Donald Byrd Jazz | Fusion 18 Artikel

Byrd's Eye View" wurde 1955 für Tom Wilsons Label Transition aufgenommen und war das erste von Donald Byrds als Bandleader veröffentlichte Album. Der Trompeter stand an der Spitze der Formation The Jazz Messengers mit Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins und Art Blakey sowie dem Trompeter Joe Gordon auf mehreren Stücken. "Byrd's Eye View" ist die erste von drei Wiederveröffentlichungen aus dem Transition-Katalog, die als Teil der Tone Poet-Serie im Jahr 2023 als Single-Sleeve mit Booklet wiederveröffentlicht werden.



BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Mono, produziert von Joe Harley, komplett analog von Kevin Gray von den Originalbändern remastert, RTI-Pressung (180g), stabiles Tip-on-Single Sleeve, wattierte Innenhülle - plus Booklet.

Die Erstveröffentlichung einer legendären Blue-Note-Liveaufnahme, auf die Fans seit Jahrzehnten warten!

Im Juli 1973 reiste Blue Note Records nach Montreux, um einige der Stars des Labels beim legendären Montreux Jazz Festival zu präsentieren. Produziert vom damaligen Blue Note-Präsident George Butler folgte eine Reihe von Live-Alben unter dem Titel „Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux“, vertreten waren Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, Organist Ronnie Foster, Flötistin Bobbi Humphrey und Sängerin Marlena Shaw. Warum der großartige Mitschnitt von Trompeter Donald Byrd bis jetzt unveröffentlicht im Archiv liegen blieb, kann sich heute niemand mehr erklären.



Am 90. Geburtstag Donald Byrds schließt Blue Note jetzt diese Kataloglücke mit der Veröffentlichung eines energetischen, mitreißenden Konzertes des Künstlers.



1-lp, 180g, unbedruckte wattierte Innenhülle.

The experimentations taking shape in jazz at the end of the 60's with Miles Davis leading the pack pushed jazz in many new directions. Released six months after Bitches Brew, Electric Byrd shows legendary hard bop Detroit trumpet player Donald Byrd was listening to, but not necessarily following concurrent paths. Backed by a diverse group of players including hard bop legends with Brazilians Moreira and Pascoal lending a fresh sound. Shimmering percussion, wind instruments and electric piano and guitar set the backdrop for Byrd's dramatic flight into a psychedelic space with his echo-laden trumpet blasts. The album ends on a rollocking funk featuring his full band that foreshadows the gold he would soon mine with the Mizell Brothers on his string of hit records recorded shortly after. A true glimpse of an artist in transition, it would be difficult to find a more perfect sounding record.

313 Series Detroit has long held a shared respect with New York; a similar outlook on authenticity. Tough to describe, but you know it when you see it. Third Man Records and Blue Note Records share this respect and also a commitment to integrity regarding the musical legacies they support that extends to the collaboration happening on the 313 Series partnership. The five unique albums from the Blue Note catalog chosen for limited edition re-release by Blue Note Records President and Detroiter Don Was represent the best of the Motor City; innovative sounds, incredible playing and that inexplicable something you know is real. For an undertaking like this you have to walk the extra mile. The original tapes were sent to Third Man's Detroit mastering and pressing facility where their extensive all analog re-mastering process ensured that the albums delivered live up to the tradition they are part of. The Third Man Records team's commitment to audio purity means no corners can be cut; sound and mastering engineer Warren Defever's goal being to provide the closest possible approximation of the magic found on the original master's tape brought to your living room. From the lacquers cut in the studio on the Neumann Vms-70 Cutting Lathe to the 180 gram vinyl pressed across the hall, every step of the process is tested in the facilities against exacting standards. That's the Detroit way and the reason why the musical legacy from the 313 area code remains beloved around the world. Donald Byrd - Trumpet Ron Carter - Bass Pepper Adams - Clarinet Mickey Roker - Drums Duke Pearson - Electric Piano Hermeto Pascoal - Flute Wally Richardson - Guitar Airto Moreira - Percussion Frank Foster - Saxophone Jerry Dodgion - Saxophone Lew Tabackin - Saxophone Recorded at Van Gelder Studio - Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1970

