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    John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (/ˈbaɪˌɑːrd, ˈbaɪərd/; June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger...
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  • Jaki Byard with Strings! is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label. It is a sextet recording, with George Benson...
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  • The Jaki Byard Experience is an album by jazz pianist Jaki Byard, originally released on the Prestige label in 1968, featuring performances by Byard with...
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  • Jaki is a given name and a surname which may refer to: John Jaki Byard (1922–1999), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger Jacqueline Jaki Graham...
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  • Here's Jaki is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label. "Cinco y Quatro" is a calypso in 5 4 time. "Garnerin'...
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  • Hi-Fly is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1962 and released on the New Jazz label. Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Robert...
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  • Freedom Together! (category Jaki Byard albums)
    Freedom Together! is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label. In a contemporary review, Down Beat gave the album...
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  • Jaki Byard at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Seventeen is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Jaki Byard. The album was recorded...
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  • – tenor saxophone Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet Jaki Byard – piano Charles Mingus – bass, narration ("Freedom") Walter Perkins –...
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  • Little, it is one of the few recordings of their partnership. Pianist Jaki Byard, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Roy Haynes all return from earlier Dolphy...
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  • Front! is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1964 (with one track from the 1961 session that produced Here's Jaki) and released on the Prestige...
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  • Family Man is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1978 and released on the Muse label. Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with a review stating...
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    (born August 30, 1956) is an American jazz guitarist who worked with Jaki Byard, Chico Hamilton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lena Horne and as a bandleader....
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  • Blues for Smoke (category Jaki Byard albums)
    Blues for Smoke is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1960 and released on the Candid label. Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review...
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  • Mother's Eyes is an album by jazz pianist Jaki Byard with the Apollo Stompers. This was pianist Jaki Byard's third album with the Apollo Stompers. The...
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  • and features performances by Kirk with pianists Lonnie Liston Smith and Jaki Byard, bassist Major Holley and drummer Charles Crosby. The AllMusic review...
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  • Sunshine of My Soul (category Jaki Byard albums)
    Sunshine of My Soul is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label. Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its...
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  • The Last from Lennie's (category Jaki Byard live albums)
    Lennie's is an album by pianist Jaki Byard's Quartet recorded in 1965 at the same performances that produced Jaki Byard Quartet Live! and (apart from one...
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  • performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label, with his quartet including Jaki Byard on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Alan Dawson on drums. The Allmusic...
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  • by multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk. It features a quartet of Kirk, Jaki Byard (piano), Richard Davis (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums); they were described...
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  • features Dolphy in a quintet with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Jaki Byard, bassist George Tucker and drummer Roy Haynes. Hubbard had shared living...
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    Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. Higgins was born in Los Angeles,...
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  • Jaki Byard and Howard Riley. American pianist Jaki Byard first met British pianist Howard Riley at a jazz club in New York. Riley recommended Byard for...
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  • The Entertainer is a 1972 solo album by jazz pianist Jaki Byard. The album was recorded for the Japanese label Victor. The material is diverse: "ragtime...
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  • Jaki Byard Quartet Live! is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1965 and originally released on the Prestige label as two long LP records and later...
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    they were colorfully dubbed by the musicians) included Pepper Adams, Jaki Byard, Booker Ervin, John Handy, Jimmy Knepper, Charles McPherson, and Horace...
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    With Jaki Byard Jaki Byard Quartet Live! (Prestige, 1965) The Last from Lennie's (Prestige, 1965 [2003]) Freedom Together! (Prestige, 1966) Jaki Byard with...
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  • College, South Australia Jaki Byard (1922–1999), American jazz pianist, composer, and trumpet and saxophone player Kevin Byard (born 1993), American National...
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    Mel Lewis Orchestra. He also recorded with Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Jaki Byard, Players Association and Elvin Jones. After the death of John Coltrane...
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  • album by pianists Earl Hines and Jaki Byard recorded in 1972 and released on the German MPS label. Hines and Byard perform solo on one track each. The...
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