Byard Lancaster

Real Name:
William Byard Lancaster
Profile:
b : August 1942, Philadelphia (US)
American flute / saxophonist free-jazz / avant-garde / improviser artist, but with obvious soul and blues influences.
Byard has started his career in the mid 60s and has worked with Sun Ra, McCoy Tyner, Memphis Slim or Bill Dixon to name a few.

Also studied Piano, singing, composing, Arranging and conducting.
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Releases:
It's Not Up To Us (Album) (2 versions)   Vortex Records (2) ... 1966
Live At Macalester College 72 (LP, Pri)   Dogtown Records 1972
Us (LP + 7")   Palm 1974
Exodus (LP)   Philly Jazz Inc. 1977
Personal Testimony (LP, Pri)   Concert Artists 1980
Pull Out / Citzens / Us (12", Ltd)   Ubiquity Records 1999
"A" Heavenly Sweetness (CD, Album)   Discograph 2005
Funny Funky Rib Crib (Album) (3 versions)   Palm ... 2008
Just-Test (7")   Kindred Spirits 2008
Saint John Coltrane / Blue Train (7")   Heavenly Sweetness 2008
Appears On:
Sunny Murray (Album) (4 versions)   ESP Disk ... 1966
Intents And Purposes (Album) (2 versions) Metamorphosis 1962 - 1966 RCA Victor 1967
Presenting Burton Greene (2 versions)   Columbia ... 1968
Free Jazz No. 1 (LP) Invisible Blues Concert Hall 1969
Heaven On Earth (LP)   Blue Note 1969
Marzette And Company (Album) (2 versions)   ESP Disk ... 1971
Unity (LP)   E.P.I. Records 1972
Wildflowers 1: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions (LP) Over The Rainbow Douglas 1977
Wildflowers 2: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions (LP) The Need To Smile Douglas 1977
Wildflowers 5: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions (Vinyl, Album) Somethings Cookin Douglas 1977
Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions Sampler (LP) Over The Rainbow Douglas 1977
American Images (2xLP)   Horo Records 1978
An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker) (Album) (5 versions)   BYG Records ... 1979
Eye On You (LP, Album)   About Time Records 1980
Folks (LP)   Idibib 1980
Coup De Tete (Album) (3 versions)   American Clavé ... 1981
Nasty (LP, Album)   Moers Music 1981
Fire & Ice (LP) Rib Crib, Oleo/Tune-Up... Lovely Music, Ltd. 1982
A Classic Guide To No Man's Land (CD, Comp) The Russians Are Coming No Man's Land 1988
From Here To Drums (LP, Album) Space Is The Place No Man's Land 1988
Infinity (LP)   Stash Records 1988
Jukebox (CD, Album) A Time A Place, Meta-M... Gramavision 1988
A Lover's Question (CD, Album) Becoming Streams Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1990
The Ponderer (CD, Album)   Soul Note 1991
Spaces (CD, Album)   DIW Records 1992
Arc Of The Testimony (CD, Album)   Axiom 1997
Jazzonia (Album) (2 versions) Twisted Douglas Music ... 1998
Moody's Mood For Love (CD, Maxi)   Douglas Music 1998
Nagual Site (Album) (2 versions) Dèrive Wicklow ... 1998
Innermedium (CD, Album)   DIW Records 1999
The Redesign (2 versions)   Knitting Factory Works ... 2000
Infinity (CDr, RE, Pri)   Jambrio 2001
Sunshine & An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker) (CD)   Fuel 2000 2002
From The Kitchen Archives - New Music New York 1979 (2xCD, Comp, RM) Where We Are Orange Mountain Music 2004
Juin 2005 (CD) Shaka-Zulu Les Inrockuptibles 2005
Wildflowers Loft Jazz New York 1976 (3xCD, Album, RE) Over The Rainbow, The ... Douglas: 2005
Ancestral Link Hotel (CD, Album) You Decide CIMP 2006
Spirit Jazz (12") The Creator Has A Mast... Heavenly Sweetness 2006
En Slip Chaussettes (7") En Slip Chaussettes Dub L'inlassable Disque 2008
Live At Macalester College (CD, RE)   Porter Records 2008
Graffiti (LP)   Sahara Records  
Tracks Appear On:
Rendez-Vous (CD) Just Test Street Jazz Records 1995
Tetragramaton - Submerge (CD, Comp) Active Code Ion 1996
No Categories 3 :: A Ubiquity Compilation (2 versions) Just-Test Ubiquity Records 2000
Juin 2005 (CD) Shaka-Zulu Les Inrockuptibles 2005
Inamorata (Album) (2 versions) Amenta, Black Water Ohm Resistance ... 2007
Inamorata LP Sampler (12", W/Lbl, Promo) Amenta Ohm Resistance 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Rendez-Vous (LP, Comp, Unofficial) Just Test Street Jazz Records 1994
The Redesign (CD, Album)   BL 2000
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