Street Lady

Donald Byrd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 28, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1973
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000005H7J
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,058 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Jazz Music
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Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: Compact Disk

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Street Lady, January 16, 2003

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John J. Knapik "johnknapik" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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I have this on vinyl...one of my favorite Blue Note album covers.
The music is very dated 70's blaxploitation, which happens to be one of my most favorite sounds. Plenty of flute and wah wah guitars. The vibe here is the ghetto in late afternoon when the street ladies start walking the beat. Actually this album is a loosely formed concept album based on a prostitute. This really isn't jazz - perhaps jazzy R&B or funk would be a better description. If you enjoy the background music in Curtis Mayfield and Bobby Womack cuts - you'll feel right at home with this one.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Street Lady..., September 23, 2005

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D. S. HARDEN "a movie fan" (L.A.,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Street Lady is a eclectic mix of contemporay jazz tunes that one can sit and listen to. My favorite cuts are "Street Lady" and "Lansanas Street Priestess!" I suggest that you take a chance of the collection! Oh, and by the way, those aren't ladies on the cover of the album! It took me years before I actually figured that one out!! Four Stars!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sultry Byrd, September 24, 2006

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Stephen Kokker - See all my reviews
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You can almost feel the heat off the Harlem (or neighbourhood) pavement from these tunes. There's a sultriness to these vibes that recalls hot summer breezes, just hanging out, and the natural horniness that days like that arouses. A very outdoor groove abounds here, with instrumentation and chord progressions that recall blaxploitation soundtracks, but with greater flair and always with the lightness of spirit and sheer delight in life that Byrd exhibits so flawlessly in his more upbeat offerings. Easy perhaps to overlook as a funky background music, it's actually an accomplished affair and another example of Byrd's mastery of creating atmosphere.