Ed Byrne (musician) explained

Ed Byrne
Birth Date:30 December 1946
Origin:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre:Jazz, Latin jazz
Years Active:1970-present
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Trombone (slide and valve)

Ed Byrne (born December 30, 1946) is an American trombonist, composer, arranger, author, and educator known for his jazz improvisations, original compositions, and the Linear Jazz Improvisation methodology books.[1] His discography includes more than 60 recordings, including the "Carnegie Hall Concert (Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker album)" and Eddie Palmieri’s Grammy Award-winning Latin jazz album Unfinished Masterpiece.

Biography

Ed Byrne was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, in 1946.[2] Since the 1970s, Byrne played trombone as a sideman alongside many of the New York jazz scene's most well-known jazz artists (e.g., Chet Baker, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Mingus, Eddie Palmieri, Willie Colon, Manu Dibango, and many others). He appears as either sideman and/or featured soloist on more than 60 NYC-based studio recordings. Ed played lead trombone on Eddie Palmieri’s Grammy Award-winning Unfinished Masterpiece in 1974 and was nominated Best Trombone Soloist by Latin New York Magazine in 1976. His original composition, Fenway Funk, recorded by Bobby Paunetto in 1976 was nominated for a Grammy Award.[1] Byrne has regularly led his own jazz groups for decades. Based in Massachusetts, his current quartet continues to feature his original music. Two Shades of Blue, his first album as leader (2000), isa NYC-studio recording featured guitarist John Abercrombie, pianist Jim McNeely, bassist Ron McClure, drummer Victor Lewis, Latin percussionist Milton Cardona, and Ed on trombone as well as a live quartet performance recorded live in at Skullers Jazz Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Conquistador, (2012), featured his Latin Jazz Evolution band.[3]

Byrne was a full-time jazz professor at Berklee College of Music for many years and authored the 17-book Linear Jazz Improvisation series of jazz method books. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music.[4]

His former students include Kenny Werner, Abraham Laboriel, Makaya McCraven, and many others.[5]

Discography

As leader

With Chet Baker

With Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker

Various Artists

With Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner, Thelonious Monk, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Dave Grusin, Wynton Marsalis, André Previn, Paul Desmond, Thelonious Monk, Gil Evans, Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck, Paul Chambers, Dave Grusin, Steve Gadd, Roland Hanna, Bob Brookmeyer, Gary Burton, Paul Desmond, Jim Hall, Elvin Jones, Herbie Hancock, and others):

With The Fania All Stars

With Gene Krupa Big Band

With Maynard Ferguson

With Eddie Palmieri

With Willie Colón And Mon Rivera

With Willie Colón

With Mel Tormé

With Andy Harlow

With Bobby Vince Paunetto

With Conjunto Libre

With Seguida

With Ethel Merman, Leslie Uggams

With Manu Dibango

With The Dalton Jazz Ensemble

With Don Sebesky

With Steve McCraven

With The Player's Association

With Various Artists

With Héctor Lavoe, Gloria Estefan, Cheo Feliciano, Mon Rivera, Rubén Blades, Willie Colón, and others

With Inés Desquinés

Published Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Collar . Matt . 2024 . Ed Byrne – Biography . AllMusic . 2024-09-26.
  2. Web site: Ed Byrne – Biography . 2024. AllAboutJazz . 2024-09-25.
  3. Web site: Ed Byrne Artist Page. Blue Truffle Music . 2024-09-27.
  4. Web site: Bio . ByrneJazz . 2024-09-25.
  5. Web site: Ed Byrne - Biography. Blue Truffle Music . 2024-09-25.

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