Biography
Charlie Lee Byrd (September 16, 1925 – December 2, 1999) was an American jazz guitarist who played fingerstyle on a classical guitar. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, he collaborated with Stan Getz on the album Jazz Samba, a recording which brought bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Getz / Gilberto
1964
Jazz Samba
1962
Big Band Bossa Nova
1962
More Brazilian Byrd
1967
Direct Disc Recording
1977
Byrdland
Christmas Star Time
1981
Great Guitars At The Winery
1980
Delicately "The Stroke Of Genius"
1968
The Great Byrd
1968
Dreamsville
1966
Guitar/Guitar
1965
Brazilian Byrd
1965
At The Village Vanguard
1961
Byrd In The Wind (Jazz At The Showboat, Vol. II)
1959
Blues For Night People
1957
The Washington Concerts
2001
Cal's Pals
1987
Stan Getz
1987
History Of Jazz
1978
Onda Nueva / The New Wave
1974
The World Of Charlie Byrd
1973
Let Go
1969
Travellin' Man
1965
Credited work
1,266 releases · 196 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 2,134
- Other credits · 71
- Production · 10
Studios: Pierce Hall, Washington, D.C. · Plaza Sound Studios · PER · Edgewood Recording Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Stan Getz
- Charlie Byrd Trio
- The Charlie Byrd Trio
- Great Guitars
- Laurindo Almeida
- Woody Herman's Big New Herd
- Cal Tjader