Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944 – 1946
Compilation by Don Byas
Released November 2023
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Dance of the TambourineHot Lips Page's Swing Seven3:04
- 2Paging Mr. PageHot Lips Page's Swing Seven2:57
- 3Riffin’ and Jivin’Don Byas's Swing Shifters2:57
- 4Free and EasyDon Byas's Swing Shifters2:52
- 5Worried and BlueDon Byas's Swing Shifters3:17
- 6Don’s IdeaDon Byas's Swing Shifters2:55
- 7Savoy Jam Party No. 2Savoy Jam Session3:14
- 8Savoy Jam Party No. 1Savoy Jam Session3:01
- 93:03
- 103:00
- 11Bass C JamDon Byas's Swing Shifters2:55
- 12Sweet and LovelyThe Emmett Berry Five3:00
- 13White Rose KickThe Emmett Berry Five2:34
- 14Deep Blue DreamThe Emmett Berry Five2:59
- 15Byas’d OpinionsThe Emmett Berry Five2:31
- 16I Got What It TakesHot Lips Page and His Orchestra3:09
- 17Dance of the Tambourine (alt #1)Hot Lips Page's Swing Seven2:53
- 18Dance of the Tambourine (alt #2)Hot Lips Page's Swing Seven3:08
- 19Paging Mr. Page (alt)Hot Lips Page's Swing Seven2:25
- 20Free and Easy (alt)Don Byas's Swing Shifters3:42
- 21Don’s Idea (BD)Don Byas's Swing Shifters1:01
- 22Don’s Idea (alt)Don Byas's Swing Shifters2:55
- 232:50
- 243:08
- 25Deep Blue Dream (alt)The Emmett Berry Five3:04
- CD 2
- 1Good for Stompin’ (-3)Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra3:09
- 2Twilight in TeheranBuck Ram's All Stars2:59
- 3Swing StreetBuck Ram's All Stars3:12
- 4Hank’s PranksThe Hank D'Amico Sextet2:49
- 5Juke Box JudyThe Hank D'Amico Sextet2:58
- 6Shy Little Witch From GreenwichThe Hank D'Amico Sextet3:01
- 7Gone at DawnThe Hank D'Amico Sextet2:54
- 8S.K. Blues - Part IJoe Turner with Pete Johnson’s All-Stars3:02
- 9S.K. Blues - Part IIJoe Turner with Pete Johnson’s All-Stars2:59
- 10Johnson & Turner BluesJoe Turner with Pete Johnson’s All-Stars3:013.0 ★
- 11Watch That JiveJoe Turner with Pete Johnson’s All-Stars2:58
- 12Evil Gal BluesAlbinia Jones with Don Byas' Swing Seven3:08
- 13Salty Papa BluesAlbinia Jones with Don Byas' Swing Seven2:58
- 14Albinia’s BluesAlbinia Jones with Don Byas' Swing Seven2:48
- 15Don’t You Wear No BlackAlbinia Jones with Don Byas' Swing Seven2:53
- 16CandyDon Byas Quintette3:19
- 17How High the MoonDon Byas Quintette2:57
- 18DonbyDon Byas Quintette3:12
- 19Byas-a-DrinkDon Byas Quintette2:46
- 20Good for Stompin’ (-1)Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra3:30
- 21Good for Stompin’ (BD)Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra2:29
- 22Twilight in Teheran (alt)Buck Ram's All Stars3:02
- 23Swing Street (alt)Buck Ram's All Stars3:00
- 24Johnson and Turner Blues (alt)Joe Turner with Pete Johnson’s All-Stars3:06
- 25Candy (alt #1)Don Byas Quintette3:18
- 26Candy (alt #2)Don Byas Quintette3:31
- CD 3
- 1Hurricane BluesEarl Bostic and his Orchestra3:13
- 2All OnEarl Bostic and his Orchestra3:15
