Donald Byrd

This Transition album features the concert the Donald Byrd Sextet gave in Detroit on August 23th, 1955 organized by the New Jazz Society, a group formed under the impetus of Kenny Burrell, one of the key influences in Detroit jazz.

In this concert Byrd gave notice that he would be a major jazzman. Playing with intense drive and cohesiveness, allied to relaxed authority and individual conception, the young trumpeter confirmed his much heralded potential, contributing some excellent soloing.

PERSONNEL:

DONALD BYRD, trumpet
BERNARD McKINNEY, euphonium
YUSEF LATEEF, tenor sax
BARRY HARRIS, piano
ALVIN JACKSON, bass
FRANK GANT, drums

Recorded in concert at The World Stage, Detroit, Mi. on August 23, 1955.

TRACKS:

01. MC Willie Bowen introduction
02. Blues Walk
03. Torsion Level
04. Yusef
05. Dancing in the Dark
06. Shaw ‘Nuff
07. Parisian Thoroughfare
08. Woody ‘N You