Up with Donald Byrd
Studio album by Donald Byrd
Released	1965
Recorded	October 6, November 2 & December 16, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studios,Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; A&R Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor
Donald Byrd chronology
A New Perspective (1962) Up with Donald Byrd (1965) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964)

Up with Donald Byrd is an album by American trumpeterDonald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd withJimmy Heath,Stanley Turrentine,Herbie Hancock andKenny Burrell recorded in 1964. It was released on theVerve label in 1965 as V/V6 8609.^[1]

TheAllmusic review byScott Yanow awarded the album 21⁄2 stars and stated "The music is mostly pretty forgettable despite such top sidemen... A lesser effort".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated

1. "You're Talkin' About Me Baby" (Gale Garnett,Walter Hirsch, Ray Rivera) – 2:39
2. "Blind Man, Blind Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 2:51
3. "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) – 4:21
4. "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) – 2:48
5. "See See Rider" (Ma Rainey) – 3:58
6. "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) – 5:05
7. "Bossa" – 7:56
8. "Cantaloupe Island" (Hancock) – 6:46
9. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional; arranged by Donald Byrd) – 5:13

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on October 6 (tracks 1 & 2), November 2 (tracks 3–6), & December 16 (tracks 7–9), 1964 .

• Donald Byrd – trumpet; arranger and conductor (tracks 7 & 9)
• Jimmy Heath (tracks 2–5),Stanley Turrentine (tracks 7 & 8) –tenor saxophone
• Herbie Hancock – piano; arranger and conductor (track 8)
• Kenny Burrell – guitar (tracks 1–8)
• Bob Cranshaw (tracks 1–6),Ron Carter (tracks 7–9) –bass
• Grady Tate – drums
• Candido Camero – percussion (tracks 7 & 8)
• The Donald Byrd Singers – vocals
• Claus Ogerman – arranger and conductor (tracks 1–6)

Technical

• Val Valentin – director of engineering
• Phil Ramone,Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Michael Malatak – cover design

• 1965 albums
• Albums arranged by Claus Ogerman
• Albums conducted by Claus Ogerman
• Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
• Albums produced by Creed Taylor
• Donald Byrd albums
• Verve Records albums

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