- 3I Don’t Know WhyDon Byas Quartette3:02
- 4London‐DonnieDon Byas Quartet2:54
- 5Old FolksDon Byas Quartet3:05
- 6CherokeeDon Byas Quartette3:02
- 7September in the RainDon Byas Quartette3:00
- 8Living My LifeDon Byas Quartette2:58
- 9To Each His OwnDon Byas Quartette2:59
- 10They Say It’s WonderfulDon Byas Quartet2:28
- 11Cynthia’s in LoveDon Byas Quartet2:51
- 12September SongDon Byas Quartet2:58
- 13St. Louis BluesDon Byas Quartet3:01
- 14I Found a New BabyDon Byas Quartet2:43
- 15MarieDon Byas Quartet2:59
- 16I Don’t Know Why (alt)Don Byas Quartette3:01
- 17Danny Boy (London‐Donnie) (alt)Don Byas Quartet3:04
- 18Cherokee (alt #1)Don Byas Quartette2:53
- 19Cherokee (BD #1)Don Byas Quartette2:08
- 20Cherokee (BD #2)Don Byas Quartette1:32
- 21Cherokee (alt #2)Don Byas Quartette3:11
- 22September in the Rain (BD #1)Don Byas Quartette3:18
- 23September in the Rain (BD #2)Don Byas Quartette1:58
- 24September in the Rain (alt)Don Byas Quartette2:45
- 25September Song (alt)Don Byas Quartet2:54
- CD 4
- 14:48
- 25:35
- 311:47
- 47:48
- 511:03
- 65:38
- 74:40
- 84:52
- 97:49
- 107:49
- CD 5
- 18:53
- 27:08
- 35:06
- 44:10
- 58:35
- 67:08
- 74:34
- 89:32
- 96:41
- CD 6
- 19:53
- 27:14
- 311:58
- 410:53
- 55:54
- 68:51
- 710:28
- 811:16
- CD 7
- 10:37
- 28:36
- 39:45
- 4Cuckoo (Swing Test)Don Byas with Frank Froeba and His Boys in the Back Room2:51
- 5Sometimes I’m HappyDon Byas with Frank Froeba and His Boys in the Back Room2:20
- 6Body and SoulDon Byas with Frank Froeba and His Boys in the Back Room1:38
- 7IndianaDon Byas with Frank Froeba and His Boys in the Back Room3:45
- 8Comes the DonCozy Cole's All Stars2:33
- 9RosettaV-Disc All Star Jam Session4:44
- 10What’s the Matter Now?Clyde Hart’s All Stars2:52
- 114-F Blues [G.I. Blues]Rubberlegs Williams with Clyde Hart’s All Stars2:20
- 12Seventh AvenueJames "Trummy" Young's All Stars2:54
- 13Sorta KindaJames "Trummy" Young's All Stars2:44
- 14Ooh! Ooh! My! My! Oh! Oh!Dizzy Gillespie with Clyde Hart’s All Stars2:50
- 15Something for YouOscar Pettiford and His 18 All Stars2:31
- 16Worried LifeOscar Pettiford and His Orchestra2:55
- 17Empty Bed Blues - Part 1Oscar Pettiford and His Orchestra2:34
- 18Empty Bed Blues - Part 2Oscar Pettiford and His 18 All Stars2:33
- 19Comes the Don (alt)Cozy Cole's All Stars2:42
- 20Rosetta (alt)V-Disc All Star Jam Session5:18
- 214-F Blues [G.I. Blues] (alt)Rubberlegs Williams with Clyde Hart’s All Stars2:28
- CD 8
- 1Good BaitDizzy Gillespie Sextet2:58
- 2Salted Peanuts [Salt Peanuts]Dizzy Gillespie Sextet3:00
- 3Be-Bop [Dizzy Fingers]Dizzy Gillespie Sextet3:09
- 4Pennies From HeavenDon Byas All Star Quintet3:10
- 5Should I?Don Byas All Star Quintet2:36
- 6You Call It Madness, but I Call It LoveDon Byas All Star Quintet2:54
- 7Jamboree JumpDon Byas All Star Quintet2:51
- 8The Jeep’s Jumpin’Nat Jaffe and the The V‐Disc Jumpers4:48
