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Donald Byrd was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, vocalist, composer and bandleader In his early career he was one of the few hard bop musicians exploring funk and soul while remaining true to his jazz roots His 1973 album Street Lady was produced by Larry Mizell and contains the classic jazz-funk tracks... -
180-gram mono vinyl Sam Records presents The Lost Live Series! Donald Byrd/Bobby Jaspar — Paris 58 Limited to 4,000 copies Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Pressed at Optimal in Germany Double insert using original photos by Jean-Pierre Leloir A never-before released Donald Byrd & Bobby Jaspar studio...
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Reissue, originally released in 1957 Modern Jazz Perspective is a highly swinging straight-ahead bop infused album by two great modernists of the '50s Recorded and first released on Columbia in 1957 this album sees trumpeter Donald Byrd and alto sax player Gigi Gryce teaming up and leading a group of strong partners such as Jimmy...
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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket In November 1960, trumpeter Donald Byrd brought his quintet into the Half Not Cafe in New York City to record this soulful, swinging and highly enjoyable live set of hard cop featuring Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone), Duke Pearson (piano), Laymon Jackson (bass) and Lex Humphries...
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Donald Byrd’s dynamic 1973 live recording Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux gets its first-ever official release today on what would have been the legendary trumpeter’s 90th birthday In July 1973, Blue Note Records headed to Montreux, Switzerland to showcase several of the label’s stars at the Montreux Jazz Festival...
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“They’d been living in Europe for months They’d appeared in Cannes and at Knokke (…) yet the only thing missing was the consecration that a great concert in Paris would bring They won that last battle with astounding brio, in front of an audience of connoisseurs There were many there who thought modern jazz had never been...
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Donald Byrd’s residency in Paris in 1958 to study with composer Nadia Boulanger gave rise to one of the greatest bands of his career with Bobby Jaspar on tenor sax and flute, Walter Davis, Jr on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and Art Taylor on drums Sam Records is proud to present this previously unreleased concert by the Donald...
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Donald Byrd’s 1975 fusion classic Places and Spaces was the culmination of the legendary trumpeter’s vibrant latter Blue Note years Byrd had begun recording for Blue Note in 1958, and over two decades evolved from a top-notch hard bop trumpeter into a pioneer of R&B/Funk fusion, leading the label’s own creative direction...
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In its October ‘58 issue, the title carried by Jazz Hot magazine was: "Revelation at the Chat Qui Pêche The spirit of jazz (which some thought was dying) is sparkling with life in the Donald Byrd Quintet" And indeed, on its first appearance at the Cannes Festival in July (the Jazz Festival, not the other one), the Donald Byrd...
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Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams--and their ace band, including Kenny Burrell--deliver what is one of the finest performances of "Stardust" you'll ever hear on this album, a song so nice, they made it the title of the reissue of the album, and released it twice And that's just the first track; this is Donald Byrd hitting his first...
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BACK IN PRINT! Donald Byrd's much praised 1966 full-length 'Mustang!' is now available again as an exact repro vinyl-reissue US...
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Byrd In Flight (Tone...
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Chant (Tone Poet...
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