Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C. - Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979) [2013 Japan 24-bit Remaster]

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture "Donald" Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a jazz artist.

Tracks:

1. Pretty Baby
2. Gold The Moon, White The Sun
3. Giving It Up
4. Marilyn
5. People Suppose To Be Free
6. Veronica
7. Morning
8. I Love You


Personnel:

Bass – Ronnie Garrett
Drums, Percussion – Victor (Butch) Azevedo
Electric Guitar – William (Country) Duckett
Flute – Ernie Watts
Keyboards, Organ [Yamaha EX-42], Synthesizer [Arp Soloist], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes & Dyno-My-Piano], Alto Saxophone, Piano [Acoustic] – Clare Fischer
Saxophone – Peter Christlieb
Steel Guitar – Marcus Carlisle
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Producer, Arranged By [Vocals] – Donald Byrd
Vocals – Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Joyce Michael, Michael Campbell*, Mitch Gordon, Zedric Turnbough