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Don Byas (21 Oct 1912 - 24 Aug 1972)

Male Person - Netherlands

Releases (40)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Don Byas in Paris 1968
  2. Savoy Jam Party 1976
  3. Don Byas 1980
  4. Walkin' 1992
  5. Lover Man 1993
  6. Tenor Giant 1996
  7. The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1944-1945 1996
  8. The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1945 1996
  9. The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1945, Volume 2 1997
  10. The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1946 1998
  11. The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1947 1999
  12. Jazz in Paris: Laura 2000
  13. Laura 13 Nov 2001
  14. Complete 1946-1951 European Small Group Master Takes 2001
  15. Riffin’ and Jivin’ 2001
  16. Jazz in Paris: En ce temps-là 2002
  17. The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1947-1951 2002
  18. The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1951-1952 2003
  19. Jazz Ballads 5: Don Byas 11 Oct 2004
  20. The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1952 2004
  21. Moon Nocturne 2005
  22. The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1952-1953 2006
  23. The Don Byas Collection 1938-61 11 Mar 2014
  24. Don Byas: New York – Paris 1938–1955 2016
  25. Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944 – 1946 Nov 2023
  26. Le Grand Don Byas
  27. Tenderly
  28. On Blue Star

Album - Live

  1. Midnight at Minton's 1973
  2. Autumn Leaves 1998
  3. A Night in Tunisia 2002
  4. Live at the Montmartre Copenhagen
  5. All the Things You Are

Album

  1. Ballads for Swingers

Single

  1. What Do You Want With My Heart / Don’s Idea 1944
  2. Worried and Blue / Riffin’ and Jivin’ 1944
  3. Bass‐C‐Jam / Free and Easy 1944 (as Don Byas’s Swing Shifters)
  4. Laura / Stardust 1945

EP

  1. Tenor Sax Solos, Vol. 1

Relationships (8)

Member Of

  1. Pete Johnson’s All-Stars
  2. Roy Eldridge Quintet tenor saxophone
  3. Hank D'Amico Sextet
  4. Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans
  5. Don Byas' All Star Quintet
  6. Don Byas and His Orchestra
  7. Don Byas Quintet
  8. Don Byas Quartet

Recordings by (246)

