Blythe Byte
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{{Infobox album
| name = Blythe Byte
| type = Studio
| artist = Arthur Blythe
| cover = Blythe Byte.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 24, 2001
| recorded = March 17, 2001
| venue =
| 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.[http://www.jazzdepot.com/a_blythe/2036.html Jazz Depot: album entry] accessed March 9, 2018
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=147}}
}}
In his review on AllMusic, arwulf arwulf called it "a well-balanced assortment".{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000010292|first= arwulf|last=arwulf|label= Arthur Blythe – Blythe Byte: Review|accessdate=March 9, 2018}} 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".Bennett, B. [https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/arthur-blythe-blythe-byte/ JazzTimes Review], accessed March 9, 2018
Track listing
All compositions by Arthur Blythe except where noted
- "Hardly" – 7:29
- "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 5:47
- "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:09
- "Light Blue" (Monk) – 5:02
- "And One" (Dwayne Dolphin) – 6:23
- "My Little Brown Book" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:15
- "Naima" (John Coltrane) – 6:11
- "Ruby, My Dear" (Monk) – 6:00
- "Blythe Byte" – 0:43
- "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)
References
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