Savoy Jam Party

Don Byas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 1995)
• Original Release Date: August 15, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Savoy Jazz
• ASIN: B000001CUB
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,928 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Riffin' and Jivin'

2. Free and Easy

3. Worried and Blue

4. Don's Idea

5. Savoy Jam Party

6. 1944 Stomp

7. What Do You Want With My Heart

8. Sweet and Lovely

9. White Rose Kick

10. My Deep Blue Dream

11. Byas'd Opinion

12. Candy

13. How High the Moon

14. Donby

15. Byas a Drink

16. I Don't Know Why

17. Old Folks

18. Cherokee

19. September in the Rain

20. Living My Life

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good CD; LP is better., August 7, 2011

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C. Pirjol "crispi24" (Berlin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Savoy Jam Party (Audio CD)

These recordings are from around 1946, before tape became the norm. They were recorded live directly onto wax discs, transferred to a metal master and then pressed into 78-rpm discs. So the 78s (in case the metal masters are lost) ARE the actual masters.

When you hear pop and crackle on such recordings, it's usually a sign that the label is doing something right by not sucking out all of the life out of the recording by trying to reduce surface noise, which is still not possible today without harming the music. Technicalities aside, this disc is wonderful. But if you get a chance, grad the LP version instead, since it has more tracks and the liner notes are at a size where you can actually read them.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars snap crackle pop, April 15, 2009

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JG (Long Island) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savoy Jam Party (Audio CD)

It is apparent from the samples that the songs were taken either from 78's or a copy of the original savoy Lp or both and not from masters. It sounds worse than my LP at home. What a SHAME because the music is great.