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Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II [1] (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. [2] A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist.
Feb 11, 2013 · Donald Byrd, one of the leading jazz trumpeters of the 1950s and early 1960s, who became both successful and controversial in the 1970s by blending jazz, funk and rhythm and blues into a...
The Very Best of Donald Byrd (Full Album) Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist....
Donald Byrd. A leading bop trumpet stylist with biting, dynamic lines and a crackling sound, later a champion of jazz/R&B crossover during the 1970s. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 2010s. Born. December 9, 1932 in Detroit, MI. Died.
Donald Byrd was considered one of the finest hard bop trumpeters of the post-Clifford Brown era. He recorded prolifically as both a leader and sideman from the mid-’50s into the mid-’60s, most often for Blue Note, where he established a reputation as a solid stylist with a clean tone, clear articulation, and a knack for melodicism.
Dec 9, 2023 · The best Donald Byrd pieces took the trumpeter's jazz music out of tiny clubs and up the R&B charts…and even onto the dance floor.
Feb 11, 2013 · The trumpeter and educator Donald Byrd, a top jazz practitioner in the '50s and '60s whose later work shaped black pop music through multiple generations, died Feb. 4 in Dover, Del. Haley Funeral...
Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux. Donald Byrd · Album. Updated 2 days ago. View full playlist. 41 songs.
Donald Byrd came on strong in the late 50s as a rising star in the world of hard bop. He cut records with some of the best, including Quincy Jones, Phil Woods, Herbie Hancock, Pepper Adams and many more.
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