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Don Byas

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Aliases
Don Byas All Star Quartet
Don Byas All Star Quintet
Don Byas All Stars
Don Byas All Stars Quintet
Don Byas et saxophone ténor
Don Byas et ses rythmes
Don Byas and His Orchestra
Don Byas and His Tenor Sax
Don Byas and Orchestra
The Don Byas Quartet
Don Byas Quartet
Don Byas Quartette
Don Byas Quintette
Don Byas Ree-Boppers
Don Byas Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra
Little Sam and Orchestra
Real name
Carlos Wesley Byas
Born
October 21, 1912
Died
August 24, 1972
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz tenor saxophonist, who spent most of his career in Europe
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Covers by Don Byas

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1947 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i   1979 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i All the Things You Are Don Byas 1988 Unverified
i 1964 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1964 The Be Bop Boys
i   1950 John Steel REC,PRF
i   1955 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
i   1962 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
i   1962 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
i 1945 Emilio De Marchi
i 1964 Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i 1945 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1947 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i   1952 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i 1968 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1979 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i 1946 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i 1951 Douglas Richardson
1972 Alberto Ribeiro e Seu Conjunto
i December 1945 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i   1964 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i   1962 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i   November 1946 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Patti Palmer REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler REL
i   1951 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
listen on Internet Archive i   1945 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
listen on Internet Archive May 21, 1945 Hot Lips Page Trio, Sextet with Dinah Washington
  1973 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i 1950 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i 1957 Julie London
i 1951 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i November 1946 (unknown)
i 1979 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
1946 Jack Payne with His Orchestra (Vocalist: Jane Lee)
i   1946 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1944 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Mischa Elman
i   1955 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   1955 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
i 1952 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gracie Barrie
i 1946 Sleepy Hall and His Collegians [Red Nichols]
i 1955 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i   August 1946 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
i 1952 Mary Healy
i   1966 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i 1947 Harry James and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   1952 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
i 1973 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i 1979 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i 1962 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i   1979 Cannonball Adderley Quintet REL, Donald Byrd REC
June 1946 Big Bill
i 1952 Tango-Orchester Dajos Béla mit Gesang: Kurt Mühlhardt
i   1979 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i   1954 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
i 1966 The Tadd Dameron Sextet
i December 1945 Alfred Newman
i 1962 Alfred Newman
i 1952 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i 1952 Bailey's Lucky Seven
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Irving Kaufman
i 1946 (unknown)
i 1952 Jeanette MacDonald
i 1955 Billie Holiday
i 1954 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i August 1946 The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
i 1962 Erroll Garner Trio
i   1954 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i 1962 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i   1952 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i   1945 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
1946 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i   1952 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
i   1951 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i 1955 Connie Russell with Orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney
i 1946 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1952 Len Spencer
i   1950 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
i 1945 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   1952 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 1951 Judy Garland
listen on Internet Archive i   1945 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
listen on Internet Archive i 1944 Tom Gerun and His Orchestra - Vocal by Scrappy Lambert
i 1968 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i June 1946 Elizabeth Spencer
i 1947 Tiny Grimes Quintette
i 1955 Joan Blondell & Etta Moten
i 1947 Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Walter Fuller
i 1962 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1945 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
i   1946 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i   1945 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Burt Lorin REC
i 1952 Django Reinhardt & le Quintette du Hot Club de France avec Stephane Grappelly
i   1945 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i   1962 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i   1952 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
1973 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i 1946 Prince's Band
i   1947 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
i   1950 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1955 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i 1951 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i   1951 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i 1952 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1944 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
i 1964 John Payne & Joan Merrill
i   1946 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
i 1962 Fred Astaire
listen on Internet Archive i 1946 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
i   1946 Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF
i 1945 Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller
i   1955 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble] REC,REL
i   1951 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Bing Crosby
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Russ Columbo
listen on Internet Archive i 1945 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i November 1946 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Ain't Misbehavin' Don Byas 1947 Swing
Avalon Don Byas All Star Quartet 1945 Jamboree Records
Body and Soul Don Byas Quartet 1947 Swing
Deep Purple Don Byas' All Star Quintet featuring Johnny Guarnieri 1945 Jamboree Records
Evil Gal Blues Albinia Jones with Don Byas' Swing Seven May 21, 1945 National Records [US1]
Georgia on My Mind Don Byas et ses rythmes 1951 Blue Star [FR]
Gloomy Sunday Don Byas and His Tenor Sax November 1946 Gotham
Gypsy Don Byas and Orchestra - Vocal by Ruble Blakey 1946 Hub
Harvard Blues – St. Louis Blues Boogie Don Byas Quartet – Erskine Butterfield Quartet 1945 Super Disc
How High the Moon – Ko Ko Don Byas Quintette - Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys 1946 Savoy Records
Humoresque Don Byas Quartet 1945 Arista [1940s]
I Don't Know Why Don Byas Quartette 1946 Savoy Records
I Found a New Baby Don Byas Quartet August 1946 Savoy Records
I Hear a Rhapsody Don Byas et ses rythmes 1952 Vogue
Just a Dream Little Sam and Orchestra June 1946 Hub
Laura The Don Byas Quartet December 1945 American Record
Little White Lies Don Byas All Star Quintet 1945 Jamboree Records
London-Donnie Don Byas Quartet 1946 Savoy Records
My Melancholy Baby Don Byas All Star Quartet 1945 Jamboree Records
Nice Work if You Get It Don Byas et ses rythmes 1952 Vogue
Night and Day Don Byas and His Orchestra 1951 Blue Star [FR]
Old Man River Don Byas and His Orchestra 1950 Blue Star [FR]
Pennies from Heaven Don Byas All Star Quintet 1945 Jamboree Records
Poor Butterfly Don Byas and Orchestra June 1946 Hub
Red Cross Don Byas Ree-Boppers 1947 Blue Star [FR]
Salted Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford 1945 Manor
September Song The Don Byas Quartet 1946 Savoy Records
Should I Don Byas All Stars Quintet 1945 Jamboree Records
Si tu savais Don Byas 1952 Vogue
Slamboree Don Byas Quartet 1945 Arista [1940s]
Somethin' for You Oscar Pettiford and His 18 All Stars featuring Dizzie Gillespie and Don Byas August 1946 Manor
Stardust The Don Byas Quartet 1945 American Record
Stormy Weather Don Byas and His Orchestra 1947 Blue Star [FR]
Summertime Don Byas and His Orchestra 1950 Blue Star [FR]
Tenderly Don Byas et ses rythmes 1951 Vogue
The Man I Love Don Byas and His Orchestra 1951 Blue Star [FR]
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) – Six, Seven, Eight or Nine Don Byas with Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra - Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra 1946 Commodore
The Sheik of Araby Don Byas Quartet 1945 Super Disc
They Say It's Wonderful Don Byas Quartet 1946 Savoy Records
Three O'Clock in the Morning Don Byas Quartet 1945 Super Disc
Too Young Don Byas et ses rythmes 1951 Vogue
Working Eyes - Gloria Tyree Glenn & His Orchestra - Don Byas And His Orchestra 1947 Swing
You Go to My Head Don Byas and His Tenor Sax November 1946 Gotham

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