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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Background information
Birth name Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II
Born December 9, 1932 (1932-12-09) (age 75)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genre(s) Jazz, Rhythm and blues, Funk
Instrument(s) Trumpet

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Contents

Biography

Early life and education

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Byrd attended Cass Technical High School. Lewis Cass Technical High School is a four-year High school in Detroit Michigan. He performed with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. Lionel Leo Hampton ( April 20, 1908 &ndash August 31, 2002) was an American Jazz Vibraphonist, Percussionist After playing in a military band during a term in the United States Air Force, he obtained a bachelor's degree in music from Wayne State University and a master's degree from Manhattan School of Music. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center. The Manhattan School of Music is a Music conservatory located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and

Playing career

While still at the Manhattan School he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, replacing Clifford Brown. Arthur (Art Blakey ( October 11 1919 &ndash October 16 1990) born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Clifford Brown ( October 30, 1930 &ndash June 26, 1956) aka " Brownie," was an influential and highly rated In 1955, he recorded with Jackie McLean and Mal Waldron. John Lenwood (Jackie McLean ( May 17 1931 &ndash March 31 2006; some sources erroneously give 1932 as his year of birth was an American Malcolm Earl Waldron ( August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American Jazz and World music Pianist After leaving the Jazz Messengers in 1956 he performed with a wide variety of highly regarded jazz musicians, including John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, and Thelonious Monk. Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7 1930 in New York City) is an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer. In June 1964, Byrd jammed with jazz legend Eric Dolphy in Paris just two weeks before Dolphy's tragic death from insulin shock. Eric Allan Dolphy ( June 20, 1928 &ndash June 29, 1964) was an American Jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and

In the 1970s, he moved away from his previous hard-bop jazz base and began to record jazz fusion, Jazz-funk, soul-Jazz, and rhythm and blues. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Hard bop is a style of Jazz that is an extension of Bebop (or "bop" music Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly Teaming up with the Mizell Brothers, they produced Black Byrd, which was enormously successful and became Blue Note Records' highest-ever selling album. The Mizell Brothers were a highly influential production team in the 1970s consisting of Larry and Alphonzo Mizell. Black Byrd is a 1972 album by Donald Byrd, which was enormously successful and became Blue Note Records' highest-ever selling album The Mizell Brothers follow-up production albums for Byrd, Places and Spaces, Steppin' Into Tomorrow and Street Lady were also big sellers, and have subsequently provided a rich source of samples for acid jazz artists such as Us3. Us3 is a Jazz-rap group founded in London in 1991. Their name was inspired by a Horace Parlan recording produced by Alfred Lion, the

In 1993, Byrd teamed up with Gang Starr MC Guru for the track "Loungin'" on the Jazzmatazz project. Gangstar redirects here For the video game see Gangstar Crime City. Guru (born Keith Edward Elam, July 17 1966 is an American Rapper, and the lyrical half of the hip-hop group Gang Starr, together with Jazzmatazz Vol 1 is a Jazz rap album by Alternative hip hop artist Guru, released on May 18, 1993 (see 1993 in music

As a music educator

He has taught music at Rutgers University, the Hampton Institute, New York University, Howard University, and Oberlin College. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton Virginia, United States. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. Howard University is a private, Coeducational Nonsectarian University located in Washington D Oberlin College is a private Liberal arts college in Oberlin Ohio. In 1974 he created the Blackbyrds, a fusion group consisting of his best students. The Blackbyrds is a former Rhythm and blues and Jazz-funk fusion group formed in Washington D They scored several major hits including "Rock Creek Park", "Walking In Rhythm" and "Blackbyrds Theme".

Byrd lives in Teaneck, New Jersey. Teaneck (ˈtiːnɛk is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and is a Suburb in the New York metropolitan area. [1]

Discography

Leader

Sideman

References

  1. ^ The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats, The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2004

External links

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