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Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams - Motor City Scene (1961/2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams - Motor City Scene (1961/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 42:46 minutes | 967 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The title says it all: the six young jazz musicians featured here represented the best of the best from the Detroit area, although all were based in New York City by the time this was recorded in 1960. Saxophonist Pepper Adams and trumpeter Donald Byrd coaxed great performances and memorable solos from the band, most notably from guitarist Kenny Burrell and bassist Paul Chambers.
Donald Fagen - Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete (2012) [24bit Official Digital Download]

Donald Fagen - Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete (2012)
5 Releases | FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96/48/44 kHz | Time - 234:50 minutes | 4,23 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover(s)

Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete is a career-spanning compilation highlighting the undeniable musicianship of the GRAMMY Award-winning voice behind Steely Dan. This five-album set features his critically acclaimed works: The Nightfly, Kamakiriad, Morph The Cat, Sunken Condos and a bonus album of rarities. This is the definitive Fagen collection.

Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces (1975) Reissue 1997  Music

Posted by Designol at May 24, 2024
Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces (1975) Reissue 1997

Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces (1975) Reissue 1997
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 244 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 91 Mb | Scans included | 00:35:52
Jazz-Funk, Funk, Crossover Jazz | Label: Blue Note | # 7243 8 54326 2 0

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.
Donald Byrd - Street Lady (1973) [Reissue 2020] MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Donald Byrd - Street Lady (1973) [Reissue 2020]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 45:13 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,13 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,07 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | 42:22 m | F/R Covers | 993 MB
Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Vocalion # CDSML 8576

A landmark album by Donald Byrd - the first one where he really started to click with jazz-funk producer Larry Mizell! Mizell and Byrd had worked together previously on the Black Byrd album - a soaring bit of futuristic jazz funk that took Byrd's career to a whole new level – but this album's the one where they really began to make the formula cook, blending together tight funky rhythms, spacey keyboards, soulful vocals, and some of Donald's best solo work of the 70s! The whole thing's a masterpiece, and all tracks sparkle – including "Lansana's Priestess", "Witch Hunt", and "Street Lady", one of the funkiest tracks ever on Blue Note. A haunting record with a beautiful spacey groove, and one of the best-ever albums on Blue Note!

Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces (1975) {1992 Japan Reissue}  Music

Posted by shamanicus at Nov. 1, 2020
Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces (1975) {1992 Japan Reissue}

Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces (1975) {1992 Japan Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | 232 mb | Artwork | 00:36:03 | MP3 CBR 320kbps | 83 mb
Jazz-Funk, Funk, Crossover Jazz | Label: Toshiba-EMI - TOCJ-5734

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.
Donald Byrd -  Black Byrd (1973/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Donald Byrd - Black Byrd (1973/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time - 43:19 minutes | 1,45 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 43:19 minutes | 878 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

"Black Byrd" is the pivotal 1973 masterpiece by jazz legend Donald Byrd. This monumental album presented Byrd’s acclaimed brand of fusion. Black Byrd is one of Blue Note’s bestselling albums of all time and highlights Byrd’s undeniable knack for sound. It reached #1 on Billboard’s Top Jazz Albums and #2 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums. It features the thrilling self-titled single, which reached the Top Twenty on Billboard’s Top R&B Singles.
Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C. - Love Byrd (1981) [2007, Remastered Reissue]

Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C. - Love Byrd (1981) [2007, Remastered Reissue]
R&B, Jazz, Soul, Jazz-Funk, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 42:17 | 296,99 Mb
Label: Elektra/Wounded Bird Records (USA) | Cat.# WOU 6531 | Released: 2007-07-16 (1981)

Recorded in 1981 and produced by Isaac Hayes, trumpeter and composer Donald Byrd's first recording for Elektra is the sound of a musician who has truly lost his way. Byrd's nearly decade-long collaboration with the Mizell Brothers ended when he left Blue Note for Elektra. It wasn't so much that Byrd left "jazz" for funk and proto-disco, the latter elements had been part of his sound since 1972 with Black Byrd (some would say the real transition to more R&B based music began before that with Fancy Free in 1965). The period with the Mizells, though decried by jazz critics everywhere as a sellout, was a fertile one for Byrd creatively and married his vision of being a viable and accessible artist, one who sought out the direct experience of soul and funk as a way of getting his music across. It was also a successful one commercially - his albums sold to a wider audience and were played on commercial FM radio.
Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C. - Words, Sounds, Colors And Shapes (1982) [2007, Remastered Reissue]

Donald Byrd & 125th Street, N.Y.C. - Words, Sounds, Colors & Shapes (1982) [2007, Remastered Reissue]
R&B, Jazz-Funk, Electronic, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 40:13 | 286,86 Mb
Label: Elektra/Wounded Bird Records (USA) | Cat.# WOU 6188 | Released: 2007-07-17 (1982)

A definite soul based session for Donald Byrd – and that's saying a lot here, because his previous decade's worth of work had all had some sort of R&B focus. The main force behind the set here is Isaac Hayes – who's producing, arranging, and playing most of the keyboards on the album. Oddly, Ike's not singing at all – and vocals are instead handled by Rose Williams, Diane Davis, Pat Lewis, and Myra Walker – plus the Hot Buttered Soul group on backing vocals.
Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd - Motor City Scene (1960/2004) {Japan Edition}

Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd - Motor City Scene (1960/2004) {Japan Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 281.40 Mb | 43:00 | Covers
Hard Bop | Label: Bethlehem Records/Toshiba-EMI - TOCJ-9629

Trumpeter Donald Byrd and baritonist Pepper Adams always made for a potent team. With guitarist Kenny Burrell, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes (using the pseudonym of "Hey Lewis") completing the sextet, this was a particularly strong group. For the Bethlehem LP (not yet reissued on CD), Byrd and Adams play two of Pepper's originals, Errol Garner's rarely performed "Trio," Thad Jones' "Bitty Ditty" and a lengthy and memorable rendition of "Stardust." Well worth searching for. ~ AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
John Coltrane - Lush Life (1961) [Reissue 2003] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

John Coltrane - Lush Life (1961) [Reissue 2003]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:33 minutes | Scans included | 616 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 598 MB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 479 MB
Features 1957-1958 Recordings | Prestige/Fantasy # PRSA-7188-6

Lush Life is an album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Prestige Records. It is assembled from unissued results of three separate recording sessions at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1957 and 1958. As Coltrane's fame grew during the 1960s long after he had stopped recording for the label, Prestige used unissued recordings to create new marketable albums without Coltrane's input or approval.