Jackie McLean / Greasy

Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out some of this classic jazz from Jackie McLean  with a track called Greasy. Check out the players and the track..

• Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean
• Bass – Paul Chambers 
• Drums – Pete La Roca
• Piano – Walter Davis Jr.
• Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd - Thank You For Funking Up My Life

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out some disco jazz from the late great Donald Byrd - with Thank You For Funking Up My Life ...a special limited edition 12" ...check out the players and the track...

• Bass – Ed Watkins
• Drums – Anthony Cox
• Guitar – Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Paul Jackson Jr., Rick Littlefield
• Piano – Greg Phillinganes
• Producer, Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd / Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)

Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out Donald Byrd  with his version of the Temptations Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me).  

Recognize the sound. The producers?  Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell 


 

Guru – Loungin

 Digital Crate Digging Continues…chilling out on a Monday evening..actually..like Guru – I’m just Loungin…. Donald Byrd  was helping him out…from the Jazzmatazz Volume: 1 project…check it out!!
 
Guru – Loungin | Whats Really Going On?

Jimmy Owens – What’s the Use?

Sunday Jazz Continues….checking out some funk / soul / jazz from trumpet player Jimmy Owens ..with a cut called Whats The Use? …This is off his self titled album from 1976….funky funky funky…check out the players and the track…

Kenny Barron on the  piano, Chris White on the bass,  Brian Brake on the drums, Warren Smith on percussion,  George Davis, Lloyd Davis and Carl Lynch on guitars. And of course…Jimmy Owens on the trumpet….sounding Donald Byrd-ish…

Jimmy Owens – What’s the Use? « Whats Really Going On?

Kenny Burrell - Flickers

Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out Kenny Burrell with a cut called Flickers. Check out the players and the track...

Kenny Burrell guitar.......Hank Mobley tenor sax

Donald Byrd trumpet.....Doug Watkins bass

Art Taylor drums..........Jerome Richardson  flute....Mal Waldron piano

Hank Mobley – Up a Step

Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley  and this classic cut called Up A Step…I can understand that…I’m trying to take things up a step…to another level…

This song is off of his album called “No Room For Squares” …..word up!! you have to keep those squares out of your circle!!…anyway….

The players on this track are…of course Hank Mobley on tenor sax with……

• Donald Byrd – trumpet    Herbie Hancock – piano

• Butch Warren – bass   and Philly Joe Jones – drums

Hank Mobley – Up a Step « Whats Really Going On?

Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams Quintet ft. Herbie Hancock – Currio’s

Sunday Jazz Continues…in conjunction with digital crate digging…had to dig real deep to find this one…its the Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams Quintet ft. Herbie Hancock  with a track called  Currio’s

…Donald Byrd pre-Mizell Brothers…plus Herbie Hancock pre-Headhunters..its nice and smooth though!! these cats are playing!! check out the players and the track….

Donald Byrd – trumpet…..Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone

Herbie Hancock – piano…..Laymon Jackson – bass….Jimmy Cobb – drums
 
Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams Quintet ft. Herbie Hancock – Currio’s « Whats Really Going On?

Donald Byrd – Love Has Come Around (Original 12” Version) « Whats Really Going On?

 Digital Crate Digging Continues….checking out this classic Donald Byrd /125th st / NYC  track…Love Has Come Around…the long / 12″ version…nice!!

Donald Byrd – Love Has Come Around (Original 12” Version) « Whats Really Going On?

Donald Byrd – Flight Time

Digital Crate Digging Continues…time to fly out in the universe…Donald Byrd said it was Flight Time…so lets ride!! big ups to Soul Gathering for the post…
Donald Byrd – Flight Time « Whats Really Going On?

Donald Byrd – Lansana’s Priestess

Digital Crate Digging Continues…last episode I had DJ Spinna‘s remix of this Donald Byrd classic Lansana’s Priestess…..this song has been in my head all day!! checking out the original version…nice!!  this is from his Street Lady album check out the players….

