Byrd in the Wind is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the Riverside label in 1963.[1] The album was first released on the Washington Records Offbeat imprint as Byrd in the Wind: Jazz at the Showboat, Vol. II'[2]

Byrd in the Wind
Studio album by Charlie Byrd
Released	1959
Recorded	1959 Washington, D.C.
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:47
Label	Offbeat OLP 3005 Riverside RLP 449
Charlie Byrd chronology
Byrd's Word! (1958) Byrd in the Wind (1959) Mr. Guitar (1960)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Alex Henderson, in his review for Allmusic, states "Byrd in the Wind... isn't among the guitarist's essential albums, but it's still a decent and pleasing document of his pre-bossa nova, pre-'60s period".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Byrd except as indicated

1. "Swing 59" - 3:22
2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 2:50
3. "Showboat Shuffle" (Duke Ellington) - 3:57
4. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 3:00
5. "Cross Your Heart" (Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler) - 2:17
6. "Keter's Dirty Blues" (Byrd, Keter Betts) - 4:11
7. "You're a Sweetheart" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:31
8. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) - 3:15
9. "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) - 3:30
10. "Wait Till You See Her" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:53
11. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 3:08
12. "Copacabana" (João de Barro, Alberto Ribeiro) - 2:53

Personnel

• Charlie Byrd – guitar
• Buck Hill – tenor saxophone
• Wallace Mann – flute
• Richard White – oboe
• Kenneth Pasmanick – bassoon
• Charlie Schneer – piano
• Keter Betts – double bass
• Bertell Knox – drums
• Ginny Byrd – vocals

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