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Charlie Lee Byrd (September 16, 1925 – December 2, 1999) was an American jazz guitarist. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, he collaborated with Stan Getz on the album Jazz Samba, a recording which brought bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music.
Dec 4, 1999 · Charlie Byrd, a virtuoso jazz guitarist who was among the first to popularize bossa nova in North America, died on Wednesday at his home in Annapolis, Md. He was 74. The cause was cancer,...
Mar 12, 2008 · Jazz guitar legend Charlie Byrd performs "Jitterbug Waltz." From the Vestapol DVD "Legends of Jazz Guitar, Vol. Two." More info at https://stefan-grossmans-g...
Aug 15, 2017 · Charlie Byrd - Brazilian Byrd - 1963 - Full Album. José Freitas. 37.5K subscribers. Subscribed. 687. 41K views 6 years ago. Búzios Bossa Blog ...more.
Charles L. Byrd (19th September 1925 – 29th November 1999), also known as Charlie Byrd was an American jazz guitarist. He was born in Suffolk, Virginia. He was the only jazz guitarist at that time whose primary instrument was the classic guitar, which gave him his distinctive sound.
Sep 5, 2013 · Charlie Byrd - Contemporary Acoustic Jazz Guitar. Ivan Zaytsev. 2.25K subscribers. Subscribed. 9.4K. 1M views 10 years ago. Guitar School ...more.
Oct 17, 2005 · All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Byrd's birthday today! Charlie Byrd jammed with Django Reinhardt, recorded with Woody Herman, studied with the great Segovia, and with Stan Getz introduced the Brazilian bossa nova to international audiences. He then proceeded to form a super guitar trio with Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis.
Dec 2, 1999 · NPR's Tom Cole offers an appreciation of jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, who died last night at the age of 74. Byrd introduced Bosa Nova to the United States, with his 1962 recording of the...
Tasteful, low-key, and ingratiatingly melodic, Charlie Byrd had two notable accomplishments to his credit -- applying acoustic classical guitar techniques to jazz and popular music and helping to introduce Brazilian music to mass North American audiences.
Byrd combined the best of guitar music—classical, jazz, and Latin. As Leonard Feather stated: “Byrd developed into possibly the most versatile guitarist ever to play jazz.”. Charlie Byrd died December 2, 1999. Charlie Byrd was born in 1925 just outside of Suffolk, Virginia.
