Once again Concord Records has reissued two simpatico dates as a budget two-CD collection, this time two live sets by guitarist Charlie Byrd, originally issued as '80's Sugarloaf Suite and '82's ...

Charlie Byrd never really got his due as a jazz guitarist; most people see him as a pioneer in bossa nova and little else. Of course it doesn't help that many of his records were quiet affairs, ...

Guitarist Charlie Byrd was an American guitar virtuoso who made many recordings of enduring impact in jazz, blues and classical genres. He captured the lively expressiveness and rhythmic forms of jazz ...

Jazz has returned -- with gusto -- to the King of France Tavern at the historic Maryland Inn, where the late, great Charlie Byrd played for 25 years. World-class jazz on Annapolis's Church Circle had ...

Joe Byrd, a bassist who was best known for collaborations with his guitarist brother Charlie and who helped introduce bossa nova-inflected jazz to the United States, died March 6 at Anne Arundel ...

Candlelight flickered against the low ceiling of Washington’s Showboat Lounge one night last week as a mild-mannered Virginian named Charlie Byrd started strumming the strings of his guitar. With bass ...

This year is the 60th anniversary of the cool beat of bossa nova. What could that possibly have to do with the D.C. area? Well, it turns out that the album “Jazz Samba,” which introduced to the world ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Jazz bassist Joe Byrd is being remembered by friends for his quiet support of others, including his guitar-playing brother, the late Charlie Byrd. The Capital newspaper of ...