is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd with tracks recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label in 1962.
[1] The album was first released on the Washington Records Offbeat imprint as Jazz at the Showboat[2] Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Byrd's Word!
is an early Charlie Byrd recording that finds the guitarist in a variety of settings...
Though there are really no bad cuts on the album, the content is so diverse – acoustic trios, electric guitar with brass, and acoustic guitar with vocals – that the album doesn't flow as a whole...
may not be a great album, but it is certainly a good place to get a look at Byrd's early development".