Real name: William Byard Lancaster

Effective period / Period of releases: 1968 - 2005

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.