Don Byron
Donald Byron (born November 8, 1958) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet, but has also used bass clarinet and saxophones.
Though rooted in jazz, Byron's music is stylistically eclectic. He has worked in many different musical genres, ranging from klezmer music and German lieder, to Raymond Scott's "cartoon-jazz," hard rock/metal, and rap. Most of Byron's albums have been conceptual, devoted to works of a particular musician and/or style of music.
Early life
Byron was born in The Bronx, in New York City. Both parents were musicians: his mother was a pianist and his father played bass in calypso bands. As well as listening to jazz recordings by Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and others, he was exposed to other styles through trips to the ballet and symphony concerts.
He studied clarinet with Joe Allard and studied music at the New England Conservatory in Boston with George Russell. While in Boston, Byron performed and recorded with the Klezmer Conservatory Band, founded by NEC faculty member Hankus Netsky.
Byron, Don Filmography
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2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: actor , character name: Ralph
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2002, role: composer
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2001, role: composer
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2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2001, role: actor
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2001, role: composer
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1998, role: actor , character name: Tyrone Lord
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1996, role: actor , character name: Baritone Saxophone
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1996, role: actor , character name: Hey-Hey Club Musician: Clarinet
Byron, Don Filmography
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2005, role: actor , character name: James
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2001, role: actor , character name: Bob Lloyd
Byron Filmography
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1952, role: actor , character name: Une vedette du nightclub
Don Byron
ALBUMS
- Do the Boomerang released: 2006
- Ivey-Divey released: 2004
- You Are Here released: 1998
- Bug Music released: 1996
- Music for Six Musicians released: 1995
- Tuskegee Experiments released: 1992
- A Ballad for Many released:
- Plays the Music of Mickey Katz released:
- Romance with the Unseen released:
- No-vibe Zone released:
- A Fine Line released:
- You Are #6 released:
Music for Six Musicians
Released 1995- "Uh-Oh, Chango!" / White History Month
- Shelby Steele Would Be Mowing Your Lawn
- (The Press Made) Rodney King (Responsible for the LA Riots)
- "I'll Chill on the Marley Tapes..."
- SEX/WORK (Clarence/Anita)
- La Estrellita
- "...That Sucking Sound..." (For Ross Perot)
- Crown Heights
- The Allure of Entanglement
- The Importance of Being SHARPTON
Plays the Music of Mickey Katz
- Prologue: "...shed no tears before the rain..."
- Frailach Jamboree
- Haim Afen Range ("Home on the Range")
- Mamaliege Dance
- Sweet and Gentle
- Litvak Square Dance
- C'est Si Bon
- Trombonik Tanz
- Bar Mitzvah Special
- Dreidel Song
- Seder Dance
- Paisach in Portugal
- Berele's Sherele
- Mechaye War Chant
- Kiss of Meyer
- Epilogue: Tears
- Wedding Dance
Cure For Aids
The day they found a cure for AIDS
The day they found a cure for AIDS
Everybody took one little pill and was okay
The day thay found a cure
The day they found a cure for AIDS
Everybody took one little pill and was okay
I slept with Cindy and Martha and Sue
I slept with Julie, Melissa and Kate
The day thay found a cure
The day they found a cure for AIDS
Everybody took one little pill and was okay
The people who had plotted to get rid of all the gays
Admitted their guilt and everything was fine
Everybody else said, I din't know
The day they found a cure
For 6 months, no one went to work, they all had orgies
Morning after pills were sold in grocery stores and gas stations
The day they found a cure for AIDS
Everybody took one little pill and was okay
We rented dirty movies and ordered out for food
For 3 solid weeks everyone I met was nude
I slept with Julie, Melissa and Jake
Nobody was afraid
The day they found a cure
The day they found a cure