Stepping into Tomorrow
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{{Infobox album
| name = Stepping Into Tomorrow
| type = studio
| artist = Donald Byrd
| cover = Stepping into Tomorrow.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = November–December, 1974
| venue =
| studio = 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 = 38:13
| label = Blue Note
BN-LA368-G
| producer = Larry Mizell
| prev_title = Street Lady
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Places and Spaces
| next_year = 1975
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r165304 |title=Stepping into Tomorrow - Donald Byrd | AllMusic |first=Andy |last=Kellman |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=1 August 2011}}
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
}}
Stepping Into Tomorrow is a 1974 album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd.
The Allmusic Review by Andy Kellman awards the album with 4 stars.Kellman, A [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r165304|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review: Stepping in to Tomorrow] accessed 12 May 2010
Track listing
- "Stepping Into Tomorrow" (Larry Mizell) – 5:06
- "Design A Nation" (Mizell) – 4:19
- "We’re Together" (Mizell) – 4:23
- "Think Twice" (Sigidi, Mizell, Mbaji) – 6:10
- "Makin’ It" (Harvey Mason) – 3:46
- "Rock ‘N’ Roll Again" (Mizell) – 6:08
- "You Are The World" (Mizell) – 4:29
- "I Love The Girl" (Donald Byrd) – 3:52
Personnel
- Donald Byrd - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
- Gary Bartz - alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet
- James Carter - whistler on "Rock And Roll Again"
- Mayuto Correa - congas
- Margie Evans, Kay Haith, Freddie Perren - background vocals
- Fonce Mizell - trumpet, clarinet, background vocals
- Jerry Peters - organ, piano
- John Rowin, David T. Walker - guitar
- Larry Mizell - Fender Rhodes, ARP synthesizers, background vocals
- Chuck Rainey - bass
- Harvey Mason - drums, bata drums
- Roger Sainte - percussion
- Ronghea Southern - guitar on "Think Twice"
- Stephanie Spruill - percussion, background vocals