Donald Byrd: Ethiopian Knights LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition) ETJS-7 with his shimmering piano lines

with his shimmering piano lines dancing between Peacock’s full-bodied bass lines and Motian’s typically sublime work on the drums

Features swinging big band arrangements by John Clayton and several tracks for quartet

Local Boston area trumpeter Joe Gordon joins the band for some friendly brass sparring with Byrd on several numbers

Tracklist:A1: Idle MomentsA2: Jean De FleurB1: DjangoB2: Nomad

I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive2

Donald Byrd: Ethiopian Knights LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition) ETJS-7 with his shimmering piano linesBlue Note, 1972 Over two days in August 1971, Donald Byrd brought a powerful band into A&M Studios in Los Angeles to record the jazz funk exploration Ethiopian Knights, continuing his evolution from top flight hard bop trumpeter to pioneer of R&B funk fusion. Consisting of just three tracks the extended funk workouts "The Emperor" and "The Little Rasti" with the cleanser "Jamie" in between the album preceded his Mizell Bros produced fusion masterpiece