel
- Donald Byrd - trumpet
- Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
- Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
- Sam Jones - bass
- Art Taylor - drums
References
- 1 2 Yanow, Scott (2011). "Byrd in Hand - Donald Byrd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ↑ DeMichael, Don (17 March 1960). "Donald Byrd: Byrd in Hand". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 6. pp. 33–34.
- 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
- ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff (26 April 2019). "Donald Byrd Dies at 80". JazzTimes.
- ↑ Morton, Brian; Cook, Richard (November 4, 2010). The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums. Penguin UK. ISBN 9780141959009 – via Google Books.
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