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Released
  
1959

Length
  
37:47

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
1959 Washington, D.C.

Byrd in the Wind (1959)
  
Mr. Guitar (1960)

Label
  
Original Jazz Classics

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Artists
  
Charlie Byrd, The Charlie Byrd Trio

Jazz albums
  
Mr Guitar, Latin Impressions, Byrd Song, Byrd at the Gate, The Guitar Artistry of Charlie B

Byrd in the Wind is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the Riverside label in 1963.The album was first released on the Washington Records Offbeat imprint as Byrd in the Wind: Jazz at the Showboat, Vol. II'

Contents

Reception

Alex Henderson, in his review for Allmusic, states "Byrd in the Wind... isn't among the guitarist's essential albums, but it's still a decent and pleasing document of his pre-bossa nova, pre-'60s period".

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Byrd except as indicated

  1. "Swing 59" - 3:22
  2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 2:50
  3. "Showboat Shuffle" (Duke Ellington) - 3:57
  4. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 3:00
  5. "Cross Your Heart" (Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler) - 2:17
  6. "Keter's Dirty Blues" (Byrd, Keter Betts) - 4:11
  7. "You're a Sweetheart" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:31
  8. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) - 3:15
  9. "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) - 3:30
  10. "Wait Till You See Her" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:53
  11. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 3:08
  12. "Copacabana" (João de Barro, Alberto Ribeiro) - 2:53

Personnel

  • Charlie Byrd - guitar
  • Wallace Mann - flute (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 10)
  • Richard White - oboe (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 10)
  • Kenneth Pasmanick - bassoon (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 10)
  • Buck Hill - tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 6 & 12)
  • Charlie Schneer - piano (tracks 9, 11 & 12)
  • Keter Betts - bass (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12)
  • Bertell Knox - drums (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12)
  • Ginny Byrd - vocals (tracks 2, 5, 9 & 11)

    • Songs

    1Swing3:22
    2You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To2:50
    3Showboat Shuffle3:58

    References

    Byrd in the Wind Wikipedia
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