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TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4105	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Thu, Feb 7, 2013 6:41 PM Jazz great Donald Byrd dies at 80 Feb. 7, 2013, 7:00 PM EST WENN Influential jazz great Donald Byrd has died, aged 80. Bing: Videos of Donald Byrd The news was announced by the trumpeter's nephew Alex Bugnon, who told AmoebaMusic.com that certain family members were trying to keep the death under "an unnecessary shroud of secrecy." Byrd reportedly passed away on Monday, but details of his death have not been released. The jazz man launched his career with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the 1950s and performed alongside the likes of John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock. His Blue Note Records album "Black Byrd" became a bestseller for the iconic company and led to the trumpeter forming a group called The Blackbyrds in the 1970s. Byrd's work has been sampled by hip-hop artists including Public Enemy, Nas and the Pharcyde. A statement from his nephew reads: "Let's remember Donald as a one of a kind pioneer of the trumpet, of the many styles of music he took on, of music education. In sum, Donald was an avid, eternal student of music, until his death."

Jazz great Donald Byrd dies at 80
Feb. 7, 2013, 7:00 PM EST

WENN

Influential jazz great Donald Byrd has died, aged 80.

Bing: Videos of Donald Byrd

The news was announced by the trumpeter's nephew Alex Bugnon, who told AmoebaMusic.com that certain family members were trying to keep the death under "an unnecessary shroud of secrecy."

Byrd reportedly passed away on Monday, but details of his death have not been released.

The jazz man launched his career with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the 1950s and performed alongside the likes of John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock.

His Blue Note Records album "Black Byrd" became a bestseller for the iconic company and led to the trumpeter forming a group called The Blackbyrds in the 1970s.

Byrd's work has been sampled by hip-hop artists including Public Enemy, Nas and the Pharcyde.

A statement from his nephew reads: "Let's remember Donald as a one of a kind pioneer of the trumpet, of the many styles of music he took on, of music education. In sum, Donald was an avid, eternal student of music, until his death."

Post #666631 by tiki mick on Thu, Feb 7, 2013 6:41 PM