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Don Byas: Don Byas: Complete American Small Group Recordings
by Mike Neely
Oklahoma born tenor saxophonist Don Byas moved easily between swing and bebop with an earthy, blues sound that brings to mind Coleman Hawkins but with a lightness of touch and rhythmic agility reminiscent of Lester Young. He successfully synthesized these two influences, in many ways updating them into the bebop era. Byas mastered the breathtaking tempos ...
Featuring Sir Charles Thompson
By Don Byas
Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Autumn Leaves; Darn That Dream; Bag's Groove; Tenderly; But Not for Me; Gone with the Wind; The Girl from Ipanema; Loverman; Stella by Starlight; Jumpin' at Basie's
Don Byas Quartet: Featuring Sir Charles Thompson
by Dave Nathan
Don Byas, believing he was never going to get the recognition he deserved in this country because of bigotry, left the United States for Europe and never looked back. Virtually all of his good work was done on the Continent. Usually cited as one of the first tenor saxophonist to take up Bop, Byas never let ...
Featuring Mary Lou Williams Trio & Beryl Booker Trio
By Don Byas
Label: Nonesuch
Released: 1999
