Donald Byrd
Toolstrumpet
DOB/DOD1932-2013 (81)
The LPBohemia After Dark (1955)
VIBES funk Stevie WonderCurtis MayfieldIsaac HayesPrinceMichael JacksonD'AngeloJanet JacksonSam & DavePatti LaBelleBobby WomackRick JamesJames BrownParliamentFunkadelicGeorge ClintonBootsy CollinsSly & The Family StoneEarth Wind & FireKool & The GangThe Isley BrothersWarRufus & Chaka KhanChaka KhanHerbie HancockRoy AyersGil Scott-HeronQuincy JonesThe MetersZapp & Roger TroutmanOhio PlayersTower of PowerLarry GrahamMaurice WhiteThe Neville BrothersCameoThe Gap BandThe CommodoresDr. JohnSlaveLakesideMaze featuring Frankie BeverlyDazz BandMidnight StarThe SOS BandThe TimeDonald ByrdBilly PrestonAverage White BandThe Brothers JohnsonCon Funk ShunHeatwaveRose RoyceLonnie Liston SmithMandrillGraham Central StationThe Last PoetsPatrice RushenCymandePleasureMillie JacksonRufusZappMorris DayRaphael SaadiqMint ConditionTeena MarieJackie MooreTimmy ThomasEvelyn Champagne KingShalamarJimmy Jam & Terry LewisPointer SistersGeorge BensonIncognitoBrand New HeaviesJamiroquaiMaceo ParkerFred WesleyJohnny "Guitar" WatsonThe J.B.'sSouliveLettuceDumpstaphunkThe New MastersoundsBreakestraThe Dap-KingsSharon JonesCharles BradleyLee FieldsBetty DavisSylvesterBudos BandLyn CollinsVickie AndersonRAMPEddie BoProfessor Longhair jazz fusion Earth Wind & FireHerbie HancockDonald ByrdAverage White BandLonnie Liston SmithMandrillPatrice RushenSouliveRAMP soul Stevie WonderThe TemptationsThe SupremesSmokey RobinsonThe Four TopsEtta JamesRay CharlesSam CookeJackie WilsonAretha FranklinOtis ReddingMarvin GayeAl GreenCurtis MayfieldWilson PickettNina SimoneBill WithersIsaac HayesBooker T. & the M.G.'sThe Staple SingersMichael JacksonWhitney HoustonErykah BaduLauryn HillMary J. BligeLuther VandrossBeyonceSadeTina TurnerSolomon BurkeBen E. KingSam & DaveLittle RichardDinah WashingtonPatti LaBelleThe DelfonicsDonny HathawayRoberta FlackLionel RichieDiana RossMartha ReevesThe Jackson 5Alicia KeysUsherAnita BakerMaxwellJill ScottDestiny's ChildGladys KnightMavis StaplesTeddy PendergrassBobby WomackLou RawlsPercy SledgeJames CarrLaVern BakerR. KellyJames BrownFunkadelicGeorge ClintonBootsy CollinsSly & The Family StoneEarth Wind & FireKool & The GangThe Isley BrothersRufus & Chaka KhanChaka KhanBarry WhiteThe O'JaysGladys Knight & The PipsHerbie HancockRoy AyersQuincy JonesZapp & Roger TroutmanOhio PlayersTower of PowerLarry GrahamMaurice WhiteThe Neville BrothersThe Gap BandThe CommodoresSlaveLakesideHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe StylisticsThe SpinnersThe WhispersThe Chi-LitesThe DramaticsBlue MagicThe ManhattansThe Main IngredientMaze featuring Frankie BeverlyThe DellsMidnight StarThe SOS BandDonald ByrdBilly PrestonAverage White BandThe Brothers JohnsonCon Funk ShunHeatwaveRose RoyceMandrillGraham Central StationPatrice RushenCymandePleasureHarold MelvinEddie LevertEddie KendricksDavid RuffinDennis EdwardsWilliam HartRussell Thompkins Jr.Jessi ColterCandi StatonAnn PeeblesO.V. WrightLittle MiltonTyrone DavisClarence CarterBetty WrightMillie JacksonDoris DukeBobbie GentryMelba MooreDeniece WilliamsAngela BofillStephanie MillsRandy CrawfordRegina BellePeabo BrysonFreddie JacksonAlexander O'NealCherrelleRufusZappAngie StoneMint ConditionTony! Toni! Toné!JodeciBoyz II MenNew EditionEn VogueSWVXscapeSade AduToni BraxtonBabyfaceEugene RecordJohnnie TaylorWilliam BellEdwin StarrTammi TerrellMary WellsJunior WalkerLittle Willie JohnJoe TexArthur ConleyBettye SwannSpencer WigginsGloria JonesMaxine BrownTommy HuntDobie GrayJohnny MooreLloyd PriceBig MaybelleTeena MarieJackie MooreBrenda HollowayKim WestonBetty EverettTimmy ThomasBilly PaulJean CarnPhyllis HymanEvelyn Champagne KingShalamarMarilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.Ashford & SimpsonNickolas AshfordValerie SimpsonGamble & HuffJohn OatesDaryl HallHall & OatesPointer SistersSister SledgeThe EmotionsThe Three DegreesFloetryMusiq SoulchildGinuwineAaliyahBrandyMonicaFaith EvansIndia ArieGoapeleLedisiLalah HathawayDianne ReevesGeorge BensonAl JarreauIncognitoBrand New HeaviesJamiroquaiMaceo ParkerFred WesleyCannonball AdderleySouliveLettuceDumpstaphunkThe New MastersoundsBreakestraThe Dap-KingsSharon JonesCharles BradleyLee FieldsBetty DavisSylvesterEugene McDanielsMarvin Gaye & Tammi TerrellOtis ClayLyn CollinsVickie AndersonRAMPEddie BoJohn LegendAmy WinehouseBeBe Winans
Trumpet man who left hard bop for the streets and never looked back. Black Byrd taught jazz to shake its ass and get paid for it. The academy tried to claim him. He was already gone.
Played With
Art BlakeyHerbie HancockThe Mizell Brothers
Essential Listening
1Black Byrd