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Byrd in Hand

Byrd in Hand

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Byrd in Hand is an album by Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter.-Early life and education:...

, released in 1959. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is an American recording engineer specializing in jazz.Frequently regarded as one of the most important recording engineers in music history, Van Gelder is one of the legendary behind-the-scenes figures in jazz, recording several hundred jazz sessions, including many widely...

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Byrd in Hand is an album by Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter.-Early life and education:...

, released in 1959. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is an American recording engineer specializing in jazz.Frequently regarded as one of the most important recording engineers in music history, Van Gelder is one of the legendary behind-the-scenes figures in jazz, recording several hundred jazz sessions, including many widely...

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Track listing

  1. "Witchcraft" (8:29)
  2. "Here Am I" (8:25)
  3. "Devil Whip" (4:42)
  4. "Bronze Dance" (6:42)
  5. "Clarion Calls" (5:41)
  6. "The Injuns" (6:13)

Personnel

  • Donald Byrd
    Donald Byrd
    Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter.-Early life and education:...

     - trumpet
  • Pepper Adams
    Pepper Adams
    Park "Pepper" Adams III was a jazz baritone saxophonist. Nicknamed "The Knife" for his sound on the horn, he had a hearty tone and driving rhythmic sense which provided the antithesis to the lighter, floating style of his contemporary Gerry Mulligan.-Biogrphay:Pepper Adams was born in...

     - baritone saxophone
  • Walter Davis, Jr.
    Walter Davis, Jr.
    Walter Davis, Jr. was an American hard bop pianist.Born in Richmond, Virginia, Davis performed as a teenager with Babs Gonzales and his group Three Bips and a Bop. In the 1950s, Davis recorded with Melba Liston, Max Roach and played with Roach, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie...

     - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Charlie Rouse
    Charlie Rouse
    Charlie Rouse was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist.Born in Washington, DC, his work with Thelonious Monk's quartet, a period which lasted from 1959 to 1970 became highly influential simply due to his proximity to Monk. He was later a founding member of the group Sphere, which...

     - tenor saxophone
  • Art Taylor
    Art Taylor
    Arthur S. Taylor, Jr. was an American jazz drummer of the hard bop school.-Biography:After playing in the bands of Howard McGhee, Coleman Hawkins, Buddy DeFranco, Bud Powell, and George Wallington from 1948 to 1957, he formed his own group, the Wailers...

     - drums