ts, 1912-1972 US, Oklahoma
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Carlos Wesley Byas
Carlos Wesley Byas (October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972), known as Don Byas, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, most associated with 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.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Live In Amsterdam 1960 | Jazz At The Philharmonic Featuring Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter And Dizzy Gillespie, Leo Wright, Stan Getz, J.J. Johnson | 2018 | Album |
Two Days In Paris | Don Byas & Bud Powell | 2017 | Compil. |
Groovin' High (Live In Haarlem 1964) | Don Byas Meets The Jacobs Brothers | 2016 | Album |
Le Grand Don Byas | Don Byas | 2014 | Compil. |
All The Things You Are | Don Byas | 2012 | Album |
Don Byas At Nalen | Don Byas With Jan Johansson | 2012 | Album |
Lausanne 1949 | Bill Coleman, Don Byas | 2010 | Album |
Stardust | Don Byas | 2006 | Compil. |
Moon Nocturne | Don Byas | 2005 | Compil. |
Jazz Ballads 5 | Don Byas | 2004 | Compil. |
1951-1952 | Don Byas | 2003 | Compil. |
Anthropology | Don Byas | 2003 | Album |
En Ce Temps-Là | Don Byas | 2002 | Compil. |
Gloria | Don Byas | 2002 | Compil. |
1947-1951 | Don Byas | 2002 | Compil. |
Complete American Small Group Recordings | Don Byas | 2001 | Compil. |
Complete 1946-1951 European Small Group Master Takes | Don Byas | 2001 | Compil. |
Riffin' And Jivin' | Don Byas | 2001 | Compil. |
All Star Jazz | Don Byas / Buddy Tate | 2000 | Album |
Laura | Don Byas | 2000 | Compil. |
Laura | Don Byas | 2000 | Compil. |
Melody In Swing | Don Byas | 1999 | Album |
Don Byas | Don Byas Featuring Mary Lou Williams Trio & Beryl Booker Trio | 1999 | Compil. |
1947 | Don Byas | 1999 | Compil. |
1946 | Don Byas | 1998 | Compil. |
Autumn Leaves | Don Byas | 1998 | Album |
Don Byas Vol. 2 | Don Byas | 1997 | Single |
Don Byas - Tenor Sax Solos Vol. 2 | Don Byas | 1997 | Single |
Original 1945 Recordings | Don Byas | 1997 | Compil. |
Jazz Masters (100 Ans De Jazz) | Don Byas | 1997 | Compil. |
Jazz Masters | Don Byas | 1997 | Album |
Don Byas Vol. 2 | Don Byas | 1997 | Album |
1945 | Don Byas | 1996 | Compil. |
Les Plus Grands Slows De Don Byas | Don Byas | 1996 | Compil. |
1945 | Don Byas | 1996 | Compil. |
1944-1945 | Don Byas | 1996 | Compil. |
The Three Tenors | Don Byas / Paul Gonsalves / Ben Webster | 1996 | Compil. |
1945 | Don Byas | 1996 | Compil. |
Savoy Jam Party | Don Byas | 1995 | Compil. |
Byas / Berry / Thompson | Don Byas, Leon "Chu" Berry, Lucky Thompson | 1995 | Compil. |
On Vogue | Mary Lou Williams Trio Featuring Don Byas / The Gerald Wiggins Trio | 1992 | Compil. |
On "Vogue" | Mary Lou Williams featuring Don Byas And The Gerald Wiggins Trio | 1992 | Album |
Don Byas | Don Byas | 1991 | Compil. |
Mainstream Tenors | Leon "Chu" Berry, Don Byas, Lucky Thompson | 1991 | Compil. |
Coleman Hawkins Vs. Oscar Peterson & Don Byas Vs. Teddy Wilson | Coleman Hawkins Vs. Oscar Peterson & Don Byas Vs. Teddy Wilson | 1990 | Album |
Don Byas | Don Byas | 1989 | Compil. |
Yesterdays | Don Byas Meets Dizzy Gillespie | 1989 | Album |
A Night In Tunisia | Don Byas | 1989 | Compil. |
Giants Of The Tenor Sax | Ben Webster, Don Byas | 1988 | Compil. |
1947 Those Barcelona Days | Don Byas | 1986 | Compil. |
