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Donald Byrd - Electric Byrd

Donald Byrd - Electric Byrd

$23.09

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Donald Byrd - Electric Byrd

$76.95

$23.09

The Story

Release Date
Format LP Black
Label Blue Note 
Catalogue Number TMR851


The experimentations taking shape in music at the end of the 60’s with Miles Davis leading the pack pushed jazz in many new directions. Released six months after Bitches Brew in 1970, Electric Byrd shows renowned Detroit hard bop trumpet player Donald Byrd was listening too, but not necessarily following concurrent paths. Backed by a diverse group of players including several jazz greats including Frank Foster, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Ron Carter, and Mickey Roker with Brazilians Airto Moreira and Hermeto Pascoal lending a fresh sound. Shimmering percussion, wind instruments and electric piano and guitar set the backdrop for Byrd’s dramatic flight into a psychedelic space with his echo-laden trumpet blasts. The LP concludes with a classic funk number that foreshadows the gold he would soon mine with the Mizell Brothers on his string of hit records recorded shortly after. An important glimpse of an artist in transition and an astounding album.

(Third Man 313 Series)

Tracklist:

A1: Estavanico
A2: Essence
B1: Xibaba
B2: The Dude

      Description

      Release Date
      Format LP Black
      Label Blue Note 
      Catalogue Number TMR851


      The experimentations taking shape in music at the end of the 60’s with Miles Davis leading the pack pushed jazz in many new directions. Released six months after Bitches Brew in 1970, Electric Byrd shows renowned Detroit hard bop trumpet player Donald Byrd was listening too, but not necessarily following concurrent paths. Backed by a diverse group of players including several jazz greats including Frank Foster, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Ron Carter, and Mickey Roker with Brazilians Airto Moreira and Hermeto Pascoal lending a fresh sound. Shimmering percussion, wind instruments and electric piano and guitar set the backdrop for Byrd’s dramatic flight into a psychedelic space with his echo-laden trumpet blasts. The LP concludes with a classic funk number that foreshadows the gold he would soon mine with the Mizell Brothers on his string of hit records recorded shortly after. An important glimpse of an artist in transition and an astounding album.

      (Third Man 313 Series)

      Tracklist:

      A1: Estavanico
      A2: Essence
      B1: Xibaba
      B2: The Dude