ELECTRIC BYRD

Electric Byrd
Electric Byrd
Studio album by Donald Byrd
Released	November 1970
Recorded	May 15, 1970
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	43:47
Label	Blue Note; BST 84349
Producer	Duke Pearson
Donald Byrd chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Electric Byrd is a jazz fusion album by Donald Byrd released by the Blue Note label in 1970.^[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and stated, “Donald Byrd's transitional sessions from 1969-1971 are actually some of the trumpeter's most intriguing work, balancing accessible, funky, Davis-style fusion with legitimate jazz improvisation. Electric Byrd, from 1970, is the best of the bunch, as Byrd absorbs the innovations of Bitches Brew and comes up with one of his most consistent fusion sets of any flavor.”

Track listing

All tracks by Donald Byrd, unless otherwise noted

"Estavanico" - 11:35
"Essence" - 10:42
"Xibaba" (Airto Moreira) - 13:42
"The Dude" - 7:48

Personnel

Donald Byrd - trumpet
Jerry Dodgion - alto sax, soprano sax, and flute
Frank Foster - tenor saxophone and alto clarinet
Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone and flute
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone and clarinet
Bill Campbell - trombone
Hermeto Pascoal - flute (on "Xibaba" only)
Wally Richardson - guitar
Duke Pearson - electric piano
Ron Carter - bass
Mickey Roker - drums
Airto Moreira - percussion

References

^ Billboard Nov 14, 1970
^ Huey, Steve (2011). "Electric Byrd - Donald Byrd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
^ Huey, S. Allmusic Review: Electric Byrd accessed 07 June 2010

[1] Billboard Nov 14, 1970

[2] Huey, Steve (2011). "Electric Byrd - Donald Byrd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.

[3] Huey, S. Allmusic Review: Electric Byrd accessed 07 June 2010

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v t e Donald Byrd
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Byrd's Eye View (1955) Byrd Jazz (1955) Byrd's Word (1955) Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956) 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956) The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956) Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957) Fuego (1959) Byrd in Flight (1960) Free Form (1961) A New Perspective (1963) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Mustang! (1966) Blackjack (1967) Slow Drag (1967) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Ethiopian Knights (1971) Black Byrd (1972) Street Lady (1973) Stepping into Tomorrow (1974) Places and Spaces (1975) Caricatures (1976) Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978) Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979) Love Byrd (1981) Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982) Harlem Blues (1987) Getting Down to Business (1989) A City Called Heaven (1991)
With Pepper Adams	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967) Electric Byrd (1970)
With The Jazz Messengers	The Jazz Messengers (1956) Originally (1956) Art Blakey Big Band (1957) Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)
With Gigi Gryce	At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet ( Riverside, 1957) Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957) Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958]) Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)
With Jackie McLean	Lights Out! (1956) 4, 5 and 6 (1956) New Soil (1959) Jackie's Bag (1959) Vertigo (1963)
With Hank Mobley	The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank (1957) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963) The Turnaround! (1963) Far Away Lands (1967)
With others	Discoveries/ Presenting Cannonball Adderley ( Cannonball Adderley, 1955) Jammin' with Gene ( Gene Ammons, 1956) All Night Long ( Kenny Burrell, 1956) All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Whims of Chambers ( Paul Chambers, 1956) Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny's Crib ( Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959) Bohemia After Dark ( Kenny Clarke, 1955) Lush Life ( John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Davis Cup ( Walter Davis Jr., 1959) Wailing With Lou ( Lou Donaldson, 1957) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) This Is New ( Kenny Drew, 1957) All Mornin' Long ( Red Garland, 1957) Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957) High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957) One Flight Up ( Dexter Gordon, 1964) Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965) Snap Your Fingers ( Al Grey, 1962) Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 ( Guru, 1993) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95) My Point of View ( Herbie Hancock, 1993) Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977) Swamp Seed ( Jimmy Heath, 1963) Informal Jazz ( Elmo Hope, 1956) African High Life ( Solomon Ilori, 1963) Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 ( Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995) Quartet-Quintet ( Hank Jones, 1955) Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955) TV Action Jazz! ( Mundell Lowe, 1959) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) Goin' Out of My Head ( Wes Montgomery, 1965) Hush! ( Duke Pearson, 1962) Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964) Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955) Winner's Circle ( Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957) Blues in Trinity ( Dizzy Reece, 1958) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Dimensions & Extensions ( Sam Rivers, 1967) Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956) Don't Stop the Carnival ( Sonny Rollins, 1978) Silver's Blue ( Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Taylor's Wailers ( Art Taylor, 1957) Soul Sauce ( Cal Tjader, 1964) A Bluish Bag ( Stanley Turrentine, 1967) Top Brass ( Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Pairing Off ( Phil Woods, 1956)