- 9Daddy-OTimmie Rogers and His All Star Orchestra2:52
- 10All AloneSavannah Churchill and Her Orchestra2:56
- 11Double TalkDon Byas and Orchestra3:29
- 12Fruit SaladDon Byas Quartet2:57
- 132:48
- 142:54
- 15HallelujahCozy Cole and His Quintette3:10
- 16Through for the NightCozy Cole and His Quintette2:38
- 17Morning MadnessCyril Haynes Sextet3:56
- 18One Sad ThursdayCyril Haynes Sextet3:49
- 19Across the RoadCyril Haynes Sextet3:45
- 20Cedar ManorCyril Haynes Sextet3:42
- 21I’d Do Anything for YouGuarnieri Quartet2:44
- 22Sophisticated LadyGuarnieri Quartet3:07
- 23Armand the GrooveGuarnieri Quartet3:01
- 24Dot’s My BabyGuarnieri Quartet2:53
- CD 9
- 1Little White LiesDon Byas' All Star Quintet2:50
- 2Deep PurpleDon Byas' All Star Quintet3:04
- 3Them There EyesDon Byas' All Star Quintet3:04
- 4You Came Along (From Out of Nowhere)Don Byas' All Star Quintet3:15
- 5Four or Five TimesTrummy Young and the Guys From V-Discs5:13
- 6I Want a Little GirlHenry Wells, Trummy Young and the Guys From V-Discs5:26
- 7Three O’ Clock in the MorningDon Byas Quartet3:00
- 8One O’ Clock JumpDon Byas Quartet2:47
- 9Harvard BluesDon Byas Quartet3:08
- 10Slam-in’ AroundDon Byas Quartet2:46
- 11A Woman Gets Tired of One ManGeorge Williams and Orchestra2:55
- 12Don’t Care BluesGeorge Williams and Orchestra2:50
- 13LauraThe Don Byas Quartet2:48
- 14Star DustThe Don Byas Quartet3:05
- 15Slam, Don’t Shake Like ThatThe Don Byas Quartet3:02
- 16Dark EyesThe Don Byas Quartet3:01
- 17The Lady in DebtHot Lips Page and His Orchestra2:28
- 18They Raided the JointHot Lips Page and His Orchestra2:57
- 19Willie Mae Willow FootHot Lips Page and His Orchestra2:46
- 20Race Horse Mama BluesHot Lips Page and His Orchestra2:40
- 21Embraceable YouThe Don Byas Quartet3:02
- 22The Sheik of ArabyThe Don Byas Quartet3:08
- 23Super SessionThe Don Byas Quartet2:59
- 24Melody in SwingThe Don Byas Quartet3:21
- CD 10
- 12:25
- 22:48
- 33:00
- 4Annie LaurieAll Star Rhythm Section3:00
- 5Once in a WhileDon Byas All Star Quartet3:18
- 6AvalonDon Byas All Star Quartet3:04
- 7Blue and SentimentalDon Byas All Star Quartet3:13
- 8My Melancholy BabyDon Byas All Star Quartet3:02
- 9HumoresqueDon Byas Quartet2:48
- 10Wrap Your Troubles in DreamsDon Byas Quartet2:59
- 11Smoke Gets in Your EyesDon Byas Quartet2:48
- 12SlamboreeDon Byas Quartet2:58
- 13Diga Diga DoBenny Carter and His All Star Orchestra2:50
- 14Some of These DaysBenny Carter and His All Star Orchestra2:44
- 15Rose RoomBenny Carter and His Orchestra2:54
- 16Dark GlassesDon Redman and His Orchestra2:31
- 17Mickey FinnDon Redman and His Orchestra2:43
- 18You Go to My HeadDon Byas and His Tenor Sax2:58
- 19Don’t You Know I Care? (Or Don’t You Care to Know)Don Byas and His Tenor Sax2:57
- 20Gloomy SundayDon Byas and His Tenor Sax3:07
