RIP Donald Byrd

[Ian1362]

Jazz Trumpter passed a few days ago but wasn't really announced until today. Gave us tons of piffery later used by producers like Premier, Dilla, Large Pro, etc:

I grew up listening to hip hop, so my first encounters with Donald Byrd came by way of Guru's Jazzmatazz LP and "Buck Em Down" by Black Moon. The latter song samples the "Wind Parade" from his Blue Note LP Places and Spaces, an album I sought out which eventually lead me to more excellent funk/soul-infused jazz. But Byrd had quite the career before adopting funk into his repertoire, playing with the likes of Cal Tjader, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Thelonious Monk, Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock and countless others, as well as a member of his own band The Blackbyrds.

In latter years, Donald Byrd's music was sampled by countless hip hop artists as well, including names like J.Dilla, Large Professor, Public Enemy, Nas, Jungle Brothers, Ice Cube, and so many others.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkXh4kRTBVk[/ame]

Tribe and Dilla:



NY State of Mind:

[ame=http://youtu.be/LwRrSr0fG_E]Donald Byrd Flight time - YouTube[/ame]

Pete Rock:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwW3Nmr-_pI[/ame]

 

[Bugsmoran]

r.i.p

 

[Black Magisterialness]

damn RIP to a legend breh...


the blackbyrds

 

[NVious]

RIP to a legend. :lighter:

 

[Yoda]

wow
RIP

 

[patscorpio]

RIP

 

[concise]

bumping "Walking in Rhythm" right now

:shake: thanks for the memories

 

[Deoji]

 

[Threnody]

RIP.....Detroit Legend

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcjv4ZjeBQY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcjv4ZjeBQY[/ame]

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

RIP

 

[Grand Eeezus Maxwell]

damn RIP to a legend breh...


the blackbyrds

 

[aRoMaN21]

im surprised this wasnt posted:

 

[weMFR]

damn, RIP

 

[the cac mamba]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6KAy1-VHh0]Shyheim - One's 4 Da Money (RNS Instrumental) (1994) [HQ] - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Anti-Anime]

RIP