April 4th, 2009 
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Michigan, Byrd attended Cass Technical High School. He performed with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. After playing in a military band during a term in the United States Air Force, he obtained a bachelor’s degree in music from Wayne State University and a master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music. Playing career While still at the Manhattan School he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, replacing Clifford Brown. In 1955, he recorded with Jackie McLean and Mal Waldron. …
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very nice, thx for the clip & the info!!
O.K. for all of those who keep saying “A Bronx Tale”, that’s not the movie I remember it in! I think I remember it in School Daze or another Spike Lee movie!!!
Heard this first time on A Bronx Tale.. it plays when C’s “friends” are dead..if i remember right?
My favourite movie EVER!
Great song.
Hey BystanderMusic! Thank you so so much for the biographical notes about Donald Byrd. I wish more people had the knowledge, patience and generous-educational spirit that you do! The music is beautiful and moving. Thank you. RussHamer. (p.s. where did you get al that info about Byrd?)
It was the Bronx Tale I bet- that’s where I remembered it from
I have this on vinyl, and it never fails to thrill me! the whole album is great, btw.
So beautiful…..an oldster like me remembers this well
OMG!!!!! This composser is very good, I know him since 3 ago xD but now he is one of my favourites compossers of Jazz music. Wooow, it’s a mess that the most of the people doesn’t knows him… so he got a new fan… ME!!! ^^. Thanks Donald for doing that beautiful music.
i didnt know whether to be happy, or sad. happy because i was alive, or sad because my friends were dead.
MALCOM X, BRONX TALE
A Bronx Tale
It was in a bronx tale. Great movie and great song
damn I remember this song from a movie! I think it was maybe a comedy but I’m not sure! Maybe it was a spike lee joint but I know it was in a movie!
wow my father had this song playing at his funeral. More people came up to my mother asking her who made this song lol lol..I miss my daddy RIP
great soul music
Yes, Most of the people I listen with are long gone now. Over dose and such. This song is always there. That is correct. “Christ the Redeemer.” or Cristo Redentor”. I am one of the few still here to listen again and again. New York City, in the 60’s was that time for me. Mr. Byrd says it all…
Awesome! Thx 4 the upload! Great Trumpeter!
In 1966, Rev. James Cleveland recorded a song with the Walter Arties Chorale titled “Christ the Redeemer”. If you listen to it, particularly the 1966 version since the 1977 version is a bit more “70s-ized”, it sounds VERY much like this song. Rev. Cleveland was known for bringing aspects from other genres into gospel, so it wouldn’t surprise me if Rev. Cleveland used this song as his basis for “Christ the Redeemer”.
reminds me of my summer fling who learned of this from his summer fling who learned of it through her summer fling…
Excuse me did I say McDonalds I ment to say WacArnolds.
Ha Ha!! It’s a VERY beautiful song but it still reminds me of the Dave Chapelle skit about Calvin working at Mcdonalds. Ha Ha!!
I heart this magnific song for the first time in the picture “A bronx tale” (Robert deNiro) .
Very good orginals soudtracks.
i was bout to say it sounded like a royce beat good looking out
This is great music!!!!
This reminds me to pray for the ancestors of mine who were slaves and the ancestors of mine who owned them and the ancestors of mine who knew nothing about either.