Byard Lancaster
William Byard Lancaster (born August 6, 1942 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † August 23, 2012 ) was an American saxophonist and flautist of avant-garde jazz .
Life
Lancaster, whose father and grandfather were amateur musicians, studied saxophone and flute as well as piano, singing, composition and conducting. He went to school with Kenny Barron and played with JR Mitchell and Jerome Hunter before studying at Shaw University from 1960 to 1963 , then at Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory. From 1961 to 1964 he played with Dave Burrell and came to New York City in 1965 , where he first worked with Sunny Murray and was involved in his debut album. After appearing with Bill Dixon , he was a partner of Sun Ra from 1968 to 1971 at irregular intervals . From 1971 to 1977 he worked with McCoy Tyner , in addition he worked with the pianist Sonelius Smith in 1976 with the Wildflowers Loft Sessions ; he also played for some time with Larry Young , but also with Memphis Slim in Paris. In the early 1980s he recorded with Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society . Most recently he worked again from Philadelphia, including with David Eyges and the band Fonksquish and with Khan Jamal . He also worked as a concert organizer in Philadelphia.
Discography (selection)
- It's Not up to Us ( Vortex / Water, 1966) with Eric Gravatt , Jerome Hunter , Sonny Sharrock , Kenny Speller
- Documentation: The End of a Decade (1979) with Bobby Byrd , Edward Crockett , David Eyges, Joan Hansom , Chucky Lee , Alfred Pollitt , Michael Ray , Kino Speller , Youseff Yancy
- Worlds (Gazelle, 1993) with Kenny Davis , Jim Dragoni , Kino Speller, Tom Webb
- Philadelphia Spirit in New York ( CIMP , 2001) with Ed Crockett , JR Mitchell and the Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
Lexical entries
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Barry Kernfeld (Editor): The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0195169093 .
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Web links
- Literature by and about Byard Lancaster in the catalog of the German National Library
- Byard Lancaster in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Byard Lancaster at Discogs (English)
- Obituary in the Examiner
- Ben Ratliff : Obituary in The New York Times
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lancaster, Byard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lancaster, William Byard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist and flutist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd August 2012 |