Mustang! (Donald Byrd album)

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Mustang!
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1967 [1]
RecordedJune 24, 1966
November 18, 1964 (Bonus tracks)
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length39:59original LP
56:17 CD reissue
Label Blue Note
BLP 4238
BST 84238
Producer Alfred Lion
Donald Byrd chronology
I'm Tryin' to Get Home
(1964)
Mustang!
(1967)
Blackjack
(1967)

Mustang! is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Sonny Red, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Walter Booker, and Freddie Waits recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label in 1967 as BLP 4238. [2] The CD reissue included two bonus tracks recorded in 1964.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Byrd performs high-quality straight-ahead jazz that fits the modern mainstream of the era". [3]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated
  1. "Mustang" (Sonny Red Kyner) - 8:30
  2. "Fly Little Bird Fly" - 5:27
  3. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:54
  4. "Dixie Lee" - 6:43
  5. "On the Trail" (Ferde Grofé) - 7:44
  6. "I'm So Excited by You" - 5:41
  7. "Gingerbread Boy" (Jimmy Heath) - 9:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "I'm So Excited by You" [First Version] - 7:17 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded on November 18, 1964 (tracks 7–8) and June 24, 1966 (tracks 1–6).

Personnel

Tracks 1–6

Tracks 7–8

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References

  1. Billboard Nov 4, 1967
  2. Donald Byrd discography accessed September 2, 2010
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 2, 2010