Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd released on the Elektra label in 1979.[1][2]

Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.
Studio album by Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.
Released	1979
Recorded	August/September 1979
Studio	The Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz, Funk, Soul music
Length	36:57
Label	Elektra 6E-247
Producer	Donald Byrd for Blackbyrd Productions Inc.
Donald Byrd chronology
Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978) Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979) Love Byrd (1981)

Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd except where noted

1. "Pretty Baby" (Donald Byrd, Ronnie Garrett, William Duckett) – 5:05
2. "Gold the Moon, White the Sun" (Byrd, Kathy Wakefield) – 5:27
3. "Giving It Up" – 5:06
4. "Marilyn" – 3:58
5. "People Suppose to Be Free" (Byrd, Wakefield) – 4:48
6. "Veronica" – 4:23
7. "Morning" (Clare Fischer) – 4:05
8. "I Love You" – 4:04

Personnel

• Donald Byrd – trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger
• Clare Fischer – Organ/Yamaha EX-42 ARP Pro Soloist, Fender Rhodes, Dyno-My-Piano, alto saxophone, acoustic piano
• Ronnie Garrett – electric bass
• William "Country" Duckett – electric guitar
• Pete Christlieb – saxophone
• Ernie Watts – flute
• Victor (Butch) Azevedo – drums, – percussion
• Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Joyce Michael, Michael Campbell, Mitch Gordon, Zedric Turnbough – vocals

References