Byrd in Hand
1959 studio album by Donald Byrd
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| Studio album by Donald Byrd | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | May 31, 1959 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Hard Bop | |||
| Length | 39:54 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 4019 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Donald Byrd chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| DownBeat | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
Byrd in Hand is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded on May 31, 1959 and released on Blue Note later that year.[4][5]
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
All compositions by Donald Byrd, except as noted.
Side 1
- "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 8:29
- "Here I Am" – 8:25
- "Devil Whip" – 4:42
Side 2
- "Bronze Dance" (Walter Davis, Jr.) – 6:42
- "Clarion Calls" (Walter Davis, Jr.) – 5:41
- "The Injuns" – 6:13
Personnel
Musicians
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
- Walter Davis Jr. – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – production
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Ira Gitler – liner notes
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
- Byrd's Eye View (1955)
- Byrd Jazz (1955)
- Byrd's Word (1955)
- Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956)
- 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956)
- The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956)
- Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957)
- Fuego (1959)
- Byrd in Flight (1960)
- Free Form (1961)
- A New Perspective (1963)
- I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964)
- Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
- Mustang! (1966)
- Blackjack (1967)
- Slow Drag (1967)
- Fancy Free (1969)
- Kofi (1969–70)
- Ethiopian Knights (1971)
- Black Byrd (1972)
- Street Lady (1973)
- Stepping into Tomorrow (1974)
- Places and Spaces (1975)
- Caricatures (1976)
- Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978)
- Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979)
- Love Byrd (1981)
- Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982)
- Harlem Blues (1987)
- Getting Down to Business (1989)
- A City Called Heaven (1991)
Pepper
Adams
- 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958)
- Off to the Races (1959)
- Byrd in Hand (1959)
- At the Half Note Cafe (1960)
- Motor City Scene (1960)
- Out of This World (1961)
- Chant (1961)
- The Cat Walk (1961)
- Royal Flush (1961)
- The Creeper (1967)
- Electric Byrd (1970)
The Jazz
Messengers
- The Jazz Messengers (1956)
- Originally (1956)
- Art Blakey Big Band (1957)
- Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)
Gigi
Gryce
- At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957)
- Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (Riverside, 1957)
- Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957)
- Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958])
- Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957)
- New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)
Jackie
McLean
- Lights Out! (1956)
- 4, 5 and 6 (1956)
- New Soil (1959)
- Jackie's Bag (1959)
- Vertigo (1963)
Hank
Mobley
- The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956)
- Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956)
- Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957)
- Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
- Hank (1957)
- No Room for Squares (1963)
- Straight No Filter (1963)
- The Turnaround! (1963)
- Far Away Lands (1967)
others
- Discoveries/Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Cannonball Adderley, 1955)
- Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
- All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
- 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
- Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
- Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
- Sonny's Crib (Sonny Clark, 1957)
- My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959)
- Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955)
- Lush Life (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
- The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
- The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
- Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
- Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
- Wailing With Lou (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
- Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
- This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957)
- All Mornin' Long (Red Garland, 1957)
- Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957)
- High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957)
- One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon, 1964)
- Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965)
- Snap Your Fingers (Al Grey, 1962)
- Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958)
- Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Guru, 1993)
- Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95)
- My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1993)
- Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977)
- 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 (Hank Jones, 1955)
- TV Action Jazz! (Mundell Lowe, 1959)
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959)
- Goin' Out of My Head (Wes Montgomery, 1965)
- Hush! (Duke Pearson, 1962)
- Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964)
- 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 (1956)
- Dimensions & Extensions (Sam Rivers, 1967)
- Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956)
- Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins, 1978)
- Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956)
- 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
- 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)
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