Donald Byrd - Black Byrd (1973) [2019 SACD]

Black Byrd is a 1973 album by Donald Byrd and the first of his Blue Note albums to be produced by Larry Mizell, assisted by his brother, former Motown producer Fonce. In the jazz funk idiom, it is among Blue Note Records' best selling album releases. The title of the album inspired the name of Byrd's apprentice group, The Blackbyrds.


Tracks:

LP BN-LA047-F (1973) STEREO /BN-DA047-H QUADRAPHONIC

1: FLIGHT TIME (L. Mizell)
2: BLACK BYRD (L. Mizell)
3: LOVE’S SO FAR AWAY (L. Mizell)
4: MR. THOMAS (L. Mizell; W. Jordan)
5: SKY HIGH (L. Mizell)
6: SLOP JAR BLUES (L. Mizell)
7: WHERE ARE WE GOING? (L. Mizell; L. Gordon)


Donald Byrd - trumpet, flugelhorn, electric trumpet, vocals
Allen Curtis Barnes - flute, oboe, saxophone
Roger Glenn - saxophone, flute
Fonce Mizell - trumpet, vocals
Larry Mizell - vocals
Kevin Toney - piano
Freddie Perren - piano, synthesizer, vocals
Dean Parks, David T. Walker, Barney Perry - guitar
Joe Sample - piano, electric piano
Chuck Rainey, Wilton Felder, Joe Hill - bass
Harvey Mason, Sr, Keith Killgo - drums
Bobbye Hall Porter, Perk Jacobs, Stephanie Spruill - percussion
King Errisson - congas and bongos