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Donald Byrd - Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill (Transition)

Elmo Hope - Informal Jazz (Prestige)

Both claim May 7, 1956 as recording date and both include Donald Byrd. The Transition was recorded at "Steve Fassett's home" in Boston; the Prestige at Van Gelder's in Hackensack.

Any thoughts? Could these really have been done in the same day in two different states? It's what - 5 hours to Boston?

If forced to discount one of these, I'm inclined to keep the Prestige. Is there any supporting evidence for Byrd in Boston at that time? Or is there a better date for the Boston session?

Mike

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Is it possible that one of the dates, more likely the Transition, was recorded on July 5? Europeans would express July 5, 1956 as 5/7/56, whereas Americans would say 7/5/56. Ron Hearn and I have run into numerous examples of this kind of transposition in compiling our birthday listings.

jack

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Byrd was in Mass. in July - he joined Max Roach in July 1956 and gigged with MR at Lenox on July 12, 1956. That was a one-nighter. Band was Byrd, Rollins, Barry Harris, Morrow, Roach. May have been the first gig by Roach after Clifford Brown's death.

The NYC to Boston trip is no big deal for even the next day, but I just wonder whether it would be done on the *same* day. I guess if I could find a Boston gig that night or the day after I'd be more sure on this.

Mike

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