Donald Byrd Catalog - album index

1947 (The age of 15)

• Robert Barnes Sextet  (Fortune 113)

1955 (The age of 23)

• Kenny Clarke - Bohemia After Dark  (Savoy MG 12017)
• Cannonball Adderley - Discoveries  (Savoy SJL 1195)
• Oscar Pettiford  (Bethlehem BCP 33)
• Donald Byrd - Byrd Jazz  (Transition TRLP 5)
• George Wallington Quintet At The Bohemia  (Progressive LP 1001)
• George Wallington Quintet At The Cafe Bohemia Featuring The Peck  (Overseas (J) ULS 1860)
• V.A. - Montage  (Savoy MG 12029)
• Donald Byrd - Byrd's Word  (Savoy MG 12032)
• Jackie McLean - The New Tradition  (Adlib AD 6601)
• The Hank Jones Quartet/Quintet  (Savoy MG 12037)
• Hank Jones - Bluebird  (Savoy MG 12053)
• Donald Byrd Quartet And Quintet  (Eros ERP 50067)
• Ernie Wilkins - Top Brass  (Savoy MG 12044)
• Donald Byrd - Byrd's Eye View  (Transition TRLP 4)
• V.A. - Jazz In Transition  (Transition TRLP 30)

1956

• George Wallington - Jazz For The Carriage Trade  (Prestige PRLP 7032)
• Jackie McLean - Lights Out!  (Prestige PRLP 7035)
• The Jazz Message Of Hank Mobley  (Savoy MG 12064)
• Kenny Clarke - Klook's Clique  (Savoy MG 12065)
• V.A. - Know Your Jazz, Vol. 1  (ABC-Paramount ABC 115)
• The Jazz Messengers  (Columbia CL 897)
• Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Originally  (Columbia FC 38036)
• The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys With Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers  (Philips (H) B 08006L)
• Donald Byrd - Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill  (Transition TRLP 17)
• Elmo Hope - Informal Jazz  (Prestige PRLP 7043)
• Phil Woods - Pairing Off  (Prestige PRLP 7046)
• Jackie McLean - 4, 5 And 6  (Prestige PRLP 7048)
• Gene Ammons - Jammin' With Gene  (Prestige PRLP 7060)
• Horace Silver - Silver's Blue  (Epic LN 3326)
• Hank Mobley - Mobley's Message  (Prestige PRLP 7061)
• The Jazz Message Of Hank Mobley, #2  (Savoy MG 12092)
• Art Farmer/Donald Byrd - 2 Trumpets  (Prestige PRLP 7062)
• Paul Chambers - Whims Of Chambers  (Blue Note BLP 1534)
• Phil Woods/Donald Byrd - The Young Bloods  (Prestige PRLP 7080)
• Horace Silver - 6 Pieces Of Silver  (Blue Note BLP 1539)
• Horace Silver - Sterling Silver  (Blue Note BN-LA 945-H)
• Hank Mobley With Donald Byrd And Lee Morgan  (Blue Note BLP 1540)
• The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions  (Mosaic MQ10-181)
• Doug Watkins - Watkins At Large  (Transition TRLP 20)
• Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1  (Blue Note BLP 1542)
• The Prestige All Stars - All Night Long  (Prestige PRLP 7073)
• V.A. - Body And Soul  (Status ST 8317)

1957 (The age of 25)

• The Prestige All Stars - All Day Long  (Prestige PRLP 7081)
• Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd - Jazz Lab  (Columbia CL 998)
• The Prestige All Stars - Three Trumpets  (Prestige PRLP 7092)
• Lou Donaldson - Wailing With Lou  (Blue Note BLP 1545)
• V.A. - Jazz Omnibus  (Columbia CL 1020)
• A Date With Jimmy Smith, Vol. 1  (Blue Note BLP 1547)
• A Date With Jimmy Smith, Vol. 2  (Blue Note BLP 1548)
• Art Taylor - Taylor's Wailers  (Prestige PRLP 7117)
• Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet  (Riverside RLP 12-229)
• George Wallington - The New York Scene  (New Jazz NJLP 8207)
• American Jazzmen Play Andre Hodeir's Essais  (Savoy MG 12104)
• Billy Ver Planck - Dancing Jazz  (Savoy MG 12101)
• Kenny Burrell/Jimmy Raney - 2 Guitars  (Prestige PRLP 7119)
• Kenny Drew - This Is New  (Riverside RLP 12-236)
• Hank Mobley - Hank  (Blue Note BLP 1560)
• Paul Chambers Quintet  (Blue Note BLP 1564)
• Paul Chambers Quintet  (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52441-2)
• The Gigi Gryce - Donald Byrd Jazz Lab And Cecil Taylor At Newport  (Verve MGV 8238)
• Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd - New Formulas From Jazz Lab  (RCA (J) 6015)
• Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd - Jazz Lab  (Jubilee JLP 1059)
• Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd - Modern Jazz Perspective  (Columbia CL 1058)
• Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib  (Blue Note BLP 1576)
• Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib  (Blue Note CDP 7 46819-2)
• Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd/Jackie Paris - Jazz Lab Quintet Plus Jackie Paris  (Columbia JC 36810)
• John Jenkins/Donald Byrd - Jazz Eyes  (Regent MG 6056)
• John Jenkins/Donald Byrd - Star Eyes  (Savoy SJL 1114)
• V.A. - Jazz Is Busting Out All Over!  (Savoy MG 12123)
• V.A. - Winner's Circle  (Bethlehem BCP 6024)
• V.A. - Modern Jazz Festival  (Europe Jazz Tone (E) J 1245)
• George Wallington - Jazz At Hotchkiss  (Savoy MG 12122)
• Red Garland - All Mornin' Long  (Prestige PRLP 7130)
• Red Garland - Soul Junction  (Prestige PRLP 7181)
• Red Garland - High Pressure  (Prestige PRLP 7209)
• Red Garland - Dig It!  (Prestige PRLP 7229)
• Lou Donaldson - Lou Takes Off  (Blue Note BLP 1591)
• John Coltrane - Bethlehem Years  (Bethlehem 20 50012)
• Art Blakey Big Band  (Bethlehem BCP 6027)
• Donald Byrd/Clare Fischer - September Afternoon  (Discovery DS 869)

