Donald Byrd – Places And Spaces 1975 (Blue Note)
Label : Blue Note Value : An incredible record and one of the real high points in the career of trumpeter Donald Byrd! The album's the third one he cut with producer/arranger Larry Mizell and of all Byrd's work with Mizell, this one's the funkiest, the tightest, the most soulful, and the most perfectly realized vision of the soaring sound the duo were aiming for! Every track is a winner and the album glides along with a slippery sinewy groove, never pausing for a weak moment or a misplaced note, shimmering with pride in its own genius. Byrd's trumpet soars over the top, banking gracefully over waves of funky drums, spacey keyboards, and extremely well-placed vocals all brought together perfectly by Mizell, with a tightly fused style that few people have ever been able to match in the studio since! Taste : Donald Byrd - Wind Parade Download Lp & Here By Electric Looser
