Donald Byrd “Byrd In Hand”

Donald Byrd

“Byrd In Hand”
( LP Blue Note Records, 1959 )
Catalog # BLP 4019
** Also issued on Blue Note BST 84019, CDP 7 84019-2

Tracklisting:
01 Witchcraft [Coleman, Leigh] 8:29
02 Here Am I [Byrd] 8:25
03 Devil Whip [Byrd] 4:42
04 Bronze Dance [Davis] 6:42
05 Clarion Calls [Davis] 5:41
06 The Injuns [Byrd] 6:13

Personnel & Notes:
Pepper Adams, Sax (Baritone), Brass
Donald Byrd, Trumpet
Walter Davis, Jr. Piano
Sam Jones, Bass
Charlie Rouse, Sax (Tenor)
Art Taylor, Drums
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ, May 31, 1959

Review :
For this excellent album, trumpeter Donald Byrd teams up with tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, baritonist Pepper Adams, pianist Walter Davis, Jr., bassist Sam Jones and drummer Art Taylor. Together the sextet performs three Byrd originals, two Davis songs and the standard “Witchcraft.” Although none of the new tunes caught on, the group (which includes two distinctive saxophonists and the rapidly maturing trumpet of Donald Byrd) plays consistently creative and spirited solos in the hard bop idiom.
By Scott Yanow (AMG)

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