Byrd in Hand

Byrd in Hand
Studio album by
Donald Byrd
Released1959
RecordedMay 31, 1959
StudiosVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreHard bop
Length39:54
LabelsBlue Note
BLP 4019
ProducerAlfred Lion
Donald Byrd chronology
Off to the Races
(1958)		 Byrd in Hand
(1959)		 Fuego
(1959)
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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.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the recording as a "typical Blue Note blowing session".

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."

Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd, except as noted.

Side 1

  1. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 8:29
  2. "Here Am I" – 8:25
  3. "Devil Whip" – 4:42

Side 2

  1. "Bronze Dance" (Walter Davis, Jr.) – 6:42
  2. "Clarion Calls" (Walter Davis, Jr.) – 5:41
  3. "The Injuns" – 6:13

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott (2011). "Byrd in Hand - Donald Byrd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ DeMichael, Don (March 17, 1960). "Donald Byrd: Byrd in Hand". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 6. pp. 33–34.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff (April 26, 2019). "Donald Byrd Dies at 80". JazzTimes.
  5. ↑ 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.