Caricatures (Donald Byrd album)

Caricatures is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1976. It was Byrd's final album for the label and his fifth straight release produced by Larry Mizell.

Reception

The AllMusic 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".

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" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 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, flugelhorn, vocals

Oscar Brashear - trumpet

George Bohanon - trombone

Gary Bartz, Ernie Watts - saxophones

Jerry Peters, Patrice Rushen, Skip Scarborough - keyboards

Fonce Mizell - keyboards, trumpet, backing vocals

John Rowin, Bernard Beloyd Taylor, David T. Walker - guitar

Scott Edwards (tracks 2-8), James Jamerson (track 1) - electric bass

Alphonse Mouzon (tracks 1-5), Harvey Mason (track 1) - drums

Mayuto Correa, Stephanie Spruill - percussion

Mildred Lane (tracks 2 & 5), Kay Haith (tracks 3 & 7) - lead vocals

Theresa Mitchell, Vernessa Mitchell, Larry Mizell - backing vocals

Wade Marcus - string arrangement

Unidentified strings

References

Blue Note Records albums

Donald Byrd albums

1976 albums

Albums produced by the Mizell Brothers