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	Donald Byrd: The Hard Bop Homepage
		After studying composition in Europe (1963-63) Byrd began a career in fl music education, teaching at Rutgers, the Hampton Institute, Howard University, and (after receiving a law degree, 1976) North Carolina Central University; in 1982 he was awarded a doctorate by Columbia Teachers College.
		Following the death of Clifford Brown in 1956, Byrd was for a few years arguably the finest hard-bop trumpeter.
		His best-selling album Black Byrd led to the formation of his students into the Blackbyrds, a hit group of the mid-1970s.
	members.tripod.com /~hardbop/byrd.html (292 words)

	Donald Byrd - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: Donald Byrd was considered one of the finest hard bop trumpeters of the post-Clifford Brown era.
		Byrd's Blue Note debut was 1958's Off to the Races, and he and Adams collaborated on a series of excellent hard bop dates over the next three years, including Byrd in Hand (1959), At the Half Note Cafe, Vols.
		Byrd also began to study African music, inspired partly by the emerging fl-consciousness movement, and became interested in Miles Davis' efforts to woo a younger audience (including Byrd's own students) by experimenting with electronics and funk rhythms.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/164/Donald-Byrd/1012072.html (1090 words)

	DONALD BYRD / ELECTRIC BYRD
		Considered by some to be trumpeter Donald Byrd's last worthwhile jazz recording, Electric Byrd is a high-flying relic from 1970.
		This album can be understood as Byrd's formidable response to the musical challenges set down by trumpet-rival Miles Davis with his epic Bitches Brew recordings from a year earlier.
		Byrd demonstrates on his three originals that he, too, was a force to be reckoned with.
	www.musthear.com /reviews/electricbyrd.html (371 words)

	Dance Review: Donald Byrd Leaps Straight From Jacob Lawrence's Brush (Seattle Weekly)
		It's also one that choreographer Donald Byrd draws on heavily for his contribution to "colôr-ógraphy, n.
		Byrd captures the monumentality of Lawrence's figures, placing the Dayton dancers in friezelike silhouettes reminiscent of Egyptian statuary until they burst into movement.
		Byrd's work has so utterly embraced both the formal and spiritual aspects of Lawrence's work that his dances seem to have sprung from the very paint fallen from Lawrence's brush, rebounding from the floor of his studio and onto the stage in human form.
	www.seattleweekly.com /2007-05-02/arts/donald-byrd-leaps-straight-from-jacob-lawrence-s-brush.php (1790 words)

	Donald Byrd (1932 - )
		Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan.
		Like those artists, trumpeter Donald Byrd experienced scathing attacks by jazz critics when, in the mid-1970s, he moved from electric jazz-fusion to what was basically soul, funk and disco with jazz overtones.
		Both Byrd's own albums of the mid-to-late 1970s and albums he produced for his band The Blackbirds (known for hits like "Rock Creek Park," "Walking In Rhythm," "Do it Fluid" and "Happy People") burned up the soul charts and earned him a whole new audience.
	www.jahsonic.com /DonaldByrd.html (719 words)

	Deep Groove Encyclopedia - Donald Byrd
		Lost in their accusations of "selling out" is the knowledge that Byrd made a conscious decision to direct his music towards a younger audience, whom he saw gravitating towards Sly Stone and James Brown instead of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane.
		Powered be the strong title tune and "Sky High," the album introduced the new Byrd band: Deans Parks or David T. Walker on guitar, Jerry Peters and Freddie Perren on keys, Chuck Rainey on bass, flutist Roger Glenn, drummer Harvey Mason, Fonce on clavinet and trumpet, and Byrd on horn and vocals.
		Byrd has now relaxed into his status as a legend, doing the occasional performance and continuing his drive for education.
	www.allthingsdeep.com /dge/byrd.htm (825 words)

