Robert Baird

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A Funky Donald Byrd, Live from Montreux
Aural Robert
Robert Baird  |  Feb 27, 2023  |  1 comments
At this point in the vinyl revival, it's hard to believe there are many undiscovered masterpieces left that are worth discovering. Record Store Day (RSD), a much-ballyhooed source of unique and unreleased music on vinyl, has been a major spur in the drive to plumb the vaults, but even though it has an excellent reputation, most RSD unearthings have turned out to be less than essential.

The increasingly rare exceptions are to be celebrated. Here's one. Just before the year turned to 2023, on what would have been Donald Byrd's 90th birthday, a smoldering, untapped artifact surfaced after 50 years in the can.

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A Go Go
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Oct 21, 2016  |  2 comments
If there ever was a sure-enough soul man, it was the Big O.
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A Great Hash of Demonic Sound
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Oct 14, 2016  |  1 comments
Or perhaps a duo effort by Chilton and storied Memphis producer Jim Dickinson?
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A Holiday Soul Party!!!
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Dec 18, 2015  |  0 comments
Jones typically goes all in here...
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A Man's Man's Man's Funeral
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Dec 30, 2006  |  0 comments
Except for Al Sharpton's shameless hogging of the spotlight, James Brown's funeral was quite a production. Televised live on NY1 (New York One), the local cable news channel, this extravaganza was held in the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia.
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A Nasty Gal!
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Mar 10, 2018  |  3 comments
A controversial funk collectible gets a heavyweight LP reissue.
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A New Pixies Album
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  May 02, 2014  |  3 comments
Although they were released twenty years ago, they are four albums possessed of a timeless beauty
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A Record Price for Vinyl Love?
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Mar 24, 2017  |  1 comments
In 2016, the vinyl information and e-commerce site Discogs.com broke its own most-expensive LP-sale record twice. In March 2016, David Bowie's David Bowie went for $6826. That post-Bowie, death-related purchase was then topped when the next rock star fell. A month later, in April, a copy of Prince's Black Album, the grail of his catalog, went for $15,000. In recent days, however, the record was broken again when a test pressing of cult guitar hero Billy Yeager's 301 Jackson Street, one of just eight ever made, went for $18,000.
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A saxophone someplace far off played
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Jun 20, 2006  |  2 comments
Overheard (coming out of mine and other nearby mouths) at a tavern in Brooklyn:
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A Tribute in Jazz
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Jan 30, 2015  |  5 comments
There’s a recent recording project that I have to say exemplifies that hard as it is to believe, there are still human hearts beating in the biz.
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