Don Byas - Deluxe Collection (Remastered) (2021)

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Artist: Don Byas
Title: Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: Master Tape Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 2:19:46
Total Size: 575 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

DISC 1

01. September in the Rain (Remastered)
02. Georgia on My Mind (Remastered)
03. Embraceable You (Remastered)
04. Laura (Remastered)
05. Old Folks (Remastered)
06. Deep Purple (Remastered)
07. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Remastered)
08. Once in a While (Remastered)
09. Candy (Remastered)
10. Summertime (Remastered)
11. Gloomy Sunday (Remastered)
12. Night and Day (Remastered)
13. Easy to Love (Remastered)
14. I Don't Know Why (Remastered)
15. September Song (Remastered)
16. Where or When (Remastered)
17. Flamingo (Remastered)
18. Them There Eyes (Remastered)
19. Blue and Sentimental (Remastered)
20. Stardust (Remastered)
21. Bass C Jam (Remastered)
22. Old Man River (Remastered)
23. Don's Idea (Remastered)

DISC 2

01. Worried and Blue (Remastered)
02. The Man I Love (Remastered)
03. London Donnie (Remastered)
04. Over the Rainbow (Remastered)
05. You Go to the Head of the Class (Remastered)
06. To Each His Own (Remastered)
07. More Than a Mood (Remastered)
08. Somebody Loves Me (Remastered)
09. Marie (Remastered)
10. Old Folks at Home (Remastered)
11. Free and Easy (Remastered)
12. Riviera Blues (Blues a la Don) (Remastered)
13. St. Louis Blues (Remastered)
14. I Cover the Waterfront (Remastered)
15. It's the Talk of the Town (Remastered)
16. Living My Life for You (Remastered)
17. A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody (Remastered)
18. What Do You Want with My Heart? (Remastered)
19. How High the Moon (Remastered)
20. Cynthia's in Love (Remastered)
21. They Say It's Wonderful (Remastered)
22. Don't You Know I Care (Remastered)
23. Just Can't Make up My Mind (Remastered)

One of the greatest of all tenor players, Don Byas' decision to move permanently to Europe in 1946 resulted in him being vastly underrated in jazz history books. His knowledge of chords rivalled Coleman Hawkins, and, due to their similarity in tones, Byas can be considered an extension of the elder tenor. He played with many top swing bands, including those of Lionel Hampton (1935), Buck Clayton (1936), Don Redman, Lucky Millinder, Andy Kirk (1939-1940), and most importantly Count Basie (1941-1943). An advanced swing stylist, Byas' playing looked toward bop. He jammed at Minton's Playhouse in the early '40s, appeared on 52nd Street with Dizzy Gillespie, and performed a pair of stunning duets with bassist Slam Stewart at a 1944 Town Hall concert. After recording extensively during 1945-1946 (often as a leader), Byas went to Europe with Don Redman's band, and (with the exception of a 1970 appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival) never came back to the U.S. He lived in France, the Netherlands, and Denmark; often appeared at festivals; and worked steadily. Whenever American players were touring, they would ask for Byas, who had opportunities to perform with Duke Ellington, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz at the Philharmonic (including a recorded tenor battle with Hawkins and Stan Getz), Art Blakey, and (on a 1968 recording) Ben Webster. Byas also recorded often in the 1950s, but was largely forgotten in the U.S. by the time of his death. ~ Scott Yanow

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