Smoking work from Donald Byrd – post-Blue Note, post-Larry Mizell,
and with a modern funk groove that's still pretty darn tasty! Not one
to rest on his laurels – which he could have easily done with endless
Mizell-based recordings – Donald shifts his groove here towards more
of a boogie-styled 80s approach – one that's got the same sort of
loping funk that was showing up in the work of Tom Browne and some of
the younger players on the scene at the time. There's a fuller, richer,
more soul-based approach to the set – but still some strands of the Mizell
years – especially in the album's great keyboard work by Clare Fischer,
and its use of chorus vocals on a number of tracks. Wade Marcus and
George Bohannon helped with arrangements – and titles include a great
funky remake of Fischer's "Morning" – plus "Veronica", "Gold The Moon,
White The Sun", "Marilyn", "Pretty Baby", and "People Suppose To Be Free".


Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (Elektra) - 1979


01 - - Pretty Baby.mp3
02 - - Gold The Moon, White The Sun.mp3
03 - - Giving It Up.mp3
04 - - Marilyn.mp3
05 - - People Suppose To Be Free.mp3
06 - - Veronica.mp3
07 - - Morning.mp3
08 - - I Love You.mp3

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