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Byrd Jazz is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in Detroit in 1955 and originally released on Tom Wilson’s Transition label.

Track listing:
All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated

“Blues” (Clifford Brown)* – 6:15
“Tortion Level” – 6:26
“Woody ‘n’ You” (Dizzy Gillespie) – 7:32
“Dancing in the Dark” (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 7:37
“Parisian Thoroughfare” (Bud Powell) – 14:26
“Yusef” (Barry Harris) – 5:36
“Shaw ‘Nuff” (Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:50
* the name of this track on the original LP was Blues but it is Clifford Brown’s theme The Blues Walk which was first recorded and released on the 1954 album “Clifford Brown & Max Roach”.

Personnel:
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Bernard McKinney – euphonium
Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone
Barry Harris – piano
Alvin Jackson – bass
Frank Gant- drums

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Released: 1956
Recorded: August 23, 1955
Venue: New World Stage Theatre, Detroit, Michigan
Length: 55:27
Label: Transition
TRLP 5
Producer: Tom Wilson