Исполнитель: The Blackbyrds
Откуда: USA
Альбом: The Blackbyrds / Flying Start
Год выхода: 1994 (recorded in 1974)
Жанр: Jazz-Funk
Формат: MP3 CBR 320
Размер архива: 175 МB
The Blackbyrds were a jazz-funk group with thick R&B streaks running down their backs. Assembled by Donald Byrd in 1974, the group’s original members — percussionist Pericles «Perk» Jacobs, Jr., drummer Keith Killgo, keyboardist Kevin Toney, reeds player Allan Barnes, bassist Joe Hall, guitarist Barney Perry — were mined from Howard University’s music department, where the doctor and jazz legend was an instructor. (Other key players included guitarist Orville Saunders and saxophonist/flautist Steve Johnson.) During the Blackbyrds’ nearly decade-long existence, the group cut a handful of LPs (1973’s The Blackbyrds, 1974’s Flying Start, 1975’s City Life, 1976’s Unfinished Business, 1977’s Action, 1980’s Better Days); scored films (1975’s Cornbread, Earl and Me); and supported artists like B.B. King, Mandrill, and Roberta Flack. «Walking in Rhythm,» «Rock Creek Park,» and «Happy Music» are their three best-known cuts; they have remained underground club classics, and they have been kept alive, in part, through sampling. The group’s catalog has been overhauled and reissued a number of times; multiple best-ofs have been released (Fantasy’s Greatest Hits is the strongest and most thorough), and most of the group’s full-length output has been put out on CD through two-fers. As far as outside activities were considered, Barney Perry released a solo album under the name Blair in 1978 (through his own Solar Sound imprint). The remaining members’ involvements are far too extensive to list.
Tracks:
«The Blackbyrds» (1974)
01. Do It, Fluid — 5:31
02. Gut Level — 4:12
03. Reggins — 4:08
04. The Runaway — 4:16
05. Funky Junkie — 7:03
06. Summer Love — 5:10
07. Life Styles — 3:16
08. A Hot Day Today — 3:18
«Flying Start» (1974)
09. I Need You — 5:33
10. The Baby — 5:20
11. Love Is Love — 4:48
12. The Blackbyrds’ Theme — 4:07
13. Walking In Rhythm — 4:16
14. Future Children, Future Hopes — 4:45
15. April Showers — 3:52
16. Spaced Out — 6:13
Personnel:
«The Blackbyrds»
Donald Byrd — trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
The Blackbyrds — vocals
Barney Perry — guitar
Kevin Toney — keyboards, melodica, synthesizer
Joe Hall — electric bass
Allan Barnes — soprano & tenor saxophone
David Williams — bass
Oscar Brashear — trumpet, flugelhorn
Perk Jacobs — percussion
Ray Armando — percussion
Keith Killgo — drums
Sky High Productions — producer
«Flying Start»
Donald Byrd — trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals, producer
The Blackbyrds — vocals
Kevin Toney — acoustic piano, electric piano, clavinet, Arp synthesizer
Barney Perry — guitar
Joe Hall — bass, electric bass
Jackie Kelso — baritone saxophone
Allan Barnes — soprano & tenor saxophone, flute
Perk Jacobs — percussion
Keith Killgo — drums
Bruce Fisher — vocals (12)
Sigidi Bashir Abdullah — vocals (12, 13)
Ernie Watts — tenor saxophone (09)
Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant — trumpet
Keith Barbour — vocals (15)
Alexander Thomas, George Bohanon — trombone
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