Black Byrd | ||||
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Studio album by Donald Byrd | ||||
Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | April 3 & 4 and November 24, 1972 | |||
Genre | Jazz-funk | |||
Length | 44:21 | |||
Label | Blue Note | |||
Producer | Larry Mizell | |||
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Black Byrd is a 1973 album by Donald Byrd and his first for Blue Note Records produced by Larry Mizell, assisted by his brother, former Motown producer Fonce. In the jazz funk idiom, it is among Blue Note Records' best selling album releases. The title of the album inspired the name of Byrd's apprentice group, The Blackbyrds.