Charlie Byrd Reviews

Solo Flight

Format: Audio CD from Ojc (2003-09-23)

Artist: Charlie Byrd

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Tracks:
Disc 1

Am I Blue - Charlie Byrd, Clarke, Grant
Easy Living - Charlie Byrd, Rainger, Ralph
House of the Rising Sun - Charlie Byrd, Traditional
Mood Indigo - Charlie Byrd, Bigard, Barney
You Took Advantage of Me - Charlie Byrd, Hart, Lorenz
Li'l Darlin' - Charlie Byrd, Hefti, Neal
Tears - Charlie Byrd, Grappelli, Stephane
Nocturne - Charlie Byrd, Grappelli, Stephane
Satin Doll - Charlie Byrd, Ellington, Duke
Blue Mobile - Charlie Byrd, Byrd, Charlie
Sweet Sue, Just You - Charlie Byrd, Young, Victor

Average review score:

Nice and relaxing

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2004-10-11

No big surprises, just your typical guitar virtuoso playing standards in a relaxing manner with creative arrangements. A great CD when you've had enough of LOUD saxophones and trumpets, and you want to relax with sophisticated, yet mellow, jazz.

Songs of Work and Freedom

Format: LP Record from Washington ()

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The Sound of Picante

Format: Audio Cassette from Concord Picante Records (1990-10-17)

Artists: Monty Alexander, Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd, Tania Maria, Tito Puente, Poncho Sanchez, and Cal Tjader

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Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

Format: LP Record from Verve Records ()

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SWINGS DOWNTOWN [LP VINYL]

Format: LP Record from IMPROV RECORDS ()

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Tambu

Format: Audio CD from Fantasy (1974-01-01)

Artist: Cal Tjader with Charlie Byrd

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Tracks:
Disc 1

Tambu (Tombo in 7/4) - Cal Tjader, Mareira, Moraes
Tereza My Love - Cal Tjader, Jobim, Antonio Carl
Black Narcissus - Cal Tjader, Henderson, Joe [1]
Sad Eyes - Cal Tjader, Wolff, Michael
My Cherie Amour - Cal Tjader, Cosby, Henry
San Francisco River - Cal Tjader, Moreira, Airto
Samba de Oneida - Cal Tjader, Wolff, Michael
Don't Lend Your Guitar to Anyone (Violão Não Se Empresta a Ninguém) - Cal Tjader, DiPaula, Benito

Average review score:

3 and a half, actually...Charlie and Cal caught in time..

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-30

This LP was released in 1973 (the promo, at least), and it was a very strange time for jazz - even cross-over jazz. Listening today to "My Cherie Amour", I don't feel the same way about it as I did then. Then, it was an attempt to popularize the LP for more mass appeal. It didn't work...and yet, I like it now. The one REALLY 5-star tune is their version of Tom Jobim's "Tereza, My Love", a stunningly beautiful tune that Charlie plays really well. Cal eats it alive, cascading perfect rhythmic and melodic runs up and down his instrument. "Tambu", the title cut, is a movin' Afro-Latino train. It's too bad that this one was caught in a kind of 'time warp'. Hopefully it will get its due.

Tambu

Format: Audio CD from Ojc (1996-06-11)

Artist: Cal Tjader with Charlie Byrd

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Tracks:
Disc 1

Tambu (Tombo in 7/4) - Cal Tjader, Mareira, Moraes
Tereza My Love - Cal Tjader, Jobim, Antonio Carl
Black Narcissus - Cal Tjader, Henderson, Joe [1]
Sad Eyes - Cal Tjader, Wolff, Michael
My Cherie Amour - Cal Tjader, Cosby, Henry
San Francisco River - Cal Tjader, Moreira, Airto
Samba de Oneida - Cal Tjader, Wolff, Michael
Don't Lend Your Guitar to Anyone (Violão Não Se Empresta a Ninguém) - Cal Tjader, DiPaula, Benito

Average review score:

3 and a half, actually...Charlie and Cal caught in time..

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-30

This LP was released in 1973 (the promo, at least), and it was a very strange time for jazz - even cross-over jazz. Listening today to "My Cherie Amour", I don't feel the same way about it as I did then. Then, it was an attempt to popularize the LP for more mass appeal. It didn't work...and yet, I like it now. The one REALLY 5-star tune is their version of Tom Jobim's "Tereza, My Love", a stunningly beautiful tune that Charlie plays really well. Cal eats it alive, cascading perfect rhythmic and melodic runs up and down his instrument. "Tambu", the title cut, is a movin' Afro-Latino train. It's too bad that this one was caught in a kind of 'time warp'. Hopefully it will get its due.

Tango 180g 45RPM 2LP

Format: LP Record from Groove Note ()

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Tango: Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd

Format: Audio CD from Groove Note Records (2004-03-23)

Artist: Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd

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Tracks:
Disc 1

Orchids in the Moonlight - Laurindo Almeida, Eliscu, Edward
Blue Tango - Laurindo Almeida, Anderson, Leroy
Jalousie - Laurindo Almeida, Bloom, Vera
Los Enamorados - Laurindo Almeida, Hahn, Reynaldo
La Rosita - Laurindo Almeida, Haenschen, Gus
Tango Alegre - Laurindo Almeida, Almeida, Laurindo
La Cumparsita - Laurindo Almeida, Contursi, Pascual
Adios Muchachos - Laurindo Almeida, Sanders, Julio Cesa
The Moon Was Yellow - Laurindo Almeida, Leslie, Edgar
Hernando's Hideaway - Laurindo Almeida, Adler, Richard [Com
Tanguero - Laurindo Almeida, Masters, Randy

Tango: Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd

Format: Audio Cassette from Concord Records (1990-10-17)

Artist: Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd

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Tracks:
Disc 1

Orchids in the Moonlight - Laurindo Almeida, Eliscu, Edward
Blue Tango - Laurindo Almeida, Anderson, Leroy
Jalousie - Laurindo Almeida, Bloom, Vera
Los Enamorados - Laurindo Almeida, Hahn, Reynaldo
La Rosita - Laurindo Almeida, Haenschen, Gus
Tango Alegre - Laurindo Almeida, Almeida, Laurindo
La Cumparsita - Laurindo Almeida, Contursi, Pascual
Adios Muchachos - Laurindo Almeida, Sanders, Julio Cesa
The Moon Was Yellow - Laurindo Almeida, Leslie, Edgar
Hernando's Hideaway - Laurindo Almeida, Adler, Richard [Com
Tanguero - Laurindo Almeida, Masters, Randy

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