Charles Mingus

Jaki Byard

Charles McPherson

oranje (Live Rotterdam '70)

Hi-Fly + Here's Jaki

Cinco y Quatro / Mellow Septet (All Tracks Remastered)

Honi Gordon

Ken McIntyre

George Duvivier

My Kokomo / Cupid (All Tracks Remastered)

Eric Dolphy Quintet

Freddie Hubbard

George Tucker

G.W. / 245 (All Tracks Remastered)

Giant Steps / Lullaby of Birdland (All Tracks Remastered)

Howard Riley

When Sunny Gets Blue

Excerpts from Yamecraw

Eric Dolphy

Walter Bishop Jr.

Stone Blues / Looking Ahead / Honi Gordon Sings

Outward Bound (Remastered)

Tommy Flanagan

The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)

Hi-Fly

Booker Little

Ron Carter

The Complete Prestige / New Jazz Collection, Vol. 4

Family Man

Jaki Byard Quartet

Joe Farrell

The Last From Lennie's

Roland Kirk

Richard Davis

Alan Dawson

The Jaki Byard Experience

Reggie Workman

Andrei Strobert

Home

Booker Ervin

Gordon, Dexter

Setting The Pace

The Maybeck Recital Series, Vol. 17

The Apollo Stompers

Phantasies II

Ben Riley

Milt Hinton

Ricky Ford

Ebony Rhapsody

To Them - To Us

Ran Blake

Improvisations

Blues For Smoke (2025 Remaster)

Parisian Solos

On The Spot!

Freedom Together!

Out Front!

Don Ellis

Charlie Persip

How Time Passes (Remastered)

Here's Jaki

by  Scott YanowThis album mostly features pianist Jaki Byard (who plays alto on "A-Toodle-oo, Toodle-oo") with a quartet comprised of trumpeter Jimmy Owens, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Billy Higgins in 1967. With a repertoire stretching from "I Fall In Love Too Easily" and the boppish "Second Balcony Jump" to "GEB Piano Roll" and even "Alexander's Ragtime Band," the music serves as a perfect outlet for Jaki Byard's eclectic talents; a highlight is the Byard-Chambers duet "P.C. Blues." The recording is rounded off by a leftover track ("Spanish Tinge") from a 1965 live session featuring Byard, bassist George Tucker and drummer Alan Dawson.

by  Scott YanowPianist Jaki Byard's best recordings were done for Prestige in the 1960s, and fortunately, they have been gradually seeing reissue on CD in the Original Jazz Classics series. This is a particularly unusual and colorful set, for Byard not only plays piano, but makes appearances on celeste, electric piano, vibes, drums and tenor sax. His tenor playing (best heard on "Just You, Just Me") is particularly excellent, while his piano solos show his usual diversity, hinting at 50 years of jazz styles. With the assistance of bassist Richard Davis (who doubles on cello) and drummer Alan Dawson (who also contributes some tympani on "Ode to Prez," plus some vibes), Byard is in excellent form. Only the two rather ponderous vocals of Junior Parker are a minus, but this should not discourage listeners from acquiring this largely successful set.

by  Scott YanowAlthough Jaki Byard was a very eclectic pianist, this is a surprisingly conventional set. On most selections he is joined by bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Walter Perkins (in 1964) for fairly straight-ahead renditions of standards and obscurities. A few of the numbers add Booker Ervin on tenor and trumpeter Richard Williams, and of these by far the most original performance is the episodic "European Episode." Rounding off the set is a 1961 performance (with Byard on both alto and piano) of "When Sunny Gets Blue." It's fine music but one has to lower expectations a bit.

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