The Transition Sessions is a Jazz album by Donald Byrd, originally released in 2002. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- warm
- restless
- urban
About
Compilation collecting 3 separate sessions recorded by Donald Byrd and Doug Watkins with various small groups, for the Transition label. The 1955 recordings (first issued under the title Byrd's Eye View) were made shortly after Byrd replaced Kenny Dorham in the Jazz Messengers, all of whom (Horace Silver, Art Blakey, and Hank Mobley, along with Byrd and Watkins) are present, with the addition of local trumpeter Joe Gordon as a guest on two tracks. The half-dozen songs mix an improvised blues ("Doug's Blues"), a favorite from the swing era ("Crazy Rhythm"), a ballad feature for Byrd and Mobley ("Everything Happens .
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Tracklist
- 1-1Doug's Blues12:06
- 1-2El Sino10:02
- 1-3Crazy Rhythm7:34
- 1-4Everything Happens To Me5:45
- 1-5Hank's Other Tune (aka The Late Show)7:29
- 1-6Hank's Tune7:42
- 1-7Little Rock Getaway7:02
- 1-8Polka Dots And Moonbeams7:19
- 1-9If I Love Again4:39
- 1-10Stella By Starlight3:40
- 2-1Return To Paradise12:48
- 2-2Phinupi9:21
- 2-3Phil T. McNasty's Blues4:53
- 2-4More Of The Same10:02
- 2-5Panonica3:48
- 2-6People Will Say We're In Love3:37
- 2-7What's New5:00
Credits
Performers
- Doug WatkinsBASS
- Art BlakeyDRUMS
- Art TaylorDRUMS
- Jimmy ZitanoDRUMS
- Kenny BurrellGUITAR
- Duke JordanPIANO
- Horace SilverPIANO
- Ray SantisiPIANO
- Hank MobleyTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Donald ByrdTRUMPET
- Joe GordonTRUMPET
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 3 pressings tracked on Gatefold