Name: Love Has Come Around - The Elektra Records Anthology 1978 - 1982
Brand: Donald Byrd

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WCDBBRD0356

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Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-01

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Cherry Red (ADA)

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5013929065635

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Donald Byrd

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Jazz

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BBR 

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Fans can expect to find not only remastered versions of beloved albums but also additional content that enhances their listening experience. The inclusion of bonus tracks offers fans a chance to explore different versions and variations of their favorite songs.

Donald Byrd was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and educator. Born on December 9, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, he had a prolific career that spanned several decades. Byrd's musical journey began at Cass Tech where he studied classical music under the mentorship of Dr. Harry Begian. He honed his skills playing trumpet in military bands during his time in the Air Force and later graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in music.

Byrd's unique style blended Clifford Brown's warm sound and fluent technique with his own rhythmically loose phrasing. He recorded extensively as both a sideman and leader for labels such as Savoy Records, Prestige, Riverside Records, and Blue Note. Byrd also played alongside baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams and gave pianist Herbie Hancock his first major exposure.

As a composer, Byrd showcased his versatility through church-inspired shouts, blues forms, and structurally interesting originals. His influential album "A New Perspective" merged his small group with a gospel choir. Despite his success in the music industry, Byrd never stopped pursuing education; he earned multiple degrees including a master's degree in music education from Manhattan School of Music and a law degree from Howard University.

In addition to his musical achievements, Byrd taught at various universities including Rutgers, Howard University,and North Carolina Central University. In the early 1970s, he

Jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd’s critically acclaimed career and life have assured the Detroit native his rightful place as one of the most respected musicians of the 20th century. Having successfully transitioned to Jazz Fusion in the 1970s under the guidance of the Mizell brothers, creating four albums on Blue Note records including the highly influential Places and Spaces, Byrd continued to explore the fertile possibilities of Fusion with four more albums recorded for Elektra Records between 1978 and 1982. 

1978s Thank You… For F.U.M.L (Funking Up My Life), 1979s Donald Byrd and 125th Street N.Y.C. , produced by Byrd, and the two Isaac Hayes produced albums Love Byrd and Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes from 1981 and 1982 respectively are fully represented over a two-disc anthology package from BBR. Tracks produced by Byrd include the up-tempo jazz-funk-disco tracks Thank You For Funking Up My Life, Loving You, Have You Heard The News, Pretty Baby and People Suppose To Be Free alongside the deeper jazz-fusion cuts of Sunning In Your Loveshine, Your Love Is My Ecstasy, Gold The Moon, White The Sun and Loving You, which reached 74 on the Billboard R&amp;B chart early in 1979. The Isaac Hayes produced tracks include Love Has Come Around, (Byrd’s biggest R&amp;B hit at 15), the dancefloor work outs Sexy Dancer, (R&amp;B 38), Star Trippin’ and I Love Your Love. The rich Hayes’ influenced ballads I Feel Like Loving You Today and Falling sit with the deeper jazz-fusion compositions Butterfly, I’ll Always Love You, So Much In Love, Forbidden Love and Everyday.

Love Has Come Around - The Elektra Records Anthology 1978 - 1982

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