Donald Byrd

3 LPS ON 2 CDs PLUS 1 BONUS TRACK

PERSONNEL:

CD 1 [1-5] from the album BYRD'S EYE VIEW (Transition TRLP-4)
DONALD BYRD, trumpet
JOE GORSON trumpet 1,2,4 & 6
HANK MOBLEY, tenor sax on tracks 1,3-5
HORACE SILVER, piano
DOUG WATKINS, bass
ART BLAKEY, drums
Recorded at Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 2, 1955

[6] BONUS TRACK: from the sampler album JAZZ IN TRANSITION (Transition TRLP-30)

[7-8] & CD 2 [1-3] from the album WATKINS AT LARGE (Transition TRLP-20)
DONALD BYRD, trumpet
HANK MOBLEY, tenor sax
KENNY BURRELL, guitar
DUKE JORDAN, piano
GOUD WATKINS, bass
ART TAYLOR, drums
Recorded in Boston, Massachusetts, December 8, 1956.

CD 2 [4-9] from the album BLOWS AT BEACON HILL (Transition TRLP-7)
DONALD BYRD, trumpet on tracks 4,5,7 & 9
RAY SANTISI, piano+DOUG WATKINS, bass
JIM ZITANO, drums
Recorded at Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, on May 7, 1956.

CD 1

01. 1 Doug’s Blues
02. El Sino
03. Everything Happens to Me
04. Hank’s Tune
05. Hank’s Other Tune
06. Crazy Rhythm *
07. Phil T. McNasty’s Blues4:53
08. More of the Same 10:01

CD 2

01. 1 Panonica
02. Return to Paradise
03. Phinupi
04. 4 Little Rock Getaway
05. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
06. People Will Say We’re In Love
07. If I Love Again
08. What’s New
09. Stella by Starlight