ArtistInfo
Donald Byrd
tr, 1932-2013 US, Detroit
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II
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 keyboard player and composer Herbie Hancock.
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I'm A Fool To Want You - Remastered 2006 on Royal Flush by Donald Byrd Cristo Redentor - Remastered on A New Perspective by Donald Byrd Where Are We Going? on Blackbyrd by Donald Byrd Insert A (Mental Relaxation) / Medicine on Jazzmatazz Volume II: The New Reality by Guru Dominoes on Places And Spaces by Donald Byrd When Your Lover Has Gone - Remastered on Golden Selection by Art Farmer Hello Bright Sunflower - Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2006 Digital Remaster on The Cat Walk by Donald Byrd Love Has Come Around on Love Has Come Around - Finest Moments by Donald Byrd Places And Spaces on Places And Spaces by Donald Byrd Wind Parade on Places And Spaces by Donald ByrdTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byrd's Word | Donald Byrd | 2018 | Compil. |
| Paris ‘64 | Eric Dolphy Septet with Donald Byrd | 2018 | Album |
| Milestones Of A Jazz Legend | Donald Byrd | 2017 | Album |
| Affecttion / You And Music | Ta Mara & The Seen / Donald Byrd | 2016 | Single |
| Where Are We Going? | Marvin Gaye / Donald Byrd | 2016 | Single |
| Early Years 1955-1958 11 Complete Albums | Donald Byrd | 2015 | Compil. |
| Donald Byrd Vol.2 - Seven Classic Albums | Donald Byrd | 2014 | Compil. |
| Donald Byrd Four Classic Albums | Donald Byrd | 2014 | Compil. |
| Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston September 4th 1973 | Donald Byrd, The Blackbyrds | 2014 | Album |
| The Definitive Classic Blue Note Collection 10 Complete Albums | Donald Byrd | 2014 | Compil. |
| Where Are We Going? / Woman Of The World | Marvin Gaye / Donald Byrd | 2014 | Album |
| The Complete Jazz Lab Sessions | Donald Byrd, Gigi Gryce | 2013 | Compil. |
| Royal Flush + Off To The Races | Donald Byrd | 2013 | Compil. |
| Soul Roots | Donald Byrd | 2013 | Compil. |
| Art Blakey - Donald Byrd - John Coltrane | Art Blakey - Donald Byrd - John Coltrane | 2013 | Single |
| Jazz In Camera | Donald Byrd & Barney Wilen | 2012 | Album |
| Eight Classic Albums | Donald Byrd | 2012 | Compil. |
| Blue Byrd | Donald Byrd | 2011 | Compil. |
| Complete Recordings | John Coltrane Quintet With Red Garland & Donald Byrd | 2011 | Compil. |
| Byrd's Word | Donald Byrd | 2009 | Album |
| Insomnia / Love Has Come Around (Remastered 12" Version 2008) | Craig David / Donald Byrd | 2008 | Album |
| Some Cuts | Donald Byrd / Jill Scott | 2007 | Album |
| Complete Live At The Café Bohemia | George Wallington Quintet With Donald Byrd & Jackie McLean | 2007 | Compil. |
| Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions #2 | Donald Byrd • Gigi Gryce | 2006 | Compil. |
| Think Twice / Show Time | Donald Byrd / Undisputed Truth | 2006 | Album |
| Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions #3 | Donald Byrd • Gigi Gryce | 2006 | Compil. |
| Donald Byrd With Strings | Donald Byrd | 2006 | Compil. |
| Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions #1 | Donald Byrd • Gigi Gryce | 2006 | Compil. |
| Funked Up / Think Twice | Gary Bartz / Donald Byrd | 2005 | Album |
| Steppin' Again / Mindgames (Sneaky Pete Edit) | Donald Byrd / Madlib / Rich Medina | 2004 | Single |
| The Essential | Donald Byrd | 2003 | Compil. |
| The Transition Sessions | Donald Byrd & Doug Watkins | 2002 | Compil. |
| Timeless | Donald Byrd | 2002 | Compil. |
| Birdhouse | Donald Byrd | 2000 | Compil. |
