Birth name Byard Lancaster Role Musician | Years active 1960s—2012 Genres Jazz, Free jazz Name Byard Lancaster | |
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Born August 6, 1942
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ( 1942-08-06 ) Died August 23, 2012, Wyndmoor, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, United States Albums Funny Funky Rib Crib, Sounds of Liberation Similar People Odean Pope, Monnette Sudler, Robert Musso, Graham Haynes, Gerald Veasley | ||
Instruments Alto saxophone, flute Education Berklee College of Music | ||
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Byard Lancaster (August 6, 1942 – August 23, 2012) was an avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flutist.
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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.
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.
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. He died of pancreatic cancer on August 23, 2012.
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As leader
As sideman
With Sunny Murray
With Odean Pope
With Bill Laswell
With Arcana