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Charlie Byrd

real name Charles Lee Byrd

Suffolk, United States · 1925-09-16 – 1999-12-02

Charlie Byrd is credited on 960 releases across 198 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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960

Credits

198

Albums

8

Decades active

297

In collections

Biography

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American jazz guitarist best known for his take on Brazilian music, especially the Bossa Nova genre (born September 16, 1925 in Suffolk, Virginia; died December 02, 1999 in Annapolis, Maryland).
Byrd played a classical guitar with nylon strings using "fingerstyle".

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Credited work

960 releases · 198 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 1,656
  • Other credits · 36
  • Production · 3

Studios: Pierce Hall, Washington, D.C. · Plaza Sound Studios · All Souls Church Unitarian · Concord Boulevard Park

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