Blythe Byte Explained

Blythe Byte
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Arthur Blythe
Cover:	Blythe Byte.jpg
Released:	July 24, 2001
Recorded:	March 17, 2001
Studio:	Tedesco Studio, Paramus, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	54:28
Label:	Savant SCD 2036
Producer:	Cecil Brooks III
Chronology:	Arthur Blythe
Prev Title:	Spirits in the Field
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Focus
Next Year:	2002

Blythe Byte is an album by the saxophonist Arthur Blythe, recorded in 2001 and released on the Savant label.^[1]

Reception

In his review on AllMusic, arwulf arwulf called it "a well-balanced assortment". In JazzTimes, Bill Bennett wrote: "Working here in (and out of) a quartet setting, Blythe dances deftly between what we know and what he wants to show us".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except where noted

1. "Hardly" – 7:29
2. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 5:47
3. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:09
4. "Light Blue" (Monk) – 5:02
5. "And One" (Dwayne Dolphin) – 6:23
6. "My Little Brown Book" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:15
7. "Naima" (John Coltrane) – 6:11
8. "Ruby, My Dear" (Monk) – 6:00
9. "Blythe Byte" – 0:43
10. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Joseph Scriven, Charles Crozat Converse) – 4:29

Personnel

• Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
• John Hicks – piano (tracks 1-8 & 10)
• Dwayne Dolphin – bass (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
• Cecil Brooks III – drums (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdepot.com/a_blythe/2036.html Jazz Depot: album entry
2. Bennett, B. JazzTimes Review, accessed March 9, 2018