Up with Donald Byrd | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | October 6, November 2 & December 16, 1964 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; A&R Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
Donald Byrd chronology | ||||
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Up with Donald Byrd is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Jimmy Heath, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Hancock and Kenny Burrell recorded in 1964. It was released on the Verve label in 1965 as V/V6 8609. [1]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 21⁄2 stars and stated "The music is mostly pretty forgettable despite such top sidemen... A lesser effort". [2]
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Allmusic | [2] |
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