Create account Log in

The Blackbyrds

[Edit]

Wikimp3 information about the music of The Blackbyrds. On our website we have 22 albums and 70 collections of artist The Blackbyrds. You can find useful information and download songs of this artist. We also know that The Blackbyrds represents Jazz genres.

Biography

[Edit]

The Blackbyrds were a jazz-funk group with thick R&B streaks running down their backs. Assembled by Donald Byrd in 1974, the group's original members — percussionist Pericles "Perk" Jacobs, Jr., drummer Keith Killgo, keyboardist Kevin Toney, reeds player Allan Barnes, bassist Joe Hall, guitarist Barney Perry — were mined from Howard University's music department, where the doctor and jazz legend was an instructor. (Other key players included guitarist Orville Saunders and saxophonist/flautist Steve Johnson.) During the Blackbyrds' nearly decade-long existence, the group cut a handful of LPs (1973's The Blackbyrds, 1974's Flying Start, 1975's City Life, 1976's Unfinished Business, 1977's Action, 1980's Better Days); scored films (1975's Cornbread, Earl and Me); and supported artists like B.B. King, Mandrill, and Roberta Flack. "Walking in Rhythm," "Rock Creek Park," and "Happy Music" are their three best-known cuts; they have remained underground club classics, and they have been kept alive, in part, through sampling. The group's catalog has been overhauled and reissued a number of times; multiple best-ofs have been released (Fantasy's Greatest Hits is the strongest and most thorough), and most of the group's full-length output has been put out on CD through two-fers. As far as outside activities were considered, Barney Perry released a solo album under the name Blair in 1978 (through his own Solar Sound imprint). The remaining members' involvements are far too extensive to list.

Title: Action

Artist: The Blackbyrds

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk

Title: Gotta Fly

Artist: The Blackbyrds

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz

Collections

Title: Funk

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk

Title: Soul Funk

Genre: Soul, Funk

Title: Superbreaks

Genre: Soul, Jazz, Funk

Featuring albums

Title: Hip Hop Ain't Dead

Artist: DJ Zone

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B

Genres