アメリカのR&B / ジャズ・ファンク・フュージョン・グループBLACKBYRDSによる1974年のデビュー・アルバムがリイシュー!
ジャズ界の巨匠ドナルド・バードの指導を受け、それまでの作品の中で最もグルーヴ志向のジャズ・ミュージックに作り上げた1枚。
ジャズ、ファンク、フィール・グッド・ポップ・ミュージックのファンには欠かせない作品です!
発売・販売元 提供資料(2025/05/21)
This amazing album is the product of six full-time Howard University students taking the direction of department head and jazz great Donald Byrd into the Fantasy Studios along with the aid of production wizard Larry Mizell. The result is some of the finest groove-oriented jazz music ever recorded. The rhythm section of Joe Hall on bass and Keith Killgo on drums provides a tight foundation for the Blackbyrds to enhance any dancefloor with their soulful explorations. With Kevin Toney supplying beautiful keyboard work and Barney Perry hitting listeners up with his chicken-scratch guitar, the skeletal framework for what could be called optimistic funk was firmly established by this debut record. Recommended songs include "Do It, Fluid," "Reggins," and "Summer Love," although the overall consistency of quality tracks on The Blackbyrds is reason enough to give the album a complete listen. ~ Robert Gabriel
Rovi