Donald Byrd

American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist (1932–2013)

Born: 9 December 1932
Detroit
Died: 4 February 2013
Dover
Country: United States
Record labels: Columbia Records, Blue Note, Elektra
Discography: 53 albums

Biography

Donald Byrd was a jazz musician who played trumpet. Donald Byrd was born on 9 December 1932 in Detroit and died on 4 February 2013 in Dover. The music is usually filed under jazz, soul and rhythm and blues. Record labels: Columbia Records, Blue Note and Elektra. The discography here lists 53 albums, from “Byrds Eye View” (1955) to “Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux” (2022). Honours include NEA Jazz Masters and Bessie Awards.

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie Hancock and many others.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Byrds Eye View 1955 · Esquire Records Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 1956 · Blue Note Byrd Jazz 1956 · Transition Byrd's Word 1956 · Savoy Records Jazz Lab 1957 · Columbia Modern Jazz Perspective 1957 · Columbia This Is New 1957 · Riverside Byrd in Hand 1959 · Blue Note Off to the Races 1959 · Blue Note At the Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 1960 · Live · Blue Note Byrd in Flight 1960 · Blue Note Fuego 1960 · Blue Note Motor City Scene 1960 · Bethlehem Records The Third World 1960 · Warwick At the Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 1961 · Live · Blue Note Royal Flush 1961 · Blue Note The Cat Walk 1962 · Blue Note A New Perspective 1963 · Blue Note Up With Donald Byrd 1964 · Verve Body & Soul 1965 I’m Tryin’ to Get Home 1965 · Blue Note Free Form 1966 · Blue Note Mustang! 1966 · Blue Note Blackjack 1967 · Blue Note Slow Drag 1967 · Blue Note Fancy Free 1969 · Blue Note Electric Byrd 1970 · Blue Note Ethiopian Knights 1972 · Blue Note Black Byrd 1973 · Blue Note Street Lady 1973 · Blue Note Places and Spaces 1975 · Blue Note Stepping Into Tomorrow 1975 · Blue Note Caricatures 1976 · Blue Note Thank You ... For F.U.M.L (Funking Up My Life) 1978 · Elektra Chant 1979 · Blue Note The Creeper 1981 · Blue Note Classic Harlem Blues 1988 · Landmark Records

First Flight 1990

Getting Down to Business 1990 · Landmark Records A City Called Heaven 1991 · Landmark Records Kofi 1995 · Blue Note At the Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 1997 · Live · Blue Note Winterset 1999 · West Wind Byrdhouse 2000 Jazz in Paris: Byrd in Paris 2000 · Live · Gitanes Jazz Productions The Donald Byrd Collection 2000 Timeless 2002 · Savoy Jazz Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions, Volume 1 2006 · Lone Hill Jazz Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions, Volume 2 2006 · Lone Hill Jazz Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions, Volume 3 2006 · Lone Hill Jazz

Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston September 4th 1973 2014 · Live

Cannes ‘58 2022 · Live · Sam Records Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux 2022 · Live · Blue Note

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Albums where Donald Byrd is credited as a sideman

1955	Bohemia After Dark — Kenny Clarke, “Cannonball” Adderley, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Jerome Richardson & Paul Chambers	trumpet
1955	The Hank Jones Quartet-Quintet — Hank Jones	trumpet
1956	2 Trumpets — Art Farmer & Donald Byrd	trumpet
1956	The Young Bloods — Phil Woods & Donald Byrd	trumpet
1956	With Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan — Hank Mobley	trumpet
1956	The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley — Hank Mobley	trumpet
1956	Mobley's Message — Hank Mobley	trumpet
1956	Jammin' With Gene — Gene Ammons	trumpet
1956	4, 5 and 6 — Jackie McLean	trumpet
1957	Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 — Sonny Rollins	trumpet
1957	2 Guitars — Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney	trumpet
1957	All Day Long — Kenny Burrell	trumpet
1957	All Night Long — Kenny Burrell	trumpet
1957	Paul Chambers Quintet — Paul Chambers	trumpet
1957	Jazz Message #2 — Hank Mobley	trumpet
1957	A Date With Jimmy Smith, Volume 2 — Jimmy Smith	trumpet
1957	The Cool Voice of Rita Reys — Rita Reys with the Jazz Messengers and Wessel Ilcken Combo	trumpet
1957	Taylor's Wailers — Art Taylor	trumpet
1957	New Formulas From the Jazz Lab — Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd	trumpet
1957	Jazz Eyes — John Jenkins, Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor	trumpet
1958	Legrand Jazz — Michel Legrand	trumpet
1958	Lou Takes Off — Lou Donaldson	trumpet
1958	Winner’s Circle — Oscar Pettiford & The Winner’s Circle musicians	trumpet
1958	Johnny Griffin Sextet — Johnny Griffin	trumpet
1958	Sonny’s Crib — Sonny Clark	trumpet
1959	Hamp's Big Band — Lionel Hampton	trumpet
1959	Sings Ballads of the Sad Cafe — Chris Connor	trumpet
1959	New Soil — Jackie McLean	trumpet
1959	The New York Scene — George Wallington, Phil Woods, Donald Byrd	trumpet
1959	Davis Cup — Walter Davis Jr.	trumpet