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Don Byron and Uri Caine in Tel Aviv
by Eyal Hareuveni
Don Byron and Uri Caine Opera House Tel Aviv, Israel Friday, April 27, 2007 The careers of composer and clarinetist Don Byron and frequent collaborator and composer, pianist Uri Caine, are exceptionally versatile. Both are gifted with an encyclopedic knowledge of many genres, past, present and ...
Don Byron: Moving Towards the Idiomatic
by Paul Olson
Don Byron is one the most familiar names in contemporary jazz music and by far the most prominent clarinetist of the last 20 years. Born in the Bronx--and proud of it--Byron was introduced to an eclectic world of music and culture at a very young age by his pianist mother and bass-playing father. His early years ...
Don Byron: Doing The Boomerang at Philadelphia's Painted Bride
by Edward Zucker
Don Byron Painted Bride Art Center Philadelphia, PA February 3, 2007 Don Byron's release Do The Boomerang: The Music Of Junior Walker became a darling of the critics and made the best-of lists for 2006. The disc, a danceable, funk and R&B-filled party record, was Byron's homage to one ...
Don Byron: Do The Boomerang: The Music Of Junior Walker
by Chris M. Slawecki
Through previous recordings in honor of Sly Stone, Igor Stravinsky, Henry Mancini and other influences on his highly individualized muse, Don Byron has demonstrated a great feeling for tributes. His sixth Blue Note release honors Autry DeWalt, who blew as “Junior Walker a string of saxophone/organ hurricanes that contributed mightily to the rock-soul wing of Motown ...
A Ballad for Many
By Don Byron
Label: Cantaloupe Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Eugene: I; II; III; IV; V; VI. Fyodorovich; Blinky Blanky Blokoe; Spin; Basquiat; Music from
The Red-Tailed Angels: Integrity; Silver Wings; Despite a Barrage; Explanation; 450
Tuskegee Airmen; You Can Fly; Finally in 1941; Fortunately; Credits. Show Him Some Lub.
Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker
By Don Byron
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Cleo's Mood; Ain't That the Truth; Do the Boomerang; Mark Anthony Speaks; Shotgun; There It Is; Satan's Blues; Hewbie Steps Out; Pucker Up, Buttercup; Tally-Ho; What Does It Take (To Win Your Love); (I'm a) Roadrunner.
Don Byron: Do the Boomerang and A Ballad for Many
by Elliott Simon
Don Byron Do the Boomerang Blue Note 2006 Bang on a Can & Don Byron A Ballad for Many Cantaloupe Music 2006 Culture, both niche and mass appeal, clearly intrigue clarinetist/composer ...
Don Byron: Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker
by Mark F. Turner
You might be asking “What's next? from clarinetist/saxophonist Don Byron--whose past recordings have included hip-hop, Latin/Afro-Caribbean, klezmer, mainstream and experimental jazz. But unpredictability is what makes him so intriguing; he displays not only chops and ingenuity, but also an inquisitive perception of a broad range of musical genres. With swinging originality, he dedicated his 2004 release ...
Don Byron: Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker
by John Kelman
Clarinetist Don Byron is proof that one can be a serious musician and still have fun. A member of Mensa, he's a composer of “serious music like A Ballad for Many (Cantaloupe, 2006). Still, anyone who was at his Montreal Jazz Festival show this past summer knows that, whether he's reinventing Afro-Cuban music on Music for ...
