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{{Infobox album
| name         = Off to the Races
| type         = Album
| artist       = [[Donald Byrd]]
| cover        = Off to the Races (Donald Byrd album cover).jpg
| alt          =
| released     = March 1959<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SCAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=byrd+Off+to+the+Races&pg=PA45 ''Billboard'' Mar 30, 1959]</ref>
| recorded     = December 21, 1958
| venue        =
| studio       = [[Van Gelder Studio]]<br>[[Hackensack, New Jersey]]
| genre        = [[Jazz]]
| length       = 36:52
| label        = [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]<br>BLP 4007
| producer     = [[Alfred Lion]]
| chronology   = [[Donald Byrd]]
| prev_title   = [[Byrd in Paris]]
| prev_year    = 1959
| next_title   = [[Byrd in Hand]]
| next_year    = 1959
}}
'''''Off to the Races''''' is an album by American jazz trumpeter [[Donald Byrd]] recorded on December 21, 1958 and released on [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] the following year.<ref name="Byrd discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/donald-byrd/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4007 Donald Byrd discography] accessed August 30, 2010</ref>
== Reception ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
}}The [[AllMusic]] review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "There's nothing surprising about ''Off to the Races''; it's simply a set of well-performed, enjoyable hard bop, but sometimes that's enough."<ref name="Allmusic">Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r854613|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed August 30, 2010</ref>
==Track listing==
:''All compositions by Donald Byrd, except as noted.''
=== Side 1 ===
# "[[Lover, Come Back to Me]]" ([[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[Sigmund Romberg]]) – 6:52
# "[[When Your Lover Has Gone]]" ([[Einar Aaron Swan]]) – 5:04
# "Sudwest Funk" – 6:53
=== Side 2 ===
# "Paul's Pal" ([[Sonny Rollins]]) – 7:08
# "Off to the Races" – 6:36
# "Down Tempo" – 5:19
==Personnel==
=== Musicians ===
*[[Donald Byrd]] – trumpet
*[[Jackie McLean]] – alto saxophone (except "When Your Lover Has Gone")
*[[Pepper Adams]] – baritone saxophone (except "When Your Lover Has Gone")
*[[Wynton Kelly]] – piano
*[[Sam Jones (musician)|Sam Jones]] – bass
*[[Art Taylor]] – drums
=== Technical personnel ===
* [[Alfred Lion]] – producer
* [[Rudy Van Gelder]] – recording engineer
* [[Reid Miles]] – design
* [[Francis Wolff]] – photography
* Joe Goldberg – liner notes
==References==
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