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Mr. Guitar (album)

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Released
  
1962

Artist
  
Charlie Byrd

Label
  
Riverside Records

Length
  
41:24

Release date
  
1962

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 1960 Washington, D.C.

Mr. Guitar (1960)
  
The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd (1960)

Similar
  
Charlie Byrd albums, Jazz albums

Mr. Guitar is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label in 1962. The album was first released on the Washington Records Offbeat imprint as Jazz at the Showboat, Vol. 3 but only received limited distribution prior to Byrd signing with Riverside.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a delightful trio outing with an adroit and light feel".

Track listing

All compositions written by Charlie Byrd except as indicated

  1. "Blues for Felix" - 2:57
  2. "Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) - 2:54
  3. "In a Mellotone" (Duke Ellington) - 3:13
  4. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Mack Gordon, Gordon Mills) - 4:43
  5. "Travelin' On" - 2:34
  6. "Play Fiddle, Play" (Arthur Altman, Emory Deutsch, Jack Lawrence) - 3:35
  7. "Funky Flamenco" - 2:49
  8. "My One and Only" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:41
  9. "Mama, I'll Be Home Some Day" - 3:11
  10. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:41
  11. "Who Cares?" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 2:12
  12. "Lay the Lily Low" - 5:54

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Personnel

  • Charlie Byrd - guitar
  • Keter Betts - bass
  • Bertell Knox - drums

    • Songs

    1Blues for Felix3:00
    2Gypsy in My Soul2:57
    3In a Mellow Tone3:16

    References

    Mr. Guitar (album) Wikipedia
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