Track Listing

1. Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)
2. Wind Parade
3. Fallin' Like Dominoes
4. Places And Spaces
5. You And The Music
6. Night Whistler
7. Just My Imagination

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26664 in Music
• Released on: 1997-02-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

The definitve Byrd album of the 70's
What can be said about this classic album from Donald Byrd? Certainly the collaboration with his students the Mizell brothers would ensure that this would be a different experience. Once the album Blackbyrd had been released you could see the direction that Byrd was moving in and this would be the seminal jazz-funk album of the 70's. Many others would turn to the Mizell brothers for influence including, Johnny Hammond, Roger Glenn, Gary Bartz and Bobbi Humphrey. If you love your Jazz, funky and groovy then it doesn't come much better than this.

Quite simply, the greatest
This is quite simply the most funky,smooth, joyous and uplifting 35 minutes you are ever likely to listen to. I haven't written many reviews for Amazon recently but felt the need to come out of retirement after hearing this. This is a beautiful amalgam of searing string arrangements, soft vocals and trembling trumpet. It all fits together seamlessly to make the perfect soundtrack to a summers day or a happy moment. I can't stop bouncing up and down to the stomping,"Change." Check out the bassline on,"Dominoes," it makes the track. "You and the music," has a groove that just gets right under the skin.
I recognised this as a classic on the first listen. If everybody grew up on this the world would be a lot better place. You'll never stop listening.

A Must Have Classic
This is an album that I came to fairly late (in relative terms), having heard DJ Jazzy Jeff use elements of 'Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)' and 'Places And Spaces' in the track 'A Touch Of Jazz'. Having liked the short pieces Jeff used it was relatively easy to find out what the tracks were and this naturally led to wanting to hear more of Donald Byrd. That eventually led me to this album.

This is Jazz-Funk at its very best, and as other reviewers have indicated, the production work of the Mizzel Brothers stands out. Jazz purists might be tempted to scoff at the notion of this strange hybrid, a fusion of Jazz, Funk and other elements of popular Black music, but for listeners seeking 'the groove' this album will draw you in through its sheer listenability and standard of musicianship. 'Dominoes', 'Places And Spaces', 'Music And You', there really isn't a poor track on here. Although relatively short, this is an album where the qualitative outweighs the quantative, and for those embarking on an exploration of Jazz or Jazz Funk this album is an essential purchase.