| Black Byrd | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Donald Byrd |
| Cover: | Black Byrd.jpg |
| Released: | 1973 |
| Recorded: | April 3–4, 1972 |
| Studio: | The Sound Factory, Hollywood |
| Genre: | Jazz-funk[1] |
| Length: | 44:21 |
| Label: | Blue Note BN-LA047-F |
| Producer: | Larry Mizell |
| Prev Title: | Ethiopian Knights |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Street Lady |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
Black Byrd is a 1973 album by Donald Byrd and the first of his Blue Note albums to be produced by Larry Mizell, assisted by his brother, former Motown producer Fonce. In the jazz funk idiom, it is among Blue Note Records' best selling album releases. The title of the album inspired the name of Byrd's apprentice group, The Blackbyrds.