(1913-10-21)October 21, 1913 Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died
August 24, 1972(1972-08-24) (aged 58) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres
Swing, bebop
Instrument(s)
Tenor saxophone
Musical artist
Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas (October 21, 1913 – August 24, 1972)[1] was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, associated with swing and bebop. He played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, and also led his own band. He lived in Europe for the last 26 years of his life.
^Oklahoma State Board of Health Record of Birth, November 5, 1913; U.S. Department of State Report of the Death of an American Citizens, October 25, 1972.
Europe for the last 26 years of his life. Byas was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. Both of Byas' parents were musicians. His mother played...
such as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge, and DonByas. Byas became the first tenor saxophone player to fully assimilate the new...
Town Hall that included Dizzy Gillespie, Pearl Bailey, Erroll Garner, DonByas, Charlie Parker, Max Roach and Sidney Catlett. As the artistic director...
Lester Young with Nat King Cole, 1942 Lester Young with Count Basie, 1944 DonByas with Slam Stewart, 1945 Bud Powell, 1947 Louis Armstrong, An Evening with...
which also features performances by Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and DonByas. The line-up of Louis Armstrong's orchestra during a New York recording...
Tex Beneke, Ben Webster, Vido Musso, Herschel Evans, Buddy Tate, and DonByas, and through them the later tenormen, Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, Flip...
with Oran "Hot Lips" Page. Other recordings include the tenor sax player DonByas. Beboppers "Dizzy" Gillespie and Thelonious Monk were regulars at the jam...
Friends (MPS, 1966) With DonByasDonByas featuring Mary Lou Williams & Beryl Booker (Vogue, 1953) Memorial (Vogue, 1973) DonByas (Inner City, 1980) With...
blues vocalist, with DonByas Quartet 1945 "Why Did You Do That To Me" Hub 3003-B (HU 419B) as Little Sam, blues vocalist, with DonByas Quartet 1951 "Hey...
Kirby, Coleman Hawkins, DonByas, and Thelonious Monk. He was with Boyd Raeburn from 1944 to 1945 and Clyde Hart in 1944; he and Byas worked together again...
For Lovers and Thieves) Big Ben Time! (Fontana, 1967) Ben Webster Meets DonByas (SABA, 1968) Big Sound (Polydor, 1969) Ben Webster at Ease (Ember, 1969)...
(Riverside Records, 1969) Midnight at Minton's (c.1941, issued 1973 under DonByas' name. Monk does not play on all tracks of this or the other two CDs of...
He traveled to Europe in 1946 leading an all-star band that included DonByas, Tyree Glenn, and Billy Taylor. He appeared on Uptown Jubilee on the CBS...
The Tribute to Cannonball session, which was recorded first, featured DonByas and Cannonball Adderley on tenor and alto saxophone respectively, while...
4th movement ("Sprightly, not too fast") of his String Quartet No. 10 DonByas recorded an arrangement of the tune, retitled "London-Donnie", originally...
was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004. The personnel included DonByas, Milt Jackson, and Ray Brown. Parker’s recording of 28 March 1946, for...
Nite Out (Ensayo, 1969) With Ben Webster Ben Webster Meets DonByas (MPS, 1968) with DonByas Live at The Haarlemse Jazz Clib (Timeless, 1972) Ben Webster...
to Chicago", with Basie, and "Harvard Blues", with a saxophone solo by DonByas. Rushing was born into a family with musical talent and accomplishments...
Cannonball is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell and tenor saxophonist DonByas, released on Columbia in March 1979, featuring a session recorded at the...
Concert (1960) A Portrait of Thelonious (1961) A Tribute to Cannonball (and DonByas, 1961) 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (1961) At the Golden Circle...
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