Byrd in the Wind is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the Riverside label in 1963.[1] The album was first released on the Washington Records Offbeat imprint as Byrd in the Wind: Jazz at the Showboat, Vol. II'[2]

Reception

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Allmusic[3]

Alex Henderson, in his review for Allmusic, states "Byrd in the Wind... isn't among the guitarist's essential albums, but it's still a decent and pleasing document of his pre-bossa nova, pre-'60s period".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Byrd except as indicated

  1. "Swing 59" - 3:22
  2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 2:50
  3. "Showboat Shuffle" (Duke Ellington) - 3:57
  4. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 3:00
  5. "Cross Your Heart" (Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler) - 2:17
  6. "Keter's Dirty Blues" (Byrd, Keter Betts) - 4:11
  7. "You're a Sweetheart" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:31
  8. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) - 3:15
  9. "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) - 3:30
  10. "Wait Till You See Her" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:53
  11. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 3:08
  12. "Copacabana" (João de Barro, Alberto Ribeiro) - 2:53

Personnel

  • Charlie Byrd – guitar
  • Buck Hill – tenor saxophone
  • Wallace Mann – flute
  • Richard White – oboe
  • Kenneth Pasmanick – bassoon
  • Charlie Schneer – piano
  • Keter Betts – double bass
  • Bertell Knox – drums
  • Ginny Byrd – vocals

References

  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed October 29, 2012
  2. ^ Washington Records discography accessed October 29, 2012
  3. ^ a b Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed October 29, 2012
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrd_in_the_Wind
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