DONALD BYRD/BARRY HARRIS/YUSEF LATEEF JAZZ ORIG 1956 TRANSITION LP EX RARE
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DONALD BYRD/BARRY HARRIS/YUSEF LATEEF~JAZZ~ORIG 1956 TRANSITION LP~EX RARE!!! DONALD BYRD/BARRY HARRIS/YUSEF LATEEF~JAZZ~ORIG 1956 TRANSITION LP~EX RARE!!!
Donald Byrd
"Byrd Jazz"
Transition 5
EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL PRESSING FROM 1956 - 62 YEARS AGO!!
NOT A RE-ISSUE!
2" SPLIT IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AND SOME LIGHT STAINING ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE.
THE LAMINATiON IS COMPLETELY INTACT WITH LIGHT WEAR.
STIFF VINYL IS IN VG++ CONDITION WITH SCUFFS/SCRATCHES.
THE ALBUM PLAYS WITH LIGHT SURFACE NOISE AND OCCASIONAL POPS/CLICKS THROUGHOUT.
OVERALL PLAY QUALITY IS 7-8 ON 10 SCALE.
On these recordings we get some floating and grooving hard bop with an ever pulsating rhythm section, dueling tenor sax by Lateef and trumpet by Byrd plus solo slots for bass, drums and piano. The leading instruments generate a cheerful atmosphere and make this live album a blissful experience for every lover of the mid 50s hard bop sound. The passion of the musicians grabs the audience immediately and when the melodies pour out of your speakers you will be captured as well by this pure essence of jazz. Far from later modal and even free jazz monoliths these catchy tunes are quite easy to follow. The band is tight and this is a great advantage. Every note, every beat of the drums sits in the right place as if they have always been there and just had to be made audible by the band. It is indeed like the sculptor who already sees the glyph within the block of marble and just sets it free. The music plays itself through the instruments. Haunting and relaxed passages, cool melodies put into memorable structures. A classic among the hipsters and beatniks with their goatbeards, metal-rimmed glasses and berets drinking, tripping and philosophizing to the sound of this and many other albums that were made from jazz aficionados for their kind.
Donald Byrd - Byrd Jazz
A1 Parisian Thoroughfare
A2 Yusef
A3 Shawnuff
B1 Blues
B2 Tortion Level
B3 Woody'N You
B4 Dancing In The Dark
Bass – Alvin Jackson
Drums – Frank Gant
Euphonium – Bernard McKinney
Piano – Barry Harris
Tenor Saxophone – Yusef Lateef
Trumpet – Donald Byrd
Recorded on August 23, 1955 at New World Stage Theatre, Detroit, Michigan.
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