BYRD, Donald Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/byrd-donald/ Guerssen Records Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:56:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-isotip-32x32.png BYRD, Donald Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/byrd-donald/ 32 32 Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill (Clear) https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/byrd-blows-on-beacon-hill-clear/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/byrd-blows-on-beacon-hill-clear/ This 1956 Donald Byrd's quartet session, subsequently released in 1957 on Transition Records, sees the young trumpeter leading a Beacon Hill based rhythm section featuring bassist Doug Watkins, pianist Ray Santisi, and drummer Jim Zitano. The perfect line up for getting through a selection of classic standards such as "Stella by Starlight," "Polka Dots and Moonbeams," and "What's New". The atmosphere is easy and relaxed, and far from the hard bop / soul mood that later became Byrd's signature. This is a higly sensitive quartet that swings lightly and without unnecessary overplaying but with just the right hint of blues to make the music highly intriguing.

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]]> This 1956 Donald Byrd’s quartet session, subsequently released in 1957 on Transition Records, sees the young trumpeter leading a Beacon Hill based rhythm section featuring bassist Doug Watkins, pianist Ray Santisi, and drummer Jim Zitano. The perfect line up for getting through a selection of classic standards such as “Stella by Starlight,” “Polka Dots and Moonbeams,” and “What’s New”. The atmosphere is easy and relaxed, and far from the hard bop / soul mood that later became Byrd’s signature. This is a higly sensitive quartet that swings lightly and without unnecessary overplaying but with just the right hint of blues to make the music highly intriguing.

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