Donald Byrd - Byrd's Eye View (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Vinyl LP
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Album Facts
Donald Byrd - Byrd's Eye View (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Vinyl LP
Recorded for Boston's Transition Records feature's Byrd's 1st lead
Price $47.00
Format 1xLP
Label Blue Note Records
UPC 602445852253
Color Black
Year May 3 2024 (originally 1955)
Condition
Album Facts
Recorded for Boston's Transition Records feature's Byrd's 1st lead
Price $47.00
Format 1xLP
Label Blue Note Records
UPC 602445852253
Color Black
Year May 3 2024 (originally 1955)
Condition
Recorded in 1955 for producer Tom Wilson's short-lived Boston-based label Transition Records, Byrd's Eye View was trumpeter Donald Byrd's first issued recording as a leader. The date presented Byrd at the helm of what was then the current line-up of The Jazz Messengers with tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Art Blakey. Local Boston area trumpeter Joe Gordon joins the band for some friendly brass sparring with Byrd on several numbers, further adding to the album's jovial air of a blowing session. Everyone is in fine form on this 5-song set with Side A consisting of an extended stroll through Watkins' laid-back original "Doug's Blues" followed by some inspired trading between Byrd and Gordon on "El Sino." A beautiful rendition of the ballad "Everything Happens To Me" and two swinging Mobley pieces comprise Side B, bringing this highly-enjoyable date to a close.