1958

• John Coltrane - Lush Life  (Prestige PRLP 7188)
• John Coltrane - The Believer  (Prestige PRLP 7292)
• John Coltrane - The Last Trane  (Prestige PR 7378)
• Johnny Griffin Sextet  (Riverside RLP 12-264)
• Thelonious Monk - Blues Five Spot  (Milestone M 9124)
• Manny Albam - Jazz New York  (Dot DLP 9004)
• Pepper Adams - 10 To 4 At The 5 Spot  (Riverside RLP 12-265)
• John Coltrane - Black Pearls  (Prestige PRLP 7316)
• Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz  (Columbia CL 1250)
• V.A. - Hello Baden-Baden  (Jazzline (G) JL 20828)
• Dizzy Reece - Blues In Trinity  (Blue Note BLP 4006)
• Dizzy Reece - Blues In Trinity  (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32093-2)
• Donald Byrd - Byrd In Paris, Vol. 1  (Brunswick (F) 87 903)
• Donald Byrd - Byrd In Paris, Vol. 2  (Brunswick (F) 87 904)
• Donald Byrd Plays Au Chat - 0:15  (Jazz O.P. (F) OMS 7001/02)
• Art Blakey - Holiday For Skins, Vol. 1  (Blue Note BLP 4004)
• Art Blakey - Holiday For Skins, Vol. 2  (Blue Note BLP 4005)
• V.A. - Jazz Festival In Stereo: Hear In And Far Out  (Warner Bros. WB 1281)
• Jim Timmens - Gilbert And Sullivan Revisited  (Warner Bros. WB 1278)
• Donald Byrd - Off To The Races  (Blue Note BLP 4007)

1959

• Jackie McLean - Jackie's Bag  (Blue Note BLP 4051)
• Mundell Lowe - TV Action Jazz!  (RCA Camden CAL 522)
• The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall  (Riverside RLP 12-300)
• Thelonious Monk - In Person  (Milestone M 47033)
• Thelonious Monk - Evidence  (Milestone M 9115)
• Chris Connor - Ballads Of The Sad Cafe  (Atlantic LP 1307)
• Sonny Clark - My Conception  (Blue Note (J) GXF 3056)
• Manny Albam/Teo Macero - Something New, Something Blue  (Columbia CL 1388)
• Jackie McLean - Vertigo  (Blue Note LT 1085)
• Jackie McLean - New Soil  (Blue Note BLP 4013)
• Donald Byrd - Byrd In Hand  (Blue Note BLP 4019)
• Walter Davis Jr. - Davis Cup  (Blue Note BLP 4018)
• Donald Byrd - Fuego  (Blue Note BLP 4026)

1960

• Donald Byrd - Byrd In Flight  (Blue Note BLP 4048)
• Donald Byrd - Byrd In Flight  (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52435-2)
• Earl Zindars/Armando Peraza - The Soul Of Jazz Percussion  (Warwick W 5003ST)
• Bunky Green - My Babe  (Exodus EXS 6001)
• Donald Byrd - At The Half Note Cafe, Vol. 2  (Blue Note BLP 4061)
• Donald Byrd - At The Half Note Cafe, Vol. 2  (Blue Note CDP 7 46540-2)
• Donald Byrd - At The Half Note Cafe, Vol. 1  (Blue Note BLP 4060)
• Donald Byrd - At The Half Note Cafe, Vol. 1  (Blue Note CDP 7 46539-2)
• Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams - Motor City Scene  (Bethlehem BCP 6056)

