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In the 1970s , he moved away from his previous Hard-bop jazz base and began to record Jazz Fusion and Rhythm And Blues . Teaming up with the Mizell Brothers , he produced ''Black Byrd'', which was enormously successful and became Blue Note Records' highest-ever selling album. The follow-up albums, ''Places and Spaces'', ''Steppin' Into Tomorrow'' and ''Street Lady'' were also big sellers, and have subsequently provided a rich source of samples for hip-hop artists such as Us3 . He has taught music at Rutgers University , the Hampton Institute , New York University , Howard University , and Oberlin College . In 1974 he created the Blackbyrds , a fusion group consisting of his best students. They scored several major hits, including "Walking In Rhythm" and "Blackbyrds Theme". |
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