DONALD BYRD - COMPLETE LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA 1958 NEW CD

• INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

• 20-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents the complete October 22, 1958 concert by the Donald Byrd Quintet with Bobby Jaspar, performed at the famous Olympia Theatre. It contains both volumes of Byrd in Paris (Brunswick LP87903 & 87904) in their entirety, plus a rare version of "More of the Same" that is from the same performance but was only previously available on a long out of print compilation.

Further tunes by the same group recorded at a Paris club a few days later (including three versions of songs that were also performed at the Olympia) have been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• DONALD BYRD, trumpet
• BOBY JASPAR, tenor sax, flute
• WALTER DAVIS Jr, piano
• DOUG WATKINS, bass
• ART TAYLOR, drums

L'Olympia, Paris, France, October 22, 1958.

• CD 2 [5-10] BONUS TRACKS
• Same personnel. Paris, France, October 29, 1958.

TRACKS:

• CD 1: Total Time: 78:56 Min
• 01 Dear Old Stockholm
• 02 Paul's Pals
• 03 Flute Blues
• 04 Ray's Idea
• 05 The Blues Walk
• 06 Salt Peanuts ##1
• 07 Parisian Thoroughfare
• 08 Stardust
• 09 52nd Street Theme
• 10 Formidable

• CD 2: Total Time: 77:18 Min.
• 01 At This Time
• 02 Two Bass Hit
• 03 Salt Peanuts #2
• 04 More Of The Same
• 05 Parisian Thoroughfare (*)
• 06 At This Time (*)
• 07 52nd Street Theme (*)
• 08 All The Things You Are (*)
• 09 It Might As Well Be Spring (*)
• 10 My Funny Valentine (*)