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Hancock also credits Byrd with giving him one of the most important pieces of advice of his career – not to give away his publishing rights. Hancock also recalled that Byrd helped him in many other ways: he encouraged Hancock to make his debut album for Blue Note, connected him with Mongo Santamaria, who turned Hancock's tune ' Watermelon Man' into a chart-topping hit, and that Byrd also later urged him to accept Miles Davis' offer to join his quintet. He's a born educator, it seems to be in his blood, and he really tried to encourage the development of creativity. He has always nurtured and encouraged young musicians. He was the first person to let me be a permanent member of an internationally known band. Hancock has credited Byrd as a key influence in his early career, recounting that Byrd took the young pianist 'under his wing' when he was a struggling musician newly arrived in New York, even letting him sleep on a hide-a-bed in his Bronx apartment for several years. Byrd's 1961 LP Royal Flush was Hancock's Blue Note debut. The ensemble's hard-driving performances are captured live on At the Half Note Cafe. īyrd's first regular group was a quintet that he co-led from 1958 to 1961 with baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams. After leaving the Jazz Messengers in 1956, he performed with many leading jazz musicians of the day, including John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, and later Herbie Hancock. In 1955, he recorded with Gigi Gryce, Jackie McLean and Mal Waldron. While still at the Manhattan School, he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers as Clifford Brown's successor.

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During this period, his first professional recording session was in 1949 at Fortune Records in Detroit with the Robert Barnes Sextette for the single 'Black Eyed Peas' / 'Bobbin' At Barbee's.' After playing in a military band during a term in the United States Air Force, Byrd obtained a bachelor's degree in music from Wayne State University and a master's degree from Manhattan School of Music. He performed with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. His mother, Cornelia Taylor, introduced Byrd to jazz music and it was her brother who gave Byrd his first trumpet. His father, Elijah Thomas Byrd, was a Methodist minister who greatly valued education and oversaw his son's schooling. His family came from the African-American middle-class. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie Hancock and many others.īiography Early life and career īyrd was born in 1932 in Detroit, Michigan. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist. “(Graham) doesn’t need to use Trump to get where he needs to go again,” Billew said.Donald Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist.

William Billew, 74, was tired of Graham “wishy-washiness.' Other Trump supporters joined and echoed Propes. ''Do you mind if I come down and campaign a little for you, Lindsey?' He was one of my earliest endorsements from the go and I appreciate it, Lindsey.'

He's there when you need him,' Trump told the crowd. 'I'm going to have to work on these people. Later in his speech, he mentioned Graham, again, by name and the crowd began to boo again. When we need those liberal votes, we need him. Trump in SC: Former president vows retaliation against Biden, Democrats over indictmentsĮarly in Trump's speech, he half-heartedly defended Graham. “I voted for him years ago, I voted for him last year, but we need to vote him out,' Propes said. Easley resident Michael Propes, 60, said Graham was trying to side with Trump to give his own political career a new lease of life.