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Byard Lancaster (August 6, 1942 – August 23, 2012) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flutist.Cook, Richard. (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. New York: Penguin Books. Allen, Clifford. (2005). Byard Lancaster: From A Love Supreme to The Sex Machine. Retrieved January 5, 2008, from http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17125Ratlif, B. Byard Lancaster, Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Dies at 70, The New York Times, accessed April 30, 2018

Early life and education

He attended two colleges, one for music, before attending the Berklee College of Music. He moved to New York City and participated in which included saxophonist Archie Shepp and drummer Elvin Jones.

Career

In 1965, he recorded Sunny Murray Quintet with the album's eponymous musician in New York, performed in the Parisian Actuel festival with him in 1969, and continued to work in the drummer's groups throughout his career. By the 1970s, Lancaster had played with musicians such as McCoy Tyner, Khan Jamal, and Sun Ra, as well as some outside of jazz, such as blues pianist Memphis Slim and blues guitarist Johnny Copeland.Strauss, Neil (1997, July 4). Johnny Copeland, 60, who sang Texas Blues and played guitar. The New York Times.

Near the end of his life he performed regularly with cellist David Eyges and recorded as a leader and sideman for the record label CIMP.(2006). Byard Lancaster - Creative Improvised Music Projects. Retrieved January 5, 2008, from http://www.cimprecords.com/artists/?artist=Byard+Lancaster He died of pancreatic cancer on August 23, 2012. Clark, Vernon, and Dan DeLuca, "Byard Lancaster, 70, famed Phila. jazz musician," The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 25, 2012

Discography

As leader / co-leader

1968: It's Not Up to Us (Vortex Records)
1972: Live at Macalester College (Dogtown) as the J. R. Mitchell/Byard Lancaster Experience
1974: Us (Palm Records) with Steve McCall, Sylvain Marc
1974: Mother Africa (Palm) with Clint Jackson III
1974: Exactement (Palm) with Keno Speller
1977: Exodus (Philly Jazz)
1977: (Vol 2) (Casablanca/Douglas, Knit Classics) as Flight To Sanity
1979: Funny Funky Rib Crib (Vendémiaire/Palm)
1979: Documentation: The End of a Decade (Bellows)
1979: Personal Testimony (Then and Now) (Concert Artists)
1988: Lightnin' Strikes! (Black And Blue) with David Eyges
1992: My Pure Joy (Black Fire)
1993: Worlds (Gazell)
2000: Byard Lancaster Trio (Soultrane)
2001: Philadelphia Spirit in New York (CIMP) with Odean Pope, Ed Crockett, J.R. Mitchell
2003: The Out Cry (Lancaster) as Crockett, Mitchell & Lancaster
2005: "A" Heavenly Sweetness (Isma'a, Discograph)
2005: Pam Africa (Spirit Room)
2006: Soul Unity (Heavenly Sweetness) as Thunderbird Service
2006: Ancestral Link Hotel (Spirit Room)