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In New York trafen sich Don Byron aus der Bronx und Aruán Ortiz aus Santiago de Cuba. Byron, der weltbekannte Klarinettist, der bei den Labels Nonesuch und Blue Note aufgenommen hat, lud den jüngeren Pianisten in sein Quartett ein. Nun sind beide auf Duo-Europatournee und nehmen parallel bei Intakt Records in Zürich auf. Der Rising Star Ortiz, von Downbeat für seine Soloplatte ‘Cub(an)isme’ mit der begehrten und selten verliehenen 5-Sterne-Rezension ausgezeichnet, findet in Don Byron einen kongenialen Partner und „Innovator zwischen Jazz, Klassik, Karibik und Klezmer“. Da entstehen Zwiegespräche zweier herausragender Instrumentalisten und Improvisatoren, tief in der Tradion des Jazz verwurzelt. Jazzjournalist Larry Blumenfeld hört „einen impliziten Swing“, „sanft, aber mit Überzeugung“, „einen klar dokumentierten Augenblick zwischen zwei meisterhaften Musikern“.
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Don Byron Biography
Don Byron (born November 8, 1958) is a composer, jazz clarinet, bass clarinet and saxophone player. While he is 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 was born in the Bronx, in New York City, and was raised by his parents who were themselves musicians, his mother a pianist, his father a bass player for calypso bands. His parents raised him listening to all kinds of music, taking him on trips to the ballet and the symphony, and also exposing him to jazz music such as Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis records.
Byron studied music at the New England Conservatory in Boston. He 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) of forgotten moments in the history of popular music. Byron has been nominated for a Grammy award for his bass clarinet solo on "I Want to Be Happy" from Ivey-Divey.
Byron is a member of The Black Rock Coalition. He has recorded with Uri Caine, Vernon Reid, Bill Frisell, Joe Henry, and others.
Read MoreByron was born in the Bronx, in New York City, and was raised by his parents who were themselves musicians, his mother a pianist, his father a bass player for calypso bands. His parents raised him listening to all kinds of music, taking him on trips to the ballet and the symphony, and also exposing him to jazz music such as Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis records.
Byron studied music at the New England Conservatory in Boston. He 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) of forgotten moments in the history of popular music. Byron has been nominated for a Grammy award for his bass clarinet solo on "I Want to Be Happy" from Ivey-Divey.
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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