Title: Yesterdays: Don Byas Meets Dizzy Gillespie Artist: Don Byas/Dizzy Gillespie Release Date: 4/1952 Label: Moon Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, Instrumental 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

Year Type Label Catalog # ------ CD Moon MPL 009

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This pair of 1952 concerts in Milan led by Dizzy Gillespie feature him with expatriate tenor saxophonist Don Byas, as he fronts a predominately European band, including pianist Raymond Fol, alto saxophonist Hubert Fol, bassist Pierre Michelot, trombonist Bill Tamper, and drummer Pierre Lemarchand. Gillespie is in great form throughout on trumpet, and sings on several numbers, including his ballad "Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo Bee," a funny interpretation of "Oh, Lady be Good," his jive blues "School Days" (which features Raymond Fold extensively), and the rapid fire closer "Oop-Pop-A-Da" (which incorporates an opening riff similar to Lionel Hampton's "Flyin' Home") that showcases his matchless scatting. Byas is particularly enjoyable on the classic standard "Yesterdays" and a pair of Gillespie's best known songs, "Birks Works" (which is plagued with several imperfections in its sound source) and "Groovin' High." The defunct label Moon is up to its usual tricks, with no liner notes and an anonymous glamour photo on the cover; the CD sounds as if it was dubbed from an earlier bootleg record likely released by an earlier European pirate label. Although it is not an essential acquisition, it is recommended to Gillespie fans. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Name Credits Dizzy Gillespie Main Performer Don Byas Main Performer, Sax (Tenor)