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| The Best of Byas - 1938-49 |
| Don Byas |
| első megjelenés éve: 2009 |
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| (2009)
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2 x CD |
| 5.301 Ft
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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | A Wee Bit Of Swing
Timme Rosenkrantz And His Barrelhouse Barons
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| 2. | Something New
Count Basie And His Orchestra
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| 3. | Sugar Blues
Count Basie & His All-American Rhythm Section
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| 4. | Dance Of The Tambourine
Hot Lips Page's Swing Seven
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| 5. | Riffin' And Jivin'
Don Byas Orchestra
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| 6. | Worried 'N' Blue
Don Byas Orchestra
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| 7. | These Foolish Things
Hot Lips Page
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| 8. | These Foolish Things [Take 2]
Hot Lips Page
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| 9. | Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
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| 10. | Be-Bop
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
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| 11. | Pennies From Heaven
Don Byas All Star Quintet
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| 12. | You Call It Madness
Don Byas All Star Quintet
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| 13. | Now's The Time
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| 14. | I Got Rhythm
Don Byas And Slam Stewart
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| 15. | Deep Purple
Don Byas All Stars
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| 16. | Out Of Nowhere
Don Byas All Stars
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| 17. | Harvard Blues
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| 18. | Slam-In Around
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| 19. | Laura
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| 20. | Stardust
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Melody In Swing
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| 2. | Blue And Sentimental
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| 3. | My Melancholy Baby
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| 4. | Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
Don Byas Quartet
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| 5. | Candy
Don Byas Quintet
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| 6. | London Donnie [Danny Boy]
Don Byas
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| 7. | Old Folks
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| 8. | Cherokee
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| 9. | September In The Rain
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| 10. | September Song
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| 11. | Gloria
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| 12. | Body And Soul
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| 13. | I Surrender, Dear
Don Byas/Tyree Glenn Orchestra
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| 14. | Walking Around
Don Byas Ree-Boppers
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| 15. | Laura
Don Byas Ree-Boppers
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| 16. | These Foolish Things
Don Byas And His Rhythm
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| 17. | Stormy Weather
Don Byas And His Rhythm
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| 18. | Yesterdays
Bill Coleman/Don Byas Quintet
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| 19. | Lover Man
Bill Coleman/Don Byas Quintet
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Jazz
Don Byas was one of the most highly-regarded tenor sax players of the 1940s. He had a highly distinctive technique that enabled him to swing with effortless smoothness, yet with the dynamics to express tender romanticism and strident extroversion with equal ease. His roots were in the traditions of the 30s and the lush full-bodied tenor approach epitomized by Coleman Hawkins, but although he never acquired the staccato phrasing characterized by the post-war bebop fraternity, he played with them regularly and as Charlie Parker observed, Byas “played everything there was to play”. During the 30s, he established his reputation playing with Buck Clayton, Lucky Millinder, Lionel Hampton, Andy Kirk and others, and by the end of the decade was becoming a prolific and much-in-demand recording artist. By the second half of the 40s he was hailed as a hugely original and influential musician. He decamped to Europe with the Don Redman Band, and in company with other US jazzmen of the period, stayed in France, performing and recording for the increasingly appreciative Jazz-starved European audiences, and also becoming something of a bon vivant both on Paris’ Rive Gauche and the Riviera resorts. As a result, he lost some of his profile in the USA, which explains why these days he is not recognised by American commentators alongside more exalted contemporaries. However, there is no doubting the quality and accessibility of his style of Jazz. He died in 1972, aged 59. This 39-track 2-CD set is a chronological presentation of some of his most highly-rated recordings between 1938 and 1949, dipping into a considerable number of the many musical relationships he formed over the years. The various group formats and stylistic approaches provide an admirable showcase for his talents, demonstrating his versatility but also underlining the consistency and distinctiveness of his technique and the smoothness of his improvisations. The booklet gives full disco graphical details of the recordings, highlighting the huge number of celebrated musicians he worked with over the years – a factor which makes this set of special interest to Jazz collectors, offering the opportunity to hear a range of noted performers. He was especially adept at assembling the top names into his own small groups, including names like Errol Garner, Teddy Wilson, Slam Stewart, Max Roach, Cozy Cole and others. As can be seen from the tracklisting, the ensembles involved include the likes of Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie, and the recordings include those from both his US and European recording eras. For aficionados of Jazz tenor sax who are maybe less familiar with Don Byas, this is an ideal overview of an illustrious career, which has undoubtedly not had the recognition it deserves.
Don Byas
Active Decades: '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Oct 21, 1912 in Muskogee, OK
Died: Aug 24, 1972 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Swing
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, All Music Guide |
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