Places and Spaces explained

Places and Spaces should not be confused with Spaces and Places.

Places and Spaces
Type:	studio
Artist:	Donald Byrd
Cover:	Places_and_Spaces.jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	August 18, 20 & 25, 1975
Studio:	The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre:	Jazz-funk^[1]
Length:	35:34
Label:	Blue Note BN-LA549-G
Producer:	Larry Mizell
Prev Title:	Stepping into Tomorrow
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Caricatures
Next Year:	1976

Places and Spaces is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd, that was released on Blue Note in 1975.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states: "Boasting sweeping string arrangements, sultry rhythm guitars, rubbery bass, murmuring flügelhorns, and punchy horn charts, the music falls halfway between the cinematic neo-funk of Street Lady and the proto-disco soul of Earth, Wind & Fire."

In popular culture

The song "You And Music" appeared in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V, on the in-game radio station WorldWide FM.

Track listing

1. "Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)" (Larry Mizell)  - 5:08
2. "Wind Parade" (L. Mizell)  - 6:10
3. "(Fallin' Like) Dominoes" (Sigidi Bashir Abdullah, Bradley Ridgell, Harold Clayton)  - 4:33
4. "Places and Spaces" (L. Mizell, Fonce Mizell)  - 6:19
5. "You And Music" (L. Mizell, F. Mizell)  - 5:22
6. "Night Whistler" (James Carter, L. Mizell, F. Mizell)  - 3:43
7. "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield)  - 4:36

Personnel

• Donald Byrd – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
• George Bohanon – trombone
• Ray Brown – trumpet
• Tyree Glenn, Jr. – tenor saxophone
• James Carter – whistle
• Fonce Mizell – trumpet, clavichord, vocals, clavinet
• Larry Mizell – piano, vocals
• Craig McMullen – guitar
• John Rowin – guitar
• Skip Scarborough – piano
• Larry Dunn - synthesizer
• Chuck Rainey – bass
• Mayuto Correa – percussion, conga
• Harvey Mason – drums
• King Errisson – conga
• Kay Haith – vocals

Charts

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Peak Position
1975	"Change (Makes You Want To Hustle) Part 1"	Billboard Disco Singles	2
		Billboard R&B Singles	43
1976	"(Fallin' Like) Dominoes	Billboard R&B Singles	61
1976	"Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)"	Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles	8

Notes and References

1. Web site: BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs . https://web.archive.org/web/20180825081205/https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ . Gorton . TJ . BeatCaffeine . July 30, 2018 . August 25, 2018 . September 19, 2021.
2. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1976. Billboard. April 10, 2021.