Donald Byrd
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Donald Byrd (Detroit, 9 dicembre 1932) è un trombettista jazz statunitense.
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Influenzato agli inizi da trombettisti come Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown e Miles Davis, nel corso del tempo ha elaborato un proprio stile originale. Dopo la morte di Clifford Brown, Byrd diventa uno dei trombettisti hard bop di maggior rilievo.
Dopo aver studiato alla Manhattan School of Music si unisce nel 1950 ai Jazz Messengers di Art Blakey e raggiunge il successo. Suona in pieno sviluppo dell'hard bop, con John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins e Thelonious Monk...
Nel 1958 forma un suo gruppo, incide e va in tournèe fino agli anni Sessanta. Nel 1961 si cimenta nel free jazz con il disco Free Form. Nel 1971 riceve la cattedra dal Dipartimento di Black Music alla Howard University di Washington e nel 1973 incide il disco Black Byrd che diventa il più venduto nella storia della casa discografica Blue Note.
Continua a essere presente sulla scena jazz dividendosi tra insegnamento e concerti.
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Donald Byrd Discography - 1950s Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 1955 First Flight: Yusef Lateef with Donald Byrd Delmark
- 1955 Long Green Savoy
- 1955 Byrd's Word Savoy Jazz
- 1956 Two Trumpets Prestige
- 1956 September Afternoon Discovery
- 1956 The Jazz Message Of... Savoy
- 1957 Modern Jazz Perspective (Jazz Lab, Vol. 2) Columbia
- 1957 Jazz Lab Jubilee
- 1957 Star Eyes Savoy
- 1958 Three Trumpets Original Jazz
- 1958 Off to the Races Blue Note
- 1959 Byrd in Hand Blue Note
- 1959 Fuego Import
Donald Byrd Discography - 1960s Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 1960 Byrd in Flight Blue Note
- 1960 Stardust Bethlehem
- 1960 Motor City Scene Rhino
- 1961 Chant Blue Note
- 1961 The Cat Walk Blue Note
- 1961 Royal Flush Blue Note
- 1961 Free Form Blue Note
- 1962 Groovin' for Nat 1201 Music
- 1963 A New Perspective EMI
- 1964 Up with Donald Byrd Verve
- 1964 I'm Tryin' to Get Home Blue Note
- 1966 Mustang! Blue Note
- 1967 Blackjack Blue Note
- 1967 Slow Drag Japanese
- 1967 The Creeper Blue Note
- 1969 Fancy Free Blue Note
- 1969 Kofi Blue Note
Donald Byrd Discography - 1970s Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 1970 Electric Byrd Blue Note
- 1971 Ethiopian Knights Blue Note
- 1972 Black Byrd Blue Note
- 1973 Street Lady Blue Note
- 1974 Stepping into Tomorrow Blue Note
- 1975 Places and Spaces Blue Note
- 1976 Caricatures Blue Note
- 1978 Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) Elektra
Donald Byrd Discography - 1980-00s Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 1981 Love Byrd: Donald Byrd and 125th St, N.Y.C. Discovery
- 1983 Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes Elektra
- 1987 Harlem Blues Landmark
- 1989 Getting Down to Business Landmark
- 1991 A City Called Heaven Landmark
- 2000 Touchstone Starburst
- 2002 The Transition Sessions Blue Note
- 2003 Out of This World Import
Donald Byrd Discography - 1950s Compilation Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 1955 Byrd Jazz Transition
- 1955 Byrd's Eye View Transition
- 1956 House of Byrd Prestige
- 1957 Early Byrd Columbia
- 1957 Young Byrd Milestone
- 1957 Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill Transition
Donald Byrd Discography - 1960s Compilation Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 1961 Hip-Intertainment, Vol. 1 VGM
- 1963 Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd Josie
- 1963 Body & Soul New Jazz
- 1966 Early Byrd: The Best of the Jazz Soul Years Blue Note
Donald Byrd Discography - 1990s Compilation Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 1992 The Best of Donald Byrd Blue Note
- 1995 Jazz Lab/Modern Jazz Perspective Collectables
- 1998 Blue Breakbeats Blue Note
- 1998 Landmarks Savoy Jazz
Donald Byrd Discography - 2000s Compilation Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 2000 The Third World Collectables
- 2000 Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams... Mosaic x
- 2002 Timeless Donald Byrd Savoy Jazz
- 2003 1961
- 2003 Essential EMI
- 2004 Soul of Jazz Percussion Fresh Sound
- 2005 Au Chat Qui Peche Fresh Sound
Donald Byrd Discography - 1950s-60s Live Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 1958 Jazz in Paris: Donald Byrd Quintet Parisian... Universal
- 1958 Jazz in Paris: Byrd in Paris Verve
- 1958 Donald Byrd & The Cecil Taylor Quartet at...
- 1960 Donald Byrd at the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 1-2 Blue Note
- 1960 Donald Byrd at the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 1 Blue Note
- 1960 Donald Byrd at the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 2 Capitol
Donald Byrd Discography - 1990s-00s Live Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs
- 1992 Au Chat qui Peche, 1958 Fresh Sound
- 2003 At the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 2 Toshiba-EMI
- 2003 At the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 1 Blue Note
- 2004 At the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 1-2 Blue Note
Donald Byrd Discography - Donald Byrd Albums & Donald Byrd CDs - The Blackbyrds
- Blackbyrds (1973) Producer
- Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) Composer
- City Life/Unfinished Business (1975) Producer
- Greatest Hits (1989) Producer
- Action/Better Days (1995) Trumpet, Producer
- Blackbyrds/Flying Start (1995) Vocals, Producer
- The Blackbyrds & Charles... At the Movies (2001) Producer
