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Released
  
1963

Byrd at the Gate(1963)
  
Byrd Song(1964)

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Riverside Records

Length
  
54:07

Artist
  
The Charlie Byrd Trio

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Byrd at the Gate httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen55cByr

Recorded
  
May 9 & 10, 1963The Village Gate, New York City

Jazz albums
  
Byrd Song, Byrd in the Wind, Charlie Byrd at the Village V, Mr Guitar, Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros

Byrd at the Gate is a live album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded at The Village Gate in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

S. M. Haney of Allmusic states, "This is a listening pleasure to the first degree. Unlike any other, Charlie Byrd sincerely knows how to make his instrument speak, sending graceful chords and melodies to this attentive audience... Cheers to the Charlie Byrd Trio for a dynamic effort during this May 1963 gig. Applause, applause.

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Byrd except as indicated

  1. "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) - 4:57
  2. "More" (Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani) - 2:53
  3. "Blues for Night People" - 7:07
  4. "Butter and Egg Man" (Percy Venable) - 3:40
  5. "Ela Me Deixou" - 3:34
  6. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 4:42
  7. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 2:59
  8. "Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) - 4:18
  9. "Where Are the Hebrew Children? (Traditional) - 8:20
  10. "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Cole Porter) - 4:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Jive at Five" (Count Basie, Harry "Sweets" Edison) - 7:11 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Charlie Byrd - guitar
  • Keter Betts - bass
  • Bill Reichenbach - drums
  • Clark Terry - flugelhorn, trumpet (tracks 4, 6 & 8)
  • Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 8)

    • Songs

    1Shiny Stockings4:58
    2More (Theme From Mondo Cane)2:54
    3Blues for Night People7:07

    References

    Byrd at the Gate Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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