Charlie Byrd
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Biography
[Edit]Tasteful, low-key, and ingratiatingly melodic, Charlie Byrd had two notable accomplishments to his credit — applying acoustic classical guitar techniques to jazz and popular music and helping to introduce Brazilian music to mass North American audiences. Born into a musical family, Byrd experienced his first brush with greatness while a teenager in France during World War II, playing with his idol Django Reinhardt. After some postwar gigs with Sol Yaged, Joe Marsala and Freddie Slack, Byrd temporarily abandoned jazz to study classical guitar with Sophocles Papas in 1950 and Andrés Segovia in 1954. However he re-emerged later in the decade gigging around the Washington D.C. area in jazz settings, often splitting his sets into distinct jazz and classical segments. He started recording for Savoy as a leader in 1957, and also recorded with the Woody Herman Band in 1958-59. A tour of South America under the aegis of the U.S. State Department in 1961, proved to be a revelation, for it was in Brazil that Byrd discovered the emerging bossa nova movement. Once back in D.C., he played some bossa nova tapes to Stan Getz, who then convinced Verve's Creed Taylor to record an album of Brazilian music with himself and Byrd. That album, Jazz Samba, became a pop hit in 1962 on the strength of the single "Desafinado" and launched the bossa nova wave in North America. Thanks to the bossa nova, several albums for Riverside followed, including the defining Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros, and he was able to land a major contract with Columbia, though the records from that association often consisted of watered-down easy listening pop. In 1973, he formed the group Great Guitars with Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel and also that year, wrote an instruction manual for the guitar that has become widely used. From 1974 onward, Byrd recorded for the Concord Jazz label in a variety of settings, including sessions with Laurindo Almeida and Bud Shank. He died December 2, 1999 after a long bout with cancer. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Title: Great Chefs, Great Music
Artist: Charlie Byrd, The Charlie Byrd Ensemble
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Smooth Jazz
Title: Christmas Carols for Solo Guitar
Artist: Charlie Byrd
Genre: Jazz, Latin, Traditional Pop Music, Bop
Title: Bamba Samba Bossa Nova [Digital 45]
Artist: Charlie Byrd
Genre: Jazz, Rock, World Music, Latin
Collections
Title: A Summer in South America
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: Jazz Lounge
Genre: Jazz
Title: Fine Dining: Jazz Compilation
Genre:
Title: Jukebox Favourites - Best of Bar Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Instrumental Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of Instrumental Rock & Guitar
Genre: Rock
Title: The Very Best of Latin Guitar
Genre: Pop
Title: #1 Caribbean Beach Party
Genre: World Music
Title: Mad Men - A Musical Companion (1960-1965)
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pure Instrumental Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The 50 Best Latin Jazz Songs Ever
Genre: Latin
Title: Verve: The Sound of America: The Singles Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Le Meilleur du Jazz: Latin Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Songs for Your Perfect Fall Wedding
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Folk Masters
Genre: Country
Title: Big Hit Sounds of the 1960's, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Essential Hits, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: A Carnival In Brasil
Genre: Latin
Title: Bossa Nova Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Compact Jazz: Best of Bossa Nova
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bossa Nova the Best from Brasil, Vol. 2
Genre: Latin
Title: Essential Music Hits Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Masters of Jazz Guitar
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Cocktails!
Genre: Jazz
Title: Old Country Songs from Down On the Farm, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: A Big Mix of Hits, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: 50 Foxtrot Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: 2014 Brazilian Carnival: Samba, Bossa Nova & Latin Jazz
Genre: Latin
Title: Let's Go Latin
Genre: World Music
Title: A Concord Jazz Christmas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bossa Nova for Lovers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music For Cocktails
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Moods: Tranquillity
Genre: Jazz
Title: Old Fashioned Love: Classic Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Falling Leaves: Jazz Classics for Autumn
Genre: Jazz
Title: Burlesque Music Box - Makin Whoopee - Jazz and Swing
Genre: Jazz
Title: Iced Coffee 3 - Chilled Jazz for Relaxation
Genre: Jazz
Title: Everest Jazz Digest
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Bossa Nova
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: A Beginners Guide to Bossa Nova
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Jazz Samba
Genre: Jazz
Title: Classic 60's Hits Jazz Greats
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Jazz Lounge
Genre: Jazz
Title: Agua De Beber - Summer Samba Sauce
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Moods: Brazilian Romance
Genre: Jazz
Title: Carnaval, Carnaval en Brasil (Brazil Carnival)
Genre: Latin
Title: Jazz 'Round Midnight: Bossa Nova
Genre: Jazz
Title: Clássicos Brasileiros / Classicos Brasileiros
Genre: World Music
Title: 100% Bossa Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rio for Lovers
Title: Bossa Nova By the Beach
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Orquestas Sizzling Mambos's and Cuban Classics
Genre: Latin
Featuring albums
Title: The Best of Stan Getz (20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection)
Artist: Stan Getz
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Woody Allen - Music from His Movies, Vol. 5
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Mojo Jazz Present Family Affair (Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Latin
Title: The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook
Artist: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Genre: Jazz, Samba, World Music, Latin, Bossanova
