Don Byas - Anthropology

Title: Anthropology Artist: Don Byas Release Date: 1/13/1963 Re-Released On: 6/30/2009 Label: Jazz Colours UPC: 4002587477424 Genre: Jazz Style: Bop Moods: Earnest, Passionate, Sophisticated, Amiable/Good-Natured, Energetic, Freewheeling, Reverent, Exuberant, Intimate Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Anthropology
2. Moonlight in Vermont
3. Billie's Bounce
4. A Night in Tunisia
5. Don't Blame Me

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD Jazz Colours 8747742

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Don Byas was one of the great tenor saxophonists in jazz history but, due to his decision to move permanently to Europe in 1946, he remains very underrated in the jazz history books. This superlative set (in which he is backed by pianist Bent Axen, bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer William Schiopffe) finds Byas stretching out in a club on five jazz standards; listen to him tear into "Anthropology" and "Billies's Bounce." It is hard to believe, listening to this heated music, that Byas (who would live until 1972) only would be recorded twice more as a leader. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Don Byas Sax (Tenor) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Bass