  1. Riffin’ and Jivin’ 2:57 (1944) studio, 1944-07-28: Savoy S5490, New York, NY, USA
  2. Worried and Blue 3:12 (1944) studio, 1944-07-28: Savoy S5492, New York, NY, USA
  3. What Do You Want With My Heart 2:57 (1944) studio, 1944-08-17: Savoy 5703-1
  4. My Deep Blue Dream 3:00 (1944) studio, 1944-08-31: National NSC-3B, master take
  5. Don’s Idea -2 2:54 (1944) studio, 1944-07-28: Savoy S5493-5, master take
  6. Bass C Jam 2:53 (1944) studio, 1944-08-17: Savoy S5704-1
  7. Free and Easy -2 2:49 (1944) studio, 1944-07-28: Savoy S5491-2, master take
  8. Laura ?:?? (1945)
  9. Stardust ?:?? (1945)
  10. Living My Life 2:44 (1946) studio, 1946-08-21: Savoy S3329-A
  11. To Each His Own 2:57 (1946) studio, 1946-08-21: Savoy S3330-A
  12. Yesterdays ?:?? (1949) 1949-01-05, mx. 0SW 563-2
  13. Savoy Jam Party No. 1 2:55 (1954) studio, 1944-08-17: Savoy 5701
  14. Ain't Misbehavin' 2:45 (1968)
  15. I'm Beginning to See the Light 2:25 (1968)
  16. Body and Soul 2:55 (1968)
  17. Rosetta 2:45 (1968)
  18. Blue And Sentimental 2:40 (1968)
  19. Mohawk Special 3:20 (1968)
  20. Peanut Butter Blues 2:50 (1968)
  21. Gloria 3:05 (1968)
  22. Working Eyes 2:55 (1968)
  23. St. Louis Blues 3:00 (1968)
  24. I Got Rhythm 5:04 (1973)
  25. Exactly Like You 9:06 (1973)
  26. Uptown 2:48 (1973)
  27. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 4:11 (1973)
  28. Indiana 6:31 (1973)
  29. Don't You Know I Care 2:57 (1974)
  30. At Home With the Blues 2:52 (1974)
  31. Gloomy Sunday 3:03 (1974)
  32. You Go to My Head 2:56 (1974) studio, 1946-09-07: Majestic S1-182, New York, NY, USA
  33. En Ce Temps-La ?:?? (1975)
  34. Don’t Blame Me ?:?? (1975)
  35. I Cover the Waterfront ?:?? (1975)
  36. A Cottage for Sale ?:?? (1975)
  37. Old Folks at Home ?:?? (1975)
  38. How High the Moon 2:53 (1976) studio, 1945-11-26: Savoy S5846
  39. Donby 3:12 (1976) studio, 1945-11-26: Savoy S-5847, New York City, NY
  40. I Don’t Know Why 2:58 (1976) studio, 1946-05-17: Savoy SAV59048-2, master take
  41. Cherokee 3:02 (1976) studio, 1946-05-17: Savoy S59051-4 master take
  42. September In The Rain 2:56 (1976) studio, 1946-05-17: Savoy SAV59052-2, master take
  43. Don’s Idea (alt) 2:50 (1976) studio, 1944-07-28: Savoy S5493-4, alternate take
  44. 1944 Stomp 2:58 (1976) studio, 1944-08-17: Savoy 5702-3, master take
  45. Free and Easy 3:39 (1976) studio, 1944-07-28: Savoy S5491-1, alternate take
  46. Lover Come Back to Me 3:28 (1980) studio, 1955-05-10: Vogue 5129-2 alternate take
  47. Anatole 3:13 (1980) studio, 1955-05-12: Vogue, Paris, France
  48. Minor encamp 2:37 (1980)
  49. On the Sunny Side of the Street 3:06 (1985)
  50. All the Things You Are 6:52 (1988)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. 627 Stomp 3:08 Pete Johnson’s Band (Dec 1940) tenor saxophone
  2. Sweet and Lovely 2:57 Emmett Berry (Oct 1944) tenor saxophone
  3. White Rose Kick 2:30 Emmett Berry (Oct 1944) tenor saxophone
  4. Paging Mr. Page 2:56 Hot Lips Page and His Hot Swing Seven (1944) tenor saxophone
  5. Bass C Jam 2:53 Don Byas (1944) tenor saxophone
  6. Groovin’ the Blues 3:03 Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings (1944) tenor saxophone
  7. Riffin’ and Jivin’ 2:57 Don Byas (1944) tenor saxophone
  8. Worried and Blue 3:12 Don Byas (1944) tenor saxophone
  9. Byas’d Opinions 2:36 Emmett Berry (1944) tenor saxophone
  10. Free and Easy -2 2:49 Don Byas (1944) tenor saxophone
  11. Don’s Idea -2 2:54 Don Byas (1944) tenor saxophone
  12. Twilight in Teheran 2:59 Buck Ram's All-Stars (1944) tenor saxophone
  13. Swing Street 3:00 Buck Ram's All-Stars (1944) tenor saxophone
  14. Uncle Sam's Blues 3:18 Hot Lips Page and His Hot Swing Seven (1944) tenor saxophone
  15. Gone at Dawn 2:50 Hank D'Amico Sextet (1944) tenor saxophone
  16. What Do You Want With My Heart 2:57 Don Byas (1944) tenor saxophone
  17. My Deep Blue Dream 3:00 Don Byas (1944) tenor saxophone
  18. Shy Little Witch From Greenwich 2:57 Hank D'Amico Sextet (1944) tenor saxophone
  19. The Breaks 3:08 Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings (1944) tenor saxophone
  20. Jammin’ the Boogie 4:04 Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings (1944) tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone
  21. Bottom Blues 4:37 Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings (1944) tenor saxophone
  22. Rosetta 4:44 The V‐Disc All Stars (Mar 1945) tenor saxophone
  23. Little White Lies 2:50 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (Jul 1945) tenor saxophone
  24. Deep Purple 3:04 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (Jul 1945) tenor saxophone
  25. Them There Eyes 3:04 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (Jul 1945) tenor saxophone
  26. Out of Nowhere 3:17 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (Jul 1945) tenor saxophone
  27. Hurricane Blues 3:11 Earl Bostic (Nov 1945) tenor saxophone
  28. The Man I Love 3:16 Earl Bostic and his Orchestra (Nov 1945) tenor saxophone
  29. Four or Five Times ?:?? Trummy Young and the Guys From V‐Discs (Nov 1945) tenor saxophone
  30. I Want a Little Girl 5:30 Henry Wells, Trummy Young and the Guys From V‐Discs (Dec 1945) tenor saxophone
  31. All Alone 2:56 Savannah Churchill (1945) tenor saxophone
  32. What’s the Matter Now 2:45 Clyde Hart’s All Stars (1945) tenor saxophone
  33. Empty Bed Blues – Part I 2:33 Oscar Pettiford Orchestra (1945) tenor saxophone
  34. Watch That Jive 2:58 Big Joe Turner with Pete Johnson’s All-Stars (1945) tenor saxophone
  35. Johnson and Turner Blues 3:01 Big Joe Turner (1945) tenor saxophone
  36. Should I 2:38 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (1945) tenor saxophone
  37. Salty Papa Blues 2:53 Albinia Jones with Don Byas' Swing Seven (1945) tenor saxophone
  38. Comes the Don 2:33 Cozy Cole All Stars (1945) tenor saxophone
  39. Pennies From Heaven 3:11 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (1945) tenor saxophone
  40. Jamboree Jump 2:51 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (1945) tenor saxophone
  41. Slam-in' Around 2:45 Don Byas Quartet (1945) tenor saxophone
  42. Worried Life Blues 2:53 Oscar Pettiford Orchestra (1945) tenor saxophone
  43. Salted Peanuts 3:00 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (1945) tenor saxophone
  44. Seventh Avenue 2:54 James "Trummie" Young's All Stars (1945) tenor saxophone
  45. Sorta Kinda 2:44 James "Trummie" Young's All Stars (1945) tenor saxophone
  46. Be-Bop 3:09 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (1945) tenor saxophone
  47. Evil Gal Blues 3:06 Albinia Jones with Don Byas' Swing Seven (1945) tenor saxophone
  48. Albinia’s Blues 2:46 Albinia Jones with Don Byas' Swing Seven (1945) tenor saxophone
  49. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) 2:53 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (1945) tenor saxophone
  50. Don’t You Wear No Black 2:22 Albinia Jones with Don Byas’ Swing Seven (1945) tenor saxophone

