Donald Byrd

This release presents the complete session pianist and composer Clare Fischer arranged for trumpeter Donald Byrd. It features Byrd, Fischer himself on piano, and a string and wind section. This amazing date marks the first time Fischer contributed all of the arrangements for a session. However, its release was postponed many years. As a bonus, we have added the complete LP Byrd Blows on Beacon
Hill  (Transition LP-17), which showcases the trumpeter in a quartet format.

PERSONNEL:

DONALD BYRD,  trumpet
CLARE FISCHER,  piano, arranger & conductor
JULIUS BAKER,  flute
ROMEO PENKE,  clarinet
MILT HINTON,  bass
OSIE JOHNSON,  drums
Plus Strings and Winds including Harry Lookofsky and Gene Orloff (violins)

Los Angeles, May-June, 1959.

* BONUS ALBUM (13-18) BYRD BLOWS ON BEACON (Transition LP-17)
DONALD BYRD, trumpet (out on 17-18)
RAY SANTISI, piano
DOUG WATKINS, bass
JIMMY ZITANO, drums

New York, May 7, 1956

TRACKS:

01 STARDUST 3:28
02 INDIAN SUMMER 2:46
03 I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU 3:30
04 SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME 2:50
05 MOON MIST 3:03
06 I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL 3:46
07 THE TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS 2:54
08 LAZY AFTERNOON 4:00
09 DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM 2:44
10 LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING 2:51
11 SEPTEMBER AFTERNOON [aka ZOE] 2:59
12 DEARLY BELOVED 3:49
13 LITTLE ROCK GETAWAY 7:03 *
14 POLKA DOTS AND BOOMBEAMS 7:19*
15 IF I LOVE AGAIN 4:39*
16 STELLA BY STARLIGHT 3:44*
17 PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE 3:38 *
18 WHAT’S NEW? 5:04*
 
Total time: 70:15