v t e Duke Pearson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Profile (1959) Tender Feelin's (1959) Angel Eyes (1961–62) Dedication! (1961) Hush! (1962) Wahoo! (1964) Honeybuns (1965) Prairie Dog (1966) Sweet Honey Bee (1966) The Right Touch (1967) Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (1967–68) I Don't Care Who Knows It (1968–70) Now Hear This (1968) The Phantom (1968) How Insensitive (1969) Merry Ole Soul (1969) It Could Only Happen with You (1970)
With Donald Byrd	Fuego (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Byrd in Flight (1960) The Cat Walk (1961) A New Perspective (1963) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Electric Byrd (1970)
With others	Little Johnny C ( Johnny Coles, 1963) Idle Moments ( Grant Green, 1963) The Kicker ( Bobby Hutcherson, 1963) Mean What You Say ( Thad Jones and Pepper Adams, 1966)
Arranger only	I'm Tryin' to Get Home (for Donald Byrd]], 1964) Lush Life (for Lou Donaldson, 1967) Am I Blue (for Grant Green, 1963) Boss Horn (for Blue Mitchell, 1966) Heads Up! (for Blue Mitchell, 1968) A Slice of the Top (for Hank Mobley, 1966) Standards (for Lee Morgan, 1967) Rough 'n' Tumble (for Stanley Turrentine, 1966) A Bluish Bag (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967) The Look of Love (for Stanley Turrentine, 1968)

v t e Donald Byrd
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Byrd's Eye View (1955) Byrd Jazz (1955) Byrd's Word (1955) Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956) 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956) The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956) Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957) Fuego (1959) Byrd in Flight (1960) Free Form (1961) A New Perspective (1963) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Mustang! (1966) Blackjack (1967) Slow Drag (1967) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Ethiopian Knights (1971) Black Byrd (1972) Street Lady (1973) Stepping into Tomorrow (1974) Places and Spaces (1975) Caricatures (1976) Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978) Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979) Love Byrd (1981) Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982) Harlem Blues (1987) Getting Down to Business (1989) A City Called Heaven (1991)
With Pepper Adams	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967) Electric Byrd (1970)
With The Jazz Messengers	The Jazz Messengers (1956) Originally (1956) Art Blakey Big Band (1957) Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)
With Gigi Gryce	At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet ( Riverside, 1957) Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957) Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958]) Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)
With Jackie McLean	Lights Out! (1956) 4, 5 and 6 (1956) New Soil (1959) Jackie's Bag (1959) Vertigo (1963)
With Hank Mobley	The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank (1957) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963) The Turnaround! (1963) Far Away Lands (1967)
With others	Discoveries/ Presenting Cannonball Adderley ( Cannonball Adderley, 1955) Jammin' with Gene ( Gene Ammons, 1956) All Night Long ( Kenny Burrell, 1956) All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Whims of Chambers ( Paul Chambers, 1956) Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny's Crib ( Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959) Bohemia After Dark ( Kenny Clarke, 1955) Lush Life ( John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Davis Cup ( Walter Davis Jr., 1959) Wailing With Lou ( Lou Donaldson, 1957) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) This Is New ( Kenny Drew, 1957) All Mornin' Long ( Red Garland, 1957) Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957) High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957) One Flight Up ( Dexter Gordon, 1964) Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965) Snap Your Fingers ( Al Grey, 1962) Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 ( Guru, 1993) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95) My Point of View ( Herbie Hancock, 1993) Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977) Swamp Seed ( Jimmy Heath, 1963) Informal Jazz ( Elmo Hope, 1956) African High Life ( Solomon Ilori, 1963) Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 ( Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995) Quartet-Quintet ( Hank Jones, 1955) Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955) TV Action Jazz! ( Mundell Lowe, 1959) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) Goin' Out of My Head ( Wes Montgomery, 1965) Hush! ( Duke Pearson, 1962) Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964) Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955) Winner's Circle ( Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957) Blues in Trinity ( Dizzy Reece, 1958) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Dimensions & Extensions ( Sam Rivers, 1967) Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956) Don't Stop the Carnival ( Sonny Rollins, 1978) Silver's Blue ( Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Taylor's Wailers ( Art Taylor, 1957) Soul Sauce ( Cal Tjader, 1964) A Bluish Bag ( Stanley Turrentine, 1967) Top Brass ( Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Pairing Off ( Phil Woods, 1956)

v t e Duke Pearson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Profile (1959) Tender Feelin's (1959) Angel Eyes (1961–62) Dedication! (1961) Hush! (1962) Wahoo! (1964) Honeybuns (1965) Prairie Dog (1966) Sweet Honey Bee (1966) The Right Touch (1967) Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (1967–68) I Don't Care Who Knows It (1968–70) Now Hear This (1968) The Phantom (1968) How Insensitive (1969) Merry Ole Soul (1969) It Could Only Happen with You (1970)
With Donald Byrd	Fuego (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Byrd in Flight (1960) The Cat Walk (1961) A New Perspective (1963) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Electric Byrd (1970)
With others	Little Johnny C ( Johnny Coles, 1963) Idle Moments ( Grant Green, 1963) The Kicker ( Bobby Hutcherson, 1963) Mean What You Say ( Thad Jones and Pepper Adams, 1966)
Arranger only	I'm Tryin' to Get Home (for Donald Byrd]], 1964) Lush Life (for Lou Donaldson, 1967) Am I Blue (for Grant Green, 1963) Boss Horn (for Blue Mitchell, 1966) Heads Up! (for Blue Mitchell, 1968) A Slice of the Top (for Hank Mobley, 1966) Standards (for Lee Morgan, 1967) Rough 'n' Tumble (for Stanley Turrentine, 1966) A Bluish Bag (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967) The Look of Love (for Stanley Turrentine, 1968)

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