- 21More Than a Mood [At Home with the Blues]Don Byas and His Tenor Sax2:57
More by Don Byas
Release credits
- electric guitar [17-20], guitar [10.13-14, 7.15-18]
- trombone [14-15]
- double bass [6.3-8, 3.1-2, 9.21-24, 7.1-3, 7.10-14, 7.21, 2.8-11, 2.24]
- double bass [1.16, 2.1, 2.20-21]
- vocal [12-15]
- trombone [8.9-10, 10.13-15]
- mastering, transfer
- vocal [3-4]
- vocal [5]
- steel-string acoustic guitar [4]
- spoken vocals [4-7]
- task [9.11-12, 8.11-14, 10.1-3]
- tenor saxophone [17-20]
- alto saxophone [8.9-10, 10.13-15], arranger [10], conductor [9-10], trumpet [9-10]
- trumpet [7.15-18, 3.1-2, 2.16-19, 2.25-26]
- trombone [3.1-2, 1.16, 2.1, 2.20-21, 7.15-18, 9.17-20]
- piano [18-20]
- vocal [8-11, 24]
- piano [9, 20]
- trumpet [8.9-10, 7.15-18]
- task [9.13-16, 10.4, 10.18-21, 8.21-24]
- alto saxophone [5]
- piano [15-16]
- double bass [4-8, 15-16]
- double bass [7.9, 7.20, 9.5-6]
- piano [16-17]
- trumpet [1-6, 17-20]
- conductor [2-3, 22-23], task [2.1-3, 2.20-23, 1.1-11, 1.16-24]
- drums (drum set) [17-20]
- alto saxophone [16-17]
- double bass [9-10]
- alto saxophone [10-14, 21]
- trumpet [7.8-9, 7.19-20, 1.3-11, 1.20-24, 8.8]
- trombone [1-2]
- celesta [4-5, 20], piano [2.1, 2.20-21, 7.10-18, 7.21, 1.1-11, 1.16-24, 8.1-3]
- performing orchestra [10, 21]
- tenor saxophone [8, 19]
- drums (drum set) [7.8, 7.19, 3.1-2, 10.16-17, 2.2-7, 2.22-23, 8.4-7, 8.15-16]
- piano [17-20]
- piano [1.12-15, 1.25, 2.4-7]
- drums (drum set) [1-4]
- tenor saxophone [15]
- double bass [4-7]
- trumpet [8.17-20, 3.1-2, 10.16-17]
- trombone [13-15]
- trumpet [8.1-3, 7.10-18, 7.21, 2.12-15], vocal [3]
- tenor saxophone [10.1-21, 3.1-25, 9.1-24, 4.1-10, 6.1-8, 1.1-25, 2.1-26, 5.1-9, 8.1-24, 7.1, 7.4-21]
- task [7.8, 7.19, 9.17-20]
- alto saxophone [16-17], vocal [16]
- alto saxophone [2.1-3, 2.20-23, 1.16, 9.17-20, 3.1-2], arranger [1-2], vocal [1]
- clarinet [1-2]
- electric guitar [11-12]
- double bass [9.1-4, 10.5-8]
- piano [1-2]
- trumpet [10.13-15, 1.12-15, 1.25]
- baritone saxophone [2-3, 22-23], clarinet [9, 20]
- piano [10.9-12, 9.7-10]
- tenor saxophone [13-14]
- alto saxophone [1.1-2, 1.16-19, 2.1, 2.20-21]
- arranger [15]
- piano [4-7]
- trumpet [2-11, 22-24]
- double bass [3-7, 16-24]
- drums (drum set) [2.16-19, 2.25-26, 3.3-7, 3.16-24, 10.18-21]
- guitar [15]
- piano [4]
- clarinet [5.2, 2.12-14], tenor saxophone [4.10, 2.15]
- alto saxophone [1-2, 17-19]
- task [8.8, 9.5-6, 7.9, 7.20]
- trombone [9-10]
- vocal [11-12]
- tenor saxophone [1-3]
- clarinet [2.4-7, 7.8, 7.19]
- tenor saxophone [9-10]
- electric guitar [5.8-9, 6.1-2]
- trombone [16-17]
- trumpet [16-17]
- performer [6], trombone [5-6]
- producer [8, 10], task [2.4-7, 2.12-15, 1.12-15, 1.25]
- guitar [9, 20]
- guitar [9-10]
- mellophone [1, 17-18], trumpet [1.1-2, 1.16-19, 6.6-8, 10.16-17, 9.17-20, 2.1, 2.20-21], vocal [1.1, 1.16-18, 9.18-19]
