Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Not so much a fusion album as an attempt at mainstream soul and R&B, Street Lady plays like the soundtrack to a forgotten blaxploitation film. Producer/arranger/composer Larry Mizell conceived Street Lady as a concept album to a spirited, independent prostitute, and while the hooker with a heart of gold concept is a little trite, the music uncannily evokes an urban landscape circa the early '70s. Borrowing heavily from Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, and Sly Stone, Donald Byrd and Mizell have created an album that is overflowing with wah-wah guitars, stuttering electric pianos, percolating percussion, soaring flutes, and charmingly anemic, tuneless vocals. It's certainly not jazz, or even fusion, but it isn't really funk or R&B, either -- the rhythms aren't elastic enough, and all of the six songs are simply jazzy vamps without clear hooks. But the appeal of Street Lady is how its polished neo-funk and pseudo-fusion sound uncannily like a jive movie or television soundtrack from the early '70s -- you can picture the Street Lady, decked out in polyester, cruising the streets surrounded by pimps with wide-brimmed hats and platform shoes. And while that may not be ideal for jazz purists, it's perfect for kitsch and funk fanatics.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/street-lady-mw0000089538
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Reseña
por Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Street Lady no es tanto un álbum de fusión como un intento de soul y R&B mainstream, sino que suena como la banda sonora de una película olvidada de blaxploitation. El productor/arreglista/compositor Larry Mizell concibió Street Lady como un álbum conceptual de una prostituta independiente y enérgica, y aunque el concepto de prostituta con un corazón de oro está un poco trillado, la música evoca misteriosamente un paisaje urbano de principios de los setenta. Inspirándose en Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes y Sly Stone, Donald Byrd y Mizell han creado un álbum rebosante de guitarras wah-wah, pianos eléctricos tartamudeantes, percusión percutida, flautas agudas y voces encantadoramente anémicas y desafinadas. No es jazz, ni siquiera fusión, pero tampoco es funk o R&B: los ritmos no son lo bastante elásticos y las seis canciones no son más que vagabundeos jazzísticos sin ganchos claros. Pero lo atractivo de Street Lady es que su neo-funk pulido y su pseudo-fusión suenan increíblemente como la banda sonora de una película de jive o de la televisión de principios de los 70: puedes imaginarte a Street Lady, vestida de poliéster, recorriendo las calles rodeada de chulos con sombreros de ala ancha y zapatos de plataforma. Y aunque eso no sea lo ideal para los puristas del jazz, es perfecto para los fanáticos del kitsch y el funk.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/street-lady-mw0000089538
1 - Lansana's Priestess - 7:36
2 - Miss Kane - 6:20
3 - Sister Love - 6:09
4 - Street Lady - 5:38
5 - Witch Hunt - 9:39
6 - Woman Of The World - 6:50
Credits:
Art Direction, Cover – Mike Salisbury
Clavinet, Trumpet – Fonce Mizell
Congas – King Erricson*
Design [Redesign] – Patrick Roques
Drums – Harvey Mason
Electric Bass – Chuck Rainey
Engineer [Recording] – John Mills (2)
Engineer [Remix] – Chuck Davis, John Arias*, John Mills (2)
Flute – Roger Glenn
Guitar – David T. Walker
Percussion – Stephanie Spruill
Photography By [Liner] – Norman Seeff
Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Jerry Peters
Producer, Arranged By – Larry Mizell
Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna, Tom Evered
Synthesizer [Arp] – Fred Perren*
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Soloist [Solos] – Donald Byrd
Vocals, Arranged By [Vocal] – Fonce Mizell, Fred Perren*, Larry Mizell
Written-By – Larry Mizell (tracks: 1 to 5)
Recording date: June 13, 14 & 15, 1973 at the Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Label: Blue Note – CDP 7243 8 53923 2 0
Series: Blue Note Rare Groove Series
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk
https://www.discogs.com/release/1383214-Donald-Byrd-Street-Lady
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