Byrd at the Gate
{{Infobox album
| name = Byrd at the Gate
| type = Live album
| artist = Charlie Byrd
| cover = Byrd at the Gate.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1963
| recorded = May 9–10, 1963
| venue = The Village Gate, New York City
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 54:07
| label = Riverside
RLP 467
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Charlie Byrd
| prev_title = Guitar/Guitar
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Byrd Song
| next_year = 1964
}}
Byrd at the Gate is an album by jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, recorded at The Village Gate in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-467 Riverside Records discography] accessed November 1, 2012
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=211 }}
}}
S. M. Haney of AllMusic wrote, "This is a listening pleasure to the first degree. Unlike any other, Charlie Byrd sincerely knows how to make his instrument speak, sending graceful chords and melodies to this attentive audience... Cheers to the Charlie Byrd Trio for a dynamic effort during this May 1963 gig. Applause, applause."Haney, S. M. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/byrd-at-the-gate-charlie-byrd-trio-at-the-villiage-gate-mw0000652343 Allmusic review] accessed November 1, 2012 The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that the addition of a trumpeter and saxophonist to Byrd's normal trio format of the time contributed little.
Track listing
All compositions by Charlie Byrd except as indicated
- "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) - 4:57
- "More" (Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani) - 2:53
- "Blues for Night People" - 7:07
- "Butter and Egg Man" (Percy Venable) - 3:40
- "Ela Me Deixou" - 3:34
- "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 4:42
- "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 2:59
- "Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings) - 4:18
- "Where Are the Hebrew Children? (Traditional) - 8:20
- "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Cole Porter) - 4:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Jive at Five" (Count Basie, Harry "Sweets" Edison) - 7:11 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Charlie Byrd - guitar
- Keter Betts - bass
- Bill Reichenbach - drums
- Clark Terry - flugelhorn, trumpet (tracks 4, 6, 8)
- Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8)
References
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Category:Charlie Byrd live albums
Category:Riverside Records live albums