Byard Lancaster

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Byard Lancaster
Birth name Byard Lancaster
Born August 6, 1942 (1942-08-06) (age 65)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Genre(s) jazz
Occupation(s) musician
Instrument(s) alto saxophone
Years active 1960s—present
Associated acts Sunny Murray
Website http://www.ooopz.com/byard/

Byard Lancaster (born August 6, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz multi-instrumentalist[1] whose primary instrument is the alto saxophone.[2] He attended two colleges, one of them for music, before eventually deciding to pursue an education at the Berklee College of Music, then moving to New York. In the city, he participated in loft jam sessions which included saxophonist Archie Shepp and drummer Elvin Jones.[1] In 1965, he recorded Sunny Murray Quintet with the album's eponymous musician in New York, performed in the Parisian Actuel festival with him in 1969, and has continued to work in the drummer's groups throughout his career. By the 1970s, Lancaster had played with musicians such as McCoy Tyner and Sun Ra, as well as some outside of the jazz idiom, including Memphis Slim and Johnny Copeland.[2][3] More recently, he has performed regularly with cellist David Eyges,[2] and recorded as a leader and sideman for Creative Improvised Music Projects (CIMP) Records.[4]

[edit] Selected discography

  • Sunny Murray, Sunny Murray Quintet (1966)[2]
  • Byard Lancaster, Sonny Sharrock, Eric Gravatt, It's Not Up To Us (1968)[5]
  • David Eyges/Byard Lancaster, Lightnin' Strikes! (1988)[1]
  • fONKSQUISh featuring Byard Lancaster, Useless Education Promo Preview (2008)[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Allen, Clifford. (2005). Byard Lancaster: From A Love Supreme to The Sex Machine. Retrieved January 5, 2008, from http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17125
  2. ^ a b c d Cook, Richard. (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-141-02646-4
  3. ^ Strauss, Neil (1997, July 4). Johnny Copeland, 60, who sang Texas Blues and played guitar. The New York Times.
  4. ^ (2006). Byard Lancaster - Creative Improvised Music Projects. Retrieved January 5, 2008, from http://www.cimprecords.com/artists/?artist=Byard+Lancaster
  5. ^ (2008). Amazon.com: It's Not up to Us: Music: Byard Lancaster. Retrieved January 5, 2008, from http://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-up-Byard-Lancaster/dp/B00008XS0J/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1199512428&sr=8-1
  6. ^ (2008)Amazon.com: fONKSQUISh - "Useless Education Promo Preview". http://www.amazon.com/Useless-Education-Sxsw-Promo-Preview/dp/B00177FQKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1211643258&sr=8-1

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NAME Lancaster, Byard
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SHORT DESCRIPTION Jazz saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH
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