Tags unboxing records vinyl vinyl me please driving blue sky split screen fancy free jazz donald byrd. Quite amazing that such a high quality session was sent to blue notes dungeons. Released in 1969, fancy free found byrd using electric piano for the first time, with a spacy sound that recalled davis in a silent way. Recorded in may and june 1969, the album made its debut on billboards best selling jazz lps chart on 3 january 1970. A1, b1 electric piano duke pearson flute jerry dodgion tracks. Donald byrd live at the half note cafe, ny 1960 vol.
During the early seventies, donald enlisted several of his howard university students, forming a band whose title became based around his surname, the blackbyrds. Donald byrd trumpet, frank foster tenor, julian priest. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. On the cd reissue, the original stereo release is erroneously given as bst 84106 instead of bst 84118. Fancy free is an album by jazz trumpeter donald byrd that was recorded in 1969 and released by. There were only four tracksbyrds fancy free and i love the girl, mitch farbers the uptowner and charles hendricks weasil.
It sounds fresh today, and young artists still sample it. Not an edit or a remix, just posted as a tribute to one of the greats. Listen to your favorite songs from places and spaces by donald byrd now. Listen free to donald byrd fancy free fancy free, i love the girl and more. Bn did do a download of a blackbirds with donal byrd live gig that people said had way more improv than. The complete 12 minute track from the 1969 blue note album of the same name. The collective personnel was donald byrd tp, frank foster ts, julian priester b, lew tabackin and jerry dodgion fl, duke pearson elecp. Free form is an album by american trumpeter donald byrd featuring byrd with wayne shorter, herbie hancock, butch warren, and billy higgins recorded in 1961 and released on the blue note label later in 1966. The dark funk of albums like ethiopian knights, released just a few years later, is barely hinted at. Recorded just a few months after davis in a silent way, fancy free finds byrd leading a large ensemble prominently featuring frank foster on. Tags blue note vinyl records unboxing jazz vinyl me please fancy free donald byrd. Free forms was recorded a year earlier on december 11, 1961, but the album was shelved until release in 1966. Donald byrd and the blackbyrds flight time live in. Watch the video for fancy free from donald byrd s fancy free for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
Myers also wrote that the album began a new period in byrd s career, in which, unlike rock fusion, which was popular with sitdown audiences in college dorm rooms and events, byrd focused more on grooves and beats, accompanying them on his trumpet rather than being driven by them. Byrd was mining a different groove with fancy free, making his fusion work of the seventies almost as much of a surprise as hancocks head hunters must have been. Vinyl me, please classics selection for october 2018. Places and spaces by donald byrd on amazon music unlimited. Donald byrdfancy free180 gram vinyl recordacoustic sounds. This period in byrds career began in 1969 with the recording of fancy free, an album decades ahead of its time. Black byrd is a 1973 album by donald byrd and the first of his blue note albums to be produced by larry mizell, assisted by his brother, former motown producer fonce. Credit allows you to download with unlimited speed. Fancy free blue note, 1969 released 1970 electric byrd.
Taken from a 1973 live set by the donald byrd seven, the lineup features the founding members of the blackbyrds. This album is the culmination of the innovative sound that donald put forth on fancy free, electric byrd and kofi. Fancy free vinyl 1969 jazz donald byrd download jazz. You will get 2 track for free after confirming your account. Issued in 1970, electric byrd had more of a bitches brew flavor, and the jams on 1971s ethiopian knights were longer, funkier, and more aggressive. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Donald byrd a new perspective blue note 1963 flophouse. In june 1964, byrd played with eric dolphy in paris just two weeks before dolphy died from insulin shock. Kevin toney piano, keith kilgo drums, ray armando conga, bernard perry guitar and alan barnes saxophone, flute. Fancy free is an album by jazz trumpeter donald byrd that was recorded in 1969 and released by blue note records during the following year. Jazz fusion groove by trumpet virtuoso donald byrd from 1969. Watch the video for fancy free from donald byrds fancy free for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices. Check out fancy free by donald byrd on amazon music. Firstly, the jubilant pentecostal feeling from byrds adventurous album free forms pointed in the direction of a new perspectives spiritual concept. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Its a mustown as a document of jazz in the late 60s and early.
Donald byrd was a leading jazz trumpeter in the 1950s and 1960s but he had a great success in the 1970s when he began to play blending jazz and funk. Footloose and fancy free happy music takes you where you wanna be. Download donald byrd mp3 songs and albums music downloads. Fancy free is an album by jazz trumpeter donald byrd that was recorded in 1969 and. Duke pearson 1969 now hear this usa jazz hard be bop s. By 1969s fancy free, byrd was moving away from the hard bop jazz idiom and began to record jazz fusion and rhythm and blues.
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