Donald Byrd “House Of Byrd”

Donald Byrd

“House Of Byrd”
( 2xLP Prestige Records, 1956 )
Catalog # P-24066
** Same contents as Prestige PRLP 7062 + PRLP 7080

Tracklisting:
01 ‘Round Midnight [Hanighen, Monk, Williams]
02 Dig [Davis]
03 The Third [Byrd]
04 Contour [Drew]
05 When Your Lover Has Gone [Swan]
06 Dewey Square [Parker]
07 Dupeltook [Woods]
08 Once More [Woods]
09 House of Chan [Woods]
10 In Walked George [Woods]
11 Lover Man [Davis, Ramirez, Sherman]

Notes:
Personnel [Tracks #1 / #5] :
Donald Byrd/ Art Farmer – Trumpets
Jackie McLean – Alto Sax
Barry Harris – Piano
Doug Watkins – Bass
Art Taylor – Drums
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ, August 3, 1956

Personnel [Tracks #06 / #11] :
Donald Byrd – Trumpet
Phil Woods – Alto Sax
Al Haig – Piano
Teddy Kotick – Bass
Charlie Persip – Drums
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ, November 2, 1956

Review:
This two-LP set combines together the music from Two Trumpets and The Young Bloods. The former session has both Donald Byrd and Art Farmer on trumpets in a sextet with altoist Jackie McLean and pianist Barry Harris while the latter is actually stronger, featuring Byrd, altoist Phil Woods and pianist Al Haig in a quintet. These blowing sessions (typical of Prestige’s albums of the 1950s) have their enjoyable moments with Farmer and Woods taking overall solo honors.
Scott Yanow (AMG)

By Rob