Don Byas - Don Byas: 1947-1951

Title: Don Byas: 1947-1951 Artist: Don Byas Release Date: 9/25/2002 Label: Classics Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 3307517123923 Genre: Jazz Styles: Swing, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz 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. Quisiera Saber ... (I Love You for Sentimental Reasons)
2. Infiniment
3. Siempre, Siempre
4. Sonar en Ti
5. Janine
6. Byas Bump (Walking Around)
7. Chicago Boogie
8. The Man I Love
9. To Each His Own
10. Riffin' and Jivin'
11. Manana Sera Tarde
12. La Pena de Perder (Looser's Weepers)
13. All the Things You Are
14. All the Things You Are [Slower Version]
15. Yesterdays
16. Summertime
17. Talk of the Town
18. Stardust
19. A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
20. Old Man River
21. Flamingo
22. Just One of Those Things
23. Mean to Me
24. Live and Love Tonite

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Classics 1239

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The great tenor-saxophonist Don Byas moved permanently to Europe in 1946 and was largely forgotten in the U.S. However he played steadily during his decades overseas and recorded fairly frequently, even if most of the records were quite obscure in the United States. This CD is full of rarities. Byas is heard in Spain with the commercial dance band of Bernard Hilda, playing with some more jazz-oriented combos of Spaniards, and back in France during 1949-51 where his sidemen include pianists Bernard Peiffer, Art Simmons, and trumpeter Guy Longnon. The music on these dates is advanced swing that looks towards bop. Byas really tears apart some of the chord changes when he's not caressing the melodies with his huge tone, playing some miraculous ideas on "Stardust." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits "Moustache" Galepides Drums Anatol Schenker Liner Notes Armand Molinetti Drums Art Simmons Piano Bernard Peiffer Piano Christian Azzi Piano Don Byas Sax (Tenor) Guy Longnon Trumpet Jane Morgan Vocals, Violin Jean Bouchety Bass Jean Freber Accordion Jean-Jacques Tilche Guitar Jose Castro Violin, Vocals Louis Williams Drums, Violin Miguel Ramos Piano Roger Grasset Bass