Credited as (64)

  1. Don Byas
  2. Cozy Cole Orchestra with Don Byas
  3. Don Byas with Martial Solal
  4. Amália Rodrigues & Don Byas
  5. Don Byas and Slam Stewart
  6. Bud Powell & Don Byas
  7. Don Byas & Tyree Glenn Orchestra
  8. Joe Guy, Don Byas & Charlie Christian
  9. Don Byas & Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra
  10. Don Byas with Hot Lips Page & His Orchestra
  11. Don Byas and His Tenor Sax
  12. Saratoga Jazz Hounds feat. Don Byas
  13. Don Byas with Jan Johansson
  14. Don Byas feat. Ben Webster
  15. Beryl Booker Trio with Don Byas
  16. Johnny Guarnieri with Don Byas
  17. Ben Webster meets Don Byas
  18. Amália Rodrigues y Don Byas
  19. Don Byas, Joe Guy, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke & Helen Humes
  20. Don Byas, Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie
  21. Bud Powell / Don Byas
  22. Mary Lou Williams Trio feat. Don Byas
  23. Mary Lou Williams feat. Don Byas
  24. Coleman Hawkins / Don Byas
  25. Don Byas Orchestra Savoy Jam Party
  26. Don Byas & Slam Stewart
  27. Don Byas All Stars
  28. Jazz Festival Du Cannes "Tenor Conclave"
  29. Don Byas feat. Slam Stewart
  30. Mary Lou Williams, Jutta Hipp with Hans Koller, Beryl Booker Trio with Don Byas
  31. Don Byas/Tyree Glenn Orchestra
  32. Don Byas and His Rhythm
  33. Don Byas‐Bud Powell Quintet
  34. Hot Lips Page, Joe Guy, Rudy Williams, Don Byas, Allen Tinney, Charlie Christian, Ebenezer Paul & Taps Miller
  35. Joe Guy, Don Byas, Allen Tinney, Charlie Christian, Ebenezer Paul & Taps Miller
  36. Don Byas feat. Martial Solal
  37. Mary Lou Williams Quartet feat. Don Byas
  38. Don Byas, Oscar Pettiford & Kenny Clarke
  39. Don Byas & M. L. Williams
  40. Buck Clayton, Tiny Grimes, Trummy Young, Dicky Wells, Don Byas, Bill Coleman, André Persiany
  41. Count Basie & his Rhythm Section plus Don Byas and Buck Clayton
  42. Count Basie & his Rhythm Section plus Don Byas & Buck Clayton
  43. Ben Webster, Don Byas
  44. Don Byas - Slam Stewart
  45. Don Byas With Hot Lips Page Orchestra
  46. Beryl Booker Trio, Don Byas
  47. Coleman Hawkins, Nat Jaffe, Ben Webster & Don Byas
  48. Don Byas, Tyree Glenn, Peanuts Holland and His Orchestra
  49. Don Byas, Tyree Glenn Orchestra
  50. Bill Coleman, Don Byas et leur orchestre / Don Byas
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Works (17)

Composed

  1. Riffin’ and Jivin’
  2. They Say It's Wonderful
  3. Worried and Blue
  4. Gloria
  5. White Rose Kick
  6. Living My Life
  7. Donby
  8. Comes the Don
  9. Saint-Germain-des-Près Blues
  10. Don’s Idea
  11. What Do You Want With My Heart
  12. 1944 Stomp
  13. Byas-a-Drink
  14. Jamboree Jump
  15. What Do You Want With My Heart?
  16. Free and Easy
  17. Byas'd Opinions

Links (10)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13892034m
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81146627
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81146627
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61v61w3
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134341651
  6. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103408

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/255563

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000172350

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/74036913

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1239006