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Byrd's Eye View

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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Donald Byrd

Producer
  
Tom Wilson

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
55:27

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Esquire Records

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Recorded
  
December 2, 1955 Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Byrd's Eye View (1955)
  
Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956)

Similar
  
Donald Byrd albums, Jazz albums

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Byrd's Eye View is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1955 and originally released on Tom Wilson's Transition label. The album was later re-released as part of the compilation CD set The Transition Sessions on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, Jason Ankeny stated "For all intents and purposes, a Jazz Messengers session issued under Donald Byrd's name, Byrd's Eye View, captures the young trumpeter in full command of his estimable powers... despite the length and scope of the tracks, Byrd remains in complete control, performing with an authority and technical prowess that belie his age. An excellent hard bop date".

Track listing

  1. "Doug's Blues" (Doug Watkins) - 12:06
  2. "El Sino" (Harneefan Mageed) - 10:02
  3. "Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 5:44
  4. "Hank's Tune" (Hank Mobey) - 7:41
  5. "Hank's Other Tune" (Mobley) - 7:28
  6. "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) - 7:35 Bonus track not released on original LP

Personnel

  • Donald Byrd - trumpet
  • Joe Gordon - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
  • Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 3-5)
  • Horace Silver - piano
  • Doug Watkins - bass
  • Art Blakey - drums

    • Songs

    1Doug’s Blues12:00
    2El Sino10:00
    3Everything Happens to Me5:45

    References

    Byrd's Eye View Wikipedia
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