Byrd in Hand
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{{Infobox album
| name = Byrd in Hand
| type = studio
| artist = Donald Byrd
| cover = Byrd-in-hand-cover-folder.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1959
| recorded = May 31, 1959
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
| genre = Hard Bop
| length = 39:54
| label = Blue Note
BLP 4019
| producer = Alfred Lion
| prev_title = Off to the Races
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = Fuego
| next_year = 1959
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r136265 |title=Byrd in Hand - Donald Byrd | AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=1 August 2011}}
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=DeMichael |first=Don |date=17 March 1960 |title=Donald Byrd: Byrd in Hand |magazine=DownBeat |volume=27 |issue=6 |pages=33–34}}
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev3Score = {{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 on CD, LP & Cassette |year=1992 |edition=1st |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-015364-4 |pages=170–171 }}
}}
Byrd in Hand is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded on May 31, 1959 and released on Blue Note later that year.{{Cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/donald-byrd-dies-at-80/|title=Donald Byrd Dies at 80|first=Jeff|last=Tamarkin|website=JazzTimes|date=26 April 2019 }}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7svgLNMxjgC&q=Byrd+in+Hand+donald+byrd+1959&pg=PT542|title=The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums|first1=Brian|last1=Morton|first2=Richard|last2=Cook|date=November 4, 2010|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=9780141959009|via=Google Books}}
Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the recording as a "typical Blue Note blowing session".
The AllMusic reviewer wrote that "Although none of the new tunes caught on, the group [...] plays consistently creative and spirited solos in the hard bop idiom."
Track listing
All compositions by Donald Byrd, except as noted.
= Side 1 =
- "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 8:29
- "Here I Am" – 8:25
- "Devil Whip" – 4:42
= Side 2 =
- "Bronze Dance" (Walter Davis, Jr.) – 6:42
- "Clarion Calls" (Walter Davis, Jr.) – 5:41
- "The Injuns" – 6:13
Personnel
= Musicians =
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
- Walter Davis Jr. – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
= Technical personnel =
- Alfred Lion – production
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Ira Gitler – liner notes
References
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Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
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