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Don Byas Collection 1939-61 by Byas, Don (CD, 2014)

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Artist: Don Byas. Title: Don Byas Collection 1939-61. 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.

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelAcbt, Acrobat

UPC0824046310622

eBay Product ID (ePID)14046055925

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2014

GenreJazz

ArtistByas, Don

Release TitleDon Byas Collection 1939-61

Dimensions

Item Height0.40 in

Item Weight0.25 lb

Item Length5.60 in

Item Width4.90 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Number of Tracks47

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 Wee Bit of Swing 1.2 Wham Re Bop Boom Bam 1.3 Practice Makes Perfect 1.4 Something New 1.5 Sugar Blues 1.6 Breaks 1.7 On the Sunny Side of the Street 1.8 Dance of the Tambourine 1.9 Riffin' and Jivin' 1.10 1944 Stomp 1.11 Swing Street 1.12 These Foolish Things 1.13 Memories of You 1.14 That's the Blues 1.15 Salt Peanuts 1.16 Be-Bop 1.17 You Call It Madness 1.18 S.K. Blues, Pt. 2 1.19 Now's the Time 1.20 I Got Rhythm 1.21 Out of Nowhere 1.22 Harvard Blues 1.23 Slam-In Around 1.24 Laura 1.25 Melody in Swing 2.1 My Melancholy Baby 2.2 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 2.3 Candy 2.4 Sophisticated Lady 2.5 Gone with the Wind 2.6 Ol Man Rebop 2.7 Cherokee 2.8 September in the Rain 2.9 September Song 2.10 Gloria 2.11 Body and Soul 2.12 I Surrender, Dear 2.13 Walking Around 2.14 Stormy Weather 2.15 Yesterdays 2.16 Lover Man 2.17 Where or When 2.18 I Can't Give You Anything But Love 2.19 Them There Eyes 2.20 Lullaby of the Leaves 2.21 Indiana [Jazz Festival Du Cannes "Tenor Conclave"] 2.22 Jackie My Little Cat

NotesDon 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