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Donald Byrd Street Lady + Up With Donald Byrd @320

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1. Donald Byrd - Street Lady


Not so much a fusion album as an attempt at mainstream soul and R&B, Street Lady plays like the soundtrack to a forgotten blaxploitation film. Producer/arranger/composer Larry Mizell conceived Street Lady as a concept album to a spirited, independent prostitute, and while the hooker with a heart of gold concept is a little trite, the music uncannily evokes an urban landscape circa the early '70s. Borrowing heavily from Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, and Sly Stone, Donald Byrd and Mizell have created an album that is overflowing with wah-wah guitars, stuttering electric pianos, percolating percussion, soaring flutes, and charmingly anemic, tuneless vocals. It's certainly not jazz, or even fusion, but it isn't really funk or R&B, either -- the rhythms aren't elastic enough, and all of the six songs are simply jazzy vamps without clear hooks. But the appeal of Street Lady is how its polished neo-funk and pseudo-fusion sound uncannily like a jive movie or television soundtrack from the early '70s -- you can picture the Street Lady, decked out in polyester, cruising the streets surrounded by pimps with wide-brimmed hats and platform shoes. And while that may not be ideal for jazz purists, it's perfect for kitsch and funk fanatics.


01. Lansana's Priestess
02. Miss Kane
03. Sister Love
04. Street Lady
05. Witch Hunt
06. Woman Of The World


Bass [Electric] - Chuck Rainey
Congas - King Errisson
Drums - Harvey Mason
Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Vocals - Donald Byrd
Flute - Roger Glenn
Guitar - David T. Walker
Percussion - Stephanie Spruill
Piano [Piano, Fender Rhodes] - Jerry Peters
Synthesizer [Arp] - Freddie Perren
Trumpet, Vocals, Producer, Clavinet - Fonce Mizell

Recording Date: June 13, 14 & 15, 1973
Recorded at: Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Mastered at: Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California
Label: Blue Note
Released:1973





2. Donald Byrd – Up With Donald Byrd


The Donald Byrd album is marred somewhat by background vocals, which were overdubbed later.After a couple of listens, you can easily ignore the vocals and concentrate on some very good performances, especially by Jimmy Heath.



01. Blind Man, Blind Man
02. Boom Boom
03. House Of The Rising Sun
04. See See Rider
05. Cantaloupe Island
06. Bossa
07. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
08. You've Been Talkin' 'bout Me, Baby
09. My Babe



Arranged & Conducted By - Claus Ogerman
Bass - Bob Cranshaw , Ron Carter
Drums - Grady Tate
Guitar - Kenny Burrell
Percussion - Candido
Piano - Herbie Hancock
Producer - Creed Taylor
Tenor Sax - Jimmy Heath , Stanley Turrentine
Trumpet - Donald Byrd
Arranged and Conducted by Claus Ogerman.
Vocal Accompaniment by the Donald Byrd Singers.
Cantelope Island is the predecessor of Canteloupe Island by Herbie Hancock.

Label: Verve Records
Released:1965



BITRATE: 320

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Covers Included



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