Title: 1945 Artist: Don Byas Release Date: 3/25/1997 Label: Classics Duration: 66:55 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 3307517091024, 723722699528 Genre: Jazz Styles: Bop, Swing Moods: Earnest, Passionate, Sophisticated, Amiable/Good-Natured, Energetic, Freewheeling, Reverent, Exuberant, Intimate Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Evil Gal Blues
2. Salty Papa Blues
3. Albinia's Blues
4. Don't You Wear No Black
5. Little White Lies
6. Deep Purple
7. Them There Eyes
8. Out of Nowhere
9. Three O'Clock in the Morning
10. One O'Clock Jump
11. Harvard Blues
12. Slam-In' Around
13. Laura
14. Stardust
15. Slam, Don't Shake Like That
16. Dark Eyes
17. Embraceable You
18. The Sheik of Araby
19. Super Session
20. Melody in Swing
21. Gypsy
22. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
23. Poor Butterfly

Year Type Label Catalog # 1997 CD Classics 910

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Bookended by several pleasant yet minor blues and pop vocals by Albina Jones and Ruble Blakey, this Classics Don Byas disc finds the unsung tenor great on the eve of his indefinite stay in Europe. Having cut his teeth in the bands of Lionel Hampton, Andy Kirk, and Count Basie, among others, Byas marked the end of the war with several fine combo recordings spotlighting his boppish swing blowing style. Here is a generous chunk from 1945, featuring a few different lineups and the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Buck Clayton, Errol Garner, Slam Stewart, and Sid Catlett. Byas is in top form throughout, plying his smoky and slightly tart tone on ballads like "Laura," while showing off a lithe brand of swing on an up-tempo "The Sheik of Araby." Not as solid as Classics' 1944-1945 volume, but still a fine selection for Byas completists. ~ Stephen Cook, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Hall Bass Albinia Jones Vocals, Performer Anatol Schenker Liner Notes Big Sid Catlett Drums Buck Clayton Trumpet Denzil Best Drums Dizzy Gillespie Trumpet Don Byas Main Performer, Sax (Tenor) Eddie Safranski Bass Erroll Garner Piano Gene Sedric Clarinet Hal Singer Sax (Tenor) Harold "Doc" West Drums J.C. Heard Drums Jimmy Powell Sax (Alto) Johnny Guamieri Piano Leonard Ware Guitar Oscar Smith Bass Ruble Blakey Vocals Sammy Price Piano Slam Stewart Bass