Funk/Soul Music: Donald Byrd - Dominoes
Added: Oct 7, 2008
Author: Profeshian
Duration: 7:38
The Cosmic Lounge presents Funk/Soul Music: 'Dominoes' by Donald Byrd."Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan. He performed with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. After playing in a military band during a term in the United States Air Force, he obtained a bachelor's degree in music from Wayne State University and a master's degree from Manhattan School of Music. While still at the Manhattan School he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, replacing Clifford Brown. After leaving the Jazz Messengers in 1956 he performed with a wide variety of highly regarded jazz musicians.In the 1970s, he moved away from his previous hard-bop jazz base and began to record jazz fusion and rhythm and blues. Teaming up with the Mizell Brothers, he produced Black Byrd, which was enormously successful and became Blue Note Records' highest-ever selling album. The follow-up albums, Places and Spaces, Steppin' Into Tomorrow and Street Lady were also big sellers, and have subsequently provided a rich source of samples for hip-hop artists such as Us3.He has taught music at Rutgers University, the Hampton Institute, New York University, Howard University, and Oberlin College. In 1974 he created the Blackbyrds, a fusion group consisting of his best students. They scored several major hits, including "Walking In Rhythm" and "Blackbyrds Theme"."http://www.last.fm/music/Donald+Byrd
Channel: Music
Tags:
bass
bassline
byrd
club
dance
deep
disco
dominoes
donald
funk
funky
groove
jazzy
moody
music
sensual
soul
soulful
vocal
Rating: 5.00 (11 ratings)
Views: 3499' favoriteCount='16
Comments: 2
Added: Oct 7, 2008
Author: Profeshian
Duration: 7:38
The Cosmic Lounge presents Funk/Soul Music: 'Dominoes' by Donald Byrd."Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan. He performed with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. After playing in a military band during a term in the United States Air Force, he obtained a bachelor's degree in music from Wayne State University and a master's degree from Manhattan School of Music. While still at the Manhattan School he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, replacing Clifford Brown. After leaving the Jazz Messengers in 1956 he performed with a wide variety of highly regarded jazz musicians.In the 1970s, he moved away from his previous hard-bop jazz base and began to record jazz fusion and rhythm and blues. Teaming up with the Mizell Brothers, he produced Black Byrd, which was enormously successful and became Blue Note Records' highest-ever selling album. The follow-up albums, Places and Spaces, Steppin' Into Tomorrow and Street Lady were also big sellers, and have subsequently provided a rich source of samples for hip-hop artists such as Us3.He has taught music at Rutgers University, the Hampton Institute, New York University, Howard University, and Oberlin College. In 1974 he created the Blackbyrds, a fusion group consisting of his best students. They scored several major hits, including "Walking In Rhythm" and "Blackbyrds Theme"."http://www.last.fm/music/Donald+Byrd
Channel: Music
Tags: bass bassline byrd club dance deep disco dominoes donald funk funky groove jazzy moody music sensual soul soulful vocal
Rating: 5.00 (11 ratings) Views: 3499' favoriteCount='16 Comments: 2
