Donald Byrd

USA

Born: 09 December 1932

Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Jazz, R&B

Styles: Funk, R&B/Soul, Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Soul Jazz/Groove, Bop, Hard Bop, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop, Modal Music

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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. Toward the end of the '60s, Byrd became fascinated with Miles Davis' move into fusion, and started recording his own forays into the field. In the early '70s, with the help of brothers Larry and Fonce Mizell, Byrd pe...

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