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 Don Byron's Profile |
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| Location: | New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jan 9, 2008 (685 days back) |
About Me |
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| For over a decade, Don Byron has been a singular voice in a dizzying range of musical contexts, exploring widely divergent traditions while continually striving for what he calls "a sound above genre." As clarinetist, composer, arranger, and social critic, he redefines every genre of music he plays, be it classical, salsa, hip-hop, funk, klezmer, or any jazz style from swing and bop to cutting-edge downtown improvisation. He has been consistently voted best clarinetist by critics and readers alike in leading international music journals since being named Jazz Artist of the Year by Down Beat in 1992. Acclaimed as much for his restless creativity as for his unsurpassed virtuosity as a player, Byron has presented a multitude of projects at major music festivals around the world, including recent performances in Vienna, San Francisco, Hong Kong, London, Monterey, New Zealand, and on New York's Broadway. This profile was edited with qnun.com Editor Generate your own contact table! New Interview on Studio 360/WNYC Nov. 15, now available on-line. To listen click here .Terry Gross interviewed Don on Fresh Air Nov. 1 - to hear the interview on-line on NPR's website, click here . Just out ~ October 2006: Get it at the megastore or View the animated preview at Blue Note Records featuring: Don Byron, tenor saxophone Dean Bowman, vocals David Gilmore, guitar George Colligan, Hammond B-3 organ Brad Jones, bass Rodney Holmes, drums and special guest Chris Thomas King on vocals and guitar "a smoking slab of greasy soul with a jazzman's sense of adventure." Thom Jurek, All Music Guide "rough-and-ready, down-and-dirty rhythm and blues." John Kelman, All About Jazz See blog page for reviews Also new in 2006, from Cantaloupe Music: Available from Cantaloupe , the megastore or Review: The combination of polymath composer-clarinetist Don Byron and the six post-minimalist virtuosos of the Bang on a Can All-Stars is a match made in musical heaven, and this collection of Byron's short, illustrative pieces is almost sinfully exciting. Most of the music is aggressively rhythmic but with a whimsical undercurrent, a blend of impulses that winds up shooting metallic sparks in all directions. "Eugene," a suite of jittery pieces written for a 1961 television broadcast by Ernie Kovacs, is pugnacious, sharp and always unpredictable like the Three Stooges if they were funny. Other squibs are as cartoonish as their titles ("Fyodorovich," "Blinky Blanky Blokoe"), but Byron also works a more traditional vein with the soundtrack for the documentary "The Red-Tailed Angels." And for sheer beauty there is "Basquiat," a luxuriant slow waltz that will make you melt. (Rating "Excellent")" Joshua Kosman, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 6/20/2006Band Website: donbyron.com Band Members: photos by Ben Long Influences: General Interests Music, Tennis, Politics, Football, religion, Origami, Garage Band, Pro Tools, Darryl Strawberry, Tom Seaver, Andrew Hacker, Chris Rock, Henry Mancini, Ernie Kovacs, Sid and Marty Kroft, Hanna Barbera, Chris Cherott, Wilhelm Reich, Joyce Carol Oates, Herbie Hancock, Dominoes, Santeria, Scrabble, Warner Cartoons, Film Music Music Stravinsky, Eddie Palmieri, Sly Stone, Kirk Franklin, Hezekiah Walker, Junior Walker, Mandrill, Thomas Dolby, Arnette Cobb, James Brown, Phoebe Snow, Aaron Copland, Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, Machito, Lester Young, Joe Henderson, Paul Bley, Papo Luca, Jose Fajardo, A Tribe Called Quest, Lightnin' Hopkins, Nat Cole, Fred Hammond, Raymond Scott Movies Chameleon Street, The 3rd man, the 7 Samurai, Monkey Business, Shaft, M, Shadow of a Doubt, The Accidental Tourist, Shadow of a Doubt, Bob Le Flambeur, Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song, Gentleman's Agreement Television 6 Feet Under, Project Runway, Bargain Hunt, The Word Network, The Wilburn Bothers, Big Joe's Polka Show, yo Mamma, Next, The Mets, The Knicks, Peter Gunn, I Love Lucy, TD Jakes Heroes Igor Stravinsky, Eddie Palmieri, Joe Henderson, Jose Fajardo, Machito, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Wayne Shorter, Thomas Dolby, JB, Sly, Bizmarkie, A Tribe Called Quest, TTC, John Corigliano, JS Bach, Robert Schumann, Erik Satie, Kirk Franklin, Gilbert Patterson, Hezekiah Walker, Eddie Harris, Marice Ravel, Aaron Copland, George Russell, Joe Allard, Gary Bartz, Twinkie Clark, Earth Wind &; Fire, Mandrill, Papo Luca, The Sugarhill Gang, Sam Musiker Aretha Franklin singing Puccini's "Nessun Dorma" at the 1998 Grammys This performance inspired Don's 2000 album A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder Don playing after hours at the Hey Hey Club in Robert Altman's 1996 film Kansas City Eddie Harris and Les McCann playing "Compared to What" as heard on Swiss Movement. This is Part One, for Part Two see below: Record Label: Blue Note Records Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / Classical / R&B) |
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My Blog |
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Washington City Paper review of Do the Boomerang |
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| What It TakesBy Michael J. West (Freelancer)With their growling saxes, yelled vocals, and low-mic'd production, Jr. Walker and the All Stars were probably the roughest act in Motown's otherwise glossy... Posted by Don Byron on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:16:00 PST |
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Soul-Patrol review of Do the Boomerang |
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| Don Byron - "Do The Boomerang (The Music of Junior Walker)"Supersonic Jazz/Supersonic FunkDo you like cover songs? I do. Today it seems to be a major trend with seemingly every new album that comes do... Posted by Don Byron on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:42:00 PST |
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All About Jazz review of Do the Boomerang |
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| Do the BoomerangDon Byron | Blue Note Records (2006)By John KelmanClarinetist 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" ... Posted by Don Byron on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:40:00 PST |
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JazzTimes review of Do the Boomerang |
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| CD Reviews from the October 2006 issueDON BYRONDo the Boomerang (Blue Note)We learn two things in the course of Don Byron's new album, Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker. One, he can play th... Posted by Don Byron on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 06:32:00 PST |
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Billboard/All Music review of Do the Boomerang |
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| Album ReviewDo the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker Anybody interested in Don Byron gets his range, and his willingness to try almost anything that tickles his fancy, whether it be klezmer, swing... Posted by Don Byron on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:34:00 PST |
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Paste Magazine Interview, Oct. 2006 issue |
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| ... Posted by Don Byron on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:43:00 PST |
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