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Donald Byrd

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Aliases
Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. ‎
Donald Byrd Quintet
Donald Byrd Sextet
Real name
Donald Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II
Born
December 9, 1932
Died
February 4, 2013
Country
United States
IPI
00004721815 13 works
4721815 1 work
00221854976 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz, R&B, and funk trumpet player.
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
i September 1960 The Lou Bennett Quartet
i 1967 Enrico Crivellaro
i 1955 (51 artists)
i 1968 (8 artists)
i February 1964 (5 artists)
i February 1964 (19 artists)
i 1957 Joe Cohn
i 1969 (5 artists)
i October 1966 Mike LeDonne
i 1960 (2 artists)
i 1955 (3 artists)
i 1962 (2 artists)
i 1956 Gary Smulyan
i September 1962 Jim Rotondi
i April 1957 (211 artists)
i  REC November 1963 (65 artists)
Originally by Cannonball Adderley Quintet REL
Sampled by US3
i September 1962 (2 artists)
i 1960 (2 artists)
i 1958 Jon Mayer Trio
i September 1962 Peter Zak
i 1958 Zaid Nasser
i 1990 (5 artists)
i The Third Art Farmer & Donald Byrd January 1957 Unverified
1974 (2 artists)
Sampled by (3 artists)

Covers by Donald Byrd

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1959 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i All the Things You Are Donald Byrd 1983 Unverified
i 1988 James Williams
i   1987 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
i April 1965 Herbie Hancock
i 1988 Thelonious Monk Trio
April 1965 John Lee Hooker
i   1956 Miles Davis and His Orchestra PRF,REC,REL
i April 1965 Herbie Hancock
i January 1957 Jackie McLean Quintet
i 1962 Count Basie & His Orchestra
i   1956 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
1976 Martha & The Vandellas
i 1961 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1982 Fred Astaire & Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
i 1958 Joel Mossberg
i 1958 Charlie Parker Quintet
i 1956 Charlie Parker Quintet
i January 1957 Miles Davis
i 1955 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i October 1967 Duke Pearson
i Formidable Donald Byrd Quintet 1959 Unverified
i 1997 Milt Jackson
i 1958 Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker
i 1988 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1988 Randy Weston
i April 1965 Ashley and Foster
i   1956 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Lawrence REL, Rex Weber PRF
i   1982 (unknown), Dick Powell PRF, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain REC
i   October 1967 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
i   1990 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
i September 1962 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
i 1982 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
i 1958 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i 1979 Bing Crosby, Leonid Kinskey, Martha Raye, Bob Burns and Louis Prima with The Sons of the Pioneers
i   1956 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain REC, Dennis King PRF
i   1958 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
i It Might as Well Be Spring Donald Byrd 1983 Unverified
i 1961 Nat King Cole - With Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Nelson Riddle
1976 The Temptations [US1]
i 1982 Kaye Ballard
i April 1957 Randy Weston Trio Plus Cecil Payne
i 1956 Joe Sullivan [US1]
  1981 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i   1982 Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC, Jack Payne & His Band BRD,REL
i   March 1959 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1956 Billie Holiday
i 1979 Clare Fischer
i   1987 Henry Mancini REC,REL,BRD
i   1961 Henry Mancini REC,REL,BRD
April 1965 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
i My Funny Valentine Donald Byrd 1983 Unverified
i   1968 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
i April 1957 Gigi Gryce Quartet
i   1961 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i April 1957 Judy Garland
i 1956 Bud Powell
i 1958 Sonny Rollins Quartet
i   1956 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
i 1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1990 Bobby Hutcherson
i 1958 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i January 1957 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1959 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
i April 1957 Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce
i   1968 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
April 1965 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
i 1956 Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell
i 1957 Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce
i   1982 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i   1955 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
April 1965 (unknown)
i 1979 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i April 1957 Gigi Gryce Orchestra
i 1957 The New Miles Davis Quintet
i 1982 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i 1959 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i   1955 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   1956 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i 1979 Nat "King" Cole
i 1958 Clifford Brown & Max Roach
i 1956 John Payne & Joan Merrill
i 1982 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
i Two Bass Hit Donald Byrd Quintet 1959 Unverified
i 1955 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 1956 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i 1956 Victor Young
i November 1963 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
i January 1957 Gene Austin
i 1955 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1959 Frank Sinatra
i 1956 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
April 1965 Gale Garnett - Arr. & Cond. by Claus Ogerman

Sampled songs

Title Performer Release date Info
1976 Sampled by Ice Cube
i 1972 Sampled by Nas
i  REC November 1963 Covered by (65 artists)
Originally by Cannonball Adderley Quintet REL
Sampled by US3
i 1974 Sampled by US3
1974 Covered by (2 artists)
Sampled by (3 artists)
1976 Sampled by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
2 Trumpets Art Farmer & Donald Byrd January 1957 Prestige [US]
A New Perspective Donald Byrd February 1964 Blue Note
At the Half Note Cafe - Volume 2 Donald Byrd November 1963 Blue Note
Black Byrd Donald Byrd 1972 Blue Note
Blackjack Donald Byrd 1967 Blue Note
Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Jerome Richardson, Paul Chambers 1955 Savoy Records
Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill Donald Byrd 1956 Transition
Byrd in Flight Donald Byrd 1960 Blue Note
Byrd in Hand Donald Byrd 1959 Blue Note
Byrd in Paris Donald Byrd Quintet 1958 Brunswick
Byrd Jazz Donald Byrd 1956 Transition
Byrd's Eye View Donald Byrd 1955 Transition
Byrd's Word Donald Byrd 1955 Savoy Records
Caricatures Donald Byrd 1976 Blue Note
Chant Donald Byrd 1979 Blue Note
Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. ‎ 1979 Elektra
Donald Byrd at the Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 [Reissue] Donald Byrd 1987 Blue Note
Fancy Free Donald Byrd 1969 Blue Note
Free Form Donald Byrd October 1966 Blue Note
Fuego Donald Byrd with Jackie McLean, Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins and Lex Humphries September 1960 Blue Note
Getting Down to Business Donald Byrd Sextet 1990 Landmark Records
Harlem Blues Donald Byrd 1988 Landmark Records
Jazz Lab Gigi Gryce - Donald Byrd 1958 Jubilee
Jazz Lab Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce April 1957 Columbia [US]
Lou Takes Off Lou Donaldson with Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Sonny Clark, George Joyner, Art Taylor 1958 Blue Note
Love Byrd Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. ‎ 1981 Elektra
Modern Jazz Perspective Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce 1957 Columbia [US]
Mustang Donald Byrd October 1967 Blue Note
Mustang! Donald Byrd 1997 Blue Note
Off to the Races Donald Byrd March 1959 Blue Note
Out of This World Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet 1961 Warwick [US]
Parisian Thoroughfare Donald Byrd Quintet 1959 Brunswick
Places and Spaces Donald Byrd 1976 Blue Note
Royal Flush Donald Byrd September 1962 Blue Note
September Afternoon Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and Strings 1982 Discovery Records [US1]
Slow Drag Donald Byrd 1968 Blue Note
Stepping Into Tomorrow Donald Byrd 1974 Blue Note
The Cat Walk Donald Byrd 1962 Blue Note
The Jazz Message Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Ronnie Ball, Doug Watkins, Kenny Clarke ‎ 1956 Savoy Records
The Young Bloods Phil Woods and Donald Byrd 1956 Prestige [US]
Three Trumpets Art Farmer / Donald Byrd / Idrees Sulieman 1957 Prestige [US]
Up with Donald Byrd Donald Byrd April 1965 Verve Records

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