	Donald Byrd @ The Jazz Files
		Donald Byrd was 24 years old and the most likely candidate.
		Born on Dec. 9, 1932 in Detroit, Byrd studied trumpet and composition and graduated from Wayne State University in 1954.
		Byrd created and produced The Blackbyrds, a combo composed of musicians he taught at Howard University in the early '70s and who took the formula further to chart success.
	www.thejazzfiles.com /JazzByrd.htm (397 words)

	Donald Byrd: Byrd In Hand
		Byrd and Adams were certainly aware of the dynamics of the trumpet/baritone sax relationship as posited by Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker, but their take on it was completely their own.
		Byrd’s playing, which was heavily influenced by Clifford Brown, takes the lead, while Adams, playing differently in both tone and style than either of the two contemporary baritone sax models (Mulligan and Serge Chaloff) punctuates the proceedings with his (excuse the pun) peppery commentary.
		Byrd’s “Here Am I” is especially beautiful, offering a vamp-punctuated melody somewhat in the manner of Miles Davis’s “So What.” Walter Davis’s “Bronze Dance” has a 28-bar structure alternating a Latin beat with a full-out swing section, a study in contrasts that works well and gives the soloists ample material to work with.
	www.jazzitude.com /bluenote_byrdinhand.htm (308 words)

	Donald Byrd : Electric Byrd - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Donald Byrd's transitional sessions from 1969-1971 are actually some of the trumpeter's most intriguing work, balancing accessible, funky, Davis-style fusion with legitimate jazz improvisation.
		Electric Byrd, from 1970, is the best of the bunch, as Byrd absorbs the innovations of Bitches Brew and comes up with one of his most consistent fusion sets of any flavor.
		Byrd leads his largest fusion group yet (ten to 11 pieces), featuring many of his cohorts of the time (including Jerry Dodgion, Lew Tabackin, and Frank Foster on various woodwinds).
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,59865,00.html (381 words)

	Byrd / Not A Byrd
		Byrds buffs may remember that when the band first visited England, they were served with an injunction by a British RandB combo called "The Birds." The Birds released four singles on Decca between 1964 and 1966 before breaking up.
		Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II was one of the most distinguished hard bop trumpeters (and an ace on the flugelhorn as well) in the '50s and '60s, when he worked with such luminaries as Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, Red Garland, John Coltrane and Dexter Gordon.
		Byrd, born in 1917, had played in various square dance bands from his teens, and once he entered politics, he used his fiddling skills to attract attention and win votes.
	ebni.com /byrds/relnot.html (1566 words)

	Donald Byrd Discography & Biography, Donald Byrd Albums & CDs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Donald Byrd is considered one of the best hard bop trumpeters, and one of the leading jazz fusion musicians of the 1970s.
		Byrd took a hiatus to study composition in Europe and returned to the US in 1963.
		1958 Donald Byrd and The Cecil Taylor Quartet at...
	www.prex.com /biography/Donald-Byrd-discography.html (1326 words)

	Donald Byrd
		Byrd's career as educator dates back to the 195Os, as does his development an influential player.
		"Byrd formed a group among his Howard students, in an effort to focus attention on fl, be it jazz or funk or anything in-between.
		Byrd's other notable and varied academic achievements include: study in France with the legendary music teacher Nadia Boulanger; key advisory and consultant posts with the Music Program of the National Endowment for the Arts; and recognition as a major collector and supporter of African-American visual artists.
	www.chickenbonebeach.org /dbyrd.htm (410 words)

	Donald Byrd Page
		Byrd studied composition in Europe from 1962-63, then returned to the U.S., where he established himself as an academician, teaching at Rutgers, Howard University, and the Hampton Institute.
		Byrd continued to perform and record, releasing a number of fine straight-ahead Blue Note albums throughout the '60's.
		Byrd recorded a number of heavily produced, pop-oriented albums on which his horn was subjugated by disco-fied vocals and string sections.
	www.soulwalking.co.uk /Donald%20Byrd.html (358 words)

