Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (Detroit, 9 december 1932 - Dover (Delaware), 4 February 2013) was an American jazztrumpeter-. He played hard bop, but moved later on direction and rhythm & bluesfusion and had a couple of big commercial hits. In the 1950s he played with the greats of jazz and was a invloedsbron for acid jazz- hip hopand-musicians.