Donald Byrd

 

Artist:  Donald Byrd

Birth Name:  Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II

Born:  December 9, 1932.  Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:  February 4, 2013 (Aged 80).  Dover, Delaware, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Post-Bop, Trumpet Jazz 

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals

Donald Byrd was an American Jazz Trumpet.  He was best known as one of the only Bebop Jazz Musicians who successfully pioneered the Funk and Soul Genres while remaining a Jazz Artist.  He was a sideman for many other Jazz Musicians of his generation, also as a Bandleader.

Artist: Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Tommy Flanagan, "Hey" Lewis

Title:   Motor City Scene (2020)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Post-Bop, Trumpet Jazz 

Label:  Bethlehem Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Stardust (10:16)

 2.  Philson (10:44)

Side B:

 1.  Trio (8:06)

 2.  Libeccio (8:38)

 3.  Bitty Ditty (5:12)

Personnel:

Donald Byrd:  Trumpet

Pepper Adams:  Baritone Saxophone, except Track 1

Kenny Burrell:  Electric Guitar, except Track 1

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Tommy Flanagan:  Piano

"Hey" Lewis:  Drums

Motor City Scene is an album by Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Tommy Flanagan, "Hey" Lewis, originally released in 1960 by Bethlehem Records, remastered and reissued in 2020 by Bethlehem Records.  180 Gram Black Vinyl.