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Don Byas
"Memorial"

Compil. FR 1973 on Vogue label
Jazz (Bop, Cool Jazz, Swing)

Recorded in France: . November 1951 (track B4) . July 18, 1952 (tracks A5, B1, B2, B5, C1, C3, C6, D4) . November 24, 1953 (tracks A2, A6, C2, D1) . December 2, 1953 (tracks D2, D5) . December 8, 1953 (tracks A4, B3, B4, B6, C5) . May 10, 1955 (tracks A1, D3) . May 11, 1955 (track D6) . May 12, 1955 (track B3) ℗ 1972. Gatefold sleeve. Uncredited liner notes in French and English, with a mention of the Byas recent passing (Sept. 19, 1972). Wonderful photography taken at the Blue Note in Paris, after the Dizzy Gillespie concert at Salle Pleyel on February 19, 1953. From left to right, Charles Delaunay, Dizzy Gillespie, Nicole Barclay, Don Byas, Gérard Pochonnet, Sarah Vaughan, Hubert Fol, and rear view, Lorraine Gillespie and D. Forest. Track A4 "G.D.B." is credited to a mysterious 'Alleray'. Track B2 "I Can't Help Lovin' That Man" is credited to Gershwin on release but it's the Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II standard Track B6 "April in Paris" is credited on release to Davis, probably for arrangement by Wild Bill Davis but it's the popular song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg. Release year 1973 according to legal deposit at Bibliothèque Nationale de France, as stated on BNF site.

Musicians

	Don Byas ts, 1912-1972 US tenor saxophone, album by, written by
	Buddy Banks b, 1927-2005 CA bass
	Pierre Michelot b, cb, 1928-2005 FR bass
	Benny Bennet dr, *1922 US drums
	Gérard Pochonet dr, 1924-2000 FR drums
	Pierre Lemarchand dr, FR drums
	Richie Frost dr, drums
	Roger Paraboschi dr, *1926 FR drums
	Studio Staval photography by, inside
	Christian Chevallier key, p, vib, 1930-2008 FR piano
	Martial Solal p, *1927 FR piano
	Mary Lou Williams p, 1910-1981 US piano
	Maurice Vander p, 1929-2017 FR piano
	Fats Sadi vib, bgo, *1927 BE vibraphone
	Géo Daly vib, 1923-1999 FR vibraphone
	Hammerstein-Kern , written by, uncredited
	Wild Bill Davis org, 1918-1995 US arranged by
	E.Y. Harburg , 1896-1981 US written by, uncredited
	Vernon Duke p, 1903-1969 US written by, uncredited

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