2 Donald byrd items

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Earl Zindars/Armando Peraza - The Soul Of Jazz Percussion (Warwick W 5003 ST)

Marcus Belgrave, Donald Byrd, Booker Little (tp) Mal Waldron (p) Addison Farmer (b) Ed Shaughnessy (d) Armando Peraza (per)

NYC, spring 1960

Chasin' The Byrd

Wee-Tina

Call To Arms

Donald Byrd (tp) Pepper Adams (bars) Bill Evans (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d) Earl Zindars (per)

same location, date

Ping Ping Beer

Prophecy

All Alone (Quiet Temple)

Donald Byrd - Hip-Intertainment, Vol. 1 (VGM 0002)

Donald Byrd (tp) Pepper Adams (bars) Herbie Hancock (p) Cleveland Eaton (b) Teddy Robinson (d)

"Jorgie's Jazz Club", St. Louis, MO, June 24, 1961

Jorgie's

6 M's (Blues In 3/4)

Hush

Amen

[kh1958]

The first is a good record. It's available on CD from Collectibles as Donald Byrd & Booker Little, The Third World.

Edited March 1, 2007 by kh1958

[andybleaden]

Yup got the first on cd and used to have it on lp too.....not outstanding but worth buying!

As for the second which was recorded as the Herbie Hancock Quintet I think but released under Byrds name, I ain't seen it nor heard it

but the tracks ( most if not all) are also on Royal Flush which was recorded three months later and that is worth a listen

Edited March 1, 2007 by andybleaden

[jazzbo]

The second lp is a good 'un.

[JohnS]

Jorgies is fine. I think I have the other one on vinyl, if so it's about time it got an airing.

[JSngry]

Yeah, the second one's a live thing, and makes for an interesting comapnion/comparison to Royal Flush (personally my favorite DB album). The tempos are a lot faster on the live date, which befits the setting. The crowd seems to be really getting into the music, and the band responds accordingly. But I think the slower, studio versions hold up better for long-term listening.

Another thing - I think this was one of Herbie's first gigs w/the band, if not the first. (I mean the gig @ Jorgie's not necessarily this particular recording). HE took Duke Pearson's place, and the live performances sound more in line w/what you'd expect from a band w/Pearson on board. So I'm thinking that Royal Flush is reflective of Herbie's influence on everybody's thinking in the interim.