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Don Byron was born on 8 November, 1958 in Bronx, New York, United States, is an American composer and musician. Discover Don Byron's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?
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Bronx, New York, United States |
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United States
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Don Byron Height, Weight & Measurements
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Don Byron Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Don Byron worth at the age of 65 years old? Don Byron’s income source is mostly from being a successful Musician. He is from United States. We have estimated Don Byron's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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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.
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.
In his 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.
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 was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo in 2005 for his bass clarinet solo on "I Want to Be Happy" from Ivey-Divey.
He was a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards.
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.
With Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra
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 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.
Byron is a practicing jazz historian, and some of his albums have been recreations (in spirit) of forgotten moments in the history of popular music.
Examples are Plays the Music of Mickey Katz and Bug Music.