BYRD, DONALD[SON] T.

BYRD, DONALD[SON] T. Jazz trumpeter (9 December 1932 in Detroit, Michigan). His father, a minister and pianist, introduced him to music. Two uncles played saxophone and drums, and his sister played piano. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Detroit, Michigan; at Wayne University in Detroit (B.A.); at the Manhattan School of Music in New York (B. Mus., 1963); and at Columbia University Teachers College (Ph.D. in college teaching and administration, 1971). He also studied...