Donald Byrd - Distant Land

[kinstube]

N!!!CE

[Brookpier]

Amazing composition and beautifully played. Byrd and the Mizell Bros always reminds me of summer in London; a glass of wine and a beautiful lady on my arm. I'll be playing this to friends and family this summer 2012 and every summer; for as long as my liver holds out!

[normb2]

this song just blew my brains OUT!

[CynaminGirl]

Thanks. I am enjoying this. Just the right tempo to transition into 2012. Peaceful.

[stecsworld]

Is it me or is that Freddie Hubbard in the picture?

[occmel]

Madlib Da Bad kid is a Genius,the best beat producter for me...simply a genius ;)

[plutus70]

All tracks from that album have this distant mellow sound.

Like you have to go away...burden of not to stay.

And there are good emotions and hopes too.

[icon200]

this track simply melts your stress and troubles away ...lovely

[MaxMisterC]

Incredible!

[rudewey]

OHH good this is music!!!

[wwp1948]

That's Freddie in the picture...funny shit!!!

[notsocommonshow]

Bliss...

[visionaryof1]

If it werent for madlib alot of us would have no idea such beautiful music exists. hes one of the few artists who doesnt rape a sample, but rather makes sweet respectful love to it.

[xxllPMF3llxx]

@visionaryof1 idk about you, but madlib isnt the only reason i enjoy jazz. so your statement isnt valid

[ChiliWilly16]

@xxllPMF3llxx he said 'a lot of us' not 'hey xxIIPMF3IIxx, you only like jazz due to madlib.' So your point is not valid. And hes not wrong. A lot of folks dont listen to jazz, so when they hear it when its sampled it opens their ears to a new wave of sound. I personally didn't hear a lot of jazz until I heard A tribe and Madlib sample some sick tracks.

[HALFPRICEPRODUCTION]

madlib always turns me onto such amazing music!

[mikhail21393]

Donald Byrd Great Saxo Player

[dbeater1]

oh so very good....only wished i had found him sooner..

[oRuTRa45]

Man, who is that on vibraphone?? That was one of the tastiest vibes solos I've ever heard. Could that be Bobby Hutcherson?

[magicpotion8]

@oRuTRa45 couldn't agree with you more! the guitar trills at 3:47 - 4:40 and again at 6:08 - 6:44 just make the solos a bit more sweet and soulful

[keyop30]

Master Composer and Trumpeteer!!!!!!1L1L!!!!!!!

[zapp10304]

@helluvagun Then piss off.

[cozemkfym]

Donald Byrd Owns your "artschool" hiphops bitchessss

[shauntheassassin]

I love this song Donald Byrd is on of best singers in the world

[Leoooonard]

madlibs version of this is so good 

[baselfahmi]

Smooooooooth, pure magic, this is a beautiful mood.......

[elbakara]

Donald Byrd told me that they(I guess his peers) called him and Freddie twins, so it's ok you have a pic of Freddie up lol!!!!!

[bulbutus2]

thanx donald

[mildseven2005]

This does not sound like Misell Bros. prod.. I really like this tune though...

[brado1610]

Thank you for posting this

[xXunt0uchableXx]

i wonder if clutchy hopkins was also inspired from this song. it kinda reminds me of one of his songs..

[michal23pl]

Madlib caught that soul spirit perfectly. you can feel his respect and love for Donald Byrd. original track is obviously a masterpiece.

[weedyboydetectives]

pure tune amazing skills

[mendmatic]

donald byrd=sick madlib=sick

[KOPKILLA1]

there would never be a such existince of hip hop if it wasnt for tunes like this, thank u jazz!

[imthebrother]

This peers to be a good song...I dunno if was ever released yet but a remix to that song is on the Blue Note Remixed CD. Tell me what year this song was recorded on what date? Plus the personnel too.

[roscoegino]

four words: a thing of beauty.

[Pisarenko]

Oh man ...this is awesome stuff!!

[glndxn2002]

the Madlib version is pretty damn good.

[gotmeagrape]

@glndxn2002 Madlib (period) is good lol. I would love to do what he does because it fuses my two favorite genres into one

[sestes9950]

@glndxn2002 madlib's version is stellar.

[omardcu]

real music... for the soul

[hanskaushik]

freedom with control... isn't that waht its all about?

Fantastic

[VoodooRhythmSound]

When I listen to this music, I close my eyes and feel at peace. Such a beautiful track.

[DolphinMan8]

this song is tight, ahead of its time, smooth jazz! Donald Byrd is the Dude!

What I like about Donald's Playin is how he vibrato's his notes.

Check him out Playin Startdust!

Hey all Check out Lee Morgan also!

[Footpenis]

The brass-melodie that starts at ~1:25 is so genius

[thisisn8n]

i agree. the bassline at that part is great too

[Schmalzgau]

great song

[Supreme7truth]

Donald byrd is the fucking man hands down the mizell brothers did an excellent job on this song.

[chazawocky]

A true hidden gem!

[etnikgrounds]

beautiful music, will pick up donald byrds records from now on

[MusicalGenius88]

I'm a huge donald byrd fan, this track is fire!

[roscoegino]

a waterbed of a jam

[LoungeTom]

Yay‼ Sm☺☺th ☼♥☼♥☼

[kirksiesz]

i actually like this better than the rest of black byrd

[Supreme7truth]

agreed

[jmet718]

where can i get this

[smartkid1985]

mellow

[SkullFaceNinja]

good shit.

[onionbootyman]

madlib sample.

[jonken20]

pure magic !!

[kdfan]

HAHA...nice pic of FREDDIE HUBBARD! that's not byrd!

[captainjorgerules]

AMAZING!!!!!

I am in love and addicted to the madlib version!

[JAYLIB03]

Beautiful.

[roscoegino]

goes down like a martini

[Quake2815]

smooth!!

[djrealmerda]

class and style

[deterance]

wow this song is chilled.

[SWILLIAMS1982]

remarkable...

[micr0cosm]

9 views lol....thank you for this masterpiece, great standard :)

[micr0cosm]

p.s. I did'nt realize you just posted so I would have been surprised at the number of views had this been here a long time....masterpiece once again:)

[zapp10304]

It's surprising how this never made the final cut or was ever released before...Makes you wonder what other goodness they have left on some dusty old reels.

[micr0cosm]

I'm sure there is much uncovered goodies out there for sure, would love to find em:)