- tenor saxophone [2.1, 2.20-21, 1.16]
- vocal [1]
- task [7.15-18, 8.1-3, 8.9-10]
- drums (drum set) [10.5-8, 10.13-15, 8.21-24, 9.13-16, 1.12-15, 1.25]
- trombone [17-20]
- trombone [9-10]
- drums (drum set) [1.3-11, 1.16, 1.20-24, 2.1, 2.20-21]
- arranger [13]
- trumpet [1.16, 2.1, 2.20-21]
- alto saxophone [9-10]
- drums (drum set) [5-6]
- piano [2.16-19, 2.25-26, 5.1-2, 4.3-4, 4.10]
- alto saxophone [1-3]
- trumpet [2.1, 2.20-21, 1.16]
- trumpet [13-15]
- trumpet [4-7]
- piano [9]
- trombone [9-10]
- double bass [2.16-19, 2.25-26, 8.11-14, 8.17-20], piano [5-6]
- piano [5]
- double bass [10.13-15, 10.18-21, 1.1-2, 1.17-19]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- alto saxophone [15-18]
- piano [10.5-8, 8.4-7, 8.21-24, 7.8, 7.19, 9.1-4, 9.13-16, 9.21-24]
- vocal [16]
- piano [5-6]
- vocal [8]
- piano [11-14]
- alto saxophone [6.3-8, 7.3, 4.9]
- double bass [21-24]
- double bass [8-15, 25]
- electric guitar [12-15], guitar [8-11, 24]
- task [10.16-17, 8.17-20]
- liner notes
- trumpet [9-10]
- tenor saxophone [7.2, 6.3-8]
- drums (drum set) [8.9-10, 3.8-15, 3.25]
- accordion [7], celesta [4-6]
- executive
- guitar [7.10-14, 7.21, 9.5-6]
- double bass [12-15, 25]
- trumpet [16-17]
- task [5-8]
- transfer
- piano [8]
- arranger [14], trumpet [13-15]
- transfer
- double bass [8.1-3, 7.15-18]
- piano [8-11, 24]
- trumpet [9-10]
- alto saxophone [9-10]
- vibraphone [2-3, 22-23]
- guitar [2-3, 22-23]
- trumpet [1-2]
- vocal [10-11, 16-18, 21]
- vocal [1-2]
- alto saxophone [8-10, 23-24]
- piano [8.9-10, 9.17-20]
- alto saxophone [13-15]
- piano [5.7-9, 6.1-2]
- piano [12-15]
- trombone [10.13, 9.17-20]
- piano [8-15, 25]
- vocal [10]
- liner notes, task
- baritone saxophone [15-18]
- trumpet [2-3, 22-23]
- drums (drum set) [7.15-18, 8.1-3]
- trumpet [13-15]
- drums (drum set) [1.1-2, 1.17-19, 7.4-7, 9.21-24]
- double bass [4-7]
- double bass [7.8, 7.19, 9.7-10, 9.13-16, 5.1-2, 10.4, 10.9-12, 4.6-10, 2.2-3, 2.22-23, 1.3-11, 1.20-24]
- drums (drum set) [11-14]
- piano [13-15]
- drums (drum set) [9-14, 20-21]
- spoken vocals [1-2]
- trumpet [9-10]
- double bass [5-6]
- celesta [4, 17], piano [6.3-4, 3.3-7, 3.16-24]
- task [7.10-14, 7.21, 3.3-25, 2.8-11, 2.16-18, 2.24-26]
- piano [2-3, 22-23]
- instrument [9, 20], performer [9.5-6, 8.8]
- piano [7.2-3, 6.5-8]
- vocal [9]
- electric guitar [7.8, 7.19, 3.1-2, 8.15-16], guitar [1.16, 2.1, 2.20-21]
- task [9.5-6, 7.9, 7.20]
- alto saxophone [13-15], clarinet [1-2], piano [21]
- performer [5-6], trombone [9.5-6, 10.13-15, 8.1-3, 7.9-10, 7.12-18, 7.20-21], vocal [7.12-14, 9.5-6]
- trombone [2-3, 22-23]
- trombone [7.15-18, 2.1, 2.20-21, 6.2, 1.16, 4.10]
- tenor saxophone [1-2]
- baritone saxophone [10.13-15, 8.9-10]
- double bass [12-15]
- alto saxophone [6]
- brushes [5-8]
- drums (drum set) [8.8, 8.17-20, 2.8-15, 2.24, 10.9-12, 9.7-10]
Issues
CNovember 2023