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Article: Not For Sale

Jaki Byard at the Chicago Jazz Festival - September 6, 1992

Read "Jaki Byard at the Chicago Jazz Festival - September 6, 1992" reviewed by Ken Dryden


I was introduced to the work of pianist Jaki Byard through his work as a sideman with Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus. Both his eclectic style and sense of humor appealed to me, so I soon found myself snapping up every record and CD in which he took part, even getting an opportunity to do liner ...

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The Jaki Byard Quartet with Joe Farrell: The Last From Lennie's

Read "The Last From Lennie's" reviewed by David Rickert


If anyone wanted to record a history of jazz piano, it could have been done by Jaki Byard, an incredibly versatile pianist who could play virtually any style. However, Byard was too cagey to have approached a project of that magnitude, preferring to meld his influences within the space of a single composition. Utilizing a method ...

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From The Creative World Of Stan Kenton Comes... A Merry Christmas!

Label: Capitol Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: O Tannenbaum; The Holly And The Ivy; We Three Kings Of Orient Are; Good King Wenceslas; The Twelve Days Of Christmas; Once In Royal David's City; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Angels, We Have Heard On High; O Holy Night; Christmas Medley; Joy To The World; Away In A Manger; The First Noel; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; Silent Night; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing;

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Jaki Byard Quartet: The Last From Lennie's

Read "The Last From Lennie's" reviewed by Russell Moon


It's Party Time! Prestige recorded pianist Jaki Byard's April 15, 1965 quartet gig at a suburban Boston nightclub called Lennie's on the Turnpike. Two LPs were subsequently produced from the session, Live! and Live! Vol. 2. Every track save one was subsequently issued on a single reissue CD entitled Live!. The brand new CD called The ...

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Sunshine of My Soul

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Sunshine, Cast Away, Chandra, St. Louis Blues, Diane's Melody, Trendsition Zildjian.

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Jaki Byard: Sunshine of My Soul

Read "Sunshine of My Soul" reviewed by David Rickert


Jaki Byard is one of only a few jazz musicians who can play comfortably in virtually any style. This has made him a valuable sideman for players as diverse as Maynard Ferguson and Charles Mingus, but has rendered his work as a leader as a tad all over the map, lacking any guiding force to tie ...

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My Mother's Eyes

Label: M & I
Released: 2000
Track listing: Garr; My Mother's Eyes; St. Thomas; La Rosita; Medley; Spanish Tinge; More Than You Know; Out Front, Out Back; Medley; I Don't Know What Kind Of Blues I've Got; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Aluminum Baby; Japanese Sandman; Darryl;

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Mingus In Stuttgart April 28 1964 Concert

Label: ZYX Music
Released: 2000
Track listing: ATFW USA; Sophisticated Lady; Fables Of Faubus Pt. 1; Fables Of Faubus Pt. 2;

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Far Cry

Label: Analogue Productions
Released: 2000
Track listing: Mrs. Parker Of K.C.; Ode To Charlie Parker; Far Cry; Miss Ann; Left Alone; Tenderly; It's Magic;

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Solo/Strings

Label: Muse Records
Released: 2000


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