You can almost feel the heat off the Harlem (or neighbourhood) pavement from these tunes. There's a sultriness to these vibes that recalls hot summer breezes, just hanging out, and the natural horniness that days like that arouses. A very outdoor groove abounds here, with instrumentation and chord progressions that recall blaxploitation soundtracks, but with greater flair and always with the lightness of spirit and sheer delight in life that Byrd exhibits so flawlessly in his more upbeat offerings. Easy perhaps to overlook as a funky background music, it's actually an accomplished affair and another example of Byrd's mastery of creating atmosphere.

Be not afraid, musicheads. You may expect these tough ladies to be guarding MilesOn the Corner. In reality, they are hanging with Donald Byrd, right here.The comparison is one of opposites. While Miles was creating a pitch black, funky improvisational brew in the first half of the 1970s Byrd made a melodic, chipper funk, filled with flutes, voices, and his own sailing trumpet, You can even draw the opposition down to the playing: Miles spitting minimal wha wha nails, and Byrd sailing over the top with the same cheer as a bop record.Byrd started this template withBlackbyrd--smooth jazz when the term meant chirping grooves provided by aces like bassist Chuck Rainy and, here, drummer Harvey Mason, and did not mean digital vanilla.There is plenty of flavor-- and substance--to go around on this too often overlooked branch of 1970s jazz, and if you have dismissed music such as Street Lady, you just ain't listening.

Purchased the cart 6/2009. Have used it once weekly since that time to tote books and materials between my schools. The box part is fine, seems sturdy enough. However the handle broke as I was pulling the cart the other day. I sent an email to the company (dbest) on Wed. 2/24/11 but have not yet heard back from them (2/26/11). No phone number on the website.

I've had many of these types of carts over the years. They are by their nature cheap. I go through one about every 6 months or so. This one however only lasted about 2 weeks. Well below the average for these things. Choose another brand.

We purchased several of these for work. The first shipment, two out of three were broken. We returned the two and when we got the replacements, they were both broken. We received the next shipment, one was okay and one was broken. The final shipment came, and it was in the worst shape of any of the others we had received. If the product can't even survive shipping, I have no confidence that it would survive every day use!

I'm very disappointed in this product - it is not the quality product that the seller claims it to be. The instructions for putting it together are inconsistent with the product. The product seems to be of "cheap" quality. There are pieces broken off several of the sections. I am not a happy customer.