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Up with Donald Byrd

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Up with Donald Byrd
Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedOctober 6, November 2 & December 16, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; A&R Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
ProducerCreed Taylor
Donald Byrd chronology
A New Perspective
(1962)
Up with Donald Byrd
(1965)
I'm Tryin' to Get Home
(1964)

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.[1]

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 212 stars and stated "The music is mostly pretty forgettable despite such top sidemen... A lesser effort".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

It is important to consider Byrd's aim of attracting a larger African American audience by covering popular Blues (See See Rider, My Babe) and Gospel songs, at a time when Jazz was losing popularity.

Track listing

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All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated
  1. "You're Talkin' About Me 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; 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

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Technical

References

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  1. ^ Donald Byrd discography accessed September 2, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 2, 2010