Donald Byrd

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• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Donald Byrd’s 1975 album Places and Spaces featuring the hits “Wind Parade” and “Dominoes” was the culmination of the great trumpeter’s fusion period. It was the fifth consecutive Byrd album to be produced by visionary producer Larry Mizell, and the second to last session Byrd would cut for Blue Note, the label he had recorded for since 1958 that had followed him along his remarkable evolution from top-notch hard bop trumpeter to pioneer of R&B/Funk fusion.

PERSONNEL:

• Donald Byrd - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
• Raymond Brown - trumpet
• Fonce Mizell - clavinet, trumpet
• Tyree Glenn, Jr. - tenor sax
• George Bohannon - trombone
• Larry Mizell - piano
• Skip Scarborough - electric piano
• John Rowin - guitar
• Chuck Rainey - electric bass
• Harvey Mason - drums
• Mayuto Correa - percussion
• Kay Haith, Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell - backing vocals

Recorded at the Sound Factory - August/September 1975.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1: Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)
• A2: Wind Parade
• A3: Dominoes

• SIDE B
• B1: Places And Spaces
• B2: You And Music
• B3: Night Whistler
• B4: Just My Imagination