Donald byrd new perspective rar

The most accurate way I can describe what we were all trying to do is that this is a modern hymnal. In an earlier period, the New Orleans jazzmen would often play religious music for exactly what it was — but with their own jazz textures and techniques added.

This unusual set reissued on CD by Blue Note was one of the most successful uses of a gospel choir in a jazz context. Trumpeter Donald Byrd and a septet that also includes tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and pianist Herbie Hancock are joined by an eight-voice choir directed by Coleridge Perkinson. With his flair for innovation, Donald Byrd, in late , put together a septet that was recorded with the Coleridge Perkinson Choir providing a capella Gospel support.

Original recording and remastering by Rudy Van Gelder. Cover photograph and design Reid Miles. Liner photograph Francis Wolf. Herbie Hancck — Takin Off. Dexter Gordon — Go. Sheila Jordan — Portrait Of Sheila. Freddie Hubbard — Hub-Tones. Kenny Burrell — Midnight Blue. Donald Byrd — A New Perspective. Hank Mobley — The Turnaround!. Joe Henderson — Page One. Herbie Hancck — Inventions And Dimensions. Jackie McLean — Destination… Out!. Grant Green — Idle Moments.

Andrew Hill — Black Fire. Lee Morgan — The Sidewinder. Eric Dolphy — Out To Lunch!. Andrew Hill — Point Of Departure. Wayne Shorter — Night Dreamer. Herbie Hancck — Empyrean Isles. Wayne Shorter — Juju. Wayne Shorter — Speak No Evil. Herbie Hancck — Maiden Voyage.

Bobby Hutcherson — Components. Lee Morgan — Cornbread. Larry Young — Unity. Don Cherry — Complete Communion. Joe Henderson — Mode For Joe. Cecil Taylor — Unit Structures. Cecil Taylor — Conquistador!. Lou Donaldson — Alligator Bogaloo. Herbie Hancck — Speak Like A. Donald Byrd — Black Byrd.