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Getting Down to Business
1990 studio album by Donald Byrd Sextet featuring Joe Henderson

Getting Down to Business is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances recorded in 1989 and released on the Landmark label the following year.

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AllMusic4
The Penguin Guide to Jazz5

On AllMusic, Scott Yanow observed, "Trumpeter Donald Byrd's second jazz album during his comeback after years of playing R&B/funk and then totally neglecting his horn finds him starting to regain his former form. The strong supporting cast sometimes overshadows the leader on this CD but the music overall (modern hard bop) is rewarding".6 The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised the contributions of Garrett and Henderson, while suggesting that the trumpeter's own playing had declined.7

Track listing

All compositions by Donald Byrd except where noted.

  1. "Theme for Malcolm" (Donald Brown) – 7:39
  2. "That's All There Is to Love" – 5:43
  3. "Pomponio" (Bobby Hutcherson) – 10:18
  4. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 8:29 Additional track on CD
  5. "A Certain Attitude" (James Williams) – 5:13
  6. "The Onliest" – 9:55
  7. "Around the Corner" (Joe Henderson) – 8:07

Personnel

References

  1. Fitzgerald, M., Landmark Records listing accessed December 7, 2017 http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/landmark.htm ↩

  2. Donald Byrd Catalog, accessed December 7, 2017 https://www.jazzdisco.org/donald-byrd/catalog/#donald-byrd-getting-down-to-business ↩

  3. Jazzlists: Landmark 1500 series discography, accessed February 4, 2019 http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Landmark_1500.htm ↩

  4. Yanow, Scott. Donald Byrd: Getting Down to Business – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2017. https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000207834 ↩

  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4. 978-0-14-015364-4 ↩

  6. Yanow, Scott. Donald Byrd: Getting Down to Business – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2017. https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000207834 ↩

  7. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4. 978-0-14-015364-4 ↩