BYRD,CHARLIE
ONE NOTE SAMBA (180 GRAM) - LP

UPC: 8436563185724
Label: JAZZ SAMBA
Format: LP
Release Date: July 19, 2024
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One of the first modern guitar players to believe in a re-insertion of the unamplified Spanish guitar in jazz, Charlie Lee Byrd was born in Suffolk, Virginia, on September 16, 1925 (he died on December 2, 1999 at the age of 74).

Presented here are three complete 1962 sessions featuring Byrd playing Brazilian music (or tunes he composed in the Brazilian vein) as the main soloist. The September 28 and October 1 dates constitute the original Byrd album Bossa Nova Pelos Pássaros in its entirety.

PERSONNEL:

CHARLIE BYRD - (unamplified guitar)
JOE “GENE” BYRD - (unamplified guitar & bass on A1-A7 & B9-B10 only)
KETER BETTS - (bass)
BILL REICHENBACH - (drums)

A1-A6: New York, April 18, 1962. Charlie Byrd also plays tiple on some tracks.
A8 & B1-B8: New York, September 28, 1962. Add strings on A8 & B6-B8.
A7 & B9-B10: Same personnel as A1-A6 but add Earl Swope (tb), Charles Hampton (as, fl), Willie Rodríguez (bgo). New York, October 1, 1962.

TRACK LIST:

A1 SAMBA DE UMA NOTA SÓ [ONE NOTE SAMBA]
A2 MANHÃ DE CARNAVAL
A3 HOMAGE A VILLA-LOBOS
A4 BOGOTÁ
A5 AZUL TIPLE
A6 O PATO [THE DUCK]
A7 HO-BA-LA-LA
A8 YVONNE

B1 UM ABRAÇO NO BONFÁ
B2 COISA MAIS LINDA [A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING]
B3 BIM BOM
B4 ELA ME DEIXOU [SHE HAS GONE]
B5 DESAFINADO
B6 MEDITAÇAO
B7 O BARQUINHO [LITTLE BOAT]
B8 SAMBA TRISTE
B9 VOCE E EU [YOU AND I]
B10 O PÁSSARO [THE BIRD]