	Donald Byrd News
		Donald Byrd - Published: March 16, 2007 Detroit was producing a lot more than cars in the 1950s: the city was a breeding ground for an impressive number of hard bop giants.
		Donald Byrd was considered one of the finest hard bop trumpeters of the post-Clifford Brown era.
		NEW YORK -- The musical partnership of trumpeter Donald Byrd and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams was one of the most fruitful in modern jazz.
	www.topix.net /who/donald-byrd?scoring=d (471 words)

	Steps on Broadway
		Byrd is the recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Metropolitan Life Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
		Byrd served on the faculty of the California Institute for the Arts for six years, and has taught at Wesleyan University, the School of Visual Arts, Harvard Summer Dance Center, California State University Long Beach, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Ohio University.
		Byrd is currently an associate-artist at the Yale Repertory Theater and serves on the Board of Trustees for Dance Theater Workshop.
	www.stepsnyc.com /faculty/byrd (353 words)

	Swamp Music Record Store - Jazz
		BURRELL KENNY - God bless the child + BONUS TRACKS
		BYRD DONALD - At the half Note Cafe volumes I&II 2CD
		BYRD DONALD & DOUGH WATKINS - The transition sessions
	www.swampmusic.com /product_list.php?c=10 (974 words)

	Grant Green & Donald Byrd - His Majesty King Funk / Up With Donald Byrd - Verve Records
		Don't be scared off by the title of this album; this is not Green's later commercial stuff.
		Produced by Creed Taylor, this is the only album Green did for Verve and perhaps his last real jazz album before several years of inactivity, after which he became somewhat more commercial in his approach.
		The second half of this CD is a reissue of the Donald Byrd album, "Up With Donald Byrd" which includes Jimmy Heath and Stanley Turrentine on tenors along with pianist Herbie Hancock and guitarist Kenny Burrell.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /product.aspx?ob=e&src=vmg&pid=10397 (246 words)

	Donald Byrd: Royal Flush
		Byrd's minimalist, alternately sly and plaintive solo serves to set the stage for the laconic statements of Pepper Adams' baritone sax and Hancock's piano which, contrary to expectations, reveals not the slightest trace of overplaying on what must have felt like a momentous occasion for the recent college graduate.
		If it truly was Ava Gardner who elicited from Sinatra the torch song that has frequently been called his most deeply felt performance, she must have had the same impact on Donald Byrd, who turns in the instrumental equivalent of Sinatra's reading, right down to Old Blue's “breathless” phrasing.
		Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams enjoyed an extended musical partnership, based on personal compatibility and mutual respect for one another's playing.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=23051 (757 words)

	Rolling Stone : Donald Byrd: Electric Byrd : Music Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Donald Byrd has been responsible for some fine jazz The Cat Walk and Christo Redentor being two perennial favorites.
		There is a beautiful south-of-the-border flute solo, in a high mountain vein, by one Hermeto Pascoal, and a fine duet between Moreira and bassist Ron Carter to highlight this track.
		Byrd is together as usual, lean and simple, never using two notes when he can say it with one.
	www.rollingstone.com /artists/donaldbyrd/albums/album/122191/review/5946453/electric_byrd (333 words)

	www.myspace.com/donaldbyrdjazzfunk
		In the early '70s, Byrd perfected a bright, breezy, commercially potent take on fusion that was distinct from Miles Davis, incorporating tighter arrangements and more of a smooth soul influence.
		Opinions on this phase of Byrd's career diverge wildly jazz purists utterly despised it, branding Byrd a sellout and the records a betrayal of talent, but enraptured jazz-funk fans regard it as some of the most innovative, enduring work of its kind.
		As a side note to his musical career, Byrd finished law school in 1976, and went on to teach at North Carolina Central University.Following Caricatures, Byrd parted ways with Blue Note and the Mizell Brothers and moved to Elektra.
	profile.myspace.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=80017302 (1152 words)

