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Flight of the Fly
Studio album by
Recordedc. 1976
GenreJazz
LabelLe Chant du Monde
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AllMusic[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[2]

Flight of the Fly is a solo album by jazz pianist Jaki Byard.

Recording and music

The album was recorded for the French label Le Chant du Monde[1] around 1976.[3] The title track contains left-hand stride playing with right-hand hard bop lines.[1] "Sweet Georgia Brown" begins as a ballad but then becomes a stride performance.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Flight of the Fly"
  2. "Every Year/Stairway to the Stars/Love Is the Sweetest Thing"
  3. "Sweet Georgia Brown"
  4. "Graduation"
  5. "The Avant Garde of 1921"

Personnel

  • Jaki Byard – piano

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dryden, Ken "Jaki Byard – Flight of the Fly". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin.
  3. ^ Bruyninckx, Walter 60 Years of Recorded Jazz 1917-1977, Volume 2. Walter Bruyninckx.