Black Byrd

{{Infobox album

| name = Black Byrd

| type = studio

| artist = Donald Byrd

| cover = Black Byrd.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1973

| recorded = April 3–4, 1972

| venue =

| studio = The Sound Factory, Hollywood

| genre = Jazz-funk{{cite web |url=https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825081205/https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ |title=BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs |last=Gorton |first=TJ |website=BeatCaffeine |date=July 30, 2018 |archive-date=August 25, 2018 |access-date=September 19, 2021}}

| length = 44:21

| label = Blue Note
BN-LA047-F

| producer = Larry Mizell

| prev_title = Ethiopian Knights

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Street Lady

| next_year = 1973

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r151557 |title=Black Byrd - Donald Byrd | AllMusic |first=Steve |last=Huey |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=1 August 2011}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 36

}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=213}}

}}

Black Byrd is a 1973 album by Donald Byrd and the first of his Blue Note albums to be produced by Larry Mizell, assisted by his brother, former Motown producer Fonce. In the jazz funk idiom, it is among Blue Note Records' best selling album releases. The title of the album inspired the name of Byrd's apprentice group, The Blackbyrds.