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Deep Groove Encyclopedia - Blackbyrds |
 | | The Blackbyrds were the culmination of Donald Byrd's desire to get young African-Americans into jazz by incorporating the genre's aesthetics into funk. |
| | At the time, the Blackbyrds' combination of jazz and funk was a pioneering blend, and they found themselves annointed as leaders of the more accessible side of fusion, almost as a more mellow alternative to Kool and the Gang. |
| | It was a bit of an odd decision, considering their formula had been heavily influenced by Byrd, and they would record only one more album before breaking up in 1981. |
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