The Blackbyrds (album)

The Blackbyrds
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedOctober 1973 to March 1974
StudioFantasy Studios (Berkeley, California)
GenreJazz funk, jazz fusion[1]
LabelFantasy
ProducerLarry Mizell, Donald Byrd
The Blackbyrds chronology
The Blackbyrds
(1974)
Flying Start
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[1]

The Blackbyrds is the debut album by the American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group the Blackbyrds. It was produced by Larry Mizell and Donald Byrd with production supervision by Orrin Keepnews.

The album artwork is a section of the Vincent Van Gogh painting Wheatfield with Crows.

  1. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 35.
  2. ^ "The Blackbyrds". AllMusic. Retrieved January 9, 2012.