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Electric Byrd

Electric Byrd

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Electric Byrd is a jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....

 album released by Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter.-Early life and education:...

 in 1970http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:wzfyxqtgldje (see 1970 in music
1970 in music
- Events :* Charles Wuorinen becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.* January 3 - Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees...

).
  1. Estavanico (11:00)
  2. Essence (10:30)
  3. Xibaba (13:35)
  4. The Dude (8:00)


Estavanico, Essence and The Dude were written by Donald Byrd.
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Electric Byrd is a jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....

 album released by Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter.-Early life and education:...

 in 1970http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:wzfyxqtgldje (see 1970 in music
1970 in music
- Events :* Charles Wuorinen becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.* January 3 - Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees...

).

Track listing

  1. Estavanico (11:00)
  2. Essence (10:30)
  3. Xibaba (13:35)
  4. The Dude (8:00)


Estavanico, Essence and The Dude were written by Donald Byrd. Xibaba was written by Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...

. The original recording was engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is an American recording engineer specializing in jazz.Frequently regarded as one of the most important recording engineers in music history, Van Gelder is one of the legendary behind-the-scenes figures in jazz, recording several hundred jazz sessions, including many widely...

 at Van Gelder Studio.

Personnel

  • Donald Byrd
    Donald Byrd
    Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter.-Early life and education:...

     - trumpet
  • Jerry Dodgion
    Jerry Dodgion
    Jerry Dodgion is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.Dodgion played alto sax in middle school and began working locally in the San Francisco area in the 1950s. He played in bands with Rudy Salvini, John Coppola/Chuck Travis and Gerald Wilson and worked with the Vernon Alley Quartet, who...

     - alto sax, soprano sax, and flute
  • Frank Foster
    Frank Foster (musician)
    Frank Foster is an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer, who is best known for his work in different periods with the Count Basie orchestra, as well as under his own name.-Biography:...

     - tenor saxophone and alto clarinet
  • Lew Tabackin
    Lew Tabackin
    Lew Tabackin is a jazz flautist and a tenor saxophonist. He is married to Toshiko Akiyoshi, who is a jazz pianist and a composer/arranger....

     - tenor saxophone and flute
  • Pepper Adams
    Pepper Adams
    Park "Pepper" Adams III was a jazz baritone saxophonist. Nicknamed "The Knife" for his sound on the horn, he had a hearty tone and driving rhythmic sense which provided the antithesis to the lighter, floating style of his contemporary Gerry Mulligan.-Biogrphay:Pepper Adams was born in...

     - baritone saxonphone and clarinet
  • Bill Campbell - trombone
  • Hermeto Pascoal
    Hermeto Pascoal
    Hermeto Pascoal is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Arapiraca, area of Alagoas, Brazil . Pascoal is a greatly beloved musical figure in the history of the music of Brazil, known for his abilities at orchestration and improvisation as well as a record producer and...

     - flute (on "Xibaba" only)
  • Wally Richardson - guitar
  • Duke Pearson
    Duke Pearson
    Duke Pearson was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic notes him as being a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a producer."- History :...

     - electric piano
  • Ron Carter
    Ron Carter
    Ron Carter is an American jazz double-bassist. His unique sound has made him a long sought after studio man. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, along with Milt Hinton, Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar. Carter is also an acclaimed cellist...

     - bass
  • Mickey Roker
    Mickey Roker
    Granville "Mickey" Roker is an American jazz drummer. Roker was born into extreme poverty in Miami to Granville and Willie Mae Roker...

     - drums
  • Airto Moreira
    Airto Moreira
    Airto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...

     - percussion