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The Blackbyrds have influenced the hip-hop generation, with Tupac Shakur, Gang Starr, Da Lench Mob, and Full Force sampling their music. [7] Their song "Happy Music" was issued on 45 rpm 12-inch single as the first club mix release by Fantasy Records , in November 1975, to enable club deejays to drop sequences into a mix. [ 8 ]
The Blackbyrds is the debut album by the American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group the Blackbyrds. It was produced by Larry Mizell and Donald Byrd with production supervision by Orrin Keepnews. The album artwork is a section of the Vincent Van Gogh painting Wheatfield with Crows.
Stewart Mason of AllMusic proclaimed, "The Blackbyrds -- a jazz-funk outfit formed in a university class taught by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, who produced the albums and wrote most of the tunes -- were more of an Earth, Wind & Fire-style horn band than a purist jazz crew, but few groups were better in their chosen style, and 1975's City Life is probably their best album...This is often ...
Flying Start is the second album by the American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group The Blackbyrds. Produced by Donald Byrd , the album includes the top ten hit single, " Walking in Rhythm ".
Action is the fifth studio album by American R&B/jazz-fusion band the Blackbyrds, released in 1977 on Fantasy Records. This album peaked at No. 43 on the US Billboard Top Pop LPs chart and No. 8 on the US Billboard Top Soul LPs chart. [1] [2] Action has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. [3]
Unfinished Business is the fourth studio album by the American R&B/jazz-funk fusion group the Blackbyrds, released in 1976 on Fantasy Records. [2] The album peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and No. 34 on the Top Pop LPs chart. Unfinished Business has been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. [3] [4]
Flocks of black birds have been spotted in backyards and parks over the past few weeks in the Triangle, causing many of us to do a double take when we leave our homes or pass a large, grassy field.
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