Byrd
An ambitious fusion artist, Donald Byrd is a jazz trumpeter who became an important figure pioneering jazz fusion with funk and soul music, enjoying a number of hits with tracks such as Happy Music, Walking In Rhythm and Rock Creek Park. The son of a Methodist minister who was also a musician, Byrd started young, playing with Lionel Hampton while still at high school and played in a military band during a spell in the US Air Force. He achieved a Masters Degree at Manhattan School of Music, where he also joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, working with the likes of John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins. In 1958 he formed his own quintet with sax player Pepper Adams and was regarded as one of the top figures in hard bop when he experimented with a mixture of jazz and R&B; teaming up with Larry and Fonce Mizell for the influential Blue Note album Black Byrd album in 1972. Other important Byrd albums include Ethiopian Knights (1971), Love Byrd (1981) and Harlem Blues (1987) and while jazz purists regarded his modern innovations as a betrayal of his natural talent, he became the hero to a new generation. His work became popular on remixes and he became an iconic figure in the new acid house genre while Byrd himself became much in demand as a teacher (his band The Blackbyrds was drawn from his students at Howard University).
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Flying Beyond the 9
Miscellaneous - Released by Lion Music on 1 Jan 2001
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FEEL THE RUSH
Techno - Released by Techniche Recordings on 16 Jan 2024
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Nobody Knows
Techno - Released by Techniche Recordings on 20 Jun 2023
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HIGHER EXPERIENCE
Techno - To be released on 21 May 2024 by Techniche Recordings
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What You Are
Electronic - Released by Carlos Peralta & BYRD on 29 Mar 2024
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Gettin' to the Paper (feat. Young Greatness)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Byrd on 11 Jan 2016
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Stunt Down (feat. Zoe Realla)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Byrd on 20 Dec 2016
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Impala Music (feat. Drinkard)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Iconn Records - Phreshmerchandize on 27 Nov 2011
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Face Full of Snow
Dance - Released by BIRDHOUSE RECORDS on 24 Mar 2023
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Neva Turnin Back Prelude
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Bentley Records on 14 Jan 2021
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Come On Come On
Dance - Released by BIRDHOUSE RECORDS on 25 Oct 2022
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Bands (feat. Mula Pugh)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Byrd on 15 Oct 2015
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