DONALD BYRD - Byrd in Paris, Vol 2 - 1958 RARE French Session BRUNSWICK - 180gr
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Artist : DONALD BYRD

Title : Byrd in Paris, Vol 2 - Parisian Thoroughfare.

Orig issued in 1959 on Brunswick label - Brunswick 87 904 .

In its October ‘58 issue, the title carried by Jazz Hot magazine was: “Revelation at the Chat Qui Pêche’. The spirit of jazz (which some thought was dying) is sparkling with life in the Donald Byrd Quintet.” And indeed, on its first appearance at the Cannes Festival in July (the Jazz Festival, not the other one), the Donald Byrd Quintet brought the house down. Its members were hardly the Who’s Who of jazz, however. People vaguely knew that the leader had replaced Kenny Dorham in the Jazz Messengers, that Doug Watkins had played bass with them, and that pianist Walter Davis Jr. had been with Charlie Parker before he was 19. As for Art Taylor, if he’d already enjoyed a career longer than that of his colleagues, it hadn’t yet brought him recognition beyond a small circle of cognoscenti. Only Bobby Jaspar – who’d shone at the Club St. Germain – was famous with the Parisian audience.

After appearing in Cannes (in the sun) and Knokke-le-Zoute (a much smaller audience) for almost three months, the Donald Byrd Quintet settled down for the autumn in one of the capital’s top jazz spots, the Chat Qui Pêche on the Rue de la Huchette. To crown a tour that had been extremely satisfying for everyone, a concert at the Olympia theatre was organised (there were gigs there called “Jazz Wednesdays”). Byrd and Co. took things very seriously, even though they preserved the relaxed approach that their (relatively) long association now permitted: La Marseillaise, and And the angels sing are both present in the introduction to Parisian Thoroughfare played by the two horns. The latter then went on to imitate other horns, those of the cars on 52nd Street... However, when it came to Stardust, it was with all the seriousness in the world, almost in meditation in fact, that Donald Byrd improvised over the backing provided by just Walter Davis Jr. and Doug Watkins. Bobby Jaspar, of course, was marvellous. If he showed a marked obedience to Sonny Rollins, he still preserved, intact, the virtues of sobriety that prevented him falling into the trap of serving up torrents of notes in pieces taken at a rapid tempo (At This Time, for example). During the exchanges on Formidable, you’d be forgiven for saying that he gets the better of Donald Byrd. As for the complicity that reigned between the members of the rhythm section, it gave the formation a homogenous character that was very rare in a quintet.

Now, almost half a century later, one can only agree with Jazz Magazine’s critic on the subject of the Donald Byrd Quintet: “The only thing missing (...) was the consecration that a great concert in Paris would bring. They won that last battle with astounding brio in front of an audience of connoisseurs. There were many there who thought modern jazz had never been so well-served in Paris.”

Text – Alain Tercinet





Cat Number: SR11/1
Format : LP 12inch / New Release date : 25/12/2014 Recording : Recorded 22 October, 1958 Olympia Hall, Paris - The original is so rare!!!
Personnel :


Donald Byrd (tp), Bobby Jaspar (ts), Walter Davis Jr (p), Doug Watkins (b) and Art Taylor (d).


Track list :  SIDE A
 1. Salt Peanuts 2'12
 2. Parisian Thoroughfare 9'05
 3. Stardust 3'19
 4. 52nd Street Theme 6'42


 SIDE B
 1. At This Time 10'03
 2. Formidable 9'28
 3. Two Bass Hit 2'56
 4. Salt Peanuts 2'15


Reissue produced by Sam Records.Re-mastered from the original master tapes.
Limited edition 1000 copies.
180 gr vinyl pressed by Pallas in Germany.
Facsimile reissue using the original cover art (front photo is lost).
Double insert using an original photo by JP Leloir from 1958.
Each record has been visually checked to prevent defects.
Important: A slight distortion may appear on the piano or the drums. This defect, due to the poor quality of the master tapes, is impossible to erase without distorting the entire recording.

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·      Double insert using an original photo by JP Leloir.

·      Each record has been visually checked to prevent defects.




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