Don Byas | Don Byas | 1986 | Compil. |
Recorded In Paris & Cologne 1957 & 1960 | Kenny Clarke With Don Byas • Lucky Thompson • Martial Solal • Pierre Michelot | 1986 | Compil. |
April In Portugal | Louis Armstrong / Amália Rodrigues & Don Byas | 1981 | Single |
Don Byas | Don Byas | 1980 | Compil. |
A Tribute To Cannonball | Don Byas / Bud Powell | 1979 | Album |
Two Kings Of The Tenor Sax | Ben Webster / Don Byas | 1979 | Compil. |
The Shadow Of Your Smile / I've Got You Under My Skin | Carlos Do Carmo E Don Byas | 1976 | Single |
The Great Don Byas | Don Byas | 1976 | Compil. |
Savoy Jam Party | Don Byas | 1976 | Compil. |
"Ambiances Et Slows" | Don Byas | 1975 | Compil. |
Jazz Lions | Sonny Stitt & The Giants, Teddy Wilson, Don Byas, Thelonious Monk | 1974 | Compil. |
Don Byas - Mary Lou Williams Quartet | Mary Lou Williams, Don Byas | 1974 | Single |
52nd Street; Volume 2 | Coleman Hawkins / Nat Jaffe / Ben Webster / Don Byas | 1974 | Album |
Town Hall Concert Vol. 3 | Don Byas, Slam Stewart, Teddy Wilson, Flip Phillips | 1974 | Album |
Unissued Recordings Of Big Tenors | Coleman Hawkins, Leon "Chu" Berry, Don Byas | 1974 | Album |
LAURA - Don Byas y sus ritmos | Don Byas | 1973 | Compil. |
"Memorial" | Don Byas | 1973 | Compil. |
Midnight At Minton's | Don Byas | 1973 | Album |
Encontro | Amália Rodrigues & Don Byas | 1972 | Album |
Don Byas In Paris | Don Byas | 1968 | Compil. |
Ben Webster Meets Don Byas | Ben Webster Meets Don Byas | 1968 | Album |
Melodies Americaines Immortelles | Don Byas | 1967 | Compil. |
The Swing Giants | Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Ben Webster | 1965 | Compil. |
The Influence Of Five | Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Don Byas, Leon "Chu" Berry | 1965 | Compil. |
Don Byas' 30th Anniversary Album | Don Byas | 1964 | Album |
April In Paris! Don Byas With Strings | Don Byas | 1963 | Album |
Super Session | Coleman Hawkins / Don Byas | 1962 | Compil. |
Don Wails With Kenny | Don Byas | 1960 | Single |
Messin' 'Round In Montmartre | Mary Lou Williams With Don Byas, Alvin Banks, Gérard Pochonet / Alix Combelle Et Son Orchestre Avec Buck Clayton | 1956 | Album |
Don Carlos Meets Mary Lou | Mary Lou Williams, Don Byas | 1954 | Album |
Jazz Greats | Don Byas / Stan Getz / Earl Bostic | 1954 | Compil. |
Beryl Booker Trio With Don Byas In París | Beryl Booker Trio, Don Byas | 1954 | Album |
This Is … Don Byas | Don Byas | 1953 | Compil. |
Limelight-Less Boss | Don Byas, Tony Proteau Et Son Orchestre | 1953 | Album |
Tenor Saxophone Solos | Don Byas | 1952 | Compil. |
Sentimental / Si Tu Savais | Don Byas, Tony Proteau Et Son Orchestre | 1952 | Album |
Tenor Sax Solos | Don Byas | 1952 | Compil. |
Favorites | Don Byas | 1952 | Album |
Saxophone Moods | Don Byas | 1950 | Album |
Only Wish I Knew / We Fooled You | Johnny Hodges & Don Byas | 1950 | Album |
Liza / Yesterday | Bill Coleman-Don Byas & Leur Orchestre / Don Byas | 1949 | Album |
These Foolish Things / I Surrender Dear | Don Byas | 1948 | Album |
Janine / Byas Jump | Don Byas | 1947 | Album |
Somethin' For You / Empty Bed Blues | Oscar Pettiford & His All Stars Featuring Dizzy Gillespie And Don Byas | 1946 | Album |
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) / Six, Seven, Eight Or Nine | Don Byas With Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra | 1946 | Album |
