Artist: Don Byas

Don Byas
Aliases
Don Byas Quintette
The Don Byas Quartet
Real name
Carlos Wesley Byas
Born
October 21, 1912
Died
August 24, 1972
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz tenor saxophonist.

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Be-bop Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford 1945 (11 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody Don Byas 1950 John Steel
2 All the Things You Are Don Byas/Bud Powell 1979 Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollis Shaw, Ralph Stuart
3 Anthropology Don Byas 1964 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
4 Avalon Don Byas 1945 Al Jolson - Emilio De Marchi
5 Blue and Sentimental Don Byas 1945 Count Basie and His Orchestra
6 Caravan Ben Webster With Don Byas 1968 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators
7 Cherokee Don Byas/Bud Powell 1979 Ray Noble and His Orchestra
8 Dark Eyes The Don Byas Quartet November 1945 М.И. Вавичъ
9 Flamingo Don Byas 1952 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
10 Good Bait Don Byas/Bud Powell 1979 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
11 How High the Moon Don Byas Quintette 1946 Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake
12 I Remember Clifford Don Byas/Bud Powell 1979 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
13 I'll Remember April Don Byas 1966 Dick Foran
14 Just One of Those Things Don Byas/Bud Powell 1979 June Knight & Charles Walters
15 Lady Bird Don Byas 1966 Tadd Dameron Septet
16 Lover Man Don Byas 1966 Billie Holiday
17 My Melancholy Baby Don Byas 1945 William Frawley
18 Once in a While Don Byas 1945 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
19 Perdido Ben Webster With Don Byas 1968 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
20 Salted Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford 1945 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
21 September Song The Don Byas Quartet 1946 Walter Huston
22 St. Louis Blues The Don Byas Quartet 1946 Prince's Band
23 Summertime Don Byas 1950 Abbie Mitchell
24 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Don Byas 1945 Bing Crosby With Gus Arnheim and his Orchestra

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 A Tribute to Cannonball Don Byas/Bud Powell 1979 Columbia
2 Ballads for Swingers Don Byas 1966 Polydor
3 Ben Webster Meets Don Byas Ben Webster With Don Byas 1968 Saba
4 Don Byas' 30th Anniversary Album Don Byas 1964 Debut
5 Tenor Sax Solos Don Byas 1952 Atlantic Records

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Avalon Don Byas 1945 Jamboree
2 How High the Moon - Ko Ko Don Byas Quintette - Charlie Parker Bebop Boys 1946 Savoy
3 Humoresque Don Byas 1945 Artista
4 Laura The Don Byas Quartet November 1945 American Records
5 Once in a While Don Byas 1945 Jamboree
6 Salted Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford 1945 Manor
7 September Song The Don Byas Quartet 1946 Savoy
8 Summertime Don Byas 1950 Blue Star

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