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Donald Byrd

Stepping Into Tomorrow

Label: Blue Note

Catalog Number: BN-LA368-Yard

Released: 1975, 70's

Stepping Into Tomorrow is a archetype jazz-funk bomb from the corking Donald Byrd featuring an all star bandage including Gary Bartz on saxophone, Chuck Rainey on bass, and the legendary Mizell Brothers on writing as well as production duties. Byrd was in a new creative phase of his career, moving away from the hard bop of his early years and collaborating with the Mizell Brothers to pioneer the jazz-funk genre by combining elements of jazz, funk, soul and R&B. This tape, forth withBlack Byrd,Street Lady,Places and SpacesandCaricatures,would all go jazz-funk classics and inspire an entire generation of musicians and producers including Madlib, A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Quik, Tupac, De la Soul, 9th Wonder, and countless others… Essential and however a consummate bomb on trip the light fantastic toe floors today!

– Phil Cho

Recommended – A1 Stepping Into Tomorrow, A3 We're Together, A4 Think Twice

Tags: Jazz-funk / Mizell Brothers / Samples / Soul

Tracklist:

A1 Stepping Into Tomorrow
A2 Blueprint A Nation
A3 Nosotros're Together
A4 Call back Twice
B1 Makin' It
B2 Rock And Scroll Again
B3 You Are The Globe
B4 I Dear The Girl

Credits:

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Gary Bartz
Bundled By [Background Vocals], Bankroll Vocals – Fred Perrin*
Arranged Past [Background Vocals], Backing Vocals, Clavinet, Trumpet – Fonce Mizell
Bundled By, Conductor – Larry Mizell (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
Backing Vocals – Kay Haith (tracks: A3, A4), Lorraine Kennar* (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Margie Evans (tracks: B3), Stephanie Spruill (tracks: A1, B1)
Congas – Mayuto Correa
Copyist – Sigidi
Drum [Batah Drum], Jew's Harp [Oral cavity Harp] – Harvey Mason (tracks: B1)
Drums – Harvey Mason
Electric Bass [Fender Bass] – Chuck Rainey
Engineer [Assistant] – James Nipar*
Engineer [Technical Managing director] – Chuck Davis
Engineer, Recorded By – John Mills (two)
Engineer, Recorded Past, Remix – Dave Hassinger, Val Christian Garay*
Executive-Producer – George Butler
Guitar – David T. Walker, John Rowin, Rhonghea Southern (tracks: A4)
Liner Notes – Khadjuka [Don Mizell]*
Music Consultant [Artistic Consultant], Trumpet [Solo Trumpet], Flugelhorn, Solo Song – Donald Byrd
Music Consultant [Synthesizers] – Chuck Davis
Painting [Cover] – Greg Edwards (6)
Percussion – Roger Sainte, Stephanie Spruill, Stuff 'N Ramjet*
Photography By – Doug Metzler
Pianoforte [Acoustic Piano], Organ – Jerry Peters
Producer, Arranged By [Background Vocals], Bankroll Vocals, Synthesizer [Arp], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Larry Mizell
Whistling – James Carter (2)