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Billy Byers

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Aliases
Bill Byers
Real name
William Mitchell Byers
Born
May 1, 1927
Died
May 1, 1996
Country
United States
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Jazz musician (trombone) and arranger, who had hoped to be a pianist, but suffered from arthritis starting as a boy derailing this plan. By the time he was 18 he was playing trombone and he later began arranging. In 1990, Byers was awarded the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for "City of Angels".
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