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.

Title:  Live:  Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux (2022) 

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

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Black Byrd (8:11)

 2.  You've Got It Bad Girl (7:42)

 3.  The East (9:19)

Side Two:

 1.  Introductions (2:58)

 2.  Kwame (11:50)

 3.  Poco-Mania (6:22)

Personnel:

Donald Byrd:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals

Fonce Mizell:  Trumpet, Vocals

Allan Barnes:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute

Nathan Davis:  Tenor & Soprano Saxophone

Kevin Toney:  Electric Piano

Larry Mizell:  Synthesizers

Barney Perry:  Electric Guitar

Henry Franklin:  Electric Bass

Keith Killgo:  Drums, Vocals

Ray Amando:  Congas, Percussion

Live:  Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux is a live album by Donald Byrd, released on December 9, 2022 by Blue Note Records, recorded live Montreux in July 1973.