| LC control no. | n 78048954 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Byard, Jaki |
| Variant(s) | Byard, Jacky Byard, John A. |
| See also | Corporate body: Charles Mingus Sextet |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1922-06-15 |
| Death date | 1999-02-11 |
| Place of birth | Worcester (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Queens (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Hartt School of Music Maynard Ferguson Big Band Charles Mingus Sextet New England Conservatory of Music Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) Apollo Stompers (Musical Group) University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Jazz musicians Pianists Saxophonists |
| Found in | Duet [SR] p1975 (a.e.) cont. (Jaki Byard, jazz pianist) His Giant steps [SR] c1978: label (Jaki Byard) container (b. 1922) Mingus, C. Pithycanthropus erectus [SR] p1985: container (Jacky Byard, piano) New Grove dict. of jazz (Byard, Jaki (John A., Jr.); b. June 15, 1922, Worcester, MA; pianist, tenor saxophonist, and composer) New York Times, Feb. 15, 1999 (Jaki Byard, jazz musician and teacher, 76; d. Feb. 11, 1999, Hollis, Queens) African American National Biography, accessed January 6, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Byard, Jaki; John Arthur Byard Jr; jazz musician, pianist, saxophonist; born 15 June 1922 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; worked in local bands in Massachusetts (1938-1941); performed in army bands (1941-1946); worked in Boston (1946-1949); worked with Jerry Tyler's band (1950-1952), with Herb Pomeroy's big band (1952-1955); was part of Maynard Ferguson Big Band, New York (1959-1962); best known for his association with Charles Mingus group (sextet) (1962-1965); taught at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston (1969); taught at Hartt School of Music, Northeastern University, Bennington College, Bismarck State College, University of Massachusetts; had two big bands with the same name, the Apollo Stompers: in Boston and in New York (1970s);died 11 February 1999 in Queens, New York, United States) |
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