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Lancaster, Byard

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Personal name headingLancaster, Byard
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Birth date1942-08-06
Death date2012-08-23
Profession or occupationMusicians Jazz musicians Saxophonists Flute players
Found inJames, D. Inner heat [SR] p1983: container (Byard Lancaster, saxophone)
Wikipedia WWW site, Aug. 28, 2012 (Byard Lancaster; b. Aug. 6, 1942, Philadelphia; d. Aug. 23, 2012; jazz saxophonist and flutist)
New York times WWW site, Sept. 4, 2012 (in obituary published Sept. 1: Byard Lancaster; b. Aug. 6, 1942, Philadelphia; d. Aug. 23, Wyndmoor, Pa., aged 70; alto saxophonist who took part in the great wave of free jazz inspired by John Coltrane and then diversified far into other music and cultures--living in Nigeria, France, and Chicago, playing blues, reggae and Afrobeat--but kept returning to Philadelphia)