Performance · Production
Donald Byrd
American jazz trumpeter
United States · 1932-12-09 – 2013-02-04
Donald Byrd is credited on 3,531 releases across 585 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,531
Pressings credited
585
Albums
8
Decades active
992
In collections
Biography
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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Credited work
3,531 releases · 585 albums · active 1955–2026
- Performance · 5,301
- Production · 347
- Other credits · 45
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · The Sound Factory · Manhattan Towers
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Blue Train
1958
Giant Steps
1960
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
1990
Jazzmatazz (Volume 1)
1993
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
1963
Shades Of Blue
2003
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
1992
Takin' Off
1962
Places And Spaces
1975
Lush Life
1961
No Room For Squares
1964
Black Byrd
1973
Jazzmatazz Volume II (The New Reality)
1995
The Main Ingredient
1994
I Wish My Brother George Was Here
1991
One Flight Up
1965
Worldwide Underground
2003
Enta Da Stage
1993
Byrd In Flight
1960
My Conception
1979
A New Perspective
1964
6 Pieces Of Silver
1957
Stepping Into Tomorrow
1975
Coltrane Plays The Blues
1962
Frequent collaborators
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