Jaki Byard

piano, conductor, alto saxophone, arranger, tenor saxophone

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Booker Ervin tenor saxophone European Episode, Searchlight
Charles Mingus
Eric Dolphy
Sam Rivers (saxophone, flute jazz musician)
Don Ellis

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Booker Ervin tenor saxophone European Episode, Searchlight
Jon Rosenberg (engineer) engineer Besame Mucho, Boogie Woogie in and Out, Charles Mingus Medley- Fables of Faubus-Peggy's Blue Skylight, Emil, European Episodes, Excerpts From 'Songs of Proverbs', Hazy Eve, Spinning Wheel, Sunshine, Tribute to the Ticklers, Two Different Worlds
Gérard Terrones producer Besame Mucho, Bugle Call Rag, Dedicated to Bob Vatel of the Ten Gallons, Going Home Blues, Isle to Isle, Love Is Here to Stay, Medley (Goin' Out of Myhead/ Mind and Soual/ Besame Mucho/ Sunday), Shiny Stockings, Tribute to Jimmy Slide, When Lights Are Low, Willow Weep for Me
Alexis Frenkel editor Besame Mucho, Bugle Call Rag, Dedicated to Bob Vatel of the Ten Gallons, Going Home Blues, Isle to Isle, Love Is Here to Stay, Medley (Goin' Out of Myhead/ Mind and Soual/ Besame Mucho/ Sunday), Shiny Stockings, Tribute to Jimmy Slide, When Lights Are Low, Willow Weep for Me
Charles Raucher engineer Besame Mucho, Bugle Call Rag, Dedicated to Bob Vatel of the Ten Gallons, Going Home Blues, Isle to Isle, Love Is Here to Stay, Medley (Goin' Out of Myhead/ Mind and Soual/ Besame Mucho/ Sunday), Shiny Stockings, Tribute to Jimmy Slide, When Lights Are Low, Willow Weep for Me
Joe Fields (American jazz producer) producer Besame Mucho, Boogie Woogie in and Out, Charles Mingus Medley- Fables of Faubus-Peggy's Blue Skylight, Emil, European Episodes, Excerpts From 'Songs of Proverbs', Hazy Eve, Spinning Wheel, Sunshine, Tribute to the Ticklers, Two Different Worlds
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) bass 'Round Midnight, Blues in the Closet, Excerpts From "Yamecraw", Here to Hear, Hi-Fly, Lullaby of Birdland, There Are Many Worlds, Tillie Butterball, When Sunny Gets Blue
Dave Achelis mix Ballad to Louise, Emil, Gaeta, Garr, John Arthur, Just Rollin' Along, L.H. Gatewalk Rag, Mood Indigo/Chelsea Bridge (medley), Prelude #16
Giovanni Bonandrini producer Bl Plus Wh = 88, Caravan, Excerpts From Trumpet Concerto, Land of Make Believe, Ode to Billy Joe, Send One You Love, Solitude, Tin Roof Blues, To Them - To Us
Giancarlo Barigozzi engineer Bl Plus Wh = 88, Caravan, Excerpts From Trumpet Concerto, Land of Make Believe, Ode to Billy Joe, Send One You Love, Solitude, Tin Roof Blues, To Them - To Us
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) drums A-Toodle-oo, Toodle-oo, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Geb Piano Roll, I Fall in Love Too Easily, Olean Visit, On the Spot, P.C. Blues, Second Balcony Jump, Snow Flakes
Nat Hentoff producer Aluminium Baby, Blues for Smoke, Diane's Melody, Excerpts From European Episode, Flight for the Fly, Jaki's Blues Next, One Two Five, Pete and Thomas (Tribute to the Ticklers), Spanish Tinge No.1
Bob d'Orleans engineer Aluminium Baby, Blues for Smoke, Diane's Melody, Excerpts From European Episode, Flight for the Fly, Jaki's Blues Next, One Two Five, Pete and Thomas (Tribute to the Ticklers), Spanish Tinge No.1
Fred Seibert producer Ballad to Louise, Emil, Gaeta, Garr, John Arthur, Just Rollin' Along, L.H. Gatewalk Rag, Mood Indigo/Chelsea Bridge (medley), Prelude #16
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) bass A-Toodle-oo, Toodle-oo, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Geb Piano Roll, I Fall in Love Too Easily, Olean Visit, On the Spot, P.C. Blues, Second Balcony Jump, Snow Flakes
Pete La Roca drums 'Round Midnight, Blues in the Closet, Excerpts From "Yamecraw", Here to Hear, Hi-Fly, Lullaby of Birdland, There Are Many Worlds, Tillie Butterball
Don Schlitten producer Freedom Together, Getting to Know You, Just You, Just Me, Night Leaves, Nocturne for Contrabass, Ode to Prez, Young at Heart
Richard Alderson recording Freedom Together, Getting to Know You, Just You, Just Me, Night Leaves, Nocturne for Contrabass, Ode to Prez, Young at Heart
Warren Smith (jazz percussionist) drums, vibraphone Ballad to Louise, Emil, Gaeta, Garr, John Arthur, Prelude #16
Walter Perkins (Chicago jazz drummer) drums European Episode, Lush Life, Out Front, Searchlight, Two Different Worlds
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) bass Evidence, Hazy Eve, Parisian Thoroughfare, Shine on Me, Teach Me Tonight
Bob Cranshaw bass European Episode, Lush Life, Out Front, Searchlight, Two Different Worlds
Alan Dawson drums Evidence, Parisian Thoroughfare, Shine on Me, Spanish Tinge, Teach Me Tonight
J.R. Mitchell drums Gaeta, Garr, John Arthur, Prelude #16
Hal Willner producer Amarcord, La Strada
Major Holley bass, tuba Garr, L.H. Gatewalk Rag
Richard Williams (jazz trumpeter) trumpet European Episode, Searchlight
Vince McGarry engineer, remixer Amarcord, La Strada
Roy Haynes drums When Sunny Gets Blue
George Tucker bass Spanish Tinge

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Booker Ervin piano A Day to Mourn, A Lunar Tune, Al's In, Aluminum Baby, Bass-Ix, Bass-ix, Bei mir bist Du schön, Bächafillen, Cry Me Not, Dexter's Deck, Grant's Stand, Groovin' at the Jamboree, I Can't Get Started, Mojo, Not Quite That, Number Two, Ode to Charlie Parker, Setting the Pace, Speak Low, Stella by Starlight, The Second # 2, The Second #2, The Trance, There Is No Greater Love, You Don't Know What Love Is
Charles Mingus piano Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul, Blue Bird, Celia, Hora Decubitus, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, I X Love, II B.S., II B.S. (a.k.a. Haitian Fight Song), Mode D—Trio and Group Dancers: Stop! Look! And Sing Songs of Revolutions! / Mode E—Single Solos and Group Dance: Saint and Sinner Join in Merriment on Battle Front / Mode F—Group and Solo Dance: Of Love, Pain, and Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, ’til It’s Freedom Day, Mood Indigo, Reincarnation of a Lovebird, Theme For Lester Young, Theme for Lester Young, Track A - Solo Dancer, Track A—Solo Dancer: Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!, Track B—Duet Solo Dancers: Hearts’ Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces, Track C—Group Dancers: (Soul Fusion) Freewoman and Oh, This Freedom’s Slave Cries
Eric Dolphy piano 245, April Fool, Far Cry, G.W., G.W. (take 1), Glad to Be Unhappy, It's Magic, Left Alone, Les, Miss Ann, Miss Toni, Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother), Ode to Charlie Parker, On Green Dolphin Street, Serene, Tenderly
Sam Rivers piano Beatrice, Cyclic Episode, Downstairs Blues Upstairs, Downstairs Blues Upstairs (alternate take 1), Downstairs Blues Upstairs (alternate take 2), Downstairs Blues Upstairs (alternate take 3), Downstairs Blues Upstairs (first alternate take), Downstairs Blues Upstairs (second alternate take), Downstairs Blues Upstairs (third alternate take), Ellipsis, Fuchsia Swing Song, Fuschia Swing Song, Luminous Monolith, Luminous Monolith (alternate take)
Don Ellis piano A Simplex One, Cock And Bull, Despair To Hope, Four And Three, How Time Passes, Imitation, Improvisational Suite # 1, Natural H., Sallie, Solo, Tragedy, Uh-Huh, Waste
大鴉 piano Can't Get Out of This Mood, Deep Song, Guess Who I Saw Today?, I Feel a Song Coming On, New York's My Home, Send for Me, Something's Coming, The Wind, When the Sun Comes Out, Where Did You Go?
blakinola conductor, piano 5/4 Medley- Take 5-Cinco Quatro Boogie Woogie-Take 5, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful), Lover Man, Medley - Black & Tan Fantasy-Prelude No. 29-Prelude to a Kiss, Medley- Lonely Woman-So What-Impressions-Olean Visit, Medley- Some Other Spring-It's Too Late, One Note to My Wife, Tricotism
Dannie Richmond piano Blowin' in the Wind, Freedom Ride, High Camp, John Kennedy Memory Waltz, Mister Nashville, Pfoofnick, Sweet Little Sixteen, The Berkeley Underground, The Spider
Linda Stark piano Breath, Foolin' Myself, Land of Love, Oslo to Kristiansund to Malmo, Searchlight No. 2, Stage I/ Stage II, Suite 27: Waterfall, Highways, Skyways, Waterways
Eric Kloss piano Gentle One, Milestones, Psychedelicatessen Rag, Repeat, Softly As In A Morning Sunrise, When I Fall In Love, You Don't Know What Love Is
Chris Margolin & The Dregs piano Blue Hodge, Body and Soul, Brazilian Medley: Recado Bossa Nova / The Girl From Ipanema / One Note Samba, Doodle Oodle, Emily, Jean, Mama Flosie
Phil Woods piano Airegin, Nefertiti, Samba du Bois, The Last Page, The Summer Knows, Willow Weep for Me
Holly Backler piano Black Diamond, From Bechet, Byas and Fats, Mystical Dream, No Tonic Pres, Rip, Rig & Panic, Slippery, Hippery, Flippery
Ken McIntyre piano 96.5, Arising, Laura, Say What, Speak Low
Archie Shepp piano Donna Lee, Flamingo, Lady Bird, Now's the Time, Relaxin' at Camarillo
Charlie Mariano piano Pretty Little Nieda, The Shout, To Taiho
Mell Melo piano Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith