Black Byrd

Donald Byrd · 1973 · Title track (recorded in 1972, Blue Note), produced by Larry Mizell; No. 19 on Billboard's R&B chart.

Context

Composed by Larry Mizell, the title track of the album Black Byrd (Blue Note, 1973) marks Donald Byrd's first collaboration with the Mizell brothers, Fonce coming from Motown. Recorded at Sound Factory in Hollywood in April and November 1972, this electric jazz-funk made the record one of Blue Note's biggest commercial successes and gave its name to the group The Blackbyrds, formed by his students.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• Places and Spaces (1975)
• Cristo Redentor (1963)
• Loungin' (1993)

Sources

• EN: Black Byrd

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