Trio/Annapolis Brass Quintet.

Charlie Byrd Trio: Charlie Byrd (guitar); Joe Byrd (bass); Chuck Redd (drums)

Annapolis Brass Quintet: David Cran (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Robert Suggs (trumpet); Arthur Brooks (French horn); Wayne Wells (trombone); Robert Posten (bass trombone, tuba).

Recorded at East Coast Sound Lab, Baltimore, Maryland in April 1986. Includes liner notes by Williams Livingston.

Personnel: Charlie Byrd (guitar); David Cran (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Robert Suggs (trumpet); Arthur Brooks (French horn); Wayne Wells (trombone); Robert Posten (bass trombone, tuba); Chuck Redd (drums).

Audio Remixer: Phil Edwards .

Liner Note Author: William Livingstone.

Photographer: Rob Hendry.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Chuck Redd; David Cran; Robert Suggs; Robert Posten; Rob Hendry; Wayne Wells; Joe Byrd; Arthur Brooks; Charlie Byrd.

Arranger: Tommy Newsom.

This Concord album is a change of pace for acoustic guitarist Charlie Byrd. His trio (which also includes bassist Joe Byrd and drummer Chuck Redd) is joined by the Annapolis Brass Quintet, a nonimprovising chamber group. The arrangements (mostly by Tommy Newsom) nicely blend the two groups together. In addition to six swing-era standards, the musicians perform the three movements of "Byrd & Brass" along with David Amram's "En Memoria de Chano Pozo." This project successfully mixes together swinging jazz, classical music and bossa-nova; worth checking out. ~ Scott Yanow