Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.

1979 studio album by Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.
Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.
Studio album by
Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.
Released1979
RecordedAugust–September 1979
StudioThe Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA
GenreJazz, Funk, Soul music
Length36:57
LabelElektra
6E-247
ProducerDonald Byrd for Blackbyrd Productions Inc.
Donald Byrd chronology
Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life)
(1978) 		Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.
(1979) 		Love Byrd
(1981)

Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd released on the Elektra label in 1979.[1][2]

Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd except where noted

  1. "Pretty Baby" (Donald Byrd, Ronnie Garrett, William Duckett) – 5:05
  2. "Gold the Moon, White the Sun" (Byrd, Kathy Wakefield) – 5:27
  3. "Giving It Up" – 5:06
  4. "Marilyn" – 3:58
  5. "People Suppose to Be Free" (Byrd, Wakefield) – 4:48
  6. "Veronica" – 4:23
  7. "Morning" (Clare Fischer) – 4:05
  8. "I Love You" – 4:04

Personnel

  • Donald Byrd – trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger
  • Clare Fischer – Organ/Yamaha EX-42 ARP Pro Soloist, Fender Rhodes, Dyno My Piano, alto saxophone, acoustic piano
  • Ronnie Garrett – electric bass
  • William "Country" Duckett – electric guitar
  • Pete Christlieb – saxophone
  • Ernie Watts – flute
  • Victor (Butch) Azevedo – drums, – percussion
  • Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Joyce Michael, Michael Campbell, Mitch Gordon, Zedric Turnbough – vocals

References

  1. ^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Elektra/Asylum Album Discography, Part 6: Elektra/Asylum Consolidated 6E-100 Series (1977–1981) accessed December 11, 2017
  2. ^ DSoulwalking: Donald Byrd discography accessed December 11, 2017
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