Our building even had a tiny lift with a female voice that said, "Ouverture des portes," in perfect French.

我们住的那栋大楼甚至还有一个很小的电梯，电梯里有一个女声用优美的法语说道“门已开启”。

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Born Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II in Detroit, Michigan, Byrd got his start playing in military bands in the Air Force and moved to New York City in 1955.

BBC: Jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd dies at 80

Toussaint L'Ouverture and his army freed an entire country.

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The trumpeter, whose given name was Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, rose to national prominence when he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers later that year, filling the seat in the bebop group held by his idol Clifford Brown.

WSJ: Innovative jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd dies at 80