''Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.'' is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd released on the Elektra label in 1979.DSoulwalking: Donald Byrd discography
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Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd except where noted # "Pretty Baby" (Donald Byrd, Ronnie Garrett, William Duckett) – 5:05 # "Gold the Moon, White the Sun" (Byrd,

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) – 5:27 # "Giving It Up" – 5:06 # "Marilyn" – 3:58 # "People Suppose to Be Free" (Byrd, Wakefield) – 4:48 # "Veronica" – 4:23 # "

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Personnel

* Donald Byrd – trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger *

– Organ/Yamaha EX-42

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, Fender Rhodes,

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* Ronnie Garrett – electric bass * William "Country" Duckett – electric guitar *

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– saxophone * Ernie Watts – flute * Victor (Butch) Azevedo – drums, – percussion * Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Joyce Michael, Michael Campbell, Mitch Gordon, Zedric Turnbough – vocals

References

{{Authority control Elektra Records albums Donald Byrd albums 1979 albums Albums with cover art by Ernie Barnes