Donald Byrd
Trumpet Solo on
Four Strings

About

Donald Byrd contributes four choruses on trumpet, the third of 5 solos on the recording. Taken at an up-tempo swing tempo of 218 BPM over the 12-bar Blues in B♭, the improvisation moves with confident, driving energy. Jordan's four tenor choruses, Byrd's four trumpet choruses, and Flanagan's four piano choruses each represent distinct improvisational journeys over the same familiar terrain. Recorded for the album Paul Chambers Quintet in 1957, the performance captures Donald Byrd at 24 to 25 years old. Four Strings is a hard bop composition by Benny Golson, written for the Paul Chambers Quintet album recorded on May 19, 1957 for Blue Note Records.

Donald Byrd was 24 to 25 years old at the time.