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Donald Byrd: Donald Byrd Live: Cookin' With Blue Note at Montreux

by Mike Jurkovic
December 18, 2022

With the release of his chart-topping, funk-fueled Black Byrd in 1973, Donald Byrd found himself in a volatile place in jazz circles. He was being hailed as having finally stepped out of Miles Davis' considerable shadow, while simultaneously many found the album to be Byrd's selling out his bop legacy for chart success. As most defining ...