Ethiopian Knights
{{Short description|Album by Donald Byrd}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Ethiopian Knights
| type = Album
| artist = Donald Byrd
| cover = Ethiopian Knights.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 1, 1972
| recorded = August 25, 1971 (#1–2)
August 26, 1971 (#3)
| venue =
| studio = A&M Studios, Los Angeles
| 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 = 36:33
| label = Blue Note
BST 84380
| producer = George Butler
| chronology = Donald Byrd
| prev_title = Kofi
| prev_year = 1969-70
| next_title = Black Byrd
| next_year = 1972
}}
Ethiopian Knights is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample and others, recorded for the Blue Note label in 1971.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/donald-byrd/catalog/#blue-note-b1-31875 Donald Byrd discography], Jazzdisco.org, accessed October 26, 2020
Reception
The AllMusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album four stars and stated "Even if it isn't quite as consistent as Kofi and Electric Byrd, Ethiopian Knights is another intriguing transitional effort that deepens the portrait of Byrd the acid jazz legend".Huey, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000035125|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review] accessed September 3, 2010
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
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Track listing
Personnel
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Thurman Green – trombone
- Harold Land – tenor saxophone
- Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
- Joe Sample – organ
- Bill Henderson III – electric piano
- Don Peake – guitar
- Greg Poree – guitar (tracks 1 & 2)
- David T. Walker – guitar (track 3)
- Wilton Felder – electric bass
- Ed Greene – drums
- Bobbye Porter Hall – congas, tambourine