Fancy Free (Donald Byrd album)

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Released January 1970 Length 39:10 Artist Donald Byrd Producer Duke Pearson Genres Jazz, Jazz fusion		Recorded May 9 & June 6, 1969 Fancy Free(1969) Electric Byrd(1969) Release date 1969 Label Blue Note Records

Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Similar Donald Byrd albums, Jazz albums

Fancy Free is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, recorded and released on Blue Note Records in 1970. In 1993, it appeared for the first time on a digital support, currently out-of-print, and it has not been reissued yet.

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars and its review by Steve Huey states: "Recorded just a few months after Miles Davis' In a Silent Way, Fancy Free finds Byrd leading a large ensemble prominently featuring Frank Foster on tenor, Lew Tabackin or Jerry Dodgion on flute, and several percussionists. But the most important piece of the puzzle is Duke Pearson's electric piano, the first time Byrd utilized the instrument."

Track listing

"Fancy Free" (Donald Byrd) – 12:06
"I Love the Girl" (Byrd) – 8:48
"The Uptowner" (Mitch Farber) – 9:16
"Weasil" (Charles Hendricks) – 9:00

Note

Recorded on May 9 (#2, 4) and June 6, 1969. (#1, 3)

Personnel

Donald Byrd – trumpet

Frank Foster – tenor and soprano saxophone

Julian Priester – trombone

Lew Tabackin (#2, 4), Jerry Dodgion (#1, 3) – flute

Duke Pearson – electric piano

Jimmy Ponder – guitar

Roland Wilson – bass

Joe Chambers (#2, 4), Leo Morris (#1, 3) – drums

Nat Bettis, John H. Robinson Jr.- percussion

Songs

1Fancy Free12:07
2I Love the Girl8:48
3The Uptowner9:17

References

Fancy Free (Donald Byrd album) Wikipedia

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