Artist: Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd
Aliases
Donald Byrd Quintet
Real name
Donald Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II
Born
December 9, 1932
Died
February 4, 2013
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz, R&B, and funk trumpet player.

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Paul Chambers 1955 (20 artists)
2 (Fallin' Like) Dominoes Donald Byrd 1976 Sampled by Ice Cube
3 Flight Time Donald Byrd 1972 Sampled by Nas
4 Jeannine Donald Byrd 1960 Gene Harris Quartet
Sampled by US3
5 Stepping Into Tomorrow Donald Byrd 1975 Sampled by US3
6 Think Twice Donald Byrd 1974 Erykah Badu
Sampled by (3 artists)
7 Wind Parade Donald Byrd 1976 Sampled by (3 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 52nd Street Theme Donald Byrd Quintet 1959 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
2 Blue Monk Donald Byrd 1988 Thelonious Monk Trio
3 Boom Boom Donald Byrd 1965 John Lee Hooker
4 Cantalope Island Donald Byrd 1965 Herbie Hancock
5 Cute Donald Byrd 1962 Count Basie
6 Dancing in the Dark Donald Byrd 1956 John Barker
7 Dearly Beloved Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982
8 Dewey Square Lou Donaldson With Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Sonny Clark, George Joyner, Art Taylor 1958 Charlie Parker Quintet
9 Groovin' High Lou Donaldson With Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Sonny Clark, George Joyner, Art Taylor 1958 Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker
10 Harlem Blues Donald Byrd 1988
11 House of the Rising Sun Donald Byrd 1965 Ashley and Foster
12 I Get Along Without You Very Well Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982 Dick Powell
13 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good Donald Byrd 1966 Ivie Anderson
14 I'm a Fool to Want You Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982 Frank Sinatra
15 I'm a Fool to Want You Donald Byrd 1962 Frank Sinatra
16 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) Donald Byrd 1976 The Temptations
17 Lazy Afternoon Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982 Kaye Ballard & Jonathan Lucas
18 Love Is the Sweetest Thing Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982 Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra
19 Love for Sale Donald Byrd 1981 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend
20 Lover Come Back to Me Donald Byrd 1959 Evelyn Herbert
21 My Babe Donald Byrd 1965 Little Walter and His Jukes - Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet
22 Parisian Thoroughfare Donald Byrd 1956 Bud Powell
23 Salt Peanuts Donald Byrd Quintet 1959 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
24 Secret Love Donald Byrd 1968 Doris Day
25 See See Rider Donald Byrd 1965 Ma Rainey Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
26 Someday My Prince Will Come Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982 Adriana Caselotti
27 Someone to Watch Over Me Donald Byrd 1955 Gertrude Lawrence
28 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Donald Byrd 1965
29 Star Dust Donald Byrd Quintet 1959 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
30 Star Eyes Donald Byrd 1955 Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly With Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
31 Stardust Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
32 The Touch of Your Lips Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
33 We'll Be Together Again Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Jerome Richardson, Paul Chambers 1955 Frankie Laine and Carl Fischer's Orchestra
34 When Your Lover Has Gone Donald Byrd 1959
35 Willow Weep For Me Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers 1955 Ted FioRito & His Orchestra
36 Witchcraft Donald Byrd 1959 Frank Sinatra
37 Woody'n You Donald Byrd 1956 Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 At the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 2 Donald Byrd 1960 Blue Note
2 Black Byrd Donald Byrd 1972 Blue Note
3 Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Jerome Richardson, Paul Chambers 1955 Savoy
4 Byrd in Hand Donald Byrd 1959 Blue Note
5 Byrd Jazz Donald Byrd 1956 Transition
6 Byrd's Word Donald Byrd 1955 Savoy
7 The Cat Walk Donald Byrd 1962 Blue Note
8 Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. Donald Byrd 1981 Elektra
9 Harlem Blues Donald Byrd 1988 Landmark Records
10 Lou Takes Off Lou Donaldson With Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Sonny Clark, George Joyner, Art Taylor 1958 Blue Note
11 Mustang! Donald Byrd 1966 Blue Note
12 Off to the Races Donald Byrd 1959 Blue Note
13 Parisian Thoroughfare Donald Byrd Quintet 1959 Brunswick Records
14 Places and Spaces Donald Byrd 1976 Blue Note
15 Royal Flush Donald Byrd 1962 Blue Note
16 September Afternoon Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982 Discovery Records
17 Slow Drag Donald Byrd 1968 Blue Note
18 Stepping Into Tomorrow Donald Byrd 1974 Blue Note
19 Stepping Into Tomorrow Donald Byrd 1975 Blue Note
20 Up With Donald Byrd Donald Byrd 1965 Verve

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