ach mehr als einem Dutzend Alben im Rahmen seiner Blue-Note-Tätigkeit war Donald Byrds Slow Drag von 1967 eine der letzten reinen Hard-Bop-Sessions, die der zuverlässig brillante Trompeter aufnahm, bevor sich seine Musik in Richtung Fusion entwickelte.

Das Album beginnt mit dem Titeltrack, einem unterhaltsamen 10-Minuten-Groovefest. "Secret Love", ein Hit der 1950er Jahre für Doris Day, wird zu einem modalen Jazzstück, das leicht in einen fröhlichen Swing übergeht, bevor Bassist Walter Booker und Pianist Cedar Waltons "Book's Bossa" einen Bossa Nova-Flair in das Geschehen bringen. Saxophonist Sonny Reds beschwingte Boogaloo-Nummer "Jelly Roll" hebt die Energie zu Beginn von Seite 2, gefolgt von Waltons gefühlvollem Jazz-Walzer "The Loner". Das Album endet mit der Ballade "My Ideal", die Byrds schillernde Melodik unter Beweis stellt.



BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Stereo, produziert von Joe Harley, komplett analog von Kevin Gray von den Originalbändern gemastert, RTI-Pressung (180g), stabiles Tip-on-Gatefold, wattierte Innenhülle.+

The experimentations taking shape in jazz at the end of the 60's with Miles Davis leading the pack pushed jazz in many new directions. Released six months after Bitches Brew, Electric Byrd shows legendary hard bop Detroit trumpet player Donald Byrd was listening to, but not necessarily following concurrent paths. Backed by a diverse group of players including hard bop legends with Brazilians Moreira and Pascoal lending a fresh sound. Shimmering percussion, wind instruments and electric piano and guitar set the backdrop for Byrd's dramatic flight into a psychedelic space with his echo-laden trumpet blasts. The album ends on a rollocking funk featuring his full band that foreshadows the gold he would soon mine with the Mizell Brothers on his string of hit records recorded shortly after. A true glimpse of an artist in transition, it would be difficult to find a more perfect sounding record.

313 Series Detroit has long held a shared respect with New York; a similar outlook on authenticity. Tough to describe, but you know it when you see it. Third Man Records and Blue Note Records share this respect and also a commitment to integrity regarding the musical legacies they support that extends to the collaboration happening on the 313 Series partnership. The five unique albums from the Blue Note catalog chosen for limited edition re-release by Blue Note Records President and Detroiter Don Was represent the best of the Motor City; innovative sounds, incredible playing and that inexplicable something you know is real. For an undertaking like this you have to walk the extra mile. The original tapes were sent to Third Man's Detroit mastering and pressing facility where their extensive all analog re-mastering process ensured that the albums delivered live up to the tradition they are part of. The Third Man Records team's commitment to audio purity means no corners can be cut; sound and mastering engineer Warren Defever's goal being to provide the closest possible approximation of the magic found on the original master's tape brought to your living room. From the lacquers cut in the studio on the Neumann Vms-70 Cutting Lathe to the 180 gram vinyl pressed across the hall, every step of the process is tested in the facilities against exacting standards. That's the Detroit way and the reason why the musical legacy from the 313 area code remains beloved around the world. Donald Byrd - Trumpet Ron Carter - Bass Pepper Adams - Clarinet Mickey Roker - Drums Duke Pearson - Electric Piano Hermeto Pascoal - Flute Wally Richardson - Guitar Airto Moreira - Percussion Frank Foster - Saxophone Jerry Dodgion - Saxophone Lew Tabackin - Saxophone Recorded at Van Gelder Studio - Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1970