A New Perspective

A New Perspective is a 1964 album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4124 and BST 84124. The performances are mainly in a hard bop style, but the recording also features a gospel choir.

About the project, Byrd said: "I mean this album seriously. Because of my own background, I've always wanted to write an entire album of spiritual-like pieces. The most accurate way I can describe what we were all trying to do is that this is a modern hymnal. In an earlier period, the New Orleans jazzmen would often play religious music for exactly what it was - but with their own jazz textures and techniques added. Now, as modern jazzmen, we're also approaching this tradition with respect and great pleasure."[2]

The album was remastered in 1998 by Rudy Van Gelder. ==Track listing[ edit] == ==Personnel[ edit] ==
 * 1) "Elijah" (Byrd) - 9:21
 * 2) "Beast of Burden" (Byrd) - 10:07
 * 3) "Cristo Redentor" (Duke Pearson) - 5:43
 * 4) "The Black Disciple" (Byrd) - 8:12
 * 5) "Chant" (Pearson) - 7:31
 * Donald Byrd – trumpet
 * Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
 * Herbie Hancock – piano
 * Kenny Burrell – guitar
 * Donald Best – vibraphone, vocals
 * Butch Warren – bass
 * Lex Humphries – drums
 * Duke Pearson – arranger
 * Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – choir direction