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1956 live album by Donald Byrd
Byrd Jazz Donald Byrd recorded in Detroit in 1955 and originally released on Tom Wilson 's Transition label.[ 1] Byrd's Eye View First Flight Delmark label.
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 2]
In his review for Allmusic , Scott Yanow stated "all of the music is straightahead and swinging. A fine beginning for the very interesting career of Donald Byrd".[ 2]
Track listing
All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated
"Blues" - 6:15
"Tortion Level" - 6:26
"Woody 'n' You " (Dizzy Gillespie ) - 7:32
"Dancing in the Dark " (Howard Dietz , Arthur Schwartz ) - 7:37
"Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell ) - 14:26
"Yusef" (Barry Harris) - 5:36
"Shaw 'Nuff" (Ray Brown , Gil Fuller , Dizzy Gillespie ) - 6:50
Personnel
References
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
As WithPepper WithThe Jazz WithGigi WithJackie WithHank With
Discoveries Presenting Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley , 1955)Jammin' with Gene Gene Ammons , 1956)All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)All Day Long 2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers , 1956)Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke , 1955)Lush Life John Coltrane , 1957–58)The Believer The Last Trane Black Pearls Davis Cup Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)Wailing With Lou Lou Donaldson , 1957)Lou Takes Off This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)All Mornin' Long Red Garland , 1957)Soul Junction High Pressure One Flight Up Dexter Gordon , 1964)Ladybird Snap Your Fingers Al Grey , 1962)Johnny Griffin Sextet Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 Guru , 1993)Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1993)Tone Tantrum Swamp Seed Jimmy Heath , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)African High Life Solomon Ilori , 1963)Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 Ahmad Jamal , 1994 or 1995)Quartet-Quintet Hank Jones , 1955)Bluebird TV Action Jazz! Mundell Lowe , 1959)The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Goin' Out of My Head Wes Montgomery , 1965)Hush! Duke Pearson , 1962)Wahoo! Another One Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)Winner's Circle Oscar Pettiford , et al, 1957)Blues in Trinity Dizzy Reece , 1958)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Dimensions & Extensions Sam Rivers , 1967)Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 Don't Stop the Carnival Sonny Rollins , 1978)Silver's Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Taylor's Wailers Art Taylor , 1957)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)A Bluish Bag Stanley Turrentine , 1967)Top Brass Ernie Wilkins , 1955)Pairing Off Phil Woods , 1956)
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As Split With
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie Byrd Jazz Donald Byrd , 1955)Autumn Leaves Cannonball Adderley , 1963)Nippon Soul That's Right! Nat Adderley , 1960)My Kinda Swing Ernestine Anderson , 1960)1st Bassman Paul Chambers , 1960)Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1960)Images of Curtis Fuller Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef Pre-Bird /Mingus Revisited Charles Mingus , 1960)Breezing Sonny Red , 1960)Color Changes Clark Terry , 1960)Soulnik Doug Watkins , 1960)Uhuru Afrika Randy Weston , 1960)Grantstand Grant Green , 1961)The African Beat Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble , 1962)The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York Cannonball in Europe! Cannonball Adderley , 1962)Drum Suite Slide Hampton , 1962)Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy Invitation to Openness Les McCann , 1971)Homeless Brother Don McLean , 1974)Double Time Leon Redbone , 1977)Something You Got Art Farmer , 1977)
