Up with Donald Byrd explained

Up with Donald Byrd
Type:Album
Artist:Donald Byrd
Cover:Up with Donald Byrd.jpg
Released:1965
Recorded:October 6, November 2 & December 16, 1964
Studio:Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; A&R Studios, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Label:Verve
Producer:Creed Taylor
Chronology:Donald Byrd
Prev Title:A New Perspective
Prev Year:1962
Next Title:I'm Tryin' to Get Home
Next Year: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

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

Song listing

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

Personnel

Technical

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/donald-byrd/catalog/#verve-v-v6-8609 Donald Byrd discography
  2. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r153457|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed September 2, 2010

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