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The Very Best of Donald Byrd (Full Album)Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blue...
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- TrumpetJazzMusic
- The Young Hard Bop Phenomenon
- Partnership with Pepper Adams
- Adventures and Explorations
- Going Electric
- The Mizell Brothers Albums
When he came out of the Air Force and graduated from Wayne State University, Donald Byrd moved to New York to attend the Manhattan School of Music. Before long, he was making the scene, replacing the late Clifford Brown in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1955. That same year, Byrd was one of five trumpeters (the others being Ray Copeland, Ernie Roy...
In 1958, Donald Byrd formed a group with baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, a friend from Detroit. The two men cycled through multiple rhythm sections, but the material they recorded between 1958 and 1961, sometimes under the trumpeter’s name and sometimes under the saxophonist’s, was high-energy, creative hard bop. Their two voices meshed exceptio...
The early to mid-1960s were a period of transition for Donald Byrd, as they were for jazz as a whole. His 1961 album Royal Flush was his last with Pepper Adams, but it was also pianist Herbie Hancock’s first session. The trumpeter not only included one of the youngster’s compositions (“Requiem”) but taught him to retain the rights to his publishing...
As the 1960s drew to a close, many jazz performers began deploying electric keyboards and adding rock-derived rhythms to their music. Miles Davis gets a lot of the credit for launching “fusion,” but Donald Byrd was right there with him. But whereas Davis opted for complex studio assemblages in partnership with Teo Macero, Byrd made his music in an ...
In 1972, Donald Byrd began working with brothers Larry and Alphonso (“Fonce”) Mizell, a team of producers who’d studied with him at Howard University. Fonce Mizell had also previously been part of “The Corporation,” the team that wrote and produced all of the Jackson 5’s early hits for Motown Records. They took Byrd’s music in an entirely new direc...
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The Best of Donald Byrd by Donald Byrd released in 1992. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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The Best Of Donald Byrd. CD, Compilation, Reissue. Blue Note – CDP 7986382, Blue Note – BZN-265. UK & Europe. UK & Europe. New Submission. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for The Best Of Donald Byrd by Donald Byrd. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
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- Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Track 4: taken from the album "Steppin' Into Tomorrow". Track 5: Ⓟ1976, taken from the album "Caricatures". Tracks 6 & 7: Ⓟ1973, taken from the album "Street Lady". Tracks 9 & 10: Ⓟ1973, taken from the album "Black Byrd". [sic, both tracks from "Places And Spaces"] Track 11: Ⓟ1976, taken from the album "Blue Note Live At The Roxy".
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Jan 1, 1992 · Undercurrent (2007 Remaster) Kenny Drew. No Room for Squares (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition Remastered) Hank Mobley. The Complete Miles Davis Featuring John Coltrane. Miles Davis. Listen to The Very Best of Donald Byrd by Donald Byrd on Apple Music. 1992. 43 Songs. Duration: 5 hours, 37 minutes.
