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{{Infobox album | name = Blue Byrd | type = Studio | artist = Charlie Byrd | cover = Charlie_Byrd_-_Bluebyrd_Cover.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = April 30, 1979 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Coast Recorders in San Francisco, California | genre = Jazz | length = 36:40 | label = Concord Jazz | producer = Carl E. Jefferson | prev_title = Great Guitars 2 | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = Sugarloaf Suite | next_year = 1979 }} '''''Blue Byrd''''' is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beesley |first1=Mike |title=Jazz guitar is something... |work=Black Country Evening Mail |date=22 Sep 1979 |page=15}}</ref> He is joined by his brother, Joe Byrd, on bass and Wayne Phillips on drums for this recording.
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=AM>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000270033|first=Scott|last=Yanow}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' | rev2Score = {{rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2008 |pages=212 }}</ref> }} Scott Yanow of AllMusic writes that "This delightful LP is one of Charlie Byrd's finest albums for Concord."<ref name=AM />
An article about jazz guitar from ''All About Jazz'' remarks, "A great Charlie Byrd album is Blue Byrd (Concord Jazz, 1978)."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-story-of-jazz-guitar-various-artists-by-aaj-staff.php |title=The Story Of Jazz Guitar |last=Staff |first=AAJ |date=27 January 2009 |website=allaboutjazz.com |publisher=All About Jazz |access-date=13 January 2020 |quote= }}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | writer1 = {{hlist|Duke Ellington|Irving Mills}} | length1 = 3:42 | title2 = Vou Vivendo | writer2 = Alfredo Vianna | length2 = 3:26 | title3 = Nice Work If You Can Get It | writer3 = {{hlist|George Gershwin|Ira Gershwin}} | length3 = 3:05 | title4 = Jitterbug Waltz | writer4 = Thomas "Fats" Waller | length4 = 4:31 | title5 = Soft Lights and Sweet Music | writer5 = Irving Berlin | length5 = 4:08 }} {{track listing | headline = Side two | total_length = 36:40 | title6 = I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues | writer6 = {{hlist|Duke Ellington|Larry Fotine|Don George}} | length6 = 3:17 | title7 = This Can't Be Love | writer7 = {{hlist|Richard Rodgers|Lorenz Hart}} | length7 = 2:59 | title8 = Carinhoso | writer8 = Alfredo Vianna | length8 = 3:41 | title9 = Mama, I'll Be Home Someday | writer9 = Charlie Byrd | length9 = 2:05 | title10 = Isn't This a Lovely Day? | writer10 = Irving Berlin | length10 = 3:14 | title11 = Saturday Night Fish Fry | writer11 = Louis Jordan | length11 = 2:32 }}
==Musicians== *Charlie Byrd: Guitar *Gene “Joe” Byrd: Bass, Vocals on ''I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues'' *Wayne Phillips: Drums
==Production== *Carl E. Jefferson: Producer *Phil Edwards: Mixer, Recording Engineer *Judy O'Rourke: Design/Illustration
All track information and credits were taken from the CD liner notes.<ref name="CB">Byrd, Charlie. “Blue Byrd”. Concord. 1979.</ref>
==References== <references/>
==External links== *[https://concord.com/artist/charlie-byrd/ Charlie Byrd's biography] *[https://concord.com/labels/concord-records/ Concord Records Official Site] {{Charlie Byrd}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1979 albums Category:Charlie Byrd albums Category:Concord Records albums