1961

• Jammin' With The Herbie Hancock Quintet  (Happy Bird (G) B 90172)
• Pepper Adams/Donald Byrd - Out Of This World  (Warwick W 2041)
• Donald Byrd - Chant  (Blue Note LT 991)
• Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk  (Blue Note BLP 4075)
• Donald Byrd - Hip-Intertainment, Vol. 1  (VGM 0002)
• Donald Byrd - Royal Flush  (Blue Note BLP 4101)
• Donald Byrd - Free Form  (Blue Note BLP 4118)
• Donald Byrd - Free Form  (Blue Note CDP 7 84118-2)
• V.A. - The Lost Sessions  (Blue Note CDP 7243 5 21484-2)

1962 (The age of 30)

• Duke Pearson - Hush!  (Jazzline JAZ 33-02)
• Donald Byrd/Johnny Coles - Groovin' For Nat  (Black Lion (E) BLCD 760134)
• Al Grey - Dirty Low Down Blues c/w Nothing But The Truth  (Argo 5421)
• Al Grey - Snap Your Fingers  (Argo LP 700)

1963

• Donald Byrd - A New Perspective  (Blue Note BLP 4124)
• Hank Mobley - No Room For Squares  (Blue Note BLP 4149)
• Hank Mobley - Straight No Filter  (Blue Note BST 84435)
• Hank Mobley - Straight No Filter  (Blue Note CDP 7 84435-2)
• Hank Mobley - The Turnaround!  (Blue Note BLP 4186)
• Jimmy Heath And Brass - Swamp Seed  (Riverside RLP 465)
• Herbie Hancock - My Point Of View  (Blue Note BLP 4126)
• Herbie Hancock - The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions  (Blue Note CDP 7243 4 95569-2)

1964

• V.A. - NDR Jazz Workshop  (Atlantic (Eu) ATL 60073)
• Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up  (Blue Note BLP 4176)
• Eric Dolphy - Unrealized Tapes  (West Wind (G) WW 016)
• Eric Dolphy - Naima  (Jazzway (It) MUTT 1502)
• V.A. - International Jazz Workshop: Ruhr Festival 1964  (Philips 48095)
• Up With Donald Byrd  (Verve V/V6 8609)
• Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce  (Verve V/V6 8614)
• Duke Pearson - Wahoo!  (Blue Note BLP 4191)
• Donald Byrd - I'm Tryin' To Get Home  (Blue Note BLP 4188)

1965

• Dexter Gordon - Ladybird  (SteepleChase (D) SCCD 36035)
• Wes Montgomery - Goin' Out Of My Head  (Verve V/V6 8642)

1966

• Donald Byrd - Mustang!  (Blue Note BLP 4238)
• Donald Byrd - Mustang!  (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59963-2)

1967 (The age of 35)

• Donald Byrd - Blackjack  (Blue Note BLP 4259)
• Donald Byrd - Blackjack  (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 21286-2)
• Stanley Turrentine Best Album  (Blue Note BN-LA 394-H2)
• Stanley Turrentine - New Time Shuffle  (Blue Note LT 993)
• Sam Rivers - Involution  (Blue Note BN-LA 453-H2)
• Donald Byrd - Slow Drag  (Blue Note BST 84292)
• Hank Mobley - Far Away Lands  (Blue Note BST 84425)
• Donald Byrd - The Creeper  (Blue Note LT 1096)

1969

• Donald Byrd - Fancy Free  (Blue Note BST 84319)
• Donald Byrd - Kofi  (Blue Note B1 31875)
• Donald Byrd - Kofi  (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 31875-2)

1970

• Donald Byrd - Electric Byrd  (Blue Note BST 84349)

1971

• Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights  (Blue Note BST 84380)

1972 (The age of 40)

• Donald Byrd - Black Byrd  (Blue Note BN-LA 047-F)

1973

• Donald Byrd - Street Lady  (Blue Note BN-LA 140-F)

1974

• Donald Byrd - Steppin' Into Tomorrow  (Blue Note BN-LA 368-G)

1975

• Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces  (Blue Note BN-LA 549-G)

1976

• Donald Byrd - Caricatures  (Blue Note BN-LA 633-G)
• V.A. - Blue Note Live At The Roxy  (Blue Note BN-LA 663-J2)

1977 (The age of 45)

• Gene Harris - Tone Tantrums  (Blue Note BN-LA 760-H)

1978

• Donald Byrd - Thank You... For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life)  (Elektra ELK 52097)
• Sonny Rollins - Don't Stop The Carnival  (Milestone M 55005)

1981

• Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C. - Love Byrd  (Elektra 5E 531)

1982 (The age of 50)

• Donald Byrd - Words, Sounds, Colors And Shapes  (Elektra ELK 52427)

1987 (The age of 55)

• Donald Byrd - Harlem Blues  (Landmark LLP 1516)
• Donald Byrd - Harlem Blues  (Landmark LCD 1516-2)

1989

• Donald Byrd - Getting Down To Business  (Landmark LLP 1523)
• Donald Byrd - Getting Down To Business  (Landmark LCD 1523-2)

1991

• Donald Byrd - A City Called Heaven  (Landmark LLP 1530)