Black Byrd (CD)

Format: CD Label: Blue Note Year: 2014 Media Condition: New Sleeve/Cover Condition: New  TRACKS: 1 Flight Time 2 Black Byrd 3 Love's So Far Away 4 Mr. Thomas 5 Sky High 6 Slop Jar Blues 7 Where Are We Going? Originally released in 1973.PERSONNEL: Bass – Chuck Rainey, Wilton Felder Drums – Harvey Mason Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals – Freddie Perren Flute, Saxophone – Roger Glenn Guitar – David T. Walker, Dean Parks Percussion – Bobbye Porter Hall, Stephanie Spruill Piano, Electric Piano – Joe Sample Vocals – Larry Mizell Trumpet, Vocals – Fonce Mizell Donald Byrd was one of the most consistent trumpeters to come out of the fertile Detroit jazz scene that emigrated to New York in the mid-'50s. Byrd possessed a beautiful, round, brassy tone often applied with intriguing ideas in intoxicating displays of exquisite jazz showmanship. This album captures Byrd at the outset of his DC period, while he was teaching (and studying law) at Howard University. In the time it took him to earn hi