Fuego (Donald Byrd album)

{{Short description|Album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Fuego

| type = Album

| artist = Donald Byrd

| cover = Fuego (Donald Byrd album).jpg

| alt =

| released = July 1960[https://books.google.com/books?id=yR8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=byrd+Fuego&pg=PA49 Billboard Jul 25, 1960]

| recorded = October 4, 1959

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| genre = Hard bop

| length = 40:56

| label = Blue Note
BLP 4026

| producer = Alfred Lion

| chronology = Donald Byrd

| prev_title = Byrd in Hand

| prev_year = 1959

| next_title = Byrd in Flight

| next_year = 1960

}}

Fuego is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded on October 4, 1959 and released on Blue Note the following year. Byrd's quintet features saxophonist Jackie McLean and rhythm section Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins and Lex Humphries.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/donald-byrd/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4026 Donald Byrd discography] accessed August 31, 2010

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = DownBeat

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}Down Beat: September 15, 1960 Vol. 27, No. 19

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev3Score = {{rating|2.5|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 }}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev4Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen

|url-access=registration

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/36 36]

}}

}}

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states, "hard bop is at the core of this band, but Byrd is moving further into post-bop... as he takes a break from forceful interaction to play a more democratic role on this refined and mature album that is less brash, a prelude for his more powerful statements yet to come."Nastos, M. G. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r136274|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed August 31, 2010

The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised McLean's contributions but criticized the uninteresting compositions.

Track listing

:All compositions by Donald Byrd

= Side 1 =

  1. "Fuego" – 6:38
  2. "Bup a Loup" – 4:05
  3. "Funky Mama" – 10:58

= Side 2 =

  1. "Low Life" – 6:02
  2. "Lament" – 8:27
  3. "Amen" – 4:46

Personnel

= Musicians =

= Technical personnel =

References