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le simultaneously remaining a jazz artist. He recorded prolifically as both a leader and sideman from the mid-'5os into the mid-'6os, most often for Blue Note, where he established a reputation as a solid stylist with a clean tone, clear articulation, and a knack for melodicism. Toward the end of the '60s

tation as a solid stylist with a clean tone, clear articulation, and a knack for melodicism. Toward the end of the '60s, Byrd became fascinated with Miles Davis' move into fusion, and started recording his own forays into the field. In the early '70s, with the help of brothers Larry and Fonce Mizell, Byrd pe

, Herbie was discovered by trumpeter Donald Byrd. After two years of session work with Byrd as well as Phil Woods and Oliver Nelson, he signed with Blue Note as a solo artist. His 1963 debut album, 'Takin' Off', was an immediate success, producing the hit "Watermelon Man." In 1963, Miles Davis invited H

and hip hop musical traditions; while his 1993 recording of the critically acclaimed Miles and Quincy Live At Montreux, featured Quincy conducting Miles Davis' live performance of the historic Gil Evans arrangements from the Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain sessions, garnered a Grammy Awa

e simultaneously remain=ng a jazz artist. He recorded prolifically as both a leader and sideman from the mid -'50s into the mid-'60s, m=st often for Blue Note, where he established a reputation as a solid stylist with a clean tone, clear articulation, and a knack for melodicism. Toward th= end of the '60s

tation as a solid stylist with a clean tone, clear articulation, and a knack for melodicism. Toward th= end of the '60s, Byrd became fascinated with Miles Davis' move into fusion, and started recording hi= own forays into the field. In the early '70s, with the help of brothers Lar=y and Fonce Mizell, Byrd per