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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.

ALBUMS


Byard Lancaster
The Complete Palm Recordings 1973 - 1974
2024, 5xLP, Album, RE, RM + LP, S/Sided, EP, RE, RM + 7", SouffleContinu Records, Palm, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Modal/Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
Byard Lancaster
Soul Unity
2022,
Byard Lancaster
Blue Train / Saint John Coltrane
2008, 7", Heavenly Sweetness
Byard "Thunderbird" Lancaster*
"A" Heavenly Sweetness
2005
Byard Lancaster, Odean Pope, Ed Crockett*, J.R. Mitchell
Philadelphia Spirit In New York
2001, CD, CIMP, CIMP
David Eyges Trio With Byard Lancaster & Sunny Murray
Crossroads
2000, CD, Comp, Quixotic Records (2)
Skyjuice / Dark Leaf* / Byard Lancaster
Pull Out / Citizens / Us
1999
Byard Lancaster
Worlds
1993, CD, Album, Gazell (2), ,
Contemporary Jazz
Byard Lancaster
My Pure Joy
1992
David Eyges & Byard Lancaster
Lightnin' Strikes!
1989, CD, Album, Black And Blue, ,
Post Bop
Vito Ricci with Rashied Ali & Byard Lancaster
Postones
1984, Cass, Album, Creation Production Company Inc.
David Eyges With Byard Lancaster & Sunny Murray
Crossroads
1982, LP, Album, Music Unlimited (4), Music Unlimited (4)
David Eyges with Byard Lancaster
The Arrow
1981, LP, Album, Music Unlimited (4)
Byard Lancaster
Documentation: The End Of A Decade
1980
Byard Lancaster
Personal Testimony Vol. I
1980, Vinyl, ,
Leftfield/Space-Age/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Byard Lancaster
Funny Funky Rib Crib
1979
Byard Lancaster
Exodus
1977, LP, Album, Philly Jazz (3), ,
Free Jazz
Jef Gilson, Bobby Jaspar, B. Lancaster*
Anthology 1945/1975
1975, LP, Comp, Palm,
Byard Lancaster, Keno Speller
Exactement
1974
Clint Jackson III, Byard Lancaster
Mother Africa
1974
Byard Lancaster, Steve McCall, Sylvain Marc*
Us
1974
Byard Lancaster, Sylvain Marc,*, Steve McCall
Us
1974
J. R. Mitchell* / Byard Lancaster
Live At Macalester College 72
1972
Byard Lancaster
It's Not Up To Us
1968
Crockett*, Mitchell* And Lancaster*
The Outcry
CD, Lancaster Recording
Better Daze
First Flight E.P.
1995
Steve Tintweiss Spacelight Band
Live At NYU 1980
2022, 2xCD, Album, INKY DoT MEDIA
Steve Tintweiss Spacelight Band
Whistle Stop Tour b/w Ash Dung Blues Bowl
2019, 12", EP, Ltd, S/Edition, INKY DoT MEDIA
Sounds Of Liberation
Unreleased
2018, CDr, Album, Ltd, Dogtown Records
Sounds Of Liberation
Unreleased
2018
The Byard Lancaster Unit
Live At Macalester College
2008
Byard Lancaster Quartet
Ancestral Link Hotel
2006, CD, Album, CIMP
Thunderbird Service
Soul Unity
2006
Khan Jamal Quintet
Black Awareness
2005, CD, Album, CIMP
Byard Lancaster Quartet
Pam Africa
2005, CD, Album, CIMP
Byard Lancaster Trio
Byard Lancaster Trio
2000
The Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
The Ponderer
1991, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society
Eye On You
1980, ,
Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz
Sunny Murray The Untouchable Factor*
Charred Earth
1977
Sounds Of Liberation
Sounds Of Liberation

APPEARANCES +


Bill Dixon With Archie Shepp
7-Tette & Orchestra Revisited
2023, CD, Comp, ezz-thetics
Various
ZZAJ: Jazz From The 23rd Century
2022, 2xCD, Comp, Not On Label, ,
Experimental
Various
Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993
2020
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
The Spirit Of Jazz Cosmos Arkestra At WUHY, 1978
2019, 12x File, ,
Space-Age/Big Band/Free Jazz
Various
ESP-Disk' Fire Music Vol. 1
2012, CD, ,
Free Jazz
Various
