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This CD compilation collects three separate sessions recorded by Donald Byrd and Doug Watkins for Transition with various small groups. The 1955 recordings (first issued under the title Byrd's Eye View) were made shortly after Byrd replaced Kenny Dorham in the Jazz Messengers, all of whom (Horace Silver, Art Blakey, and Hank Mobley, along with Byrd and Watkins) are present, with the addition of local trumpeter Joe Gordon as a guest on two tracks. The half-dozen songs mix an improvised blues ("Doug's Blues"), a favorite from the swing era ("Crazy Rhythm"), a ballad feature for Byrd and Mobley ("Everything Happens to Me"), plus a pair of potent hard bop pieces contributed by the tenor saxophonist. The second session, recorded at engineer Stephen Fassett's Beacon Hill home, features two local musicians (pianist Ray Santisis and drummer Jimmy Zitano) joining Byrd and Watkins; it was first released as Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill. This set is heavily ballad-oriented, with the exception of the surprising choice of Joe Sullivan's "Little Rock Getaway." Byrd sits out both "People Will Say We're in Love" and "What's New." The final of the three sessions in this two-CD set marks the bassist's debut release (Watkins at Large), and it proves to be the most interesting. Hank Mobley, Kenny Burrell, Duke Jordan, and Art Taylor are on hand, with the music including a piece written for a 1953 movie soundtrack (Dmitri Tomkin's "Return to Paradise"), Thad Jones' pulsating "More of the Same," as well as originals contributed by both Burrell and Jordan. These three enjoyable but often overlooked studio dates from the early days of hard bop make this reissue well worth purchasing.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
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Traditional, Composer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Joe Gordon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arnie Ginsburg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Joe Gordon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arnie Ginsburg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Majeed Greenlea, Composer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Irving Caesar, Composer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Kahn, Composer - Joseph Meyer, Composer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Joe Gordon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arnie Ginsburg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Tom Adair, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - Joe Gordon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arnie Ginsburg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Joe Gordon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arnie Ginsburg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Joe Gordon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arnie Ginsburg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Joe Sullivan, Composer - Ray Santisi, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Zitano, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Fassett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - Ray Santisi, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Zitano, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Jack P. Murray, Composer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Oakland, Composer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Ray Santisi, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Zitano, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Fassett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor P. Young, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - Ray Santisi, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Zitano, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Fassett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
DISC 2
Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer - Ned Washington, Composer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Jordan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Bob Guy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Jordan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Bob Guy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Traditional, Composer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Jordan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Bob Guy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Jones, Composer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Jordan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Bob Guy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Jordan, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Bob Guy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - Ray Santisi, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Zitano, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Fassett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Doug Watkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, Author - Bob Haggart, Composer - Ray Santisi, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Zitano, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Album review
This CD compilation collects three separate sessions recorded by Donald Byrd and Doug Watkins for Transition with various small groups. The 1955 recordings (first issued under the title Byrd's Eye View) were made shortly after Byrd replaced Kenny Dorham in the Jazz Messengers, all of whom (Horace Silver, Art Blakey, and Hank Mobley, along with Byrd and Watkins) are present, with the addition of local trumpeter Joe Gordon as a guest on two tracks. The half-dozen songs mix an improvised blues ("Doug's Blues"), a favorite from the swing era ("Crazy Rhythm"), a ballad feature for Byrd and Mobley ("Everything Happens to Me"), plus a pair of potent hard bop pieces contributed by the tenor saxophonist. The second session, recorded at engineer Stephen Fassett's Beacon Hill home, features two local musicians (pianist Ray Santisis and drummer Jimmy Zitano) joining Byrd and Watkins; it was first released as Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill. This set is heavily ballad-oriented, with the exception of the surprising choice of Joe Sullivan's "Little Rock Getaway." Byrd sits out both "People Will Say We're in Love" and "What's New." The final of the three sessions in this two-CD set marks the bassist's debut release (Watkins at Large), and it proves to be the most interesting. Hank Mobley, Kenny Burrell, Duke Jordan, and Art Taylor are on hand, with the music including a piece written for a 1953 movie soundtrack (Dmitri Tomkin's "Return to Paradise"), Thad Jones' pulsating "More of the Same," as well as originals contributed by both Burrell and Jordan. These three enjoyable but often overlooked studio dates from the early days of hard bop make this reissue well worth purchasing.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 02:03:24
- Main artists: Donald Byrd Doug Watkins
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
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