Byard Lancaster

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Name = Byard Lancaster


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Byard Lancaster
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Born = birth date and age|1942|8|6
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Instrument = alto saxophone
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Genre = jazz
Occupation = musician
Years_active = 1960s—present
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Associated_acts = Sunny Murray
URL = http://www.ooopz.com/byard/

Byard Lancaster (born August 6, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz multi-instrumentalistAllen, 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 ] whose primary instrument is the alto saxophone.Cook, Richard. (2005). "Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia." New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-141-02646-4] 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. 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. [Strauss, Neil (1997, July 4). Johnny Copeland, 60, who sang Texas Blues and played guitar. "The New York Times".] More recently, he has performed regularly with cellist David Eyges, and recorded as a leader and sideman for Creative Improvised Music Projects (CIMP) Records. [(2006). "Byard Lancaster - Creative Improvised Music Projects". Retrieved January 5, 2008, from http://www.cimprecords.com/artists/?artist=Byard+Lancaster]

elected discography

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

References

External links

* [http://www.ooopz.com/byard/ Official site]

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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
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