Heavenly Sweetness Label Compilation #1
2010, ,
Downtempo/Electro
Khan Jamal
Impressions Of Coltrane
2009, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Bibi Tanga Et Le Professeur Inlassable
En Slip Chaussettes
2008, 7", L'inlassable Disque, ,
Dub/Downtempo
Transonic Band*
Live At The Cooler 04/12/99
2007, CDr, Musso Music
Thunderbird Service / Anne Wirz
Spirit Jazz
2006, 12", Heavenly Sweetness
Various
CIMPosium - Volume 16
2006, CD, Smplr, CIMP, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Jazzpel
Live à L'Archipel
2006, CD, Blue Saphir
Lise Vachon
Vocalise
2006, CD, Album, Say No More Music
Thievery Corporation
Perfect Remixes
2006, ,
Dub/Downtempo
Various
Juin 2005
2005, CD, Comp, Les Inrockuptibles, ,
Soul-Jazz/Bossa Nova/Chanson/Cubano/Monolog/Future Jazz/Latin/Downtempo/Modern Classical/Latin Jazz
Various
CIMPosium - Volume 15
2005, CD, Comp, CIMP, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Various
From The Kitchen Archives - New Music New York 1979
2004, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Orange Mountain Music, ,
Musique Concrète/Spoken Word/Contemporary/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Sunny Murray
Sunshine & An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker)
2002, CD, Comp, RE, Fuel 2000, ,
Free Jazz
Mars 2 Earth
Red Planet
2001, CD, Dreambox Media
Khan Jamal
Cubano Chant
2000, CD, Album, Jambrio
Garrett List
The New York Takes
2000, CD, Carbon 7 Records,
Field Of Sound
Field Of Sound
2000, CDr, Album, Soutrane Recording Company
Operazone
The Redesign
2000
Change Of The Century Orchestra, Sunny Murray - Khan Jamal - Romulus*
Change Of The Century Orchestra
1999, CD, J.A.S.
Barbara Walker
Simply "Live"
1999, CD, Album, WalkWoman Productions,
Various
Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions - Complete
1999
Robert Musso
Innermedium
1999
Bill Laswell
Moody's Mood For Love
1998, HDCD, Maxi, Douglas Music, ,
Downtempo/Jazzdance
Monnette Sudler
Just One Kiss
1998, CD, MSM-Records, ,
Soul-Jazz
Sacred System
Nagual Site
1998, CD, ,
Dub/Drum n Bass/Fusion/Ambient
Bill Laswell's Jazzonia*
Jazzonia
1998, CD, ,
Bop/Downtempo/Trip Hop
Better Daze
Remix Project
1997, 2x Vinyl, ,
Acid Jazz/Trip Hop
Arcana
Arc Of The Testimony
1997, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Hard Rock
Various
Jazz Loft Sessions
1996, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Various
Blue Note Rare Grooves
1996, 2x Vinyl,
Better Daze
First Flight E.P.
1995, ,
Acid Jazz/Downtempo/Future Jazz
Johnny Copeland
Jungle Swing
1995
Johnny Copeland
Texas Party
1995, CD, ,
Electric Blues/Texas Blues
Cool Waters
Cool Waters
1993
James Baldwin, David Linx, Pierre Van Dormael
A Lover's Question
1990, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Khan Jamal
Don't Take No!
1989
Various
A Classic Guide To No Man's Land
1988, CD, Comp, No Man's Land, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Geoff Leigh, Frank Wuyts
From Here To Drums
1988, Vinyl, ,
Avantgarde
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jukebox
1988
Carlene Davis
Yesterday Today Forever
1987, LP, Album, Nicole, ,
Dancehall/Lovers Rock
Khan Jamal
Thinking Of You
1987
Big Youth
A Luta Continua
1986, CD, ,
Roots Reggae
Lord Laro
University Of Calypso
1985, Vinyl, ,
Calypso/Soca/Mento
Gem Myers
Gem
1985
Khan Jamal
Infinity
1984
Dwight James
Inner Heat
1983, LP, Album, Cadence Jazz Records
Johnny Copeland
Copeland Special / Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat
1983,
Garrett List / A-1 Band
Fire & Ice
1982, LP, Album, Lovely Music, Ltd.
