felser Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 First ever issue of this material on December 9. I am semi-interested, will spring for the CD. On the one hand, you have the Mizell Bros. present. On the other hand, you have Nathan Davis (!) and Henry Franklin. http://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/2022/11/donald-byrd-live-cookin-with-blue-note-at-montreux/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Yes, this is an interesting new release. I pre-ordered it via cdjapan. Universal is also reissuing a handful of other Byrd dates as UHQCD. Donald Byrd << See All New Arrivals >> https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/person/700289691?order=new&opt.include_eoa=1&utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person-700289691 [ CDA ] Live: Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux [SHM-CD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /2600yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCQ-1181?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCQ-1181 [ CDA ] I'm Tryin' To Get Home [UHQCD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /1800yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-45068?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCU-45068 [ CDA ] Free Form [UHQCD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /1800yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-45069?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCU-45069 [ CDA ] Mustang! [UHQCD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /1800yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-45070?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCU-45070 [ CDA ] Blackjack [UHQCD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /1800yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-45071?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCU-45071 [ CDA ] Slow Drag [UHQCD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /1800yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-45072?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCU-45072 [ CDA ] Electric Byrd [UHQCD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /1800yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-45073?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCU-45073 [ CDA ] Ethiopian Nights [UHQCD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /1800yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-45074?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCU-45074 [ CDA ] Places And Spaces [UHQCD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /1800yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-45075?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCU-45075 [ CDA ] Caricatures [UHQCD] | Release: December 09, 2022 /1800yen https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-45076?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-artistmail&utm_campaign=Donald%20Byrd-20221104-person_prod-UCCU-45076 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Good news. I dig Byrd and the Mizell Bros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 First track… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Video of this concert has long circulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 1 hour ago, felser said: First ever issue of this material on December 9. I am semi-interested, will spring for the CD. On the one hand, you have the Mizell Bros. present. On the other hand, you have Nathan Davis (!) and Henry Franklin. http://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/2022/11/donald-byrd-live-cookin-with-blue-note-at-montreux/ I'm vacillating!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted November 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 $11.98 on Amazon for the CD, so I'll take the leap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 I thought this was the same stuff they made available for streaming and/or download awhile back, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 2 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said: I thought this was the same stuff they made available for streaming and/or download awhile back, no? Indeed. I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Not a fan of this, I'll pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 I’m usually a hard-pass on anything with the Mizells — at least definitely as far as studio stuff. But I’m gonna see how this sounds when it’s all streamable — and I’ll bet I’ll end up getting it in the long run (probably six months after it comes out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 How much was the rental for that gong? The big one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 6 hours ago, bresna said: Not a fan of this, I'll pass. Same here. I embrace most places with the funk/fusion thing going on, but this sounds pretty stale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted November 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 The second cut sounds really good to me, and even "Black Byrd" is looser than the studio version. I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 On the evidence of those YouTubes I'm definitely in for this one, that second cut is just too good to miss out on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, bresna said: Not a fan of this, I'll pass. I’m inclined to agree. My view of Byrd hasn’t changed since ‘75-76 when I first heard this Byrd/Mizell stuff - catastrophic drop in quality into the 70s. Compared to stuff like ‘Slow Drag’ from a few years earlier, I lost interest. Not through lack of trying to like it though. That synth on the 2nd video sounds like a souped-up stylophone ! Edited November 6, 2022 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 16 hours ago, bresna said: Not a fan of this, I'll pass. Add one more to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 oi. Another guy trying to do a Miles Davis. Byrd in particular sounds like a high school kid trying to play funky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 11 hours ago, JSngry said: How much was the rental for that gong? Freight costs on the 747 must have been off the scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 Interested solely in Nathan Davis here .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnaba.siegel Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 Oh my, that's a treasure... And after a deeper thought I'd say it's quite SENSATIONAL. I checked through his discography and it turns out that Donald Byrd have never ever released a live album under his name! (pls correct me if I'm wrong). I guess he was a "I-don't-like-live-albums" kind of guy, especially after reading this piece from Don Was press release: Quote Don Was, President, Blue Note Records: “Shortly after Mr. Byrd’s passing in 2013, we got an email from the noted British music icon, Gilles Peterson, inquiring about a legendary performance from 1973’s Montreux Jazz Festival. Inexplicably, the tapes had been tucked away in the Blue Note vaults. Well, everything comes together for me now. (Leaving the investigation) I'm quite thrilled about this album, tho I was never a huge fun of his Mitzell era. I enjoy the majority of transitions from classic post-bop jazz to soul/funk/rock driven electric version of this music, but with Mitzell's? I don't dig their singing and harmonies, as well their taste in types of synthesizers sounds. But this live version of "Black Byrd" is really promising, I hope the raw live atmosphere will take away those studio detail I don't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 It's untrue that Byrd never was on a released live album under his name. There are at least 3 by the group with Pepper Adams, and there's live Parisian releases. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 Donald Byrd live: Second volume was issued of the first two. The last one was the co-led Byrd/Adams group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnaba.siegel Posted November 14, 2022 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 Good to know, will add those to my to-hear list. Still - it's a bit odd to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybleaden Posted November 29, 2022 Report Share Posted November 29, 2022 i had some rough cuts of this a few years ago now sounds a lot brigther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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