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Early Byrd
| Recorded | Jan 13 & Sep 4, 1957 |
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| Label | Columbia |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 13 credited players |
The record
A brass-heavy front line -- french horn and tuba nudging the arrangements toward chamber-jazz -- shows Byrd stretching beyond hard bop conventions early in his career. Gigi Gryce's writing anchors a shifting cast of pianists, proof of Columbia's deep-bench approach to late-'50s session dates.
Session personnel
- Gigi Gryce — alto saxophone
- Sahib Shihab — baritone saxophone
- Wendell Marshall — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- Julius Watkins — french horn
- Tommy Flanagan — piano
- Wade Legge — piano
- Wynton Kelly — piano
- Benny Powell — trombone
- Jimmy Cleveland — trombone
- Donald Byrd — trumpet
- Don Butterfield — tuba
- Jackie Paris — vocals
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1973 | Columbia — MONO |
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