Gloomy Sunday / More Than A Mood | Don Byas | 1946 | Album |
You Go To My Head / Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care To Know) | Don Byas | 1946 | Album |
Strictly Drums / Why Regret | Cozy Cole And His Quintette / Cozy Cole, Don Byas, Tiny Grimes, Billy Taylor, Billy Taylor Sr. | 1945 | Album |
How High The Moon / Laura | Don Byas Ree-Boppers, Don Byas | 1945 | Album |
What Do You Want With My Heart / Don's Idea | Don Byas | 1944 | Album |
Tenor Sax Album No. 2 | Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Ben Webster | 1942 | Album |
Tenor Sax | Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Ben Webster | 1942 | Album |
Living My Life | Don Byas | Album | |
Danish Brew | Brew Moore, Don Byas | Album | |
For Lovers Only | Bert Kaempfert, Toots Thielemans, Don Byas | Compil. | |
Les Classiques Du Jazz Par Les Géants Du Jazz | Lionel Hampton, Django Reinhardt, Roy Eldridge, Earl Hines, Coleman Hawkins, Barney Bigard, Buck Clayton, Sir Charles Thompson, Don Byas, Johnny Hodges, Dizzy Gillespie, Claude Luter, Zoot Sims, Sidney Bechet, Bob Brookmeyer, Gerry Mulligan | Compil. | |
Les Plus Grands Slows | Don Byas | Compil. | |
Ambiance Intimité | Don Byas | Album | |
Don Byas Et Son Saxo Ténor - Vol. I | Don Byas | Single | |
Saxophone Giants | Coleman Hawkins - Don Byas - Johnny Hodges - Barney Bigard - Lester Young - Flip Phillips - Ben Webster - Dickie Wells - Eddie Heywood | Compil. | |
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 10 | Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Don Byas | Compil. | |
Swing Sessions 7 - 1946-1949 | Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn, Peanuts Holland, Don Byas | Compil. | |
More Sax In Satin | Johnny Hodges, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Don Byas | Compil. | |
Sax Scene - 5 Tenor Giants. | Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson, Don Byas, Leon "Chu" Berry | Album | |
Don Byas On Blue Star | Don Byas | Compil. | |
Don Byas son tenor sax et ses rythmes | Don Byas | Album | |
Jumpin' Stuff | Louis Jordan, Hot Lips Page, Don Byas | Compil. | |
Private Recordings 1944-45 | Don Byas | Album | |
Nuages Argentés / Personne Pour M'aimer | Don Byas | Album | |
Jazz... Free And Easy | Don Byas | Compil. | |
Newport Jazz Festival 3 July 1958/ Paris Jazz Festival 3 November 1965 | Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Tyree Glenn, Hilton Jefferson, Ben Webster, Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Greer, Roy Eldridge, Stuff Smith, Don Byas, Earl Hines, Jimmy Woode, Kenny Clarke | Album | |
Tenor Sax Solos Vol. 4 | Don Byas | Single | |
Sax In Satin | Don Byas, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges | Compil. | |
Ballads For Swingers | Don Byas | Album | |
Blue Lou / You're Lucky To Me | Don Byas | Album | |
Musique de Films Vol. 1 | Don Byas | Single | |
The Influence Of Five | Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Don Byas, Leon "Chu" Berry | Compil. | |
Das Verträumte Saxophon | Don Byas | Single | |
Now's The Time / Night Wind | Cozy Cole And Don Byas, Tiny Grimes, Billy Taylor, Billy Taylor Sr. | Album | |
In Europe 1959-1966 | Don Byas Featuring Brew Moore And Bruce Turner Band | Album |