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- Born
- 1876
- Works
- 1
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- To provide for the creation of the colonial national monument in the commonwealth of Virginia ...
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Don Byron (b.1958) is a U.S. composer and clarinettist. While he is considered a jazz musician, he is stylistically very adventurous, having recorded klezmer music, German lieder, and cartoon music. Byron was born on 8th November 1958 in the Bronx, New York City and was raised by his parents who were themselves musicians, his mother a pianist; his father a bass player for calypso bands. His parents raised him listening to all kinds of music, taking him on trips to the ballet and the symphony <a
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- Born
- 8 November 1958
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Don
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Educated at
- New England Conservatory
- Instrument
- clarinet
- Record label
- Nonesuch Records
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