The Blackbyrds - Action

Action
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Album Details: Action

Release Date:01/01/1977
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Track List: Action

  1. Supernatural Feeling
  2. Lookin' Ahead
  3. Mysterious Vibes
  4. Something Special
  1. Street Games
  2. Soft and Easy
  3. Dreaming About You

Pro Reviews: Action

  • All Music Guide

    If you had to own only one album by The Blackbyrds then Action should be it. All the elements came together for the Donald Byrd protégés on this scintillating certified gold album, which originally was issued in fall 1977. The sinewy Top 20 RB hit "Supernatural Feeling" has bits of wisdom implanted in between its poppin' funk grooves. The enticing "Soft And Easy" slid into the RB Top 20 with an ease that's equal to the gentle spoken seduction that is woven throughout this make out classic. The exotic radio-aired LP track "Something Special" features the nimble noodling of future smooth jazz favorite, pianist Kevin Toney. "Dreaming About You" is the perfect track to unwind during. Action was later issued as one of two LPs that was included on a single CD (the other being the George Duke-produced Better Days) in 1994 by U.K. label Ace Records.

    - Ed Hogan, All Music Guide

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Biography

The Blackbyrds

The Blackbyrds were a jazz-funk group with thick RB streaks running down their backs. Assembled by Donald Byrd in 1974, the group's original members -- percussionist Pericles "Perk" Jacobs Jr., drummer Keith Killgo, keyboardist Kevin Toney, reeds player Allan Barnes, bassist Joe Hall, guitarist Barney Perry -- were mined from Howard University's music department, where ... Read more