Byrd est le word!
This rare album was originally issued on the French Brunswick label – and it features a quintet that includes Bobby Jaspar on tenor, Walter Davis Jr on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Art Taylor on drums. Titles include “Ray’s Idea”, “Flute Blues”, “Paul’s Pal”, “Dear Old Stockholm”, and “The Blues Walk”
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June 14th, 2011 at 10:03 am
Super-cool cover! Here’s a brief, incredible excerpt from the Byrd bio: “While still at the Manhattan School of Music, he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers,as replacement for Clifford Brown. In 1955, he recorded with Jackie McLean and Mal Waldron. After leaving the Jazz Messengers in 1956, he performed with a wide variety of highly regarded jazz musicians, including John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, and Thelonious Monk.”
June 14th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
“That ol’ Charlie Brown fell for it again… GOOD GRIEF!”
February 9th, 2013 at 8:19 am
RIP Donald Byrd…