Blythe Byte is an album by the saxophonist Arthur Blythe, recorded in 2001 and released on the Savant label.[1]

Blythe Byte
Studio album by Arthur Blythe
Released	July 24, 2001
Recorded	March 17, 2001
Studio	Tedesco Studio, Paramus, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:28
Label	Savant SCD 2036
Producer	Cecil Brooks III
Arthur Blythe chronology
Spirits in the Field (2000) Blythe Byte (2001) Focus (2002)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

In his review on AllMusic, arwulf arwulf called it "a well-balanced assortment".[2] In JazzTimes, Bill Bennett wrote: "Working here in (and out of) a quartet setting, Blythe dances deftly between what we know and what he wants to show us".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except where noted

1. "Hardly" – 7:29
2. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 5:47
3. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:09
4. "Light Blue" (Monk) – 5:02
5. "And One" (Dwayne Dolphin) – 6:23
6. "My Little Brown Book" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:15
7. "Naima" (John Coltrane) – 6:11
8. "Ruby, My Dear" (Monk) – 6:00
9. "Blythe Byte" – 0:43
10. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Joseph Scriven, Charles Crozat Converse) – 4:29

Personnel

• Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
• John Hicks – piano (tracks 1-8 & 10)
• Dwayne Dolphin – bass (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
• Cecil Brooks III – drums (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)

References