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In Reply to: RE: Lush Life posted by madisonears on June 04, 2015 at 18:55:08
Byrd experimented with genres as well as styles, and some of his work was expedient to match what producers told him to produce -- stuff that would sell. The result is that not all of his recordings were destined to be classics.
But his best work is THE best work, IMO. Not a Clifford Brown type, but he was a virtuoso of subtlety.
This is a list of what I have, adding to the above (all Blue Note). Its a good charting of his changing works:
- "Fuego", 1960, with Jackie McLean, Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins, Lex Humphries.
- "Byrd in Flight", 1960, with the above plus Hank Mobley.
- "A New Perspective, Band & Voices", 1963, with the above plus Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, Kenny Burrell, Donald Best, and a small vocal group.
- "Slow Drag", 1967, with Sonny Red, Cedar Walton, Walter Booker, Billy Higgins.
- "Black Byrd", 1972, with Joe Sample, Chuck Rainey, and a few others with names not recognized by me from anywhere else.
Maybe by looking at those lineups, you can get a feel for the way his music turned.
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Late 50s, early 60s.
A great album is Legrand Jazz. There is a tune on it where Byrd and Art Farmer do a chase. The whole album is sensational with Miles, Ben Webster and many more.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
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his solo on Black Pearls/Lover, coming in after Coltrane.
Not many could follow That Solo!
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