DONALD BYRD jazz LP BLUE NOTE 84319 “Fancy Free” VAN GELDER Liberty ‘70 NM
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Description
Artist: DONALD BYRD
Title: “Fancy Free”
Label: BLUE NOTE. Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl. Labels are white/blue with blue text. Catalog number is BST 84319.
Label address is “BLUE NOTE RECORDS * A DIVISION OF LIBERTY RECORDS, INC.” on both sides.
Label has “R” symbol under Blue Note logo.
“VAN GELDER” is stamped in the runout groove on both sides.
Personnel:
Frank Foster – tenor
Lew Tabackin or Jerry Dodgion – flute
Julian Priester – trombone
Duke Pearson – electric piano
Roland Wilson – bass
Jimmy Ponder – guitar
Joe Chambers or Leo Morris – drums
Nat Bettis and John Robinson – percussion.
Condition:
DISC: Vinyl is NM, with full original gloss. Has been played a small number of times and handled with care. There are a couple slight hairline paper scuffs but no serious or audible marks. Plays beautifully with superb fidelity. Labels are clean.
JACKET: Jacket is EXCELLENT with nice bright artwork. Front and reverse panels are excellent. Bottom seam has some rubbing wear. Reverse is clean and white. No writing, stickers, or cutout indications. Overall a very fine jacket.
Track Listing:
Side One:
- Fancy Free
- I Love the Girl
Side Two:
- The Uptowner
- Weasil
Review:
“1969's Fancy Free marked the beginning of Donald Byrd's move away from hard bop, staking out fusion-flavored territory that -- at this juncture -- owed more to Miles Davis than the R&B-dominated jazz-funk Byrd would embrace several years down the road. Recorded just a few months after Davis' In a Silent Way, Fancy Free finds Byrd leading a large ensemble prominently featuring Frank Foster on tenor, Lew Tabackin or Jerry Dodgion on flute, and several percussionists. But the most important piece of the puzzle is Duke Pearson's electric piano, the first time Byrd utilized the instrument. Pearson dominates the texture of the group sound, which makes the entirety of the session seem farther outside the realm of funky hard bop than it actually is. However, that's not to say that Fancy Free isn't a clear break with Byrd's past -- especially the two Byrd originals that open the album. The title track -- which later became one of Byrd's more covered compositions -- contrasts Pearson's spacy musings with a busy, funky percussion groove, and there's a loose, open feel to the improvisations that breaks with hard bop conventions. The warm ballad "I Love the Girl" has a similarly airy feel, and at eight and a half minutes, is the shortest cut; clearly Byrd wanted an open framework for exploration. The other two numbers are more traditional hard bop compositions by former Byrd students, which -- although funky and full of improvisations -- can't help but feel more tethered than their predecessors. Still, even if it isn't his most adventurous fusion outing, Fancy Free is the rare Donald Byrd album that holds appeal for rare-groove fanatics and traditionalists alike.”
(courtesy Steve Huey, allmusic.com.)
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