Love Byrd

1981 studio album by Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.

Love Byrd

Studio album by

Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.

Released

September 1981

Recorded

Master Sound, Atlanta, Georgia

Genre

Jazz, New York house, post-disco

Length

42:13

Label

Elektra/Asylum Records

Producer

Isaac Hayes

Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. chronology

Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.
(1979)

Love Byrd
(1981)

Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes
(1982)

Singles from Love Byrd

"Love Has Come Around"
Released: 1981

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Love Byrd is a 1981 album by Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C., produced by Isaac Hayes and released on the Elektra label.^[3]^[4]

Track listing

Side one

"Love Has Come Around" (William Duckett) – 7:52
"Butterfly" (Andrew Stevens) – 6:05
"I Feel Like Loving You Today" (Isaac Hayes) – 6:57

Side two

"I Love Your Love" (Isaac Hayes, Aaron Mills, William Duckett, Andrew Stevens) – 6:59
"I'll Always Love You" (Donald Byrd) – 5:13
"Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 6:06
"Falling" (Isaac Hayes) – 3:01

Personnel

Musicians

Donald Byrd – trumpet
Isaac Hayes – piano, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone, percussion, synthesizer
Ronnie Garrett – bass guitar
William Duckett – electric guitar
Albert Crawford Jr. – piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet
Eric Hines – drum kit
Myra Walker – piano
Rose Williams – vocalist
Diane Williams – vocalist
Pat Lewis – vocalist
Diane Evans – vocalist

Production

Joe Neil – engineer
Bret Richardson – assistant engineer

References

^ "Love Byrd Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 36. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Elektra/Asylum Album Discography, Part 7: 5E 500/VE 600 Series accessed December 8, 2017
^ Donald Byrd Catalog. Retrieved December 11, 2017

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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

As
leader

Byrd's Eye View (1955)
Byrd Jazz (1955)
Byrd's Word (1955)
Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956)
2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956)
The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956)
Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957)
Fuego (1959)
Byrd in Flight (1960)
Free Form (1961)
A New Perspective (1963)
I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964)
Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
Mustang! (1966)
Blackjack (1967)
Slow Drag (1967)
Fancy Free (1969)
Kofi (1969–70)
Ethiopian Knights (1971)
Black Byrd (1972)
Street Lady (1973)
Stepping into Tomorrow (1974)
Places and Spaces (1975)
Caricatures (1976)
Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978)
Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979)
Love Byrd (1981)
Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982)
Harlem Blues (1987)
Getting Down to Business (1989)
A City Called Heaven (1991)

With
Pepper
Adams

10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958)
Off to the Races (1959)
Byrd in Hand (1959)
At the Half Note Cafe (1960)
Motor City Scene (1960)
Out of This World (1961)
Chant (1961)
The Cat Walk (1961)
Royal Flush (1961)
The Creeper (1967)
Electric Byrd (1970)

With
The Jazz
Messengers

The Jazz Messengers (1956)
Originally (1956)
Art Blakey Big Band (1957)
Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)

With
Gigi
Gryce

At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957)
Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (Riverside, 1957)
Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957)
Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958])
Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957)
New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)

With
Jackie
McLean

Lights Out! (1956)
4, 5 and 6 (1956)
New Soil (1959)
Jackie's Bag (1959)
Vertigo (1963)

With
Hank
Mobley

The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956)
Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956)
Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957)
Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
Hank (1957)
No Room for Squares (1963)
Straight No Filter (1963)
The Turnaround! (1963)
Far Away Lands (1967)

With
others

Discoveries/Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Cannonball Adderley, 1955)
Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
Sonny's Crib (Sonny Clark, 1957)
My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959)
Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955)
Lush Life (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
Wailing With Lou (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957)
All Mornin' Long (Red Garland, 1957)
Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957)
High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957)
One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon, 1964)
Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965)
Snap Your Fingers (Al Grey, 1962)
Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958)
Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Guru, 1993)
Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95)
My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1993)
Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977)
Swamp Seed (Jimmy Heath, 1963)
Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956)
African High Life (Solomon Ilori, 1963)
Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995)
Quartet-Quintet (Hank Jones, 1955)
Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955)
TV Action Jazz! (Mundell Lowe, 1959)
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959)
Goin' Out of My Head (Wes Montgomery, 1965)
Hush! (Duke Pearson, 1962)
Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964)
Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)
Winner's Circle (Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957)
Blues in Trinity (Dizzy Reece, 1958)
The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
Dimensions & Extensions (Sam Rivers, 1967)
Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956)
Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins, 1978)
Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956)
6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58)
A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964)
A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)

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