Rita Reys - The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys (1956)

A1 It's All Right With Me
A2 Gone With The Wind
A3 My Funny Valentine
A4 But Not For Me
A5 I Should Care
A6 There Will Never Be Another You

B1 I Cried For You
B2 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home With Me
B3 My One And Only Love
B4 That Old Black Magic
B5 Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
B6 Taking A Chance On Love

Músicos.
Vocals - Rita Reys (tracks: All)
Bass - Chris Bender (tracks: A3) , Dick Bezemer (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, A6) , Doug Watkins (tracks: B1, B2, B4, B6) , Wilbur Ware (tracks: B3, B5)
Drums - Art Blakey (tracks: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6) , Wes Ilcken (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6)
Piano - Horace Silver (tracks: B1, B2, B4, B6) , Jerry Van Rooyen (tracks: A3) , Kenny Drew (tracks: B3, B5) , Rob Madna (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, A6)
Producer - George Avakian
Tenor Sax - Hank Mobley (tracks: B1, B2, B4, B6) , Ira Sullivan (tracks: B3, B5) , Jerry Van Rooyen (tracks: A1, A2, A4) , Toon van Vliet (tracks: A3, A5, A6)
Trumpet - Donald Byrd (tracks: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6) , Herman Schoonderwalt (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4) , Jerry Van Rooyen (tracks: A5, A6)

Donald Byrd - Byrd in Hand (1959)

1. "Witchcraft" 8:29
2. "Here Am I" (Byrd) 8:25
3. "Devil Whip" (Byrd) 4:42
4. "Bronze Dance" (Walter Davis, Jr.) 6:42
5. "Clarion Calls" (Walter Davis, Jr.) 5:41
6. "The Injuns" (Byrd) 6:13

Músicos.
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Art Taylor - drums

Paul Chambers - Whims of Chambers (1956)

1. "Omicron" (Donald Byrd) – 7:21
2. "Whims of Chambers" – 4:06
3. "Nita" (Coltrane) – 6:34
4. "We Six" (Byrd) – 7:42
5. "Dear Ann" – 4:21
6. "Tale of the Fingers" – 4:44
7. "Just for the Love" (Coltrane) – 3:43

Músicos.
Paul Chambers - bass
Donald Byrd - trumpet
John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Horace Silver - piano
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Art Farmer & Donald Byrd - Two Trumpets (1956)

1. The Third
2. Contour
3. When Your Lover Has Gone
4. Dig Art Farmer
5. ‘Round Midnight

Músicos.
Art Farmer - trumpet
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Jackie McLean - sax
Barry Harris - piano
Doug Watkins - bass
Art Taylor - drums

Lou Donaldson - Lou Takes Off (1957)

La influencia de Charlie Parker se puede escuchar en casi todos los músicos de jazz moderno, sobre todo los músicos del saxofón alto. Aunque considerado como uno de los "Bird´s children", Lou Donaldson absorbido y sintetizado otras influencias pre-Parker, como Johnny Hodges y Benny Carter. Esta grabación marca un período de su desarrollo antes de un cambio estilístico lejos de balanza de pagos y hacia un ritmo más fuerte y el énfasis blues. Tres canciones up-tempo son bebop puro, el número restante es un blues medio en si bemol, muy característica del período de hard bop. La primera línea en este set incluye, Donald Byrd y Fuller Curtis, la sección rítmica es Sonny Clark, George Joyner, y Art Taylor. En general, Lou despega no rompe ningún argumento musical, pero es un período de sólido, balanceo de alto nivel de ejecución. [Una edición remasterizada por Rudy Van Gelder se publicó en 2008.]

1. "Sputnik" - 10:05
2. "Dewey Square" (Charlie Parker) - 7:16
3. "Strollin' In" - 14:34
4. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 6:22
* Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on June 9, 1957.

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Músicos.
* Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
* Donald Byrd - trumpet
* Curtis Fuller - trombone
* Sonny Clark - piano
* Jamil Nasser - bass
* Art Taylor - drums