''A New Perspective'' is a 1964 studio album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd. It was released on the

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label as BLP 4124 and BST 84124. In 2017, it was ranked at number 194 on ''

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''s list of the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s". The album was remastered by

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in 1998.

Inspiration

About the project, Byrd said: "I mean this album seriously. Because of my own background, I've always wanted to write an entire album of spiritual-like pieces. The most accurate way I can describe what we were all trying to do is that this is a modern hymnal. In an earlier period, the New Orleans jazzmen would often play religious music for exactly what it was - but with their own jazz textures and techniques added. Now, as modern jazzmen, we're also approaching this tradition with respect and great pleasure."Original liner notes

Track listing

Personnel

* Donald Byrd – trumpet * Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone * Herbie Hancock – piano *

Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...

– guitar * Donald Best – vibraphone, vocals * Butch Warren – bass *

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– drums * Duke Pearson – arranger * Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – choir direction * Unidentified vocalists: Four men (two basses, two tenors) and four women (two altos, two sopranos) ;Technical *

- recording *

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- cover design, cover photography

Charts

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