| The Donald Byrd Collection | Donald Byrd | 2000 | Compil. |
| The Birth Of Hard Bop | Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley | 2000 | Compil. |
| The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions | Donald Byrd / Pepper Adams | 2000 | Compil. |
| Attitude | Donald Byrd | 1999 | Compil. |
| Winterset | Donald Byrd | 1999 | Compil. |
| Landmarks | Donald Byrd | 1998 | Compil. |
| Byrd's Word | Donald Byrd | 1998 | Album |
| Blue Breakbeats | Donald Byrd | 1998 | Compil. |
| At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 | Donald Byrd | 1997 | Compil. |
| Blackjack / Jeanine | Donald Byrd | 1996 | Single |
| Kofi | Donald Byrd | 1995 | Album |
| His Majesty King Funk / Up With Donald Byrd | Grant Green / Donald Byrd | 1995 | Compil. |
| Changes (Messin' With My Mind) / Changes (Makes You Want To Hustle) | Vernon Burch / Donald Byrd | 1994 | Single |
| Early Byrd - The Best Of The Jazz Soul Years | Donald Byrd | 1993 | Compil. |
| Two Sides Of Jackie McLean | Jackie McLean Featuring Donald Byrd | 1993 | Compil. |
| Jazz Dance Classic No. 2 | Donald Byrd | 1992 | Album |
| The Best Of Donald Byrd | Donald Byrd | 1992 | Compil. |
| A City Called Heaven | Donald Byrd | 1991 | Album |
| Harlem Blues | Donald Byrd | 1988 | Album |
| Spring Is Here | Monica Zetterlund With Benny Bailey, Donald Byrd, Arne Domnérus, Lars Gullin, Åke Persson | 1988 | Compil. |
| Hava A Nice Jazz Trumpet | Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Ira Sullivan | 1987 | Compil. |
| Jazz Is Here To Stay Vol 2 | Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Donald Byrd, Wes Montgomery, J.J. Johnson | 1985 | Compil. |
| The Dude | Donald Byrd | 1983 | Compil. |
| The Blue Note Collection | Donald Byrd | 1983 | Compil. |
| Donald Byrd Art Farmer | Donald Byrd & Art Farmer | 1983 | Compil. |
| Plays "Au Chat" | Donald Byrd | 1983 | Album |
| Star Trippin' | Donald Byrd | 1982 | Album |
| September Afternoon | Donald Byrd With Clare Fischer | 1982 | Album |
| Love For Sale | Donald Byrd | 1981 | Single |
| I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 20 | Stan Getz, Donald Byrd, Bobby Jaspar, Kenny Clarke | 1981 | Compil. |
| I'll Always Love You | Donald Byrd | 1981 | Single |
| The Creeper | Donald Byrd | 1981 | Album |
| Just The Two Of Us / Love Has Come Around | Grover Washington, Jr. / Donald Byrd | 1980 | Album |
| Byrd In Flight / Royal Flush | Donald Byrd | 1980 | Compil. |
| Chant | Donald Byrd | 1979 | Album |
| Veronica | Donald Byrd | 1979 | Single |
| Thank You … For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) | Donald Byrd | 1978 | Album |
| Thank You For Funking Up My Life | Donald Byrd | 1978 | Album |
| Loving You / Cristo Redentor | Donald Byrd | 1978 | Single |
| Young Byrd | Donald Byrd With Pepper Adams And Gigi Gryce | 1977 | Compil. |
| Donald Byrd's Best | Donald Byrd | 1976 | Compil. |
| New Formulas From The Jazz Lab | Gigi Gryce And Donald Byrd | 1976 | Album |
| Dominoes / Wind Parade | Donald Byrd | 1976 | Album |
| Dancing In The Street / Onward 'Til Morning | Donald Byrd | 1976 | Single |
| Change (Makes You Want To Hustle) | Donald Byrd | 1976 | Single |
| Dancing In The Street / Dance Band | Donald Byrd | 1976 | Single |
| Ha Cha Cha / Dancing In The Streets | Brass Construction / Donald Byrd | 1976 | Album |
| Dominoes EP | Donald Byrd | 1976 | Album |
| Caricatures | Donald Byrd | 1976 | Album |
| Donald Byrd's Best | Donald Byrd | 1976 | Compil. |
| The All-Star Sessions | Elmo Hope, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd, Jimmy Heath, "Philly" Joe Jones | 1976 | Compil. |
