Don Byas - Complete American Small Group Recordings

Tracklist: 

CD 1:

01. Riffin' and Jivin' (Byas) - 2:57

02. Free and Easy (Byas) - 2:52

03. Worried 'N Blue (Byas) - 3:15

04. Don's Idea (Byas) - 2:55

05. Savoy Jam Party (Part 2) (Byas) - 3:14

06. Savoy Jam Party (Part 1) (Byas) - 2:59

07. 1944 Stomp (Byas) - 3:01

08. What Do You Want with My Heart (Byas) - 3:01

09. Bass C Jam (Byas) - 2:55

10. Pennies from Heaven (Burke-Johnson) - 3:12

11. Should I? (Brown-Freed) - 2:37

12. You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love (Columbo-Conrad-Gregory-Dubois) - 2:54

13. Jamboree Jump (Byas) - 2:52

14. Little White Lies (Donaldson) - 2:50

15. Deep Purple (De Rose-Parish) - 3:06

16. Them There Eyes (Pinkard-Tracy-Tauber) - 3:04

17. Double Talk (Byas) - 3:31

18. Fruit Salad (Byas) - 3:02

19. Don Juan (unknown) - 2:51

20. Spots (Byas-Shad) - 2:58

21. Please Believe Me (Broonzy) - 2:49

22. Why Did You Do That to Me (Broonzy) - 3:05

23. You Got to Play Your Hand (Broonzy) - 3:19

24. Just a Dream (Broonzy) - 3:06

CD 2:

01. Out of Nowhere (You Came Along) (Green-Heyman) - 3:17

02. Three O'Clock in the Morning (Terriss-Robledo) - 3:02

03. One O'Clock Jump (Basie) - 2:47

04. Harvard Blues (Frazier-Smith-Basie) - 3:09

05. Slam-In' Around (Byas) - 2:47

06. Laura (Raskin-Mercer) - 2:50

07. Stardust (Parish-Carmichael) - 3:05

08. Slam, Don't Shake Like That (Byas-Stewart) - 3:04

09. Dark Eyes (Trad.) - 3:03

10. Embraceable You (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 3:04

11. The Sheik of Araby (Smith-Wheeler-Synder) - 3:05

12. Super Session (Byas) - 3:00

13. Melody in Swing (Catlett-Grimes) - 3:18

14. Once in a While (Green-Edwards) - 3:20

15. Avalon (Jolson-DeSylva-Rose) - 3:07

16. Blue and Sentimental (David-Basie-Livingston) - 3:16

17. My Melancholy Baby (Norton-Burnett) - 3:05

18. The Gypsy (Reid) - 2:26

19. Nancy (Silver-Van Heusen) - 2:48

20. Poor Butterfly (Hubbell-Golden) - 3:03

21. Evil Gal Blues (Feather) - 3:05

22. Salty Papa Blues (Feather) - 2:52

23. Albinia's Blues (Jones) - 2:45

24. Don't You Wear No Black (What's the Matter with Me) (Haynes-Ramson-Smith) - 2:47

CD 3:

01. Humoresque (Dvorak) - 2:51

02. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Koehler-Moll-Barris) - 3:01

03. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Kern-Harbach) - 2:50

04. Slamboree (Stewart-Byas-Garner-West) - 3:00

05. Annie Laurie (Scott-Douglas) - 3:00

06. Candy (Davis-Cramer) - 3:19

07. How High the Moon (Hamilton-Lewis) - 2:57

08. Donby (Byas) - 3:13

09. Byas-A-Drink (Byas) - 2:47

10. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) (Turk-Ahlert) - 3:01

11. London Donnie (Danny Boy) (Trad.) - 2:53

12. Old Folks (Lee-Robinson) - 3:04

13. Cherokee (Noble) - 3:02

14. September in the Rain (Dubin-Warren) - 2:59

15. Living My Life (unknown) - 2:45

16. To Each His Own (Livingston-Evans) - 2:58

17. They Say It's Wonderful (Berlin) - 2:24

18. Cynthia's in Love (White-Gish-Owens) - 2:47

19. September Song (Weill-Anderson) - 2:54

20. St. Louis Blues (Handy) - 3:00

21. I've Found a New Baby (Palmer-Williams) - 2:41

22. Marie (Berlin) - 2:56

23. You Go to My Head (Gillespie-Coots) - 2:54

24. Don't You Know I Care (Ellington) - 2:54

25. Gloomy Sunday (Seress-Javor-Lewis) - 3:07

26. More Than a Mood (Simon) - 2:53

CD 4:

