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Less than two weeks after Bobbi Humphrey recorded “Fancy Dancer” at the Sound Factory in Hollywood, Donald Byrd went into the same studio with largely the same musicians to record his new opus, “Places & Spaces”. The album, peppered with hits such as “Wind Parade”, “Dominoes”, “You And Music” and “Just My Imagination” proved to be the absolute highlight of the star trumpeter's fusion period. It was Byrd's fifth consecutive album produced by the visionary Larry Mizell and also Byrd's penultimate recording session for Blue Note, the label he had been signed to since 1958 and which had accompanied him on his remarkable journey from first-class hard bop trumpeter to pioneer of R&B funk fusion.
Line-up: Donald Byrd (trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals), Fonce Mizell (trumpet, clavinet, vocals), Ray Brown (trumpet), George Bohannon (trombone), Tyree Glenn Jr. (tenor saxophone), Larry Mizell (piano, vocals), Skip Scarborough (piano), Craig McMullen (guitar), John Rowin (guitar), Chuck Rainey (bass), Harvey Mason (drums), Mayuto Correa (percussion, conga), King Errisson (conga), James Carter (flute), Kay Haith (vocals), Larry Dunn (synthesizer)
As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited Japan only UHQCD with OBI stripe. The original recording sessions for “Places And Spaces” took place on August 18, 20 and 25, 1975, at The Sound Factory in Los Angeles.
UHQCD
1. Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)
2. Wind Parade
3. Dominoes
4. Places And Spaces
5. Night Whistler
6. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)