Mr. Guitar (album)

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This article is about the album by Charlie Byrd. For the artist nicknamed "Mr. Guitar", see Chet Atkins.
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Mr. Guitar is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label in 1962.[1] The album was first released on the Washington Records Offbeat imprint as Jazz at the Showboat, Vol. 3 but only received limited distribution prior to Byrd signing with Riverside.[2]

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Professional ratings
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Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a delightful trio outing with an adroit and light feel".[3]

Track listing

All compositions written by Charlie Byrd except as indicated

  1. "Blues for Felix" - 2:57
  2. "Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) - 2:54
  3. "In a Mellotone" (Duke Ellington) - 3:13
  4. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Mack Gordon, Gordon Mills) - 4:43
  5. "Travelin' On" - 2:34
  6. "Play Fiddle, Play" (Arthur Altman, Emory Deutsch, Jack Lawrence) - 3:35
  7. "Funky Flamenco" - 2:49
  8. "My One and Only" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:41
  9. "Mama, I'll Be Home Some Day" - 3:11
  10. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:41
  11. "Who Cares?" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 2:12
  12. "Lay the Lily Low" - 5:54

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed October 29, 2012
  2. ^ Washington Records discography accessed October 29, 2012
  3. ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2012
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