Harlem Blues (Donald Byrd album)
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| Harlem Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | September 22 & 24, 1987 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 52:24 CD release with bonus track | |||
| Label | Landmark LLP/LCD 1516 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews, Donald Byrd | |||
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Harlem Blues is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances recorded in 1987 and released on the Landmark label the following year.[1][2][3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
On AllMusic, Scott Yanow observed: "This Landmark release was trumpeter Donald Byrd's first jazz album in over 15 years after a long (and commercially if not artistically successful) detour into poppish R&B/funk. In the 1980s Byrd had neglected his trumpet playing in order to direct The Blackbyrds and teach. The period away from his instrument shows in spots on this well-intentioned set ... Ironically Byrd's own playing was not at this point up to the level of his sidemen although his chops would improve during the next couple of years".[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised Byrd's younger sidemen, while suggesting that the trumpeter's own playing had declined.[5]
