Places and Spaces
Context
Title track of the Donald Byrd album produced by Larry Mizell and written by brothers Larry and Fonce Mizell. It was recorded at Sound Factory in Los Angeles on August 18, 20, and 25, 1975, for Blue Note, with a large ensemble (Chuck Rainey, Harvey Mason, Larry Dunn, horns, and strings). The album reached No. 49 on the Billboard 200 and No. 6 on the R&B charts, in a jazz-funk vein close to pre-disco soul.
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).