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American jazz musician (1942–2012)
Byard Lancaster
Birth name William Byard Lancaster Born (1942-08-06 ) August 6, 1942
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S.Died August 23, 2012(2012-08-23) (aged 70)
Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania Genres
Jazz ,
avant-garde ,
free jazz Occupation(s) Musician Instrument(s)
Alto saxophone ,
flute Years active 1960s—2012 Labels
Vortex ,
Palm ,
Philly Jazz ,
CIMP
Musical artist
Byard Lancaster (August 6, 1942 – August 23, 2012) was an
avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flutist.
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Early life and education
He attended two colleges, one for music, before attending the
Berklee College of Music . He moved to New York City and participated in
jam sessions which included saxophonist
Archie Shepp and drummer
Elvin Jones .
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Career
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 continued to work in the drummer's groups throughout his career. By the 1970s, Lancaster had played with musicians such as
McCoy Tyner ,
Khan Jamal , and
Sun Ra , as well as some outside of jazz, such as blues pianist
Memphis Slim and blues guitarist
Johnny Copeland .
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Near the end of his life he performed regularly with cellist
David Eyges and recorded as a leader and sideman for the record label
Creative Improvised Music Projects .
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[5] He died of
pancreatic cancer on August 23, 2012.
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Discography
As leader / co-leader
1968:
It's Not Up to Us (
Vortex )
1972:
Live at Macalester College (Dogtown) as the
J. R. Mitchell /Byard Lancaster Experience
1974: Us (
Palm ) with
Steve McCall , Sylvain Marc
1974: Mother Africa (Palm) with Clint Jackson III
1974: Exactement (Palm) with Keno Speller
1977: Exodus (
Philly Jazz )
1977:
Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions (Vol 2) (Casablanca/Douglas, Knit Classics) as Flight To Sanity
1979: Funny Funky Rib Crib (Vendémiaire/Palm)
1979: Documentation: The End of a Decade (Bellows)
1979: Personal Testimony (Then and Now) (Concert Artists)
1988: Lightnin' Strikes! (Black And Blue) with David Eyges
1992: My Pure Joy (Black Fire)
1993: Worlds (
Gazell )
2000: Byard Lancaster Trio (Soultrane)
2001: Philadelphia Spirit in New York (CIMP) with
Odean Pope , Ed Crockett, J.R. Mitchell
2003: The Out Cry (Lancaster) as Crockett, Mitchell & Lancaster
2005: "A" Heavenly Sweetness (Isma'a, Discograph)
2005: Pam Africa (Spirit Room)
2006: Soul Unity (Heavenly Sweetness) as Thunderbird Service
2006: Ancestral Link Hotel (Spirit Room)
As sideman
With
Arcana
With
Big Youth
With Change of the Century Orchestra
Change of the Century Orchestra (JAS, 1999)
With Cool Waters
With
Johnny Copeland
Copeland Special (Rounder, 1981)
Jungle Swing (Verve, 1995)
Texas Party (DeAgostini, 1996)
Honky Tonkin' (Bullseye, 1999)
With
Bill Dixon
With
David Eyges
The Arrow (Music Unlimited, 1981)
Crossroads (Music Unlimited, 1982)
With fONKSQUISh
Useless Education (Promo Preview, 2008)
With
Doug Hammond
With
Kip Hanrahan
Coup de tête (American Clavé, 1981)
With
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Eye on You (About Time Records, 1980)
Nasty (Moers Music, 1981)
With
Khan Jamal
Infinity (Stash 278, 1984)
Cubano Chant (Jambrio, 2000)
Black Awareness (CIMP, 2005)
Impressions of Coltrane (SteepleChase, 2009)
With Dwight James
Inner Heat (Cadence, 1983)
With
Bill Laswell
Jazzonia (Douglas, 1998)
Moody's Mood for Love (Douglas, 1998)
Sacred System -
Nagual Site (Wicklow/BMG, 1998)
Operazone -
The Redesign (Knitting Factory, 2000)
Method of Defiance - Inamorata (Ohm Resistance, 2007)
With
Garrett List
American Images (Horo, 1978)
Fire & Ice (Lovely Music, 1982)
The New York Takes (Carbon 7, 1998)
With
Geoff Leigh and Frank Wuyts
From Here to Drums (No Man's Land, 1988)
With Byron Morris and Gerald Wise
Unity (EPI, 1972; Eremite, 2017)
With
Sunny Murray
With
Robert Musso
Innermedium (1999, DIW Records)
With
Errol Parker
With
Odean Pope
With
Vito Ricci
Postones (Creation Production Company, 1983)
With
Sounds of Liberation
With
Pierre Van Dormael ,
David Linx and
James Baldwin
A Lover's Question (Label Bleu, 1999)
With
Marzette Watts
With
Larry Young
References
^
a
b
c
Cook, Richard . (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. New York: Penguin Books.
ISBN
0-14-102646-4
^
a
b 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
^ Ratlif, B.
Byard Lancaster, Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Dies at 70 , The New York Times , accessed April 30, 2018
^ Strauss, Neil (1997, July 4). Johnny Copeland, 60, who sang Texas Blues and played guitar. The New York Times .
^ (2006). Byard Lancaster - Creative Improvised Music Projects . Retrieved January 5, 2008, from
http://www.cimprecords.com/artists/?artist=Byard+Lancaster
Archived 2016-03-04 at the
Wayback Machine
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Clark, Vernon, and Dan DeLuca, "Byard Lancaster, 70, famed Phila. jazz musician,"
The Philadelphia Inquirer , August 25, 2012
External links
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