Arrrrrghhh!
You guys are killing me. I love Byrd. A New Perspective was a bit of a shock to me because I started with so much bebop/hard bop. But I really love that album. Chant and Cristo Redentor are simply beautiful to me. I find myself whistling those tunes all the time.
Now if you had picked on the follow-up voices album, I'm Trying To Get Home I may not have been so quick to defend that one. I have a burned copy of that one. For me it didn't measure up to its predecessor.
Et tu BruceH? I've got to defend my man Byrd again on Slow Drag. The title track, Book's Bossa, and especially the ballad, My Ideal are all favorites of mine.
When the Duke Pearson Select came out I had fun comparing the versions of Cristo Redentor and Book's Bossa. I favor the Byrd versions, but those are two tracks that would probably sound good in anyone's hands.
I don't really remember dissing the album. I just said I don't get it. Weird. I'm not ready to mix voices with hard bop.