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  • Born: August 06, 1942, Philadelphia, PA
  • Active: '60s
  • Genres: Jazz
  • Instrument: Sax (Alto), Flute
  • Representative Albums: "Live at Macalester College

Biography

A lesser-known avant-gardist who has been based much of his career in Philadelphia, Byard Lancaster is an advanced improviser who is not shy to show the influence of blues and soul in his solos. He played with Sunny Murray starting in 1965 and worked with Bill Dixon (1966-1967), Sun Ra (off and on between 1968-1971), and McCoy Tyner (1971-1977). Lancaster played for a bit with Memphis Slim in Paris, but has mostly performed jazz locally. All of his own recordings were for obscure labels (including Vortex, Dogtown, Palm, Philly Jazz, and Bellows), but his 1966 ESP date with Sunny Murray has been reissued on CD. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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Byard Lancaster
Birth name Byard Lancaster
Born August 6, 1942 (1942-08-06) (age 67)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres jazz
Occupations musician
Instruments alto saxophone, flute
Years active 1960s—present
Associated acts Sunny Murray, JR Mitchell
Website http://www.ooopz.com/byard/

Byard Lancaster (born August 6, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz multi-instrumentalist[1] whose primary instrument is the alto saxophone.[2] 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.[1] 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.[2][3] More recently, he has performed regularly with cellist David Eyges,[2] and recorded as a leader and sideman for Creative Improvised Music Projects (CIMP) Records.[4]

Selected discography

  • Sunny Murray, Sunny Murray Quintet (1966)[2]
  • Byard Lancaster, Sonny Sharrock, Eric Gravatt, It's Not Up To Us (1968)[5]
  • Live at Macalester College 1971 - J. R. Mitchell/Byard Lancaster Experience, orig. issued on Lancaster's Dogtown Records, re-issued in 2008 on Porter Records
  • David Eyges/Byard Lancaster, Lightnin' Strikes! (1988)[1]
  • Philadelphia Spirit in New York (2001) - Ed Crockett, J. R. Mitchell, Odean Pope, Byard Lancaster, Creative Improvised Music Projects, Music Inn Studios
  • fONKSQUISh featuring Byard Lancaster, Useless Education Promo Preview (2008)[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Allen, 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
  2. ^ a b c d Cook, Richard. (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-141-02646-4
  3. ^ Strauss, Neil (1997, July 4). Johnny Copeland, 60, who sang Texas Blues and played guitar. The New York Times.
  4. ^ (2006). Byard Lancaster - Creative Improvised Music Projects. Retrieved January 5, 2008, from http://www.cimprecords.com/artists/?artist=Byard+Lancaster
  5. ^ (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
  6. ^ (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

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