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Fancy Free

Donald Byrd

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Fancy Free finds him catching the front edge of jazz’s shift toward fusion, with a much gentler and more approachable result than some of his peers produced.

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Nutrition Facts

VMP Exclusive Pressing

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This record was pressed by Vinyl Me, Please and you can't get this specific variation anywhere else.

Exclusive Features

color	Black
extras	Exclusive listening notes by Natalie Weiner
foil stamped	Yes
jacket style	Tip-On
jacket type	Single
numbered	Yes
pressing location	GZ
remastering details	Remastered
speed	33 1/3 RPM
vinyl size	12 INCH
weight	180 Gram

Other Features

exclusive	VMP Exclusive
label	Universal
mastering engineering	Kevin Gray
release type	Reissue

By the Numbers

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1 LP

format

1970

original release year

Description

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Fancy Free finds him catching the front edge of jazz’s shift toward fusion, with a much gentler and more approachable result than some of his peers produced. Its innovations lie in its source material: Fancy Free adapts the vernacular of funk and R&B more than it does that of rock, the inspiration for most jazz fusion records that are considered canon. Hindsight so often being 20/20, Byrd’s take on fusion — work that was then greeted skeptically — is looking more and more prescient. 

“I’m not trying to be avant-garde or a hippie,” the then 37-year-old Byrd explained. “I’m me, and a lot of different things interest me at different times. And since I’m not pressing to be something other than myself, the sessions come out as relaxed as I can make them. As this one did.”

Categories

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• Classics
• Jazz

Album Preview

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*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.

Tracklist

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LP1 / Side A

1 Fancy Free 11.50

2 I Love The Girl 8.35

LP1 / Side B

1 The Uptowner 9.05

2 The Weasil 9.50

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