Jazz research on the Internet: a continuing saga
Bassist, guitarist, and vocalist. Born Gene Herbert Byrd on May 21, 1933, in Chuckatuck, Virginia; died March 6, 2012 in Annapolis, Maryland.
Youngest brother of Charlie Byrd. Attended Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.
Joined Charlie Byrd Trio full time in 1963.
Pianist, educator. Born in Centralia, Illinois; died February 25, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina.
Co-founder, with wife Ronnie Wells, of the East Coast Jazz Festival. Taught at University of Maryland.
Pianist. Richard Lewis Morgan was born June 5, 1929, in Petersburg, Virginia.; died October 20, 2013 in Rockville, Maryland.
Vocalist.
Founder (with husband Ron Elliston) of the East Coast Jazz Festival.
Alto saxophonist, arranger, and educator. Richard Andrew Henderson born April 25, 1928 in Washington, D.C.; died May 21, 2004 in Washington, D.C.
Henderson attended Armstrong High School and was graduated in 1946. After serving as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he joined the Duke Ellington band in 1953.
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