Ed Byrne (jazz musician)

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Name = Ed Byrne


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Birth_name = Ed Byrne
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Born = Birth date and age|1946|12|30
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Origin = Philadelphia, PA, U.S.
Instrument = Trombone
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Genre = Jazz
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URL = http://www.byrnejazz.com
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Biography

Ed Byrne (born December 30, 1946, Philadelphia, PA) is an American jazz trombonist, and composer/arranger from Philadelphia who has worked with many other well-known performing artists such as: Chet Baker, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, Billy Eckstine, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Archie Shepp, Buddy Rich, Mel Torme, James Brown, Tom Harell and many others. During his sixteen years on the New York City music scene, Ed also performed and composed and arranged numerous recordings. He has toured the Americas, France, Germany, and Sweden.

A Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory, Ed is the recipient of many honors: he was nominated “Best Trombone Soloist” by Latin New York magazine; his composition “Fenway Funk” was nominated for a Grammy Award; and Eddie Palmieri’s album, Unfinished Masterpiece, on which Ed played lead trombone, won a Grammy Award.

Dr. Byrne, who has been on the faculties of Berklee College, Baruch College, University of the Arts, Greenfield Community College, and the University of Rhode Island, has written 43 texts on jazz improvisation, such as "Linear Improvisation Method", "The Jazz Guitar Manual" (co-written with nine-string guitarist, Jonny Johansson), and others. An active music educator, many of his pupils have gone onto high-profile careers, such as Kenny Werner, Abe Laboriel, Chip Jackson, Freddie Bryant, Mark Elf, Papo Vasquez, and Gary Dial.

Partial discography

*Ed Byrne - "Two Shades of Blue" - EdBy - North Country Distributors

*Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker - "Carnegie Hall Concert Vol. 11" - CTI - Featured Soloist

*Eddie Palmieri - "Unfinished Masterpiece" - Grammy Award Winner - Coco - Ld Tromb

*Compilation Album "Jazz for Lovers: The Very Thought of You" - Miles Davis; Wynton Marsalis; Thelonious Monk; Gil Evans; Stan Getz; Dave Brubeck; Paul Chambers; Dave Grusin; Steve Gadd; Roland Hanna; Bob Brookmeyer; Gary Burton; Paul Desmond; Erroll Garner; Jim Hall; Elvin Jones; Andre Previn; John Scofield; Herbie Hancock; Chet Baker; Gerry Mulligan; & others

*Compilation Album - "Cool Fever: From Disco Jazz to Jazz House" - Tom Harrell, Mike Brecker, Jon Faddis, David Sanborn, Joe Farrell, Bob Berg, Earth, Wind and Fire, & others

*Compilation Album - Airto Moreira, et al - "London Jazz Classics 2: Classic Soul Jazz Music from Around the World" - Soul Jazz - Soloist, Comp/Arr, Contractor

*Mel Torme - "Live at the St. Regis" - Atlantic - Ld Tromb

*Don Sebesky - "Full Cycle" - Paddle Wheel - Ld Tromb, Euphonium

*Maynard Ferguson - "Live at the Great American Music Hall Vols. I & II" - Status - Soloist

*Maynard Ferguson - "Maynard Ferguson Gold Disk" - CBS/Sony - Soloist

*Maynard Ferguson - "I Love Contemporary Jazz" - CBS LP CJ5 - Soloist

*Maynard Ferguson - "The Best of Maynard Ferguson" - Columbia - Soloist

*Maynard Ferguson - "The Word's His Stage" - Columbia AS 445 - Soloist

*Steve McCraven w/Archie Shepp - "Song of the Forest Boogaraboo" - World McC -Soloist

*Steve McCraven w/Archie Shepp & Arthur Blythe - "Bosco" - World McC - Soloist

*Steve McCraven - "International World" - ASP - Tromb Soloist, Comp/Arr (New Moon Madness, Vcls, Perc)

*Steve McCraven - "Black Studies" - Tromb Soloist, Horn Arrs, Perc

*Inés Desquinés - "Ines Desquines Sings Steve Lacey" - Senators Records - Tromb, Horn Arrs (all tracks); Tromb, Prod, Arr (Riddle and Clichés)

*Bobby Paunetto - "Paunetto's Point" - Pathfinder - Comp/Arr, Soloist, Contractor: Fenway Funk, by Ed Byrne - Grammy Award Nominee

*Bobby Paunetto - "Commit to Memory" - Pathfinder - Soloist, Arr (Coral)

*Willie Colon/Mon Rivera - "Se Chavo El Vecindario" - Vaya - Ld Tromb

*Ethel Merman - Leslie Ugams - "Sesame St. Christmas LP" - S. St. - Ld Tromb

*Manu Dibango - "Ambassador" - Mango - Ld Tromb

*Manu Dibango - "Gone Clear" - Mango - Ld Tromb

*Players Association - "Turn the Music Up!" - Vanguard - Ld Tromb

*Andy Harlow - "El Compesino" - Vaya - Ld Tromb

*Cahunto Libre - "Con Salsa, Con Ritmo Vols. I, II Salsoul" - Ld, Solo Tromb, Arr

*Dalton Jazz Ensemble - "The Dalton Jazz Ensemble" - RCA - Prod/Dir, Comp/Arr

*Dalton Jazz Ensemble - "Seven Steps To Heaven" - Prod/Dir, Arr, Tromb/Trpt Soloist

External links

* [http://www.byrnejazz.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=2765/ Biography at AllAboutJazz]
* [http://www.myspace.com/edbyrne Music samples]