Donald Byrd - Street Lady (1973) {Blue Note Rare Groove Series rel 1997}

A landmark album by Donald Byrd – the first one where he really started to click with jazz-funk producer Larry Mizell! Mizell and Byrd had worked together previously on the Black Byrd album – a soaring bit of futuristic jazz funk that took Byrd's career to a whole new level – but this album's the one where they really began to make the formula cook, blending together tight funky rhythms, spacey keyboards, soulful vocals, and some of Donald's best solo work of the 70s! The whole thing's a masterpiece, and all tracks sparkle – including "Lansana's Priestess", "Witch Hunt", and "Street Lady", one of the funkiest tracks ever on Blue Note. A haunting record with a beautiful spacey groove, and one of the best-ever albums on Blue Note!

Personnel
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Roger Glenn - flute
Jerry Peters - piano, electric piano
Fonce Mizell - clavinet, trumpet, vocals
Fred Perren - synthesizer, vocals
David T. Walker - guitar
Chuck Rainey - electric bass
Harvey Mason - drums
King Errisson - congas and bongos
Stephanie Spruill - percussion
Larry Mizell - vocals, arranger, conductor

tracklist:
01 - Lansana's Priestess
02 - Miss Kane
03 - Sister Love
04 - Street Lady
05 - Witch Hunt
06 - Woman of the World