Donald Byrd – “Live at Montreux 1973″

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Since the sad news that Donald Byrd had left this world, we have been listening to a lot of the trumpet legend’s musical output and have had a few cool tribute mixes come our way including this amazing two-parter from Gilles Peterson.  Now, the Blue Note label (where Byrd recorded nearly all his classic recordings [...]

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R.I.P. Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd

LISTEN:  Donald Byrd – Pentacostal Feelin’    From “Free Form”  :  1961  :  Blue Note (Buy) It was officially announced yesterday that the legendary jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd passed away on February 4th at the age of 80.  Beginning in the mid-1950′s Byrd became one of the major figures in jazz in the style that [...]

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Listening Room: The Blackbyrds – “Funky Junkie”

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LISTEN:  The Blackbyrds – “Funky Junkie” From : “The Blackbyrds” : 1974 : Fantasy (Buy) The Blackbyrds were six students from Howard University who were brought together in the studio by Donald Byrd, who at that time was a professor of music there.  Throw in producer Larry Mizell and you’ve got the makings for a [...]

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