The Young Bloods

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1957 studio album by Phil Woods and Donald Byrd

The Young Bloods

Studio album by

Phil Woods and Donald Byrd

Released| April 1957[1]
Recorded| November 2, 1956
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre| Jazz
Length| 35:58
Label| Prestige
PRLP 7080
Producer| Bob Weinstock
Phil Woods chronology
| Pairing Off
(1956)  | The Young Bloods
(1957)  | Four Altos
(1957)

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Donald Byrd chronology
| 2 Trumpets
(1956)  | The Young Bloods
(1956)  | Three Trumpets
(1957)

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The Young Bloods is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Phil Woods recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Reception
* 2 Track listing
* 3 Personnel
* 4 References

## Reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [4]

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow stated: "this is an easily recommended release (despite its brief LP length) for straight-ahead jazz collectors".[3]

## Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Phil Woods except as indicated

1. "Dewey Square" (Charlie Parker) - 7:49
2. "Dupeltook" - 6:46
3. "Once More" - 5:05
4. "House of Chan" - 5:52
5. "In Walked George" - 5:07
6. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 5:45

## Personnel[edit]

* Donald Byrd \- trumpet
* Phil Woods \- alto saxophone
* Al Haig \- piano
* Teddy Kotick \- bass
* Charlie Persip \- drums

## References[edit]

1. ^ Billboard Apr 29, 1957
2. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed September 4, 2012
3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 4, 2012
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1527\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Donald Byrd

Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader|

* Byrd's Eye View (1955)
* Byrd Jazz (1955)
* Byrd's Word (1955)
* Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956)
* 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956)
* The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956)
* Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957)
* Fuego (1959)
* Byrd in Flight (1960)
* Free Form (1961)
* A New Perspective (1963)
* I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964)
* Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
* Mustang! (1966)
* Blackjack (1967)
* Slow Drag (1967)
* Fancy Free (1969)
* Kofi (1969–70)
* Ethiopian Knights (1971)
* Black Byrd (1972)
* Street Lady (1973)
* Stepping into Tomorrow (1974)
* Places and Spaces (1975)
* Caricatures (1976)
* Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978)
* Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979)
* Love Byrd (1981)
* Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982)
* Harlem Blues (1987)
* Getting Down to Business (1989)
* A City Called Heaven (1991)

With
Pepper
Adams|

* 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958)
* Off to the Races (1959)
* Byrd in Hand (1959)
* At the Half Note Cafe (1960)
* Motor City Scene (1960)
* Out of This World (1961)
* Chant (1961)
* The Cat Walk (1961)
* Royal Flush (1961)
* The Creeper (1967)
* Electric Byrd (1970)

With
The Jazz
Messengers|

* The Jazz Messengers (1956)
* Originally (1956)
* Art Blakey Big Band (1957)
* Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)

With
Gigi
Gryce|

* At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957)
* Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (Riverside, 1957)
* Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957)
* Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958])
* Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957)
* New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)

With
Jackie
McLean|

* Lights Out! (1956)
* 4, 5 and 6 (1956)
* New Soil (1959)
* Jackie's Bag (1959)
* Vertigo (1963)

With
Hank
Mobley|

* The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956)
* Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956)
* Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957)
* Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
* Hank (1957)
* No Room for Squares (1963)
* Straight No Filter (1963)
* The Turnaround! (1963)
* Far Away Lands (1967)

With
others|

* Discoveries/Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Cannonball Adderley, 1955)
* Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
* All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
* All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
* 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
* Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
* Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
* Sonny's Crib (Sonny Clark, 1957)
* My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959)
* Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955)
* Lush Life (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
* The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
* The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
* Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
* Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
* Wailing With Lou (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
* Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
* This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957)
* All Mornin' Long (Red Garland, 1957)
* Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957)
* High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957)
* One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon, 1964)
* Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965)
* Snap Your Fingers (Al Grey, 1962)
* Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958)
* Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Guru, 1993)
* Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95)
* My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1993)
* Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977)
* Swamp Seed (Jimmy Heath, 1963)
* Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956)
* African High Life (Solomon Ilori, 1963)
* Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995)
* Quartet-Quintet (Hank Jones, 1955)
* Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955)
* TV Action Jazz! (Mundell Lowe, 1959)
* The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959)
* Goin' Out of My Head (Wes Montgomery, 1965)
* Hush! (Duke Pearson, 1962)
* Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964)
* Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)
* Winner's Circle (Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957)
* Blues in Trinity (Dizzy Reece, 1958)
* The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
* Dimensions & Extensions (Sam Rivers, 1967)
* Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956)
* Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins, 1978)
* Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956)
* 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58)
* A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
* A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
* Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
* Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964)
* A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
* Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
* Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)

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