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Thanks Lon! I ordered the single.

Others from '73: James Brown - Black Caesar Billy Cobham - Spectrum Gary Bartz - I've Known Rivers & Other Bodies Black Heat - Too Hot To Burn The Crusaders - The 2nd Crusade Paul Desmond - Skylark The Doobie Brothers - The Captain & Me Dr. John - In The Right Place Charles Earland - Dynamite Brothers OST Henry Franklin - The Skipper Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop Donny Hathaway - Extensions Of A Man Willie Hutch - The Mack OST The JB's - Doing It To Death Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle Yusef Lateef - Hush N Thunder Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy O'Donel Levy - Simba Ramsey Lewis - Upendo Ni Pamoja Lightnin' Rod - Hustler's Convention Michael Longo - Funkia Mandrill - Just Outside Of Town Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch A Fire Les McCann - Layers Jimmy McGriff & Richard Groove Holmes - Giants Of The Organ Come Together Ramon Morris - Sweet Sister Funk Joe Pass - Virtuoso Esther Phillips - Black Eyed Blues Pharaoh Sanders - Elevation Stanley Turrentine - Don't Mess With Mr. T Fred Wesley & The JB's - Damn Right I Am Somebody Jack Wilkins - Windows Larry Young - Lawrence Of Newark

A friend of mine actually had a four-cd box set of live shows which had a Band Of Gypsys disc with the same cover art as the normal release but for some reason it had two or three more songs, including a bad ass version of "Foxy Lady." If that's the one on the single, it's the hardest hitting version of that song anywhere, that I've heard.

Thanks everybody!

I have the Legends Of Acid Jazz compilation (were there two volumes?) and although I remember digging it I think I was a bit underwhelmed. I'll have to dig it out for another listen and perhaps investigate further.

Wow! Thanks for posting that. She rocks.

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A friend recommended the album to me a while back, so I picked it up. I like it, but I'd echo the same sentiments you guys have about their music. It's same-y and nothing really jumps out, but I welcome their contribution in a world starved for authenticity. Hopefully their sound will mature and just get better!

I'm a fan. I have and enjoy Here Comes Shuggie Otis and Freedom Flight as a twofer, Inspiration Information, and a compilation of his earliest stuff. I'd gladly tune in for more!

At the very beginning I bought jazz albums if they featured an electric piano, haha. Electric Byrd I bought for that reason, and because I had heard Donald's version of "Cantaloupe Island" on a Verve compilation (I still love that version). So I had an inkling that Donald Byrd might be a jazz artist I'd like. I noticed that album was from the Blue Note Rare Groove series, and then I snapped up as many of that series as I could afford. That led me to simply buy Blue Note CDs in general, which led me to the Blue Note Bulletin Board, and all you crazy music knowledge-havin' cats. Since that time I've added Motor City Scene with Pepper Adams (Avenue Jazz), Off To The Races, Byrd In Hand, Fuego, Byrd In Flight, Royal Flush, The Cat Walk, Free Form, A New Perspective, Blackjack, Kofi, Ethiopian Knights, Black Byrd, Street Lady, and Places & Spaces. And, I dig Byrd in every context. I wish there were more extended jam type albums like Ethiopian Knights, I have a particular taste for those. The Mizell stuff is great from a Roy Ayers funk jazz perspective. If I were to bring the same expectations I have for a hard bop record to it, it's not good at all. To me that stuff was cool: ace studio musicians making quirky, playful, funky music. There's the same striation here as is being discussed in the George Benson thread, and incidentally I like Benson in all his various environments too.

I wonder how rumors like this even start. Why say someone has passed without verified, firsthand knowledge? I'm speaking in general terms, not pointing a finger at anyone here.

Donald Byrd was one of the first jazz artists I started collecting as a kid. Electric Byrd was among the first five jazz albums I ever owned. The second Byrd album I bought was Kofi, and it was the beginning of the realization that the giant jazz section at the store was likely full of great music no one I knew could tell me about. I love so much of his music even more so that it played a role in opening my ears to jazz. RIP, and thank you Mr. Byrd.

A fan of Dilla, and I haven't had a chance to read the article, but I think that's broadening the term "jazz" too widely. And innovation-wise, wouldn't the true originator of what Dilla ran with be someone like Kool Herc?

Lee's my favorite.

If I were a Niners fan, I'd be more upset that they used their last gasp to run a fade route, which is such a difficult play to complete and requires a perfect pass with perfect touch and the receiver out-leaping his coverage to haul it in then making sure to get two feet in bounds. The play to run was a misdirecting buttonhook to the tight end Davis, right over the middle. Throw to his back shoulder after he fakes a move to the outside. That play works ALL THE TIME. Way more often than a fade route, I guarantee it.

Does anyone actually watch the Pro Bowl?

I take that much from Buddhism and run with it.

Some yes, some no. Your pick, definitely.

This article is a great breakdown of all the Lakers' woes.

Yet another reason why skateboarding is better than any of the most popular sports. There's no way to cheat.