Trapeze Catalogue Home / Shop / Trapeze Catalogue / Don Byas Collection 1938-1961 (2CD) Don Byas Collection 1938-1961 (2CD) Don Byas Collection 1938-1961 (2CD) £12.00 Stock Status: Temporarily Out Of Stock Temporarily Out of Stock Add to your Wish List Information Specifications Don Byas was one of the most highly-regarded tenor sax players of his generation he had a distinctive sound and a technique that enabled him to swing with effortless smoothness, yet with the dexterity and dynamics that enabled him to bridge the musical divide between swing and bebop. Hailed as one of the most exciting and brilliant new tenor stars during the early 40s he became ubiquitous in New York studios on sessions alongside the luminaries of the era, before visiting Europe with Don Redman and deciding to stay there. He became hugely popular with the large audience of jazz enthusiasts in France, where he performed and recorded for 15 years or more his absence from the USA explains the lower profile his reputation enjoys alongside some of his exalted contemporaries. However, he was one of the great jazz stylists of the era, and this collection brings together examples of his work both with his own small groups and with other leaders ensembles over more than two decades, and featuring performances by some of the big names of jazz with whom he played. Disc 1 Track Title Artist 1 A Wee Bit Of Swing Timmie Rosenkranz & The Barrelhouse Barons 2 Wham Re Bop Boom Bam Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy 3 Practice Makes Perfect Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra 4 Something New Count Basie & His Orchestra 5 Sugar Blues Count Basie & His All-American Rhythm Section 6 The Breaks Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings 7 On The Sunny Side Of The Street Coleman Hawkins And His Sax Ensemble 8 Dance Of The Tambourine Hot Lips Page's Swing Seven 9 Riffin' And Jivin' Don Byas Orchestra Savoy Jam Party 10 1944 Stomp Don Byas Orchestra Savoy Jam Party 11 Swing Street Buck Ram's All Stars 12 These Foolish Things Hot Lips Page 13 Memories Of You Cozy Cole And His Orchestra 14 That's The Blues Clyde Hart's All Stars 15 Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 16 Be-Bop Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 17 You Call It Madness Don Byas All Star Quintet 18 S.K. Blues Part 2 Big Joe Turner Acc By Pete Johnson's All Stars 19 Now's The Time Don Byas Quartet 20 I Got Rhythm Don Byas & Slam Stewart 21 Out Of Nowhere Don Byas All Stars 22 Harvard Blues Don Byas Quartet 23 Slam-In Around Don Byas Quartet 24 Laura Don Byas Quartet 25 Melody In Swing Don Byas Quartet Disk 2: Track Title Artist 1 My Melancholy Baby Don Byas Quartet 2 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Don Byas Quartet 3 Candy Don Byas Quintet 4 Sophisticated Lady Johnny Guarnieri Quartet 5 Gone With The Wind Esquire All-American Award Winners 6 Ol Man Rebop Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra 7 Cherokee Don Byas Quartet 8 September In The Rain Don Byas Quartet 9 September Song Don Byas Quartet 10 Gloria Don Byas Quartet 11 Body And Soul Don Byas Quartet 12 I Surrender, Dear Don Byas & Tyree Glenn Orchestra 13 Walking Around Don Byas Ree-Boppers 14 Stormy Weather Don Byas & His Rhythm 15 Yesterdays Bill Coleman & Don Byas Quintet 16 Lover Man Bill Coleman & Don Byas Quintet 17 Where or when Don Byas & His Rhythm 18 I can't give you anything but love Don Byas Quartet 19 Them There Eyes Don Byas Quintet 20 Lullaby of the leaves Mary Lou Williams Feat. Don Byas 21 Indiana Jazz Festival Du Cannes Tenor Conclave 22 Jackie My LittleCat Don Byas & Bud Powell Quintet EAN: 824046310622 Discs: 2 Release: January 2014 Artist: Don Byas Brand: Acrobat Product Code: ADDCD3106 Weight: 0.12kg