Solo Flight (Charlie Byrd album)

Solo Flight is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1964 and released on the Riverside label.[1]

Solo Flight
Studio album by
Charlie Byrd
Released1964
Recorded1964
New York City
GenreJazz
Length34:24
LabelRiverside
RLP 498
Charlie Byrd chronology
Byrd Song
(1964)		 Solo Flight
(1964)		 Brazilian Byrd
(1965)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Billboard"Spotlight" pick[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Many fans of more progressive jazz will find this all a bit conservative, but Byrd fans happily note that his best work has a timeless quality. Solo Flight easily fits into that category.[2]

Track listing
  1. "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) - 2:42
  2. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:46
  3. "The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) - 3:28
  4. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:26
  5. "You Took Advantage of Me" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:25
  6. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 2:40
  7. "Tears" (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) - 3:21
  8. "Nocturne" (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) - 3:45
  9. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:40
  10. "Blue Mobile" (Charlie Byrd) - 3:53
  11. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will J. Harris, Victor Young) - 1:18

Personnel

References
  1. Riverside Records discography accessed November 1, 2012
  2. Lankford, Jr., R. D Allmusic Review accessed November 1, 2012
  3. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 8 April 1967. pp. 38–.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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