	Donald Byrd Biography : Oldies.com
		In the early 50s Byrd studied trumpet and composition and also played in bands during his military service.
		During the 70s, Byrd experimented with jazz rock and achieved some commercial success with his records.
		A leading bop trumpet stylist, Byrd's striking technique and rich and beautiful tone make him one of the most lyrical of his generation of jazzmen.
	www.oldies.com /artist-biography/Donald-Byrd.html (276 words)

	DBLP: Donald Byrd
		Donald Byrd, Megan Schindele: Prospects for Improving OMR with Multiple Recognizers.
		Jon W. Dunn, Donald Byrd, Mark Notess, Jenn Riley, Ryan Scherle: Variations2: retrieving and using music in an academic setting.
		Donald Byrd, Tim Crawford: Problems of music information retrieval in the real world.
	www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/b/Byrd:Donald.html (169 words)

	DONALD BYRD Rare Vinyl Records at Craig Moerer ~ Records By Mail \| Used, Collectible, Vintage and Rare DONALD BYRD ...
		DONALD BYRD Rare Vinyl Records at Craig Moerer ~ Records By Mail
		DONALD BYRD: change (makes you want to hustle), part 1 / mono
		DONALD BYRD: love has come around / same
	www.recordsbymail.com /artistPage.php?artistFirst=DONALD&artistLast=BYRD&s=S (102 words)

	Donald Byrd : Up with Donald Byrd - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Trumpeter Donald Byrd took a brief vacation from Blue Note to record this one album for Verve; it has since been reissued on CD as part of a two-fer put out under guitarist Grant Green's name.
		The music is mostly pretty forgettable despite such top sidemen as tenors Stanley Turrentine and Jimmy Heath, pianist Herbie Hancock and guitarist Kenny Burrell.
		Byrd mostly sticks to current pop tunes and most of the songs utilize a rather average vocal group listed as "The Donald Byrd Singers." The arrangements by Claus Ogerman, Byrd and Hancock are unimaginative and these renditions of "House of the Rising Sun," "My Babe" and a few of Hancock's originals are quite forgettable.
	www.artistdirect.com /store/artist/album/0,,59894,00.html (219 words)

	Performance: Ahmad Jamal and special guests Donald Byrd and Jimmy Heath Mar 9, 2007
		Performance: Ahmad Jamal and special guests Donald Byrd and Jimmy Heath Mar 9, 2007
		Ahmad Jamal and special guests Donald Byrd and Jimmy Heath
		Joining Jamal for this rare concert are two fellow NEA Jazz Masters: hard-bop, jazz fusion, and RandB trumpeter Donald Byrd and tenor saxophonist and flutist Jimmy Heath.
	kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=MHJBB (303 words)

	Donald Byrd - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		Donald Byrd was no stranger to Blue Note sessions by December 1958 when this album was made, but this was his first for the label as a leader and the beginning of a relationship that lasted until 1976.
		For the occasion, the trumpeter brought in two of his closest associates, Jackie McLean and Pepper Adams.
		The material, mostly from Donald Byrd's pen, is prime hard-bop with variety and imagination.
	earthlink.com.com /donaldbyrd/3600-8486_32-100017869.html (234 words)

	Playbill News: Donald Byrd to Choreograph The Color Purple Musical for Broadway Run
		Donald Byrd, head of Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theater, will replace Avenue Q hoofer Ken Roberson, as the choreographer for the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of The Color Purple, according to production spokespersons.
		The new musical based on the well-known Alice Walker novel (which inspired the better-known film) made its world premiere at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre in fall 2004 and was expected to reach New York this fall, but is now aiming for a Broadway berth in spring 2006, a rep recently told Playbill.com.
		Byrd joins The Color Purple creative team which includes musical director Linda Twine (Caroline, or Change), orchestrator Jonathan Tunick (Nine) and designers John Lee Beatty (scenic), Brian MacDevitt (lighting), Paul Tazewell (costume) and Jon Weston (sound).
	www.playbill.com /news/article/91800.html (604 words)

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