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Billy Byers
tb, 1927-1996 US, Los Angeles
Musician / Arranger of Jazz
A.k.a. William Mitchell Byers Lex Mond
born: 1 May 1927 in Los Angeles, California (USA) died: 1 May 1996 in Malibu, California (USA) American jazz trombonist and arranger who worked in the bands of Georgie Auld, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Charlie Ventura and Teddy Powell, among others. He toured Europe and Japan alongside Frank Sinatra in 1974. Byers had extensive credits arranging and conducting for film, and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for "City of Angels."
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blues Pour Anne | Billy Byers | 1962 | Single |
| Bande Originale Du Film Les Grandes Personnes | Billy Byers | 1961 | Single |
| Portrait Robot | Billy Byers | 1961 | Single |
| Impressions Of Duke Ellington | Billy Byers | 1961 | Album |
| France - U.S.A. | Billy Byers, Kenny Clarke, Curley Hamner, Lionel Hampton, Percy Heath, Connie Kay, Al Levitt, John Lewis, Sy Oliver And His Orchestra, Sacha Distel, Benoit Quersin, Bobby Jaspar, Pierre Michelot, Paul Rovère, René Urtreger, Barney Wilen | 1957 | Compil. |
| The Jazz Workshop | Billy Byers | 1956 | Single |
| The RCA Victor Jazz Workshop | Billy Byers | 1956 | Album |
| New Sounds In Swing | Joe Newman and Billy Byers | 1956 | Album |
| Samedi Soir - Bande Originale Du Film | Yannick Andrei, Sacha Distel, Billy Byers | Single |
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