Byrd's Word

1956 studio album by Donald Byrd
Byrd's Word
Studio album by
Donald Byrd
Released1956
RecordedSeptember 29, 1955
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length36:52
LabelSavoy
MG 12032
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Donald Byrd chronology
Byrd Jazz
(1955) 		Byrd's Word
(1956) 		Byrd's Eye View
(1955)

Byrd's Word is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1955 and released on the Savoy label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

In his review for Allmusic, Stephen Cook stated "While not on par with Byrd's much more polished efforts for Blue Note, Byrd's Word is fine for fans in the mood for some loose '50s hard bop".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz regarded the recording as a routine session for Savoy: "Foster plays with intermittent enthusiasm and the rhythm section show some sparkle, but one feels that some of them were watching the clock."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Winterset" (Frank Foster) - 7:14
  2. "Gotcha Goin' n' Comin'" (Donald Byrd) - 9:53
  3. "Long Green" (Donald Byrd) - 4:32
  4. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 7:49
  5. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:38

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Donald Byrd discography accessed September 3, 2012
  2. ^ Discography of the Savoy/Regent and Associated labels accessed February 5, 2016
  3. ^ a b Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 3, 2012
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
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