| LC control no. | n 81011276 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Byrd, Donald |
| Variant(s) | Byrd, Donald Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd, Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture, II Byrd, Donaldson Toussaint L'Overture |
| See also | Corporate body: Donald Byrd Quartet Corporate body: Donald Byrd Sextet Corporate body: Donald Byrd Singers |
| Birth date | 1932-12-09 |
| Death date | 2013-02-04 |
| Place of birth | Detroit (Mich.) |
| Place of death | Dover (Del.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Trumpet players Jazz musicians Music teachers |
| Found in | Fancy free. [Phonodisc] 1969. Baker, 8th ed. (Byrd, Donald(son Toussaint L'Overture); b. Dec. 9, 1932, Detroit; Amer. jazz trumpeter, flügelhornist, teacher) New Grove (Byrd, Donald(son Toussaint L'Ouverture, II)) Southern, E. Biog. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians (Byrd, Donald(son) T.) LCCN 95-773123: Jazz eyes, p1993 New York times WWW site, Feb. 12, 2013 (in obituary published Feb. 11: Donald Byrd; b. Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, Dec. 9, 1932, Detroit; d. Feb. 4, Dover, Del., aged 80; one of the leading jazz trumpeters of the 1950s and early 1960s, who became both successful and controversial in the 1970s by blending jazz, funk, and rhythm and blues into a pop hybrid that defied categorization) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 95023477 no 98047790 |
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