Byrd Jazz | ||||
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Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | August 23, 1955 New World Stage Theatre, Detroit, Michigan | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 55:27 | |||
Label | Transition TRLP 5 | |||
Producer | Tom Wilson | |||
Donald Byrd chronology | ||||
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Byrd Jazz is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in Detroit in 1955 and originally released on Tom Wilson's Transition label. [1] The album contains Byrd's first recordings as a leader (although the sessions that comprised Byrd's Eye View were released first), and was later re-released as First Flight on the Delmark label.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
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] The Penguin Guide to Jazz criticized the recording quality, and rated Lateef's soloing as more authoritative than that of Byrd. [3]
All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated
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