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Article: Byron leaves new ground unexplored.
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- The Boston Herald
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- November 1, 1999
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Don Byron, once a New England Conservatory of Music student and currently among the most highly respected jazzmen to emerge in the '90s, has a new CD out, "Romance with the Unseen" (Blue Note). Byron has been able to receive attention even though he's not a commercial jazz artist or a reactionary "young lion." He's perceived as a cutting-edge musician, but "Romance," as well as his previous album "NuBlaxploitation," call into question his image as an avant gardist, and may cause some to wonder where he's headed.
Certainly Byron's evolution has been singular. He owes his popularity not only to his considerable artistic gifts as a clarinetist, composer and ...