Person · American jazz trumpeter
Donald Byrd
Albums
140
Members
8
Active
1932–2013
Origin
United States
Biography
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd is also notable for his influential role in the early career of renowned keyboard player and composer Herbie Hancock.
Discography
Bohemia After Dark
Byrds Eye View
2 Trumpets
Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill
Byrd Jazz
Byrd Jazz
Byrd's Eye View
Byrd's Word
The Jazz Message Of
The Young Bloods
Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill
Jazz Eyes
Jazz Lab
Modern Jazz Perspective
New Formulas From the Jazz Lab
This Is New
Wailing With Lou
Jazz Lab
Byrd in Hand
Off to the Races
The New York Scene
At the Half Note Cafe, Volume 2
Byrd in Flight
Fuego
Motor City Scene
Soul Junction
The Third World
At the Half Note Cafe, Volume 1
At The Half Note Cafe (Volume 1)
Royal Flush
The Cat Walk
A New Perspective
Cristo Redentor / Elijah
Up With Donald Byrd
Body & Soul
Boom Boom / See See Rider
I’m Tryin’ to Get Home
You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby
Yusef
Free Form
Mustang!
Blackjack
Slow Drag
Fancy Free
Electric Byrd
The Emperor
Ethiopian Knights
Black Byrd
Black Byrd / Slop Jar Blues
Flight-Time / Mr. Thomas
Street Lady
Witch Hunt / Woman Of The World
(Fallin' Like) Dominoes
Places and Spaces
Stepping Into Tomorrow
Think Twice / We're Together
Caricatures
Caricatures
Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)
Dancing In The Street / Onward 'Til Morning
Credits
Ranked #1,233 of 14,615 producers — 963.41 career Groove across 7 records.
5 Original Albums
For Lovers
The Complete Blue Note, Riverside & Contemporary Collection
Sideman: Trane's Blue Note Sessions
Seven Classic Albums
Eight Classic Albums
Blue Train
A Bluish Bag
Holiday for Skins
Prestige Profiles: The Red Garland Quintets
The Adderley Brothers: The Summer of '55
Motor City Scene: Complete Recordings
Les Incontournables
City Life / Unfinished Business
Jazz for When You’re Alone
Trane's Blues
Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings
Jazz Showcase
Big Byrd: The Essence, Part 2
Blue Trane: John Coltrane Plays the Blues
Wailing With Lou
Happy Again
Jammin’ With Herbie
Kofi
Cantaloupe Island
The Bethlehem Years
The BlackByrds / Flying Start
The Complete February 1957 Jimmy Smith Blue Note Sessions
Early Byrd: the Best of the Jazz Soul Years
It’s On
Jazzmatazz, Volume 1
Bad Boy Dance
A City Called Heaven
Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet
The Jazz Messenger
The Prestige Recordings
Getting Down to Business
The All-Star Sessions
Last Recordings
The Best of Herbie Hancock: The Blue Note Years
Bird Calls Volume 1
Compact Jazz: Wes Montgomery
Dimensions & Extensions
Straight No Filter
Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes
Love Byrd
The Creeper
And 125th Street, N.Y.C.
My Conception
Don’t Stop the Carnival
Thank You ... For F.U.M.L (Funking Up My Life)
Action
At the Five Spot
Blue Note Live at The Roxy
Messages
Rain or Shine
Turning Point
Unfinished Business
City Life
Cornbread, Earl and Me