Dee Byrne
Dee Byrne is a British saxophonist, composer and improviser working in contemporary jazz, avant-garde and free improvisation. She lives in London.
Biography
Byrne is from Gravesend, Kent.[1] She now lives in London,[2] where she graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with a Masters in Jazz Performance in 2011.[2] She released two albums with her quintet Entropi before forming her current sextet Outlines. She is listed as having performed with Beats & Pieces Big Band in the past.[3]
Discography
As Entropi
- New Era (F-ire, 2015) – with Olie Brice, Andre Canniere, Matt Fisher, and Rebecca Nash[4][5]
- Moment Frozen (Whirlwind, 2017) – with Brice, Canniere, Fisher, and Nash[6][7]
As Dee Byrne
- Outlines (Whirlwind, 2023) – with Olie Brice, Andrew Lisle, Nick Malcolm, Rebecca Nash, and Tom Ward[8][9][10]
Other collaborations
- Disembark! (Luminous, 2020) – with Cath Roberts[11]
- Going Down The Well (Unit Records, 2020) – with MoonMot
- Motherboard Pinball (Efpi, 2021) – with Oli Kuster and Cyrill Ferrari
- Live at Cafe Oto (Luminous, 2022) – solo album
- Algorithmic Quotidian (Efpi, 2022) – with Oli Kuster and Cyrill Ferrari
- 350 Million Herring (Enja, 2023) – with MoonMot
As band member
- Lumumba (Intakt, 2022) – with Clemens Kuratle Ydivide
- Live in Leipzig (Spherical, 2024) – with Loz Speyer's Inner Space
- The Default (Intakt, 2025) – with Clemens Kuratle Ydivide
References
- ^ "A band of powerful originality and skilled musicianship". Morning Star. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ a b "About me". Dee Byrne. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "about". Beats & Pieces Big Band. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ "Entropi: New Era". Jazzwise. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "CD Review: Entropi – New Era". London Jazz News. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Lewis, John (21 September 2017). "Dee Byrne's Entropi: Moment Frozen review – intense, muscular jazz voyage". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Dee Byrne's Entropi: Moment Frozen album review". All About Jazz. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Dee Byrne – 'Outlines'". London Jazz News. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Dee Byrne: Outlines". Jazzwise. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Jones, Nic (5 September 2023). "Dee Byrne: Outlines". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Opduvel, Bekijk alle berichten van (20 September 2020). "Dee Byrne & Cath Roberts – Disembark!". Opduvel (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
External links
- Official website
- Dee Byrne discography at Discogs