Fuego (Donald Byrd album)

Fuego
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1960[1]
RecordedOctober 4, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreHard bop
Length40:56
LabelBlue Note
BLP 4026
ProducerAlfred Lion
Donald Byrd chronology
Byrd in Hand
(1959)
Fuego
(1960)
Byrd in Flight
(1960)

Fuego is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded on October 4, 1959 and released on Blue Note the following year. Byrd's quintet features saxophonist Jackie McLean and rhythm section Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins and Lex Humphries.[2]

Professional ratings
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DownBeat[3]
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]
  1. ^ Billboard Jul 25, 1960
  2. ^ Donald Byrd discography accessed August 31, 2010
  3. ^ Down Beat: September 15, 1960 Vol. 27, No. 19
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
  6. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 36. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.