Up with Donald Byrd is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Jimmy Heath, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Hancock and Kenny Burrell recorded in 1964. It was released on the Verve label in 1965 as V/V6 8609.Donald Byrd discography accessed September 2, 2010
Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars and stated "The music is mostly pretty forgettable despite such top sidemen... A lesser effort".Yanow, S. [ Allmusic Review] accessed September 2, 2010
Song listing All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated "Blind Man, Blind Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 2:51 "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) – 4:21 "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) – 5:05 "See See Rider" (Ma Rainey) – 3:58 "Cantaloupe Island" (Hancock) – 6:46 "Bossa" – 7:56 "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional; arranged by Donald Byrd) – 5:13 "You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby" (Gale Garnett, Walter Hirsch, Ray Rivera) – 2:39 "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) – 2:48
tracks 1-4, 8 & 9 recorded at A. & R. Studios, New York City November 3, 4 & 6, 1964; tracks 5-7 recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. December 16, 1964
Personnel Donald Byrd – trumpet; arranger and conductor (tracks 6 & 7) Jimmy Heath (tracks 1–4, 8 & 9), Stanley Turrentine (tracks 5-7) – tenor saxophone Herbie Hancock – piano; arranger and conductor (track 5) Kenny Burrell – guitar Bob Cranshaw (tracks 1–4, 8 & 9), Ron Carter (tracks 5-7) – bass Grady Tate – drums Candido Camero – percussion (tracks 5-7) The Donald Byrd Singers – vocals Claus Ogerman – arranger and conductor (tracks 1–4, 8 & 9) Technical Val Valentin – director of engineering Phil Ramone, Rudy Van Gelder – engineer Michael Malatak – cover design
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