Donald Byrd - Stepping Into Tomorrow (1974) CD Rip

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Artist: Donald Byrd
Title: Stepping Into Tomorrow
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Blue Note[7243 5 23545 2 8]
Genre: Jazz, Soul, Funk
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 38:36
Total Size: 308 MB(+3%) | 92 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1. Stepping into Tomorrow (5:08)
2. Design a Nation (4:23)
3. We're Together (4:27)
4. Think Twice (6:11)
5. Makin' It (3:48)
6. Rock and Roll Again (6:10)
7. You Are the World (4:31)
8. I Love the Girl (3:52)

Donald Byrd - Stepping Into Tomorrow (1974) CD Rip

personnel :

Donald Byrd - Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Vocals
Harvey Mason - Batas, Drums, Harmonica
Gary Bartz - Clarinet, Saxophone
David Walker - Guitar
Chuck Rainey - Bass
John Rowin - Guitar
Roger Sainte - Percussion
Stephanie Spruill - Percussion
James Carter - Whistle
Mayuto Correa - Conga
Jerry Peters - Organ, Piano
Fonce Mizell - Clavinet, Trumpet
Larry Mizell - Fender Rhodes, Arp Synthesizer

Beginning with a crack of thunder, like it was made to trail Gary Bartz's "Mother Nature" (actually recorded at a slightly later date), Stepping into Tomorrow contains almost all of the Mizell trademarks within its title track's first 30 seconds: a soft and easy (yet still funky) electric-bass-and-drums foundation, silken rhythm guitar, organ and piano gently bouncing off one another, light synthesizer shading, and coed group vocals to ensure true liftoff. It's only one in a line of many magnetic '70s sessions led by Fonce and Larry Mizell, and it differs from their two previous Donald Byrd dates -- the polarizing and groundbreaking Black Byrd and the deceptively excellent Street Lady -- by not featuring any of Roger Glenn's flute, and by focusing on heavily melodic and laid-back arrangements. Even the speedy "You Are the World," by some distance the most energetic song, seems more suited for relaxing in a hammock than shooting down a freeway. Many of the musicians present on the previous Byrd-Mizell meetings are here, including drummer Harvey Mason, bassist Chuck Rainey, keyboardist Jerry Peters, and guitarist David T. Walker. As ever, those who pined for the approach of Byrd's '60s dates would tune out a sublime set of material, but maybe some of those who sniffed at the straightforward nature of some of the rhythms and riffing were won over by the supreme layering of the many components (the way in which "Think Twice" lurches forward, peels back, and gathers steam is nothing short of heavenly), not to mention some deeply evocative playing from Byrd himself. ~ Andy Kellman

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