Donald Byrd - The Very Best of Donald Byrd (2021)

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Title: The Very Best of Donald Byrd
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: Birds Fly to the Moon Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3
Total Time: 5:13:54
Total Size: 2.09 GB / 720 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Ghana
02. Soulful Kitty
03. Lex
04. A Portrait of Jennie
05. My Girl Shirl (Version 1)
06. My Girl Shirl (Version 2)
07. Stardust
08. Trio
09. Cecile
10. Libeccio
11. Lover Come Back to Me
12. Funky Mama
13. When Your Love Has Gone
14. Sudwest Funk
15. Paul's Pal
16. Off to the Races
17. Down Tempo
18. Pentecostal Feeling
19. I'm a Fool to Want You
20. Jorgie's
21. Shangri-La
22. 6M's
23. Requiem
24. Fuego
25. Kimyas
26. Bup a Loup
27. Lament
28. Pure D.Funk
29. Amen
30. Nai Nai
31. Jeannine
32. Hush
33. When Sunny Gets Blue
34. Gate City Blues
35. Bo
36. Low Life
37. Free Form
38. Little Boy Blue
39. French Spice
40. Philson
41. Night Flower

Donald Byrd was considered one of the finest hard bop trumpeters of the post-Clifford Brown era. He recorded prolifically as both a leader and sideman from the mid-'50s into the mid-'60s, most often for Blue Note, where he established a reputation as a solid stylist with a clean tone, clear articulation, and a knack for melodicism. Toward the end of the '60s, Byrd became fascinated with Miles Davis' move into fusion, and started recording his own forays into the field. In the early '70s, with the help of brothers Larry and Fonce Mizell, Byrd perfected a bright, breezy, commercially potent take on fusion that was distinct from Davis, incorporating tighter arrangements and more of a smooth soul influence. Opinions on this phase of Byrd's career diverge wildly -- jazz purists utterly despised it, branding Byrd a sellout and the records a betrayal of talent, but enraptured jazz-funk fans regard it as some of the most innovative, enduring work of its kind. In fact, proportionately speaking, Byrd was held in even higher esteem by that audience than by straight-ahead jazz fans who enjoyed his hard bop output.