Jaki Byard
- MatchJaki Byard
- 100%Alan Broadbent
- 97%Booker Little
- 92%Freddie Redd
- 90%Jessica Williams
- 86%Muhal Richard Abrams
- 72%Harold Land
- 59%Dizzy Reece
- 58%Clifford Jordan
- 58%Lucky Thompson
- 57%Elmo Hope
Biography
John Byard, 15 June 1922, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, d. 11 February 1999, New York City, New York, USA. A gifted multi-instrumentalist, Byard learned trumpet and piano as a child and later took up guitar, drums, trombone and tenor saxophone. In 1949 he played piano in Earl Bostic’s R&B band, and followed that with a spell as a solo pianist and then joined Herb Pomeroy’s big band as tenor player and occasional arranger. After the Pomeroy stint he returned to playing piano, this... Read more
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jazz
piano
hard bop
avant-garde
jazz piano
jazz
piano
hard bop
avant-garde
jazz piano
