Dr. Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II

Blackbyrds take flight at Montreux, 1973.

 

Donald Byrd: trumpet and flugel horn
Nathan Davis: Soprano Sax
Allan Barnes: Tenor Sax and flute
Kevin Toney: electric piano
Barney Perry: guitar
Keith Killgo: drums
Ray Armando: percussion
Larry Mizell: synthersiizer
Fonce Mizell: Trumpet

 

This is the first in a series on the subject of the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival.  More specifically the lineup for Thursday, July 5, 1973, which was unreal n' full of feel.   The 1973 festival was held at the Montreux Convention Center due to the fact that two years earlier, "some stupid with a flare gun" burned the Montreux Casino to the ground.  

 

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