(December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013)

Musician. Composer. Producer. Performer. Educator. Mentor. His musical legacy will live on.

This mix focuses on his originals, samples, covers, and one remix;)

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Playlist:

• Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – [Jive]
• Brand New Funk 2k7 feat. Peedi Crakk – DJ Jazzy Jeff – [Rapster Records]
• Dreaming Of You – The Blackbyrds – [Fantasy]
• LOC’ED AFTER DARK – Tone Loc – Loc-ed After Dark – [Delicious]
• Rock Creek Park – The Blackbyrds – [Fantasy]
• Think Twice – Jay Dee – [BBE]
• Think Twice (Instrumental) – Jay Dee – [BBE]
• Think Twice Feat. Roy Hargrove – Erykah Badu – [Motown]
• Yellow Sound – FunkinEven and Fatima – [Eglo]
• Simply Havin’ – De La Soul – [Tommy Boy Music]
• Footprints – A Tribe Called Quest – [Jive]
• Practice feat. J Live – DJ Jazzy Jeff – [Rapster Records]
• Practice feat. J Live (Instrumental) – DJ Jazzy Jeff – [Rapster Records]
• Looking At The Front Door – Main Source – [Wild Pitch]
• Let The Beat Hit ‘Em – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam – [Columbia]
• (Fallin’ like) Dominoes – Donald Byrd – [Blue Note]
• Gwithian – Luke Vibert – [Planet Mu]
• Revival – Martine Girault – [4th & Broadway]
• Just my Imagination – Donald Byrd – [Blue Note]
• Money for Sex – Del the Funky Homosapien – [Elektra]
• Change – Donald Byrd – [Blue Note]
• Think Twice – Detroit Experiment – [Ropeadope Records]
• Windy Dayz (Original Mix) – Kinky Movement – [Smoke City]
• Feel So Good (Original Mix) – Hott 22 – [Gossip Records]
• Love Has Come Around (Original Full LP Version) – Donald Byrd – [Mastercuts]
• Flowerz feat. Roland Clark – Armand Van Helden – [Armed Records]
• Into My Soul feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater – Gabin – [ChinChin Records]
• Christo Redentor – Harvey Mandel – [Master Classics Records]
• Christ The Redeemer – Rev. James Cleveland and The Walter Arties Chorale – [Savoy]
• Life Styles – The Blackbyrds – [Fantasy]
• Time Is Moving On – Donald Byrd With Guru And Ronny Jordon – [GRP]
• Props Over Here – The Beatnuts – Loud Records]
• I Originate – Pete Rock – [BBE]
• The Days Of Old – Paris – [Scarface Records]
• Mysterious Vibes – The Blackbyrds – [Fantasy]
• I Used To Know Ya – Scientifik – [Don Corleone]
• Tranquille – Ménélik & La Tribu – [Sony]
• Black Jesus featuring Raekwon featuring U-God – Ghostface Killah – [Epic]
• Sometimes… – Erykah Badu – [Motown]
• 2 Thousand – Group Home – [Payday]
• One For The Money – Horace Brown – [Motown]
• All I Ask – The Blackbyrds – [Fantasy Records]
• Sorcerers – KMD – [Gold Dust]
• Everybody Loves The Sunshine – Ramp – [Blue Thumb Records]
• N.Y. State Of Mind – NaS – [Columbia]
• Kofi (Angel) – Donald Byrd – [Blue Note]
• Never D.I.E. – SOL – [SOL Music]
• Wilford’s Gone – The Blackbyrds – [Fantasy]
• Say Your Prayers – Gang Starr – [Chrysalis]
• Splash Waterfalls – Ludacris – [Def Jam South]
• Miss Kane – Donald Byrd – [Blue Note]
• Free – Destiny’s Child – [Sony]
• Stepping Into Tomorrow – Donald Byrd – [Blue Note]
• Stepping Into Tomorrow – Madlib – [Blue Note]
• G-Groove (Chopped & Screwed) – 5th Ward Juvenilez – [Rap-A-Lot]
• I Feel Like Loving You Today – Donald Byrd – [Elektra]