Donald Byrd

The father of jazz-funk. Larry and Fonce Mizell ably assisted in the Trumpeter's transformation as he reached out to a new audience in 1972.

 

Up With Donald Byrd

1964
Verve V8609
  1. Blind Man, Blind Man
  2. Boom Boom
  3. House Of The Rising Sun
  4. See, See, Rider
  5. Cantaloupe Island
  6. Bossa
  7. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
  8. You've Been Talkin' 'bout Me Baby
  9. My Babe

Kofi

1970
Blue Note B1 31875

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  1. Kofi
  2. Fufu
  3. Perpetual Love
  4. Elmina
  5. The Loud Minority

Black Byrd

1973
Blue Note BN-LA047-F

Produced and arranged by Fonce Mizell for Sky High Productions Inc.
Recorded at Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Chief engineer: Dave Hassinger
Assistant engineer: Chuck Davis
Assistant engineer: Steve Waldman
Chief remix engineer: Dave Hessinger
Assistant remix engineer: Chuck Davis
Electronic music consultant: Reggie Andrews
Photography: Art Hanson
Graphic art work: Eileen Anderson
707 jet plane effect courtesy of Elektra Records

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    A
  1. Flight Time (8:30)
  2. Black Byrd (8:00)
  3. Love's So Far Away (6:00)
    B
  1. Mr Thomas (5:15)
  2. Sky High (5:59)
  3. Slop Jar Blues (6:00)
  4. Where Are We Going? (4:40)

Street Lady

1973
Blue Note BN-LA140-F

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    A
  1. Lansana's Priestess
  2. Miss Kane
  3. Sister Love
    B
  1. Street Lady
  2. Witch Hunt
  3. Woman Of The World

Stepping Into Tomorrow

1974
Blue Note BN-LA368-G

Recorded at The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California November-December 1974
Technical Director: Chuck Davis
Recording Engineers: Dave Hassinger, Val Christian Garay, John Mills
Remix Engineers: Dave Hassinger, Val Christian Garay
Assistant: James Nipar
Disc Mastering: The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California
Sound Effects: Breaking the sound barrier courtesy of Elektra Records
Synthesizers Consultant: Chuck Davis
Copyist: Sigidi
Cover Painting: Greg Edwards, 'Facing The Music of the Spheres II'
Photography: Doug Metzier

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    A
  1. Stepping Into Tomorrow (5:11)
  2. Design A Nation (4:19)
  3. We're Together (4:23)
  4. Think Twice (6:10)
    B
  1. Makin' It (3:45)
  2. Rock And Roll Again (6:09)
  3. You Are The World (4:29)
  4. I Love The Girl (3:53)

Places And Spaces

1975
Blue Note BN-LA549-G

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    A
  1. Change (Makes You Want to Hustle) (5:07)
  2. Wind Parade (4:32)
  3. (Fallin' Like) Dominoes (4:32)
    B
  1. Places And Spaces (6:16)
  2. You And Music (5:18)
  3. Night Whistler (3:40)
  4. Just My Imagination (4:36)

Caricatures

1976
Blue Note BN LA 633 G

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  1. Dance Band
  2. Wild Life
  3. Caricatures
  4. Science Funktion
  5. Dancing In The Street
  6. Return Of The King
  7. Onward 'Til Morning
  8. Tell Me

Appearances

The Best Of Blue Note - Christo Redentor
Blue Break Beats Volume 1 - Weasil
Blue Break Beats Volume 1 - Black Jack
Blue Break Beats Volume 2 - Street Lady
Blue Break Beats Volume 2 - Beale Street
Blue Break Beats Volume 3 - Dominoes
Classic Jazz-Funk Mastercuts Volume 1 - Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)
Classic Jazz-Funk Mastercuts Volume 2 - Dominoes
Classic Jazz-Funk Mastercuts Volume 3 - Love Has Come Around
The Funky End - Blind Man Blind Man
Strange Games And Things - Wind Parade
Grass Roots: Danny Krivit - Lansana's Priestess


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