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

1. "A band of powerful originality and skilled musicianship". Morning Star. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
2. "About me". Dee Byrne. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
3. "about". Beats & Pieces Big Band. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
4. "Entropi: New Era". Jazzwise. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
5. "CD Review: Entropi – New Era". London Jazz News. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
6. 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.
7. "Dee Byrne's Entropi: Moment Frozen album review". All About Jazz. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
8. "Dee Byrne – 'Outlines'". London Jazz News. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
9. "Dee Byrne: Outlines". Jazzwise. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
10. Jones, Nic (5 September 2023). "Dee Byrne: Outlines". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
11. 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