| House Of Byrd | Donald Byrd | 1976 | Compil. |
| Makin' It / We're Together | Donald Byrd | 1975 | Single |
| Stepping Into Tomorrow | Donald Byrd | 1975 | Album |
| Think Twice / We're Together | Donald Byrd | 1975 | Single |
| (Fallin' Like) Dominoes | Donald Byrd | 1975 | Single |
| Places And Spaces | Donald Byrd | 1975 | Album |
| Art Blakey With The Jazz Messengers | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Feat. Donald Byrd, Horace Silver - Jackie McLean | 1974 | Compil. |
| Two Sides Of Donald Byrd | Donald Byrd | 1974 | Compil. |
| Early Byrd | Donald Byrd - Gigi Gryce | 1973 | Compil. |
| Jazz Junction | The Red Garland Quintet Featuring John Coltrane And Donald Byrd | 1973 | Compil. |
| Witch Hunt / Woman Of The World | Donald Byrd | 1973 | Single |
| Pajaro Negro = Black Byrd / El Blues De La Jarra = Slop Jar Blues | Donald Byrd | 1973 | Single |
| Black Byrd / Slop Jar Blues | Donald Byrd | 1973 | Single |
| Flight-Time / Mr. Thomas | Donald Byrd | 1973 | Single |
| Black Byrd / Cristo Redentor | Donald Byrd | 1973 | Single |
| Street Lady | Donald Byrd | 1973 | Album |
| Black Byrd | Donald Byrd | 1973 | Album |
| Ethiopian Knights | Donald Byrd | 1972 | Album |
| The Emperor | Donald Byrd | 1971 | Single |
| Electric Byrd / That Healin' Feelin' / Love Call / Coalition | Ornette Coleman, Horace Silver, Elvin Jones, Donald Byrd | 1971 | Album |
| Electric Byrd | Donald Byrd | 1970 | Album |
| Fancy Free | Donald Byrd | 1969 | Album |
| Slow Drag | Donald Byrd | 1968 | Album |
| Blackjack | Donald Byrd | 1967 | Album |
| A New Perspective | Donald Byrd | 1966 | Single |
| Free Form | Donald Byrd | 1966 | Album |
| Free Form | Donald Byrd | 1966 | Single |
| Mustang! | Donald Byrd | 1966 | Album |
| Up With Donald Byrd | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Album |
| Brother Isaac / I've Longed And Searched For My Mother | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Single |
| Up With Donald Byrd | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Album |
| Hard Cookin' | Charlie Rouse, Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Ray Bryant, Frank Foster, Art Taylor | 1965 | Compil. |
| You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Single |
| See See Rider | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Single |
| Black Pearls | John Coltrane / Donald Byrd | 1965 | Single |
| Boom Boom / See See Rider | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Single |
| I'm Tryin' To Get Home (Brass With Voices) | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Album |
| Body & Soul | Donald Byrd · Kenny Burrell · Frank Foster · Hank Mobley · Mal Waldron · Curtis Fuller · Paul Quinichette · Hank Jones, The Prestige All Stars | 1965 | Album |
| A New Perspective | Donald Byrd | 1964 | Album |
| Trumpets All Out | Art Farmer & Donald Byrd | 1964 | Compil. |
| At The Half Note Cafe, Vol. 2 | Donald Byrd | 1963 | Album |
| Cristo Redentor / Elijah | Donald Byrd | 1963 | Single |
| The Cat Walk | Donald Byrd | 1962 | Album |
| 6 M'S | Donald Byrd | 1961 | Single |
| Royal Flush | Donald Byrd | 1961 | Album |
| Motor City Scene | Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd | 1961 | Album |
| At The Half Note Cafe (Volume 1) | Donald Byrd | 1961 | Album |
| Bo / Ghana | Donald Byrd | 1961 | Single |
| Ping Pong Beer / November Afternoon | "Philly" Joe Jones - Pepper Adams - Donald Byrd - Bill Evans - Paul Chambers - Ed Shaughnessy - Booker Little - Mal Waldron | 1961 | Single |
