Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: EN6CD9026
- Format: CD
- UPC: 823564642529
- Street Date: 08/14/15
- PreBook Date: 07/10/15
- Label: Enlightenment »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 438 mins
- Number of Discs: 6
- Year of Production: 2015
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: US,CA
- Language: English
Product Assets
Donald Byrd - Early Years: 1955-1958
Collection featuring, re-mastered and in their entirety, 11 classic albums from the very roots of Donald Byrd's career
- List Price: $19.99
- Your Price: $19.99
- In Stock: 5
You must login to place orders.
Whilst still studying at Cass Technical High School Byrd had performed as part of Lionel Hampton's group, before enrolling in the United States Air Force and playing in the band there. He would later go on to receive a bachelor's degree in music from Wayne State University and a master's from the Manhattan School of Music, joining such other famous jazz alumni as Herbie Hancock, Max Roach and Yusef Lateef. Byrd's career as a recording artist truly began in 1955 with the release of his debut album as leader, Byrd Jazz, on the Transitions Records label. It was also around this time that Byrd joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, one of the most renowned collectives in jazz, which had already boast such famed trumpet-playing members as Clifford Brown and Kenny Dorham. He became heralded as the new leading light of the instrument; a position that came all the more profound upon Brown's tragically premature dead in a car accident in 1956. During this period of his career, Donald Byrd appeared alongside numerous iconic musicians on some of their most highly-regarded recordings. In addition to the aforementioned Blakey, Byrd also performed with the likes of Cannonball Adderley on his 1955 album Discoveries, Hank Mobley on The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley and Horace Silver on Silver's Blue in 1956, as well as several cuts made for a trio on John Coltrane albums in 1958. By far his most established working partner was alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce, and the two of them appeared together on no fewer than 11 albums during this time. Byrd would form his first regular quintet in 1958, which he co-led with baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams until 1961. This collection features, re-mastered and in their entirety, 11 classic albums from the very roots of Donald Byrd's career, including collaborations with such all-time greats as Gryce, Mobley, Silver and fellow trumpet player Art Farmer.
Track Listing
Disc 1:
|