Title: 1944-1945 Artist: Don Byas Release Date: 7/28/1944 Label: Classics Duration: 62:11 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 3307517088222, 723722582721, 789368388325 Genre: Jazz Styles: Bop, Swing Moods: Earnest, Passionate, Sophisticated, Amiable/Good-Natured, Energetic, Freewheeling, Reverent, Exuberant, Intimate Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Riffin' and Jivin'
2. Free and Easy
3. Worried 'N Blue
4. Don's Idea
5. Savoy Jam Party, Pt. 2
6. Savoy Jam Party, Pt. 1
7. 1944 Stomp
8. What Do You Want With My Heart
9. Bass C Jam
10. Pennies from Heaven
11. Should I?
12. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
13. Jamboree Jump
14. Double Talk
15. Fruit Salad
16. Don Juan
17. Spots
18. Please Believe Me
19. Why Did You Do That to Me?
20. You Got to Play Your Hand
21. Just a Dream

Year Type Label Catalog # 1996 CD Classics 882 ------ CD Classics 882

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Don Byas was one of the great tenor saxophonists of the 1940s, a Coleman Hawkins-influenced improviser who developed a complex style of his own. His permanent move to Europe in 1946 cut short any chance he had of fame, but Byas recorded many worthy performances during the two years before his departure. On Classics' first Don Byas CD (which contains his first 21 numbers as a leader), Byas matches wits and power with trumpeter Charlie Shavers on two heated sessions that include pianist Clyde Hart and bassist Slam Stewart. He also plays swing with trumpeter Joe Thomas and pianist Johnny Guarnieri in a 1945 quintet and leads a quartet that, on four of its eight numbers, welcomes the great blues guitarist/singer Big Bill Broonzy. Highlights include "Riffin' and Jivin'," "Don's Idea," the two-part "Savoy Jam Party," "1944 Stomp" (which has been adopted by 1990s saxophonist James Carter), "Pennies From Heaven," "Jamboree Jump," and "Just a Dream." This music was originally put out by Savoy, Jamboree, and Hub. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Anatol Schenker Liner Notes Big Bill Broonzy Guitar, Vocals, Violin Billy Taylor, Sr. Bass Charlie Shavers Trumpet Clyde Hart Piano, Cello Cozy Cole Drums Don Byas Main Performer, Sax (Tenor) Joe Thomas Trumpet John Levy Bass Johnny Guarnieri Piano Kenny Watts Piano Rudy Williams Sax (Alto) Slam Stewart Bass Slick Jones Drums