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Grant Green His Majesty King Funk and Up With Donald Byrd

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Download links and information about Grant Green His Majesty King Funk and Up With Donald Byrd by Grant Green, Donald Byrd. This album was released in 1995 and it belongs to Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz genres. It contains 14 tracks with total duration of 01:15:13 minutes.

Artist: Grant Green, Donald Byrd
Release date: 1995
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Tracks: 14
Duration: 01:15:13
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Selma March 8:26
2. Willow Weep for Me (featuring Candido, Larry Young, Ben Dixon, Harold Vick) 10:01
3. The Cantaloupe Woman (featuring Candido, Larry Young, Ben Dixon, Harold Vick) 4:55
4. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) (featuring Candido, Larry Young, Ben Dixon, Harold Vick) 5:20
5. Daddy Grapes (featuring Candido, Larry Young, Ben Dixon, Harold Vick) 4:35
6. Blind Man, Blind Man (featuring Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Jimmy Heath, Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw, Donald Byrd Singers) 2:53
7. Boom Boom (featuring Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Jimmy Heath, Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw, Donald Byrd Singers) 4:23
8. House of the Rising Sun (featuring Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Jimmy Heath, Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw, Donald Byrd Singers) 5:07
9. See See Rider (featuring Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Jimmy Heath, Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw, Donald Byrd Singers) 4:00
10. Cantaloupe Island (featuring Candido, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd Singers) 6:49
11. Bossa (featuring Candido, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock) 7:59
12. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (featuring Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd Singers) 5:15
13. You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby (featuring Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw, Donald Byrd Singers) 2:42
14. My Babe (featuring Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Jimmy Heath, Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw) 2:48

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This single Verve CD reissues the complete contents of two unrelated LPs: Grant Green's His Majesty King Funk (great title) and Up with Donald Byrd. Unfortunately, the music overall is not as rewarding as Green and Byrd's work of the period for Blue Note. Green is OK with a quintet that includes tenor saxophonist Harold Vick and organist Larry Young, but the material (mainly fairly simple funk riffs) is disappointing. Trumpeter Donald Byrd has a potentially strong group with both Jimmy Heath and Stanley Turrentine on tenors along with pianist Herbie Hancock and guitarist Kenny Burrell. However, the three- or four-voice Donald Byrd Singers and the arrangements by Claus Ogerman weigh down the date. Each album watered down its music to an extent in hopes of gaining commercial success, but neither really caught on. The results are interesting but somewhat forgettable.