Latest Release
- 5 OCT 2023
- 6 Songs
- Byrd In Flight (Remastered) · 1960
- Off to the Races · 1958
- Best Jazz 100 · 1965
- Byrd In Flight (Remastered) · 1960
- Kiss: Essential Late Night Jazz · 1999
- Fuego (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) · 1958
- Blue Note 101: A Jazz Introduction · 1963
- Places & Spaces · 1975
- First Flight · 1971
- Original Jazz Sound: Wailing with Lou · 1957
Essential Albums
- 1975
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013
Music Videos
Artist Playlists
- The trumpeter went from bop to funk and back.
- Explore the influence of this iconic artist.
- Their original tunes have been the source material for some of modern music’s biggest hits.
- The trumpet master could hang in nearly any style.
- An agile sideman, he nailed every recording gig.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
- 2011
- 2010
Appears On
- The Red Garland Quintet
About Donald Byrd
A jazz trumpeter known for his impeccable technique, suave phrasing and luminous tone, Donald Byrd began and ended his career in the field of hard bop. In between, this highly respected jazz educator at Howard University achieved jazz-pop crossover stardom. Born Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II in 1932, he arrived in New York at age 22 and succeeded Clifford Brown in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He went on to perform with John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Herbie Hancock—whose appearance on Byrd's 1961 Blue Note release, Royal Flush, marked the pianist's debut. In 1973, Byrd hit the pop charts with Black Byrd: A jazz/funk/R&B blend produced by two of his former students, the album launched the hit single "Walking in Rhythm" and became Blue Note's best-selling release to date. Byrd continued to explore fusion until 1987, when he released Harlem Blues, the first of three mostly hard-bop albums that provided a fitting bookend to a remarkable career.
- HOMETOWN
- Detroit, MI, United States
- BORN
- 9 de dezembro de 1932
- GENRE
- Jazz