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Reuniting with Larry Mizell, the man behind his last three LPs, Donald Byrd continues to explore contemporary soul, funk, and R&B with Places and Spaces. In fact, the record sounds more urban than its predecessor, which often played like a Hollywood version of the inner city. Keeping the Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, and Sly Stone influences of Street Lady, Places and Spaces adds elements of Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Stevie Wonder, which immediately makes the album funkier and more soulful. Boasting sweeping string arrangements, sultry rhythm guitars, rubbery bass, murmuring flügelhorns, and punchy horn charts, the music falls halfway between the cinematic neo-funk of Street Lady and the proto-disco soul of Earth, Wind & Fire. Also, the title Places and Spaces does mean something -- there are more open spaces within the music, which automatically makes it funkier. Of course, it also means that there isn't much of interest on Places and Spaces for jazz purists, but the album would appeal to most fans of Philly soul, lite funk, and proto-disco.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Harvey Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Fonce Mizell, Producer, Keyboards, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Carter, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Brown, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Rowin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kay Haith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig McMullen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyree Glenn Jr., Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mayuto Correa, Percussion, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - King Erisson, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Scarborough, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Mizell, Producer, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2004 Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Harvey Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Mizell, Producer, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fonce Mizell, Producer, Keyboards, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, MainArtist - George Bohannon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - James Carter, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Brown, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - King Errison, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - John Rowin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kay Haith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig McMullen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyree Glenn Jr., Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mayuto Correa, Percussion, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - King Erisson, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Scarborough, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Mizell, Composer
(C) 2004 Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Blue Note Records
Harvey Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Mizell, Producer - Fonce Mizell, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Maslow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Rowin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Craig McMullen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mayuto Correa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Key Faith, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Skip Scarbourough, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - King Erricson, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Chick Raney, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Lee Clayton, ComposerLyricist - Bradley Ridgell, ComposerLyricist - Sigidi Bashir Abdullah, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Mizell, Producer, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Harvey Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Mizell, Composer, Producer, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Fonce Mizell, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohannon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - James Carter, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Brown, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Rowin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kay Haith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig McMullen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyree Glenn Jr., Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mayuto Correa, Percussion, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - King Erisson, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - King Errisson, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Scarborough, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Jason Mizell, Producer - Fonce Mizell, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Donald Byrd, MainArtist - Steve Maslow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Mizell, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2004 Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Blue Note Records
Harvey Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Mizell, Producer, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Carter, ComposerLyricist - Fonce Mizell, Producer, Keyboards, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohannon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - James Carter, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Brown, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Rowin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kay Haith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig McMullen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyree Glenn Jr., Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mayuto Correa, Percussion, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - King Erisson, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - King Errisson, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Scarborough, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Harvey Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Val Garay, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Mizell, Producer - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fonce Mizell, Producer, Keyboards, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hassinger, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Donald Byrd, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Maslow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barrett Strong, Composer - Jim Nipar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Carter, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Whitfield, Composer - George Bohanan, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Brown, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - King Errison, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - John Rowin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kay Haith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig McMullen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mayuto Correa, Percussion, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Tyree Gelnn Jr, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Scarborough, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Mizell, Producer, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Blue Note Records
Album review
Reuniting with Larry Mizell, the man behind his last three LPs, Donald Byrd continues to explore contemporary soul, funk, and R&B with Places and Spaces. In fact, the record sounds more urban than its predecessor, which often played like a Hollywood version of the inner city. Keeping the Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, and Sly Stone influences of Street Lady, Places and Spaces adds elements of Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Stevie Wonder, which immediately makes the album funkier and more soulful. Boasting sweeping string arrangements, sultry rhythm guitars, rubbery bass, murmuring flügelhorns, and punchy horn charts, the music falls halfway between the cinematic neo-funk of Street Lady and the proto-disco soul of Earth, Wind & Fire. Also, the title Places and Spaces does mean something -- there are more open spaces within the music, which automatically makes it funkier. Of course, it also means that there isn't much of interest on Places and Spaces for jazz purists, but the album would appeal to most fans of Philly soul, lite funk, and proto-disco.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:49
- Main artists: Donald Byrd
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
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