Up with Donald Byrd
1965 studio album by Donald Byrd
Up with Donald Byrd 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.[ 1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 21 ⁄2 [ 2]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 2]
Song listing
All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated "You're Talkin' About Me Baby" (Gale Garnett , Walter Hirsch , Ray Rivera) – 2:39
"Blind Man, Blind Man" (Herbie Hancock ) – 2:51
"Boom Boom " (John Lee Hooker ) – 4:21
"My Babe " (Willie Dixon ) – 2:48
"See See Rider " (Ma Rainey ) – 3:58
"House of the Rising Sun " (Traditional) – 5:05
"Bossa" – 7:56
"Cantaloupe Island " (Hancock) – 6:46
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child " (Traditional; arranged by Donald Byrd) – 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
Technical
References
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
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Discoveries Presenting Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley , 1955)Jammin' with Gene Gene Ammons , 1956)All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)All Day Long 2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers , 1956)Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke , 1955)Lush Life John Coltrane , 1957–58)The Believer The Last Trane Black Pearls Davis Cup Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)Wailing With Lou Lou Donaldson , 1957)Lou Takes Off This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)All Mornin' Long Red Garland , 1957)Soul Junction High Pressure One Flight Up Dexter Gordon , 1964)Ladybird Snap Your Fingers Al Grey , 1962)Johnny Griffin Sextet Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 Guru , 1993)Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1993)Tone Tantrum Swamp Seed Jimmy Heath , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)African High Life Solomon Ilori , 1963)Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 Ahmad Jamal , 1994 or 1995)Quartet-Quintet Hank Jones , 1955)Bluebird TV Action Jazz! Mundell Lowe , 1959)The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Goin' Out of My Head Wes Montgomery , 1965)Hush! Duke Pearson , 1962)Wahoo! Another One Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)Winner's Circle Oscar Pettiford , et al, 1957)Blues in Trinity Dizzy Reece , 1958)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Dimensions & Extensions Sam Rivers , 1967)Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 Don't Stop the Carnival Sonny Rollins , 1978)Silver's Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Taylor's Wailers Art Taylor , 1957)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)A Bluish Bag Stanley Turrentine , 1967)Top Brass Ernie Wilkins , 1955)Pairing Off Phil Woods , 1956)
