DONALD BYRD — Stepping Into Tomorrow (review)

DONALD BYRD — Stepping Into Tomorrow album cover Album · 1974 · Funk Jazz Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Rokukai
It's more of the same r&bish jazz from the pen of Donald Byrd and the production team of Larry and Fonce Mizell.

Individually, the material on this record is OK. Collectively, the songs have little spark. Of course the musicianship is outstanding, but there is little territory tread here that Byrd hadn't trode. The melodies aren't particularly memorable and there is a large amount of filler. Compared to Street Lady, Black Byrd, Places and Spaces, and even Caricatures this music is boring. The second side is dispensable--unless your dentist office wants it.

This is a two star record for me, but I'll bump it up half a star because "Think Twice" is an all time Byrd classic and another half a star because it's Donald Byrd teamed with the Mizell Brothers, the funkiest men in the room.

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