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Donald Byrd Electric Byrd (313 Series) 180g LP

Donald Byrd

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All-Analog Remaster from the Original Tapes on 180g Vinyl LP!
Part of the 313 Series Partnership from Third Man Records & Blue Note!
Specially Chosen for Re-Release by Blue Note President/Detroiter Don Was!

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The experimentations taking shape in jazz at the end of the '60s 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.

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1970 by Rudy Van Gelder. Produced by Duke Pearson.

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.





Features

  • Third Man / Blue Note 313 Series Partnership
  • 180g Vinyl
  • Black Vinyl
  • Specially Chosen for Re-release by Blue Note Records President (and Detroiter) Don Was
  • All-Analog Remastering from the Original Tapes by Warren Defever at Third Man in Detroit
  • Lacquers Cut on a Neumann VMS-70 Cutting Lathe

Musicians

Donald Byrd trumpet
Jerry Dodgion alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Frank Foster tenor saxophone, alto clarinet
Lew Tabackin tenor saxophone, flute
Pepper Adams baritone saxophone, clarinet
Bill Campbell trombone
Hermeto Pascoal flute (On "Xibaba" only)
Duke Pearson electric piano
Ron Carter bass
Mickey Roker drums
Airto Moreira percussion
Wally Richardson guitar

Selections

Side ONe:

  1. Estavanico
  2. Essence

Side Two:

  1. Xibaba
  2. The Dude

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