Byrd Jazz

Live album by Donald Byrd

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

Byrd Jazz
(1955)

Byrd's Word
(1955)

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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

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]

Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated

"Blues" - 6:15
"Tortion Level" - 6:26
"Woody 'N You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 7:32
"Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 7:37
"Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell) - 14:26
"Yusef" (Barry Harris) - 5:36
"Shaw 'Nuff" (Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) - 6:50

Personnel

References

↑ Donald Byrd discography accessed September 3, 2012
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 3, 2012

Yusef Lateef
Discography
As leader	Jazz for the Thinker (1957) Jazz Mood (1957) Before Dawn (1957) Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1957) Prayer to the East (1957) The Sounds of Yusef (1957) Other Sounds (1957) Lateef at Cranbrook (1958) The Dreamer (1959) The Fabric of Jazz (1959) Cry! – Tender (1959) The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960) The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960) Lost in Sound (1961) Eastern Sounds (1961) Into Something (1961) Jazz 'Round the World (1963) Live at Pep's (1964) 1984 (1965) Psychicemotus (1965) A Flat, G Flat and C (1966) The Golden Flute (1966) The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967) The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968) Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969) The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969) Suite 16 (1970) The Gentle Giant (1971) Hush 'N' Thunder (1972) Part of the Search (1973) 10 Years Hence (1974) The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976) Autophysiopsychic (1977) In a Temple Garden (1979) In Nigeria (1983) Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony (1987)
As co-leader	Stable Mates (1957)
As sideman	The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1940s) Byrd Jazz (1955) Drums of Passion (1959) Breezing (1960) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (1960) Color Changes (1960) 1st Bassman (1960) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef (1960) My Kinda Swing (1960) Soulnik (1960) That's Right! (1960) Uhuru Afrika (1960) Grantstand (1961) Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited (1960) The African Beat (1962) The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962) Cannonball in Europe! (1962) Drum Suite (1962) Autumn Leaves (1963) Nippon Soul (1963) Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (1964) Invitation to Openness (1971) Homeless Brother (1974) Double Time (1977) Something You Got (1977)

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