A New Perspective

A New Perspective
Studio album by Donald Byrd
Released	November 12, 1963
Recorded	January 12, 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz, hard bop
Length	40:37
Label	Blue Note Records BST 84124
Producer	Alfred Lion
Donald Byrd chronology
Free Form (1962) A New Perspective (1963) Up with Donald Byrd (1964)

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A New Perspective is a 1963 album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4124 and BST 84124. The performances are mainly in a hard bop style, but the recording also features a gospel choir.

Apropos the project, Byrd said: "I mean this album seriously. Because of my own background, I've always wanted to write an entire album of spiritual-like pieces. The most accurate way I can describe what we were all trying to do is that this is a modern hymnal. In an earlier period, the New Orleans jazzmen would often play religious music for exactly what it was - but with their own jazz textures and techniques added. Now, as modern jazzmen, we're also approaching this tradition with respect and great pleasure."

The album was remastered in 1998 by Rudy Van Gelder.

Track listing

1. "Elijah" (Byrd) - 9:21
2. "Beast of Burden" (Byrd) - 10:07
3. "Cristo Redentor" (Duke Pearson) - 5:43
4. "The Black Disciple" (Byrd) - 8:12
5. "Chant" (Pearson) - 7:31

Personnel

• Donald Byrd – trumpet
• Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
• Herbie Hancock – piano
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Donald Best – vibraphone, vocals
• Butch Warren – bass
• Lex Humphries – drums

• Duke Pearson – arranger
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – choir direction