Obituary: Jaki Byard

From: The Independent - London | Date: February 16, 1999| Author: Steve Voce | Copyright information

ALTHOUGH HE was often at the forefront of creative playing, Jaki Byard played a wider range of jazz than anyone.

At the front his ground-breaking playing had an urgency and inventiveness that should have made him better known. But he was also able to play in the manner of James P. Johnson and the early stride pianists with such conviction that it seemed he became one of them. If he chose to be Erroll Garner or Dave Brubeck, then it was not possible to tell which was the original and wh...

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