1945

Don Byas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 18, 1997)
• Label: Jazz Chronological Classics
• ASIN: B000001NT4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,078,830 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Don Byas, Classics, Vol. 2, April 25, 2005

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1945 (Audio CD)

This second volume of the complete recording of Don Byas in the Chronological Classics series reissues 6 different sessions, all recorded in 1945. The National sides feature Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, the Jamborees have Buck Clayton, The Super Discs are quartet dates, as are the Americans; there's also a session on Hub with Hal Singer and Jimmy Powell. Byas was a major force on the tenor saxophone, and this period of time in the small-group setting produced some of his best recordings. HARVARD BLUES is a great slow blues while THEM THERE EYES and SLAM-IN AROUND swing like crazy at a fast clip. Best is THE SHEIK OF ARABY from the second Super Disc session with Johnny Guarnieri on piano and the great Sid Catlett on drums. [Note: Sides 1 and 2 are reversed on the disc.] Solid recordings.