The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label in 1963.[1] The album was first released on the Washington Records Offbeat imprint as Charlie's Choice: Jazz at the Showboat, Vol. 4 but only received limited distribution prior to Byrd signing with Riverside.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The melodic music is pleasing (if not too substantial), predictable and reasonably enjoyable".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) - 1:57
  2. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) - 2:53
  3. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 3:47
  4. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt) - 3:04
  5. "Ev'rything I've Got" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:22
  6. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 2:45
  7. "Django" (John Lewis) - 3:25
  8. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 1:49
  9. "The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) - 5:30
  10. "Ring Them Harmonics" (Keter Betts) - 3:51
  11. "Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona, Bob Russell) - 9:45
  12. "To Ginny" (Charlie Byrd) - 5:25

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed October 30, 2012
  2. ^ Washington Records discography accessed October 30, 2012
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 30, 2012
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guitar_Artistry_of_Charlie_Byrd
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