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Don Byron is an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He is known for his eclectic style, which draws on a variety of musical genres, including jazz, funk, hip hop, classical, and klezmer. He has released over 20 albums as a leader, and has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Herbie Hancock, John Zorn, and Bill Frisell. Born in The Bronx, New York, Byron began playing clarinet at the age of nine. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the New England Conservatory, and was a member of the Jazz Composers Collective. He has released albums on the Blue Note, Nonesuch, and Elektra labels. As of 2021, Don Byron's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million. He has earned his wealth through his successful career as a jazz musician. He has released over 20 albums as a leader, and has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Herbie Hancock, John Zorn, and Bill Frisell. He has also composed music for film and television, and has been a guest lecturer at universities around the world.

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Occupation Musician
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 8 November 1958
Birthday 8 November
Birthplace Bronx, New York, United States
Nationality United States

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2015

He has worked as a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver (2015), The University at Albany (2005–2009), and MIT (2007–2008), teaching composition, improvisation, music history, clarinet, and saxophone.

2009

Byron won the Rome Prize Fellowship awarded by the American Academy in Rome in 2009. His Seven Etudes for solo piano, commissioned by pianist Lisa Moore, made him a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Musical Composition in 2009. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his bass clarinet solo on "I Want to Be Happy" from Ivey-Divey.

2007

Byron was named a 2007 USA Prudential Fellow and awarded a grant by United States Artists, a public charity that supports and promotes the work of American artists. He also won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007.

2001

Byron is a member of the Black Rock Coalition. In 2001, he performed "Bli Blip" for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington which raised money for charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. He has recorded with Bill Frisell, Joe Henry, Marc Ribot, Vernon Reid, and Allen Toussaint.

1980

His mother was a pianist. His father worked as a mailman and played bass in calypso bands. Byron listened to Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis while growing up, but he was exposed to other styles through trips to the ballet and symphony orchestra. When he was a child, he had asthma, and a doctor recommended playing an instrument to improve his breathing. This was why he started playing clarinet. He grew up in the South Bronx among many Jewish neighbors who sparked an interest in klezmer. Other influences include Joe Henderson, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Hamilton, and Tony Scott. In he teens he took clarinet lessons from Joe Allard. George Russell was one of his teachers at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. At the school he was a member of Klezmer Conservatory Band led by Hankus Netsky. In the 1980s he moved to New York City where he played with avant-garde jazz musicians such as Hamiet Bluiett, Craig Harris, and David Murray.

1958

Donald Byron (born November 8, 1958) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet but has also played bass clarinet and saxophone in a variety of genres that includes free jazz and klezmer.