''Caricatures'' is an album by American trumpeter
Donald Byrd recorded and released on the
Blue Note
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label in 1976.
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accessed September 6, 2010 It was Byrd's final album for the label and his fifth straight release produced by Larry Mizell.
Reception
The
AllMusic
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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".
[Theakston, R. ]AllMusic Review
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accessed September 6, 2010
Track listing
:''All compositions by Larry Mizell Byrd except as indicated''
# "Dance Band" (
Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell) - 6:13
# "Wild Life" (Mizell, Mizell) - 5:59
# "Caricatures" - 5:10
# "Science Funktion" (Mizell, Mizell) 4:50
# "
Dancing in the Street
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" (
Marvin Gaye,
Ivy Jo Hunter,
William "Mickey" Stevenson
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) - 4:43
# "Return of the King" (Mizell, Mizell) - 4:51
# "Onward 'Til Morning" - 3:47
# "Tell Me" (Donald Byrd, Larry Mizell) - 4:20
*Recorded at The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California in April–May, 1976
Personnel
* Donald Byrd -
trumpet
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,
flugelhorn,
vocals
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*
Oscar Brashear - trumpet
*
George Bohanon
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In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith, Paula Greer, David Hamilton, Lefty ...
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trombone
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*
Gary Bartz
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Biography
Bartz studied at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Wor ...
,
Ernie Watts -
saxophone
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s
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Jerry Peters
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Peters w ...
,
Patrice Rushen
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Her 1982 single "Forget Me Nots" received a Grammy Awar ...
,
Skip Scarborough
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keyboards
*
Fonce Mizell
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- keyboards, trumpet,
backing vocals
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* John Rowin, Bernard Beloyd Taylor,
David T. Walker -
guitar
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* Scott Edwards (tracks 2-8),
James Jamerson
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(track 1) -
electric bass
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*
Alphonse Mouzon
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(tracks 1-5),
Harvey Mason (track 1) -
drums
*
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Correa was born in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro and began playing in local bands from the age of 12 when he became a member of the big band Ra ...
, Stephanie Spruill -
percussion
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* Mildred Lane (tracks 2 & 5), Kay Haith (tracks 3 & 7) -
lead vocals
* Theresa Mitchell,
Vernessa Mitchell,
Larry Mizell
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- backing vocals
*
Wade Marcus Wade Marcus was a music producer and arranger associated with the Motown sound during the 1970s. He composed the music to the film ''The Final Comedown'' with Grant Green. He also produced albums by The Blackbyrds, Gary Bartz, A Taste of Honey, T ...
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string arrangement
*Unidentified strings
References
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Blue Note Records albums
Donald Byrd albums
1976 albums
Albums produced by the Mizell Brothers