Byrd Song


Byrd Song is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1964 and released on the Riverside label.

Reception

awarded the album 3 stars stating "the vocal component of the record feel like an afterthought. And not an especially inspired one, either; the white-bread soothing choruses sound like refugees from straight easy listening records. The album's actually for the most part a typical, if low-key, Byrd session... When played just by the trio, it's fine, with sterling Byrd guitar, though the less sappy and more forceful material overshadows the more conventional romantic standards. When those voices enter, though, it treads on the annoyingly saccharine.

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Byrd except as indicated
  1. "I Left [My Heart in San Francisco]" – 3:32
  2. "Who Will Buy?" – 3:16
  3. "The Night We Called It [a Day (song)|The Night We Called It a Day]" – 2:23
  4. "Wildcat" – 2:30
  5. "Felicidade" – 2:42
  6. "Action Painting" – 3:06
  7. "This Can't [Be Love (song)|This Can't Be Love]" – 2:38
  8. "Let's [Do It, Let's Fall in Love|Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)]" – 3:26
  9. "God [Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)|God Bless the Child]" – 2:47
  10. "My [Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]" – 4:15
  11. "Swing '59" – 3:21
  12. "Born to Be Blue" – 2:16

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