Personnel

• Donald Byrd – trumpet      Roger Glenn – flute    Jerry Peters – piano, electric piano
• Fonce Mizell – clavinet, trumpet, vocals   Fred Perren – synthesizer, vocals

• David T. Walker – guitar    Chuck Rainey – electric bass   Harvey Mason – drums

• King Errisson – congas   Stephanie Spruill – percussion    Larry Mizell – vocals, arranger, conductor

Ladies and gentleman? that’s an all star cast….check this out!!

Check it out at ......Donald Byrd – Lansana’s Priestess « Whats Really Going On?

DJ Spinna ” Lansanna’s Priestess “

 Digital Crate Digging Continues….checking out DJ Spinna‘s remix of Donald Byrd‘s Lansanna’s Priestess..from the Blue Note Revisited album….well done!!

DJ Spinna ” Lansanna’s Priestess “ « Whats Really Going On?

Donald Byrd – Sky High

Sunday Jazz Continues…kicking things off with Donald Byrd with a track called Sky High…produced by the Mizell Brothers!!

Donald Byrd – Sky High « Whats Really Going On?

Hank Mobley - Up a Step

Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out Hank Mobley's track Up A Step....that's what my mission is...trying to take it up a step

....this is from Hank Mobley's No Room For Squares album....you have to keep those squares out of your circle....word!!....anyway....the players on this track are......

 Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone........ Donald Byrd – trumpet  Herbie Hancock – piano

Butch Warren – bass  Philly Joe Jones – drums ......check them out....

Donald Byrd – Black Byrd

Digital Crate Digging Continues…..checking out this classic jazz / funk track from Donald Byrd…called Black Byrd….this is when he hooked up with the Mizell Brothers to put out that jazz /funk / soul fusion music during the 70″s…on this particular cut the players our…

• Donald Byrd – trumpet, flugelhorn, electric trumpet, vocals ….Allen Curtis Barnes – flute, oboe, saxophone

• Roger Glenn – saxophone, flute  Fonce Mizell – trumpet, vocals  …Larry Mizell – vocals

• Kevin Toney – piano   Freddie Perren – piano, synthesizer, vocals…Dean Parks,

• David T. Walker,     Barney Perry – guitar  Joe Sample – piano, electric piano

• Wilton Felder, Joe Hill – bass   Harvey Mason, Sr, ….Keith Killgo – drums

• Bobbye Hall Porter, Perk Jacobs, Stephanie Spruill – percussion

CHECK IT OUT AT...Donald Byrd – Black Byrd « Whats Really Going On?

Donald Byrd – The Emperor

Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out trumpet master Donald Byrd with a cut called The Emperor off his Ethiopian Knights album; the cut is smoking!!  funky funky funky!! the players are;

• Donald Byrd – trumpet  ……..Thurman Green – trombone

• Harold Land – tenor saxophone  ……Bobby Hutcherson – vibes

• Joe Sample – organ ……..   Bill Henderson III – electric piano

• Don Peake, Greg Poree  – guitar    Wilton Felder – electric bass

• Ed Greene – drums     Bobbye Porter Hall – congas, tambourine

Donald Byrd – The Emperor « Whats Really Going On?

Madlib - Stepping Into Tomorrow

Digital Crate Digging Continues....checking out Madlib's version of Donald Byrd's Stepping Into Tomorrow..off of Madlib's Shades Of Blue project....where he remixes Blue Note Record label's jazz  classics

DONALD BYRD, Bup A Loup « Whats Really Going On?

 Digital Crate Digging Continues…ran across this Donald Byrd classic before he hooked up with the Mizell Brothers….on this cut he’s got  the following players….Jackie McLean, alto sax; Duke Pearson, piano; Doug Watkins, bass; Lex Humphries, drums….11:00 pm EST when I posted this…good cut for this time of night…check it out..
 
DONALD BYRD, Bup A Loup « Whats Really Going On?

‪DONALD BYRD ---FALLIN' LIKE DOMINOES (LIVE)‬‏

Summer Madness continues........chilling...listening to the master Donald Byrd...problems? falling like dominoes...the live version...check it out!!

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