Chant (Donald Byrd album)

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Chant
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Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedApril 17, 1961
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length44:57
Label Blue Note
LT 991
Producer Alfred Lion
Donald Byrd chronology
Out of this World
(1961)
Chant
(1979)
The Cat Walk
(1961)
Alternative cover
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Japanese issue

Chant is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1979. [1]

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 412 stars and the review by Scott Yanow states, "This is superior hard bop from the early '60s". [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

  1. "I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande" (Johnny Mercer) – 7:39
  2. "You're Next" (Donald Byrd) – 7:25
  3. "Chant" (Duke Pearson) – 8:50
  4. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 9:33
  5. "Great God" (Byrd) – 6:58
  6. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 4:32

Personnel

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References

  1. Donald Byrd discography accessed August 31, 2010
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 31, 2010