Blythe Byte
2001 studio album by Arthur Blythe
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Blythe Byte is an album by the saxophonist Arthur Blythe, recorded in 2001 and released on the Savant label.[1]
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| 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 | |||
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Reception
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| 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
- "Hardly" – 7:29
- "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 5:47
- "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:09
- "Light Blue" (Monk) – 5:02
- "And One" (Dwayne Dolphin) – 6:23
- "My Little Brown Book" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:15
- "Naima" (John Coltrane) – 6:11
- "Ruby, My Dear" (Monk) – 6:00
- "Blythe Byte" – 0:43
- "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)