Here's Jaki

Here's Jaki is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label.

Music "Cinco y Quatro" is a calypso in time. "Garnerin' a Bit" is a tribute to pianist Erroll Garner.Yanow, Scott (2003) Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years, p. 610. Backbeat Books. This album is also notable for having the first recorded cover of John Coltrane's jazz composition Giant Steps.SecondHandSongs, accessed March 6, 2022 The LP's original liner notes state that the composition "D.D.L.J." was named by combining the initials of the first names of Byard, his wife Louise, and the two children they had at the time, Denise and Diane.

Reception

The AllMusic site awarded the album 3 stars, stating "This is no standard trio; they're a collective who romps through these seven selections with a surprise or more a minute".

Track listing All compositions by Jaki Byard except as indicated "Cinco y Quatro" – 6:26 "Mellow Septet" – 5:38 "Garnerin' a Bit" – 5:49 "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 2:22 "Bess, You Is My Woman Now/It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 9:53 "To My Wife" – 5:13 "D.D.L.J." – 3:50

Personnel Jaki Byard – piano, alto saxophone Ron Carter – bass Roy Haynes – drums

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