Caricatures is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1976.[1] It was Byrd's final album for the label and his fifth straight release produced by Larry Mizell.

Caricatures
Studio album by Donald Byrd
Released	1976
Recorded	April–May, 1976
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note BN-LA633-G
Producer	Larry Mizell
Donald Byrd chronology
Places and Spaces (1975) Caricatures (1976) Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978)

Reception

The AllMusic review by Rob Theakston awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Caricatures serves its primary purpose of being a jazz fusion record to make both people dance and purists wince at the notion that jazz can fuse with other elements and achieve success".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Larry Mizell Byrd except as indicated

1. "Dance Band" (Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell) - 6:13
2. "Wild Life" (Mizell, Mizell) - 5:59
3. "Caricatures" - 5:10
4. "Science Funktion" (Mizell, Mizell) 4:50
5. "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 4:43
6. "Return of the King" (Mizell, Mizell) - 4:51
7. "Onward 'Til Morning" - 3:47
8. "Tell Me" (Donald Byrd, Larry Mizell) - 4:20

• Recorded at The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California in April–May, 1976

Personnel

• Donald Byrd - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
• Oscar Brashear - trumpet
• George Bohanon - trombone
• Gary Bartz, Ernie Watts - saxophones
• Jerry Peters, Patrice Rushen, Skip Scarborough - keyboards
• Fonce Mizell - keyboards, trumpet, backing vocals
• John Rowin, Bernard Beloyd Taylor, David T. Walker - guitar
• Scott Edwards (tracks 2-8), James Jamerson (track 1) - electric bass
• Alphonse Mouzon (tracks 1-5), Harvey Mason (track 1) - drums
• Mayuto Correa, Stephanie Spruill - percussion
• Mildred Lane (tracks 2 & 5), Kay Haith (tracks 3 & 7) - lead vocals
• Theresa Mitchell, Vernessa Mitchell, Larry Mizell - backing vocals
• Wade Marcus - string arrangement
• Unidentified strings

References