Donald Byrd & Bobby Jaspar

• NEVER-BEFORE RELEASE 1958 CONCERT

• 180 gr vinyl pressed

• Deluxe high-gloss flipback album jacket

• Limited edition 2000 copies

Donald Byrd's 1958 residency in Paris to study with composer Nadia Boulanger resulted in one of the greatest groups of his career with Bobby Jaspar on tenor sax and flute, Walter Davis, Jr. on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and Art Taylor on drums.

Here we present this previously unreleased concert by the Donald Byrd/Bobby Jaspar quintet which was recorded during the evening dedicated to 'Modern Jazz' at the 1st and only Cannes Jazz Festival on July 11, 1958.

The initiative for this unique festival came from Yvonne Blanc, a lady of good society who played the piano and lived between Paris and Cannes.

This festival was organised in partnership with the festival of Knokke-le-Zoute, in Belgium.

PERSONNEL:

• Donald Byrd (trumpet)
• Bobby Jaspar (flute/tenor saxophone)
• Walter Davis Jr. (piano)
• Doug Watkins (bass)
• Art Taylor (drums)

Recorded in Cannes, France, July 11, 1958.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. I get a Kick Out Of You
• A2. I Could Happen To You
• A3. Long To You

• SIDE B
• B1. When Your Love has Gone Away
• B2. Flute Bop
• B3. Boogie Woogie