| High Pressure | The Red Garland Quintet With John Coltrane And Donald Byrd | 1961 | Album |
| Fuego | Donald Byrd | 1960 | Single |
| Soul Junction | The Red Garland Quintet Featuring John Coltrane And Donald Byrd | 1960 | Album |
| Byrd In Flight | Donald Byrd | 1960 | Album |
| Fuego | Donald Byrd | 1960 | Album |
| Little Boy Blue | Donald Byrd | 1960 | Single |
| Off To The Races | Donald Byrd | 1959 | Album |
| Byrd In Hand | Donald Byrd | 1959 | Album |
| Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce | Donald Byrd - Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet | 1959 | Single |
| Three Trumpets | Art Farmer / Donald Byrd / Idrees Sulieman | 1958 | Single |
| All Day Long | Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1958 | Single |
| Jazz Lab | Gigi Gryce / Donald Byrd | 1958 | Album |
| Hank Mobley With Donald Byrd And Lee Morgan | Hank Mobley With Donald Byrd And Lee Morgan | 1957 | Album |
| Paul Chambers Quintet | Paul Chambers Quintet With Donald Byrd, Clifford Jordan, Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones | 1957 | Album |
| Lights Out Vol. 1 | Jackie McLean Quintet With Donald Byrd And Elmo Hope | 1957 | Single |
| Jazz For The Carriage Trade, Vol. 2 | George Wallington Quintet With Phil Woods, Donald Byrd | 1957 | Single |
| Jazz For The Carriage Trade, Vol. 3 | George Wallington Quintet With Phil Woods, Donald Byrd | 1957 | Single |
| Lights Out Vol. 2 | Jackie McLean Quintet With Donald Byrd And Elmo Hope | 1957 | Single |
| Modern Jazz Perspective | Donald Byrd - Gigi Gryce | 1957 | Album |
| The New York Scene | George Wallington Quintet Featuring Phil Woods, Donald Byrd | 1957 | Album |
| Modern Jazz Survey 1 / New York Jazz | George Wallington, Phil Woods, Donald Byrd, Red Garland | 1957 | Album |
| Three Trumpets | Art Farmer / Donald Byrd / Idrees Sulieman | 1957 | Album |
| Jazz For The Carriage Trade, Vol. 1 | George Wallington Quintet With Phil Woods, Donald Byrd | 1957 | Single |
| Jazz Lab | Donald Byrd - Gigi Gryce | 1957 | Album |
| The Jazz Message Of | Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Ronnie Ball, Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke | 1956 | Single |
| Lights Out! | Jackie McLean Quintet With Donald Byrd And Elmo Hope | 1956 | Album |
| Byrd Jazz | Donald Byrd | 1956 | Album |
| The Young Bloods | Phil Woods / Donald Byrd | 1956 | Single |
| The Young Bloods | Phil Woods / Donald Byrd | 1956 | Album |
| Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill | Donald Byrd | 1956 | Album |
| The Jazz Message Of | Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Ronnie Ball, Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke | 1956 | Album |
| 2 Trumpets | Art Farmer / Donald Byrd | 1956 | Album |
| Byrd's Word | Donald Byrd | 1956 | Album |
| Byrd's Eye View | Donald Byrd | 1955 | Album |
| Crazy Rhythm / Hank's Other Tune | Donald Byrd | 1955 | Single |
| Bohemia After Dark | Cannonball Adderley With Horace Silver, Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Jerome Richardson, Kenny Clarke | 1955 | Album |
| Here Am I | Donald Byrd | Single | |
| Dominoes / Lansana's Priestress | Donald Byrd | Album | |
| Best Selection | Donald Byrd | Compil. | |
| Step High | Donald Byrd | Album | |
| Everything Happens To Me | Donald Byrd | Single | |
| Bohemia After Dark / We'll Be Together Again | Cannonball Adderley - Donald Byrd - Horace Silver - Jerome Richardson - Paul Chambers - Nat Adderley - Kenny Clarke | Single |
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