Don Byron

Don Byron (born November 8, 1958 in New York City) is a composer and jazz clarinet player.

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While Don Byron is for all intents and purposes considered a jazz musician, he is stylistically very adventurous, having recorded klezmer music, German lieder, cartoon music, a Jimi Hendrix song, and a track with rapper Biz Markie. Byron is a gifted performer on clarinet and (occasionally) saxophone, but on many of his albums subordinates his own playing to the exploration of a particular style. Byron is one of jazz's greatest practicing historians, and some of his most successful albums (such as Plays the Music of Mickey Katz, Bug Music and Ivey-Divey) have been recreations (in spirit, if not note-for-note) of forgotten moments in the history of popular music. Don Byron has been nominated for a Grammy award for his bass clarinet solo on "I Want to Be Happy" from Ivey-Divey.

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Byron is a member of The Black Rock Coalition. He has recorded with Uri Caine, Vernon Reid, Bill Frisell, Joe Henry, and others.

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November 8: November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining....

1958: 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar....

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