"Donald Byrd~
"Stepping Into Tomorrow"
Original

Reprint

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was known as one of the rare bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie Hancock.

Donald Byrd ?– Stepping Into Tomorrow

Label:

Blue Note ?– BN-LA368-G

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress 

Country:

US

Released:

1975

Genre:

Jazz, Funk / Soul

Style:

Fusion, Jazz-Funk

TracklistHide Credits

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Artisan Sound Recorders
• Produced For – Sky High Productions, Inc.
• Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
• Manufactured By – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Gary Bartz
• Arranged By [Background Vocal Arrangements] – Fred Perrin*
• Arranged By, Conductor [Conducted By] – Larry Mizell
• Artwork By [Cover Painting] – Greg Edwards
• Bass [Fender] – Chuck Rainey
• Clavinet, Trumpet, Arranged By [Background Vocal Arrangements] – Fonce Mizell
• Congas – Mayuto Correa
• Drums – Harvey Mason (tracks: Batah Drum & Mouth Harp on Makin' It)
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – John Mills (2)
• Engineer [Recording Engineer], Remix [Remix Engineer] – Dave Hassinger, Val Christian Garay*
• Executive-Producer – George Butler
• Guitar – David T. Walker, John Rowin, Rhonghea Southern (tracks: Think Twice)
• Percussion – Roger Sainte, Stephanie Spruill
• Photography By – Doug Metzler
• Piano [Acoustic], Organ – Jerry Peters
• Producer, Arranged By [Background Vocal Arrangements] – Larry Mizell
• Synthesizer [Arp], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Larry Mizell
• Trumpet [Solo], Flugelhorn, Solo Vocal – Donald Byrd
• Whistling – James Carter (2)

Notes

Label variation, no 'Blue Note Records - A Division of United Artists' text on bottom of labels. 

Artistic Consultant: Donald Byrd 

Background vocal arrangements: Fonce Mizell, Fred Perrin & Larry Mizell 

Technical Director: Chuck Davis 

Recorded at The Sound Factory, Hollywood, Calif. November-December, 1974 

Assistant: James Nipar 

Sound Effects: 
Breaking the sound barrier courtesy of Elektra Records 
Synthesizers Consultant: Chuck Davis 

Copyist: Sigidi 

Cover Painting: Greg Edwards, "Facing The Music of The Spheres II" 

Background Vocalists: 
Fonce Mizell, Fred Perrin, Larry Mizell, Margie Evans (You Are The World), Stephanie Spruill (Stepping Into Tomorrow & Makin' It), Kay Haith (We're Together & Think Twice) & Lorraine Kennar (Stepping Into Tomorrow, Design & Makin' It)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Etched, Side A): BNLA U?A? ?1?A? 368-1 Re1 SET-1(2)
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Etched, Side B): BNLA U?A? ?L?A? 368-2 Re1 SET-3
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Stamped, Sides A & B): [Artisan logo]