Artist Biography by Richard S. Ginell
Tasteful, low-key, and ingratiatingly melodic, Charlie Byrd had two
notable accomplishments to his credit -- applying acoustic classical
guitar techniques to jazz and popular music and helping to introduce
Brazilian music to mass North American audiences. Born into a musical
family, Byrd experienced his first brush with greatness while a teenager
in France during World War II, playing with his idol Django Reinhardt.
After some postwar gigs with Sol Yaged, Joe Marsala and Freddie Slack,
Byrd temporarily abandoned jazz to study classical guitar with Sophocles
Papas in 1950 and Andrés Segovia in 1954. However he re-emerged later
in the decade gigging around the Washington D.C. area in jazz settings,
often splitting his sets into distinct jazz and classical segments. He
started recording for Savoy as a leader in 1957, and also recorded with
the Woody Herman Band in 1958-59. A tour of South America under the
aegis of the U.S. State Department in 1961, proved to be a revelation,
for it was in Brazil that Byrd discovered the emerging bossa nova
movement. Once back in D.C., he played some bossa nova tapes to Stan
Getz, who then convinced Verve's Creed Taylor to record an album of
Brazilian music with himself and Byrd. That album, Jazz Samba, became a
pop hit in 1962 on the strength of the single "Desafinado" and launched
the bossa nova wave in North America. Thanks to the bossa nova, several
albums for Riverside followed, including the defining Bossa Nova Pelos
Passaros, and he was able to land a major contract with Columbia, though
the records from that association often consisted of watered-down easy
listening pop. In 1973, he formed the group Great Guitars with Herb
Ellis and Barney Kessel and also that year, wrote an instruction manual
for the guitar that has become widely used. From 1974 onward, Byrd
recorded for the Concord Jazz label in a variety of settings, including
sessions with Laurindo Almeida and Bud Shank. He died December 2, 1999
after a long bout with cancer.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlie-byrd-mn0000204968/biography
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Biografía del artista por Richard S. Ginell
De buen gusto, discreto y melódico, Charlie Byrd tuvo dos logros
notables en su haber: aplicar técnicas de guitarra clásica acústica al
jazz y a la música popular y ayudar a introducir la música brasileña al
público norteamericano masivo. Nacido en el seno de una familia musical,
Byrd experimentó su primer contacto con la grandeza mientras era un
adolescente en Francia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, jugando con su
ídolo Django Reinhardt. Después de algunos conciertos de posguerra con
Sol Yaged, Joe Marsala y Freddie Slack, Byrd abandonó temporalmente el
jazz para estudiar guitarra clásica con Sophocles Papas en 1950 y Andrés
Segovia en 1954. Sin embargo, resurgió más tarde en la década tocando
en el área de Washington D.C. en escenarios de jazz, a menudo dividiendo
sus sets en distintos segmentos de jazz y clásicos. Comenzó a grabar
para Savoy como líder en 1957, y también grabó con la Woody Herman Band
en 1958-59. Una gira por Sudamérica bajo la égida del Departamento de
Estado de Estados Unidos en 1961, resultó ser una revelación, pues fue
en Brasil donde Byrd descubrió el emergente movimiento bossa nova. Una
vez de vuelta en D.C., tocó algunas cintas de bossa nova a Stan Getz,
quien luego convenció a Verve's Creed Taylor para que grabara un álbum
de música brasileña con él y Byrd. Ese álbum, Jazz Samba, se convirtió
en un éxito pop en 1962 con la fuerza del sencillo "Desafinado" y lanzó
la ola de bossa nova en Norteamérica. Gracias a la bossa nova, le
siguieron varios álbumes para Riverside, incluyendo el definitorio Bossa
Nova Pelos Passaros, y pudo conseguir un importante contrato con
Columbia, aunque los discos de esa asociación a menudo consistían en pop
de fácil escucha diluido. En 1973, formó el grupo Great Guitars con
Herb Ellis y Barney Kessel y también ese año, escribió un manual de
instrucciones para la guitarra que ha llegado a ser ampliamente
utilizado. A partir de 1974, Byrd grabó para el sello Concord Jazz en
diversos escenarios, incluyendo sesiones con Laurindo Almeida y Bud
Shank. Murió el 2 de diciembre de 1999 después de una larga lucha contra
el cáncer.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlie-byrd-mn0000204968/biography
Tracks:
A1 - Up, Up And Away
Written-By – J. Webb*
A2 - Somewhere My Love
Written-By – M. Jarre*, P. F. Webster*
A3 - The Shadow Of Your Smile
Written-By – J. Mandel*, P. F. Webster*
A4 - Try To Remember
Written-By – H. Schmidt*, T. Jones*
A5 - Michelle
Written-By – J. Lennon - P. McCartney*
B1 - Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Blue)
Written-By – A. Popp*, P. Cour*
B2 - Scarborough Fair / Canticle
Written-By – A. Garfunkel*, P. Simon*
B3 - Born Free
Written-By – J. Barry*
B4 - The Girl From Ipanema
Written-By – A. C. Jobim*, N. Gimbel*, V. de Moraes*
B5 - Sunrise, Sunset
Written-By – J. Bock*, S. Harnick*
B6 - A Taste Of Honey
Written-By – B. Scott*, R. Marlow*
Label: Columbia – CS 9970
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1969
Genre: Jazz, Latin, Pop
Style: Bossa Nova
https://www.discogs.com/release/12605496-Charlie-Byrd-Charlie-Byrd-Plays-The-Greatest-Hits-Of-The-60s
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