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. Fancy free blue note, 1969 released 1970 electric byrd. This period in byrds career began in 1969 with the recording of fancy free, an album decades ahead of its time. Listen free to donald byrd fancy free fancy free, i love the girl and more. Footloose and fancy free happy music takes you where you wanna be. Quite amazing that such a high quality session was sent to blue notes dungeons. Tags unboxing records vinyl vinyl me please driving blue sky split screen fancy free jazz donald byrd. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices.
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. Free forms was recorded a year earlier on december 11, 1961, but the album was shelved until release in 1966. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. 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. Donald byrd and the blackbyrds flight time live in. Not an edit or a remix, just posted as a tribute to one of the greats. Recorded in may and june 1969, the album made its debut on billboards best selling jazz lps chart on 3 january 1970. 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.
If you enjoy donald byrd, you will not be disappointed. By 1969s fancy free, byrd was moving away from the hard bop jazz idiom and began to record jazz fusion and rhythm and blues. Still, even if it isnt his most adventurous fusion outing, fancy free is the rare donald byrd album that holds appeal for raregroove fanatics and traditionalists alike. Places and spaces by donald byrd on amazon music unlimited.
Donald byrd a new perspective blue note 1963 flophouse. Watch the video for fancy free from donald byrds fancy free for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The dark funk of albums like ethiopian knights, released just a few years later, is barely hinted at. This album is the culmination of the innovative sound that donald put forth on fancy free, electric byrd and kofi. The complete 12 minute track from the 1969 blue note album of the same name. 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. Donald byrd trumpet, frank foster tenor, julian priest. 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. Fancy free is an album by jazz trumpeter donald byrd that was recorded in 1969 and released by.
A1, b1 electric piano duke pearson flute jerry dodgion tracks. Bn did do a download of a blackbirds with donal byrd live gig that people said had way more improv than. Watch the video for fancy free from donald byrd s fancy free for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Taken from a 1973 live set by the donald byrd seven, the lineup features the founding members of the blackbyrds. Fancy free is an album by jazz trumpeter donald byrd that was recorded in 1969 and. During the early seventies, donald enlisted several of his howard university students, forming a band whose title became based around his surname, the blackbyrds. On the cd reissue, the original stereo release is erroneously given as bst 84106 instead of bst 84118. Credit allows you to download with unlimited speed. Donald byrdfancy free180 gram vinyl recordacoustic sounds. The collective personnel was donald byrd tp, frank foster ts, julian priester b, lew tabackin and jerry dodgion fl, duke pearson elecp. Tags blue note vinyl records unboxing jazz vinyl me please fancy free donald byrd. Check out fancy free by donald byrd on amazon music. There were only four tracksbyrds fancy free and i love the girl, mitch farbers the uptowner and charles hendricks weasil.
Its a mustown as a document of jazz in the late 60s and early. Duke pearson 1969 now hear this usa jazz hard be bop s. Fast download for credit 1 minute 0,01 slow download for free 10 minut 0. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
An important album in the history of jazzfusion the mixing of jazz and electronic and funk music, fancy free is as important as miles davis in a silent way in tracking the opening of jazz to electronic textures. Download donald byrd mp3 songs and albums music downloads. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Jazz fusion groove by trumpet virtuoso donald byrd from 1969. Kevin toney piano, keith kilgo drums, ray armando conga, bernard perry guitar and alan barnes saxophone, flute. It sounds fresh today, and young artists still sample it. You will get 2 track for free after confirming your account. Recorded just a few months after davis in a silent way, fancy free finds byrd leading a large ensemble prominently featuring frank foster on. Listen to your favorite songs from places and spaces by donald byrd now. Fancy free vinyl 1969 jazz donald byrd download jazz.
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