★唐諾‧拜爾德Donald Byrd 1975 年的經典專輯"即興空間Places and Spaces"收錄了熱門金曲“Wind Parade”和“Dominoes”,是這位偉大的小號手融合時期的巔峰之作。
這是 Byrd 連續第五張專輯由富有遠見的製作人 Larry Mizell 操刀製作,也是Byrd 在 Blue Note 旗下接近晚期却也是最為精彩的錄音之一,Blue Note 是他自 1958 年以來一直與他合作錄製唱片的唱片廠牌,伴隨著他從頂級hard bop的小號手非凡演變到 R&B/Funk 融合的時代先驅...
★BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL SERIES-FOLLOWING THE RECEPTION OF BLUE NOTE RECORDS’ ACCLAIMED BLUE NOTE 80 VINYL REISSUE SERIES, THE LABEL ANNOUNCES A CONTINUATION OF ITS ALL-ANALOG 180g VINYL PRESSINGS OF CLASSIC TITLES MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY AND PRESSED AT OPTIMAL ★ALL-ANALOG 180g PRESSINGS ★MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY ★PRESSED AT OPTIMAL
★Donald Byrd’s 1975 album Places and Spaces featuring the hits “Wind Parade” and “Dominoes” was the culmination of the great trumpeter’s fusion period.
It was the fifth consecutive Byrd album to be produced by visionary producer Larry Mizell, and the second to last session Byrd would cut for Blue Note, the label he had recorded for since 1958 that had followed him along his remarkable evolution from top-notch hard bop trumpeter to pioneer of R&B/Funk fusion.
★This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
唐諾‧拜爾德Donald Byrd,是一位連鋼琴巨人賀比漢考克也深受他影響的人物,拜爾德1961年的Royal Flush作品甚至代表了賀比漢考克的Blue Note藍調之音的濫殤,拜爾德成功的1962年專輯Free Form也給了賀比漢考克產生了廣泛的關注,漢考克認為拜爾德是他職業生涯早期的一個關鍵人物,認為他帶著年輕鋼琴家「在他的羽翼下不斷成長」.....「他是第一個讓我成為一個國際知名樂團常駐成員的人。他一直培養和鼓勵年輕的音樂家。他是一個天生的爵士教育家,這種特質似乎存在於他的血液之中,他真心的想激勵大家創造力的發揚。」....漢考克如此說。漢考克也回憶著說,拜爾德在許多其他的方面給予他實質的幫助,他鼓勵漢考克為Blue Note藍調之音製作他的首張專輯,後來拜爾德也建議他接受邁爾斯•戴維斯Miles Davis的提議,加入他的經典五重奏... 唐諾‧拜爾德,與Freddie Hubbard佛瑞迪胡巴德並列Blue Note藍調之音之後Lee Morgan時代最具實力與開創性的巨匠小號手,也是極少數能夠同時跨足放克與靈魂樂界依然擁有超高人氣的爵士音樂家,他於70年代率領黑鳥樂隊以融合節奏藍調的黑人流行風格締造藍調之音史上最佳銷售紀錄並躍居跨界人氣巨星,在此之前他也以精純咆勃樂手的身分在Blue Note廠牌錄製過許多張精采絕倫的純正爵士樂專輯...
【LP曲目】
1.Change (Makes You Want To Hustle) (SIDE A)
2.Wind Parade (SIDE A)
3.Dominoes (SIDE A)
4.Places And Spaces (SIDE B)
5.You And The Music (SIDE B)
6.Night Whistler (SIDE B)
7.Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) (SIDE B)