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''Places and Spaces'' is an album by
American
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trumpeter
Donald Byrd, that was released on
Blue Note
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in 1975.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states: "Boasting sweeping string arrangements, sultry rhythm guitars, rubbery bass, murmuring flügelhorns, and punchy horn charts, the music falls halfway between the cinematic neo-funk of Street Lady and the proto-disco soul of Earth, Wind & Fire."
In popular culture
The song "You And Music" appeared in the video game ''
Grand Theft Auto V'', on the in-game radio station ''WorldWide FM''.
Track listing
# "Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)"
(Larry Mizell
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*Larry Boone ...
) – 5:08
# "Wind Parade"
(L. Mizell) – 6:10
# "(Fallin' Like) Dominoes"
(Sigidi Bashir Abdullah, Bradley Ridgell, Harold Clayton) – 4:33
# "Places and Spaces"
(L. Mizell, Fonce Mizell
The Mizell Brothers were an American record producing team in the 1970s, consisting of Larry Mizell (born February 17, 1944) and Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell (January 15, 1943 – July 5, 2011). They worked together on a string of jazz or R&B albums. ...
) – 6:19
# "You And Music"
(L. Mizell, F. Mizell) – 5:22
# "Night Whistler"
(James Carter, L. Mizell, F. Mizell) – 3:43
# "
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
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"
(Barrett Strong
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, Norman Whitfield
Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. allmusic Biography/ref> He has been credited as one of the creators of the Mo ...
) – 4:36
Personnel
* Donald Byrd – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
*
George Bohanon
George Roland Bohanon, Jr. (born August 7, 1937) is a jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan.
In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith, Paula Greer, David Hamilton, Lefty ...
– trombone
*
Ray Brown – trumpet
*
Tyree Glenn, Jr. – tenor saxophone
* James Carter – whistle
*
Fonce Mizell
The Mizell Brothers were an American record producing team in the 1970s, consisting of Larry Mizell (born February 17, 1944) and Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell (January 15, 1943 – July 5, 2011). They worked together on a string of jazz or R&B albums. ...
– trumpet, clavichord, vocals, clavinet
*
Larry Mizell
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– piano, vocals
*
Craig McMullen – guitar
*
John Rowin – guitar
*
Skip Scarborough
Clarence Alexander "Skip" Scarborough (November 26, 1944 – July 3, 2003) was an American songwriter, best known for romantic ballads.
Biography
Scarborough was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He lived in Los Angeles most of his life. He died o ...
– piano
*
Larry Dunn
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- synthesizer
*
Chuck Rainey – bass
*
Mayuto Correa Mayuto Correa (born 9 March 1943) is a Brazilian percussionist, guitarist, and composer.
Life and career
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 ...
– percussion, conga
*
Harvey Mason – drums
* King Errisson – conga
* Kay Haith – vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
References
External links
*
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1975 albums
Donald Byrd albums
Jazz-funk albums
Blue Note Records albums
Albums produced by the Mizell Brothers