Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic (died 2013)

Donald Byrd

American jazz trumpeter (1932–2013)

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz…