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Byard Lancaster

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American flute / saxophonist free-jazz / avant-garde / improviser artist, but with obvious soul and blues influences Born August 06, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died August 23, 2012 in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania Byard has started his career in the mid 60s and has worked with Sun Ra, McCoy Tyner, Memphis Slim or Bill Dixon to name a few, he also studied piano, singing, composing, arranging and conducting.