01. How High the Moon (Lewis-Hamilton) - 3:55

02. Sarcastic Lady (Hodges) - 4:43

03. Them There Eyes (Tracey-Tauber) - 3:50

04. Penthouse Serenade (Jason-Burton) - 4:43

05. Sweet and Lovely (Amheim-Tobias) - 3:02

06. White Rose Kick (Byas) - 2:33

07. My Deep Blue Dream (Rivera-Troob) - 3:05

08. Byas'd Opinion (Byas) - 2:42

09. Hank's Pranks (Rivera) - 2:49

10. Juke Box Judy (D'Amico) - 2:58

11. Shy Little Witch from Greenwich (Newton) - 3:01

12. Gone at Dawn (Simon) - 2:54

13. Morning Madness (Haynes) - 3:59

14. One Sad Thursday (Haynes) - 3:50

15. Across the Road (Haynes) - 3:48

16. Cedar Manor (Haynes) - 3:45

17. The Jeep Is Jumpin' (Hodges-Ellington) - 4:53

18. I'd Do Anything for You (Hopkins-Williams-Hill) - 2:44

19. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington) - 3:09

20. Armand the Groove (Guarnieri) - 3:03

21. Dot's My Baby (Guarnieri) - 2:54

Don Byas (tenor sax) accompanied by:

CD 1:

#1-4: Don Byas Orchestra: Charlie Shavers (tp), Clyde Hart (p, celeste), Slam Stewart (b), Jack "The Bear" Parker (d)

New York City, July 28, 1944

#5-9: Don Byas Orchestra: same personnel except Rudy Williams (as) added

New York City, August 17, 1944

#10-13: Don Byas All Star Quintet: Joe Thomas (tp), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Billy Taylor (b), Cozy Cole (d)

New York City, January 23, 1945

#14-16: Don Byas' All Star Quintet: Buck Clayton (tp), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Eddie Safranski (b), Denzil Best (d)

New York City, June 27, 1945

#17-20: Don Byas All Stars: Kenny Watts (p), John Levy (b), Slick Jones (d)

New York City, March, 1945

#21-24: Little Sam & Orchestra: same personnel and date except Big Bill Broonzy (g, vcl) added

CD 2:

#1: Don Byas' All Star Quintet: Buck Clayton (tp), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Eddie Safranski (b), Denzil Best (d)

New York City, June 27 1945

#2-5: Don Byas Quartet: Erroll Garner (p), Slam Stewart (b), Doc West (d)

New York City, August 30, 1945

#6-9: Don Byas Quartet: Johnny Guarnieri (p), Slam Stewart (b), J.C. Heard (d)

New York City, September 6, 1945

#10-13: Don Byas Quartet: Johnny Guarnieri (p), Al Hall (b), Sidney Catlett (d)

New York City, September 12, 1945

#14-17: Don Byas All Star Quartet Featuring Johnny Guarnieri: Johnny Guarnieri (p), Eddie Safranski (b), J.C. Heard (d)

New York City, October 3, 1945

#18-20: Don Byas and His Orchestra: Jimmy Powell (as), Hal Singer (ts), unknown (tp) (p) (b) (d), Rubie Blakey (vcl)

New York City, autumn 1945

#21-24: Albinia Jones with Don Byas' Swing Seven: Dizzy Gillespie (tp, as "John Kildare"), Gene Sedric (cl), Sammy Price (p, as "Bubber Prince"), Leonard Ware (g), Oscar Smith (b), Harold West (d), Albinia Jones (vcl)

New York City, April 14, 1945

CD 3:

#1-4: Don Byas Quartet: Erroll Garner(p), Slam Stewart (b), Hal West (d)

New York City, November 1, 1945

#5: Don Byas and the All Star Rhythm Section: Gene Schroeder (p); Tony Gottuso (g), Slim Durham (b), Johnny Blowers (d)

New York City, autumn 1945

#6-9: Don Byas Quintet: Benny Harris (tp), Jimmy Jones (p), John Levy (b), Fred Radcliffe (d)

New York City, November 26, 1945

#10-14: Don Byas Quartet: Teddy Brannon (p or celeste), Frank Skeete (b), Fred Radcliffe (d)

New York City, May 17, 1946

#15-22: Don Byas Quartet: Sanford Gold (p), Leonard Gaskin (b), Max Roach (d)

New York City, August 21, 1946

#23-26: Don Byas Quartet: Beryl Booker or Tony Scott (p), John Simmons (b), Fred Radcliffe (d)

New York City, September, 1946

CD 4 - The Freelance:

#1-4: Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra: Ray Nance (tp, vln, vlc), Aaron Sachs (cl), Eddie Heywood (p), John Simmons (b), Shelly Manne (d)

New York City, May 2, 1944

#6-8: Emmett Berry Five: Emmett Berry (tp), Dave Rivera (p), Milt Hinton (b), J.C. Heard (d)

New York City, August 31, 1944

#9-12: Hank D'Amico Sextet: Frank Newton (tp), Hank D'Amico (cl), Dave Rivera (p), Sid Weiss (b), Cozy Cole (d)

New York City, October 10, 1944

#13-16: Cyril Haynes Sextet: Dick Vance (tp), Cyril Haynes (p), Al Casey (g), John Levy (b), Hal West (d)

New York City, 1944

#17: Nat Jaffe and his V-Disc Jumpers: Charlie Shavers (tp), Nat Jaffe (p), Specs Powell (d)

New York City, January 24, 1945

#18-21: Johnny Guarnieri Quartet: Johnny Guarnieri (p), Leo Guarnieri (b), J.C. Heard (d)

New York City, 1945