Donald Byrd • Places and Spaces

 

Review from AllMusic (by Stephen Thomas Erlewine):
Reuniting with Larry Mizell, the man behind his last three LPs, Donald Byrd continues to explore contemporary soul, funk, and R&B with Places and Spaces. In fact, the record sounds more urban than its predecessor, which often played like a Hollywood version of the inner city. Keeping the Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, and Sly Stone influences of Street Lady, Places and Spaces adds elements of Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Stevie Wonder, which immediately makes the album funkier and more soulful. Boasting sweeping string arrangements, sultry rhythm guitars, rubbery bass, murmuring flügelhorns, and punchy horn charts, the music falls halfway between the cinematic neo-funk of Street Lady and the proto-disco soul of Earth, Wind & Fire. Also, the title Places and Spaces does mean something -- there are more open spaces within the music, which automatically makes it funkier. Of course, it also means that there isn't much of interest on Places and Spaces for jazz purists, but the album would appeal to most fans of Philly soul, lite funk, and proto-disco.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/places-and-spaces-mw0000616571

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Resena de AllMusic (por Stephen Thomas Erlewine):
Reuniendose con Larry Mizell, el hombre detras de sus ultimos tres LPs, Donald Byrd continua explorando el soul contemporaneo, el funk y el R&B con Places and Spaces. De hecho, el disco suena mas urbano que su predecesor, que solia sonar como una version hollywoodense del centro de la ciudad. Manteniendo las influencias de Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield y Sly Stone de Street Lady, Places and Spaces agrega elementos de Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire y Stevie Wonder, lo que inmediatamente hace el album mas funky y mas lleno de alma. Con arreglos de cuerdas expansivos, guitarras ritmicas sensuales, un bajo elastico, fliscornos murmurantes y potentes arreglos de vientos, la musica se situa a mitad de camino entre el neo-funk cinematico de Street Lady y el soul proto-disco de Earth, Wind & Fire. Ademas, el titulo Places and Spaces tiene un significado real: hay mas espacios abiertos dentro de la musica, lo que automaticamente la hace mas funky. Por supuesto, esto tambien significa que no hay mucho de interes en Places and Spaces para los puristas del jazz, pero el album atraera a la mayoria de los fans del soul de Filadelfia, el lite funk y el proto-disco.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/places-and-spaces-mw0000616571

Tracks:
1 - Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)
2 - Wind Parade
3 - (Failin' Like) Dominoes
4 - Places and Spaces
5 - You and the Music
6 - Night Whistler
7 - Just My Imagination


Credits:
Personnel:
Donald Byrd - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals
Chuck Rainey - Electric Bass
Skip Scarborough - Fender Rhodes
Craig McMullen - Guitar
John Rowin - Guitar
Harvey Mason - Drums
Mayuto Correa - Congas, Percussion
King Errisson - Congas
Tyree Glenn Jr. - Tenor Saxophone
George Bohanon - Trombone
Raymond Brown - Trumpet
Fonce Mizell - Clavinet, Trumpet, Backing Vocals
James Carter - Whistling
Kay Haith - Backing Vocals

Production:
Produced by Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell
Executive Producer: George Butler
String Arrangements and Conductor: Wade Marcus
Engineers: Jim Nipar, Steve Maslow, Val Garay
Mix Engineer: David Hassinger
Recorded August 18, 20 & 25, 1975
The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA

Label: Blue Note BN-LA549-G
Country: US
Released: November 1975
Genre: Jazz
Style: Jazz-Funk, Jazz Fusion, Soul Jazz
Duration: 35:34

Sources:
https://www.allmusic.com/album/places-and-spaces-mw0000616571
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_and_Spaces
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/donald-byrd/places-and-spaces/
https://www.discogs.com/master/38871-Donald-Byrd-Places-And-Spaces

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