Billy Byers

William Mitchell Byers (May 1, 1927 – May 1, 1996) was an American jazz trombonist and arranger.
Byers was born in Los Angeles on May 1, 1927. He suffered from arthritis from a young age and was unable to continue his plans of a career as a pianist.
Byers picked up trombone and played with Karl Kiffe before serving in the United States Army in 1944 and 1945. In the second half of the 1940s he... plus