J.R. Mitchell Universal Ensemble
Mov'en
1982, Cass, Album, Doria Records
Doug Hammond
Spaces
1982
Johnny Copeland
Copeland Special
1981
Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society*
Nasty
1981
Kip Hanrahan
Coup De Tête
1981
Doug Hammond
Folks
1980
The Errol Parker Experience
Graffiti
1980, ,
Free Jazz/Modal
Garrett List
American Images
1979, 2xLP, Album, Gat, Horo Records
Various
Wildflowers 2 (The New York Loft Jazz Sessions)
1977
Various
Wildflowers (The New York Loft Jazz Sessions Sampler)
1977, ,
Free Jazz
Various
Wildflowers 1 (The New York Loft Jazz Sessions)
1977
Various
Wildflowers 5 (The New York Loft Jazz Sessions)
1977, Vinyl Terre Haute, ,
Free Jazz
The Sounds Of Liberation*
New Horizons
1972, ,
Free Jazz/Abstract/Space-Age/Free Improvisation
Byron* & Gerald*
Unity
1972
Sunny Murray
An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker)
1970
Various
Free Jazz No. 1
1969, LP, Comp, Concert Hall, ,
Free Jazz
Larry Young
Heaven On Earth
1968
Burton Greene
Presenting Burton Greene
1968
Marzette And Company*
Marzette And Company
1968
The Bill Dixon Orchestra
Intents And Purposes
1967
Various
The ESP Sampler
1967, Vinyl Black And White Cover, ,
Free Jazz/Folk Rock/Avantgarde/Lo-Fi/Parody/Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental/Poetry/Monolog/Spoken Word/Free Improvisation
Sunny Murray
Sunny Murray
1966
Various
Jazz Of The 60th - Free Jazz / Volume 20
2xLP, Comp, Monkey Records (4), ,
Free Jazz
Omar Hill
Tribes Of The Future
CDr, Album, Jambrio
Artful Andy & The Suspects
Born-A-G.B.
7", Jamsounds
African Rhythm Tongues
African Rhythm Tongues
CDr, Album, Jambrio
The Philadephia Blues Messengers
Blues For Sale
CD, Album, Car, Not On Label
Various
Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993
2020, ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Various
Heavenly Sweetness 10 (2007-2017: 10 Years Of Transcendent Sound)
2017
Method Of Defiance
Inamorata LP Sampler
2008, 12", Promo, Smplr, W/Lbl, Ohm Resistance
Various
Kindred Spirits Sampler (Fall 2008)
2008, CDr, Promo, Smplr, Kindred Spirits, ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazzdance/Abstract/Soul/Future Jazz/Hip Hop/Ambient/Breaks/Funk
DJ Yama
Groove Collector Vol. 6
2008, CD, Mixed, Mixtape, Groove Masters (5)
Method Of Defiance
Inamorata
2007, CD Digipak, ,
Drum n Bass/Experimental
Raphael Sebbag
Beyond Borders Vol. 2
2006, CD, Comp, Dig, Rush! Production, Toy's Factory, ,
Fusion/Latin Jazz/Free Jazz
Various
CIMPosium - Volume 10
2001, CD, Comp, CIMP
Various
No Categories 3 :: A Ubiquity Compilation
2000, ,
Latin/Conscious/Soul/Instrumental/Future Jazz/Downtempo/Funk
Various
Tetragramaton - Submerge
1996, CD, ,
Illbient/Future Jazz/Trip Hop/Drum n Bass
Various
Jazz Loft Sessions
1996, CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Various
Wildflowers 1 - The New York Jazz Loft Sessions
1995, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Gravity, ,
Free Jazz
Method Of Defiance
Inamorata
2008
Bill Laswell, Operazone
The Redesign
2000, ,
Modern Classical
Robert Musso
Innermedium
1999
Various
Rendez-Vous
1994
Byard Lancaster / Khan Jamal
Live '78
LP, Unofficial, Dogtown Records (7)
Arcana
Arc Of The Testimony
CD, ,
Free Jazz/Hard Rock
Bill Laswell / Sacred System
Nagual Site
CD, ,
Dub/Drum n Bass/Fusion/Ambient