Byrd's Word [Gold CD]

Donald Byrd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Gold CD
• Label: Savoy Jazz
• ASIN: B000006115
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,035,847 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Winterset

2. Gotcha Goin' N Comin'

3. Long Green

4. Stareyes

5. Someone To Watch Over Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 50s Hard Bop, July 28, 2006

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MVdB (Ghent, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Byrd's Word (Audio CD)

Somehow Byrd's earlier records stayed a bit in the shadows. (Including the "jazz lab" years with Gigi Gryce). That's too bad, because I do like the sound of Byrd in his earlier years a bit more then his 'golden' blue note years. And this record is such a fine example of the soft and deep trumpet sound of Byrd, together with the sound of the early bop scene. The Perfect Blend!

This session finds Byrd in great form with tenor saxophonist Frank Foster. Listen to 'Long Green' and 'Star Eyes', kick back and relax to the sound of hard bop from the '50.

This record really is a great addition to any hard bop or Byrd collection and I recommend it 100%.
For everyone who knows his Blue Note sound, do pick up this one because this is Byrd again a bit more swingin' but definetly at a peak! A great recording, I love it!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 50s Hard Bop, August 14, 2006

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MVdB (Ghent, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Byrd's Word (Audio CD)

Somehow Byrd's earlier records stayed a bit in the shadows. (Including the "jazz lab" years with Gigi Gryce). That's too bad, because I do like the sound of Byrd in his earlier years a bit more then his 'golden' blue note years. And this record is such a fine example of the soft and deep trumpet sound of Byrd, together with the sound of the early bop scene. The Perfect Blend!

This session finds Byrd in great form with tenor saxophonist Frank Foster. Listen to 'Long Green' and 'Star Eyes', kick back and relax to the sound of hard bop from the '50.

This record really is a great addition to any hard bop or Byrd collection and I recommend it 100%.

For everyone who knows his Blue Note sound, do pick up this one because this is Byrd again a bit more swingin' but definetly at a peak! A great recording, I love it!