Byrd in the Wind

Byrd in the Wind
Studio album by Charlie Byrd
Released	1959
Recorded	1959 Washington, D.C.
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:47
Label	Offbeat OLP 3005 Riverside RLP 449
Charlie Byrd chronology
Byrd's Word! (1958) Byrd in the Wind (1959) Mr. Guitar (1960)

Byrd in the Wind is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the Riverside label in 1963.^[1]The album was first released on the Washington Records Offbeat imprint as Byrd in the Wind: Jazz at the Showboat, Vol. II'^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Alex Henderson, in his review for Allmusic, states "Byrd in the Wind... isn't among the guitarist's essential albums, but it's still a decent and pleasing document of his pre-bossa nova, pre-'60s period".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Byrd except as indicated

1. "Swing 59" - 3:22
2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 2:50
3. "Showboat Shuffle" (Duke Ellington) - 3:57
4. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 3:00
5. "Cross Your Heart" (Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler) - 2:17
6. "Keter's Dirty Blues" (Byrd, Keter Betts) - 4:11
7. "You're a Sweetheart" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:31
8. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) - 3:15
9. "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) - 3:30
10. "Wait Till You See Her" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:53
11. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 3:08
12. "Copacabana" (João de Barro, Alberto Ribeiro) - 2:53

Personnel

• Charlie Byrd - guitar
• Wallace Mann - flute (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 10)
• Richard White - oboe (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 10)
• Kenneth Pasmanick - bassoon (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 10)
• Buck Hill - tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 6 & 12)
• Charlie Schneer - piano (tracks 9, 11 & 12)
• Keter Betts - bass (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12)
• Bertell Knox - drums (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12)
• Ginny Byrd - vocals (tracks 2, 5, 9 & 11)

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