Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Jaki Byard "The Jaki Byard Experience" 1969

American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. Byard was born on June 15, 1922 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Primarily a pianist, Byard recorded on a number of different instruments and was considered to be an accomplished alto and tenor saxophonist, though he also played organ, guitar, bass and several other instruments...
...He recorded or performed with numerous bands, though was primarily heard as a leader or soloist after the mid-1960s. He recorded extensively for Prestige as a leader and led sessions for a number of different labels in the U.S.A., Europe and Japan. Byard also led a big band called The Apollo Stompers, making several recordings with them. He appeared on duo piano recordings with Earl Hines, Howard Riley and Tommy Flanagan (the latter released posthumously). His most important work as a sidemen was with Charles Mingus, especially the 1964 sextet that toured the U.S.A. and Europe. The pianist was also a renowned jazz educator who taught at the New England Conservatory of Music. Byard was found dead in his home on February 11, 1999 in the Hollis section of Queens in New York, New York, USA. He was initially thought to have suffered a stroke, but it was determined that he was shot to death with a small caliber weapon. This homicide remains unsolved. - discogs

Personnel:
Bass – Richard Davis / Drums – Alan Dawson / Piano – Jaki Byard / Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Whistle, Saxello [Manzello], Other [Kirkbam] – Roland Kirk

traxfromwax:
1 Parisian Thoroughfare 2 Hazy Eye 3 Shine On Me 4 Evidence 5 Memories Of You 6 Teach Me Tonight
Ripped from Vinyl by RYP with Audacity 3.2 - Thorens TD 318/Audio-Technica 95E / Yamaha A-S301

7 comments:

RYP said...

Jaki Byard "The Jaki Byard Experience"
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Domenic Ciccone (AKA Martooni) said...

Keep on forgetting Jaki Byard was born down the street in Worcester. Every once in a while an event happens at a college. At one of the few jazz stations here in the states WICN. coming from you in the middle I Worcester Massachusetts and you can listen to at www.wicn.org. Blues singer Michelle Willson does a eclectic show in the morning that I'm hooked on.



Andreas said...

Thanks for posting this...great stuff!

Anonymous said...

Simply wonderful. Thank you RYP!
Huey

apauling said...

Thank you again for helping to broaden RRK's audience. This is another wonderful LP that features Kirk as a sideman.

Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities said...

Thanks for posting thi

trapeze said...

Thank you !!!