Donald Byrd Quintet Byrd In Paris Original 1958 France Lp Brunswick 87903 nm

Tracklist DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM PAUL S PALS FLUTE BLUES RAY S IDEA THE BLUES WALK Recording Data Recorded at Olympia, Paris, October 28, 1958 Credits Bass DOUG WATKINS Drums ART TAYLOR Flute Tenor Saxophone BOBBY JASPAR Piano WALTER DAVIS, JR.
Trumpet DONALD BYRD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A RARE AND WONDERFUL ALBUM FEATURING DONALD BYRD AND HIS QUINTET, RECORDED LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA, PARIS FRANCE , ON OCTOBER 28, 1958.
ON ITS FIRST FRENCH APPEARANCE, IN JULY OF THAT SAME YEAR AT THE CANNES FESTIVAL THE FIRST AND ONLY CANNES JAZZ FESTIVAL THE DONALD BYRD QUINTET HAD BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN.
YET FOUR OF ITS FIVE MEMBERS WERE RELATIVELY UNKNOWN IN FRANCE THE FRENCH KNEW THAT THE LEADER HAD REPLACED KENNY DORHAM IN THE JAZZ MESSENGERS , THAT DOUG WATKINS WAS THE MESSENGERS BASSIST, AND THAT PIANIST WALTER DAVIS JR.
WAS STILL ONLY 18 WHEN HE D PLAYED WITH CHARLIE PARKER.
AS FOR ART TAYLOR, EVEN IF HIS NAME MEANT SOMETHING TO FANS, IT WAS STILL DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A MORE PRECISE IDEA OF HIS MUSICAL QUALITIES.
ONLY BOBBY JASPAR WAS WELL-KNOWN TO PARIS AUDIENCES, AND THE TOUR MARKED THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON, THE MUSICIAN WHO D DECIDED, AFTER SETTING THE CLUB ST.
GERMAIN ON FIRE, TO TRY HIS LUCK IN THE STATES EARLY IN 1956 THIS ORIGINAL 1958 MONO PRESSING IS HERE OFFERED IN JUST STUNNING CONDITION .
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FLIMSY JACKET WITH FLIPBACKS IS CLEAN, TIGHT SEAMS AND NO WRITING .
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HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL RECORD RECORD APPEARS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED, FULL GLOSS OF NEW AND NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, PROBABLY STORED FOR DECADES IN ITS INNER CRYSTAL SLEEVE,IT DOESN T GET BETTER THAN THIS PERFORMANCE IS SUPERLATIVE AND THANKS TO FRENCH BRANCH OF BRUNSWICK THIS MAGIC MOMENT WAS CAPTURED ON TAPE MAKING THIS RECORDING A PIECE OF JAZZ HISTORY.
MATRIX NUMBERS STAMPED IN THE DEAD WAX : LPL 637 380 / LPL 637 2 380.