Byard Blues For Smoke

Jaki Byard - Blues For Smoke (2025 Remaster) (1971/2025) [Official Digital Download 24/192] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at March 13, 2025

Jaki Byard - Blues For Smoke (2025 Remaster) (1971/2025) [Official Digital Download 24/192]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 39:18 minutes | 1,6 GB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

This 1960 solo album by pianist Byard gets a welcome remastering and reissue because Byard seems a largely forgotten figure. His powerful playing and inventiveness showed him capable of working in an almost barrelhouse style as well as playing with Charles Mingus (notably on Black Saint and the Sinner Lady), Art Blakey, Roland Kirk, George Benson and in big bands.

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Jaki Byard - Blues For Smoke (2025 Remaster) (1971/2025) [Official Digital Download 24/192] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at March 13, 2025

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Jaki Byard - Blues For Smoke (1960) {Candid CCD 79018 rel 1989} Music

Posted by ruskaval at Oct. 5, 2020

Jaki Byard - Blues For Smoke (1960) {Candid CCD 79018 rel 1989}
XLD rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 179 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 93 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 110 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1960, 1989 Candid | CCD 79018
Jazz / Post Bop / Stride / Piano Solo

Pianist Jaki Byard's first recording as a leader was not released domestically until this 1988 CD. That fact seems strange for Byard is absolutely brilliant on the solo piano set. Many of his selections (all nine tunes are his originals) look both backwards to pre-bop styles and ahead to the avant-garde including such numbers as "Pete and Thomas (Tribute to the Ticklers)," "Spanish Tinge No. 1," and "One, Two, Five." The most remarkable selection is "Jaki's Blues Next" which has Byard alternating between James P. Johnson-type stride and free form à la Cecil Taylor; at its conclusion he plays both styles at the same time. A highly recommended outing from a very underrated pianist.

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