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Up with Donald Byrd

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Released
  
1965

Release date
  
1965

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Donald Byrd

Label
  
Verve Records

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Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
  
I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964)

Recorded
  
October 6, November 2 & December 16, 1964

Similar
  
I'm Tryin' to Get Home, Ethiopian Knights, A New Perspective, Byrd in Flight, Electric Byrd

Up with Donald Byrd is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Jimmy Heath, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Hancock, and Kenny Burrell recorded in 1964. It was released on the Verve label in 1965 as V/V6 8609, and was Byrd's only album for Verve.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars and stated "The music is mostly pretty forgettable despite such top sidemen... A lesser effort".

Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated
  1. "You're Talkin' About My Baby" (Gale Garnett, Walter Hirsch, Ray Rivera) - 2:39
  2. "Blind Man, Blind Man" (Herbie Hancock) - 2:51
  3. "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) - 4:21
  4. "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) - 2:48
  5. "See See Rider" (Ma Rainey) - 3:58
  6. "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) - 5:05
  7. "Bossa" - 7:56
  8. "Cantaloupe Island" (Hancock) - 6:46
  9. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 5:13
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on October 6 (tracks 1 & 2), November 2 (tracks 3-6), & December 16 (tracks 7-9), 1964 .

    • Personnel

  • Donald Byrd - trumpet
  • Jimmy Heath (tracks 2-5), Stanley Turrentine (tracks 7 & 8) - tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock - piano
  • Kenny Burrell - guitar (tracks 1-8)
  • Bob Cranshaw (tracks 1-6), Ron Carter (tracks 7-9) - bass
  • Grady Tate - drums
  • Candido Camero - percussion (tracks 7 & 8)
  • The Donald Byrd Singers - vocals
  • Claus Ogerman - arranger, conductor (tracks 1-6)

    • Songs

    1Blind Man Blind Man2:53
    2Boom Boom4:24
    3House of the Rising Sun5:08

    References

    Up with Donald Byrd Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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