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 | Donald Byrd: First Flight (CD: Delmark)
The names and musical reputations of Donald Byrd and Yusef are well known where ever jazz is played. When this live concert was recorded, in Detroit at the New World Stage, August 23, 1955, their fame had not yet reached the heights they now enjoy.Donald Byrd may very well have been making his recorded debut at this concert. Although his style here is quite different and not as individually developed as his present one, it is full of exhuberance, swing, good taste, and very pure of sound. Byrd also emerged from the endless stream of talent that is Detroit, about the time this album was cut. Clifford Brown was the dominate trumpet voice at that time, and it is not difficult to hear Donald's fondness for that great musician. (Delmark records)
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Donald Byrd: With Strings (CD: Lone Hill Jazz)
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 | Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams: Motor City Scene (CD: Bethlehem/ Charly)
From the late 50's to 1961, trumpeter Donald Byrd struck up a highly-successful musical partnership with baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, before his subsequent Blue Note recordings established him as a major jazz star. Featuring fine contributions from fellow Detroit soloists Kenny Burrell on guitar and Tommy Flanagan on piano, this highly-listenable session from 1960 captures these top-notch musicians at their best. The all-star line-up is completed by Paul Chambers on bass and Hey Lewis on drums. (Snapper Music)
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Donald Byrd: Off To The Races (CD: Blue Note RVG)
Donald Byrd was no stranger to Blue Note sessions by December 1958 when this album was made, but this was his first for the label as a leader and the beginning of a relationship that lasted until 1976. For the occasion, the trumpeter brought in two of his closest associates, Jackie McLean and Pepper Adams. Like all Blue Note sessions, the rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, and Art Taylor is first-rate. The material, mostly from Donald Byrd’s pen, is prime hard-bop with variety and imagination. (Blue Note Records)
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 | Donald Byrd: Byrd In Hand (CD: Blue Note)
This hard-driving sextet session is one of the best Donald Byrd albums in his vast discography. The compositions of Byrd and Walter Davis swing hard and everyone plays with fire and imagination. (Blue Note Records)
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Donald Byrd: Fuego (Blue Note RVG)
The plaintive, though expressive, open horn of Byrd is caught beautifully alongside a young McLean on these cuts from 1959. There's a particularly classy blues outing here, 'Funky Mama'- a Byrd original- in which Duke Pearson does a Red Garland and 'Low Life', which catches McLean in fluent form, not to mention a solo from the leader which owes more than a little to Clifford Brown.
Spotlight Artist Special Price: £8.99
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 | Donald Byrd: At The Half Note Cafe (CD: Blue Note RVG, 2 CDs)
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Donald Byrd: The Cat Walk (CD: Blue Note RVG)
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 | Donald Byrd: Free Form (CD: Blue Note RVG)
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Donald Byrd: Royal Flush (CD: Blue Note RVG)
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 | Donald Byrd: Mustang (CD: Blue Note)
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Donald Byrd: Blackjack (CD: Blue Note)
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 | Donald Byrd: A New Perspective (CD: Blue Note RVG)
'A New Perspective has remained popular and contains the seeds of Byrd's wider success in the 1970s: his own playing is set against large-scale scoring and the use of a choir.' (The Penguin Guide To Jazz)
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Donald Byrd: Slow Drag (CD: Blue Note RVG)
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 | Donald Byrd Quintet: Parisian Thoroughfare (CD: EmArcy Jazz In Paris)
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Donald Byrd: Ethiopian Nights (CD: Blue Note)
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 | Donald Byrd: Street Lady (CD: Blue Note)
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Donald Byrd: Street Lady (Vinyl LP: Blue Note- US Import)
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Donald Byrd: BlackByrd (CD: Blue Note- US Import)
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 | Donald Byrd: The Best Of.. (CD: Blue Note)
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Donald Byrd: Stepping Into Tomorrow (CD: Blue Note)
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 | Donald Byrd: Places & Spaces (CD: Blue Note)
This collaboration between Donald Byrd and Larry Mizell produced a whole new style of R&B rhythms, floating jazz elements above them. (Blue Note Records)
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