Don Byas

### Associated Acts

Count Basie • Don Byas All Stars • Don Carlos and His Collegiate Ramblers • Don Byas and His Orchestra • Don Byas Ree-Boppers • The Don Byas-Slam Stewart Duo • Don Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings • Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy • Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra • Buck Clayton Sextet • Coleman Hawkins and His Sax Ensemble • Cyril Haynes Sextet • Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra • Dizzy Gillespie Septet • Don Redman and His Orchestra • Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra • Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra • Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra • Mary Lou Williams Quartet • Nelson Williams' All Stars • Pete Johnson's Band • Teddy Wilson Octet • Tenor Conclave • The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band • The V-Disc Jumpers • Timme Rosenkrantz and His Barrelhouse Barons • Vanderbilt All Stars

### Former Names

Don Byas All Stars • Don Byan and His Orchestra • Don Byas and His Rhythm • Don Byas Quartet • Don Byas Quintet • Don Byas Ree-Boppers • The Don Byas Seven

## Listen

**Don Byas** was a bandleader originally from Muskogee, Oklahoma.

## Don Byas

### Live

1

Studio Albums
* *Midnight at Minton's* (1941)
* *Savoy Jam Party: The Savoy Sessions* (1944)
* *Please Believe Me and Why Did You Do That To Me* (1945) as Don Byas Quartet with Little Sam
* *Don Byas in Paris* (1946)
* *Those Barcelona Days* (1947)
* *Summertime* (1951) as Don Byas and His Orchestra
* *Le Grand Don Byas* (1952)
* *The Great Blue Star Sessions* (1952) with Dizzy Gillespie
* *Don Byas with Beryl Booker* (1955) with Beryl Booker
* *A Tribute to Cannonball* (1961) with Bud Powell
* *Amalia Rodrigues with Don Byas* (1973) with Amalia Rodrigues
* *A Night in Tunisia* (1963)
* *Walkin'* (1963)
* *Anthropology* (1963)
* *Don Byas Quartet featuring Sir Charles Thompson* (1967) as Don Byas Quartet with Sir Charles Thompson
* *Ben Webster meets Don Byas* (1968) with Ben Webster
* *The Immortal Charlie Christian* (1980)

78s
* *Laura / Dark Eyes* (1945) as The Don Byas Quartet
* *Avalon / Blue and Sentimental* (1945) as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *Pennies from Heaven / Jamboree-Jump* (1945) as Don Byas All Stars
* *Deep Purple / Them There Eyes* (1945) as Don Byas All Star Quintet
* *Should I / You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love* (1945) as Don Byas All Star Quintet

* *Little White Lies / You Came Along (From Out of Nowhere)* (1945) as Don Byas All Star Quintet
* *Stardust / Slam, Don't Shake Like That* (1945) as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *Candy / Byas-A-Drink* (1946) as Don Byas All Star Quintet
* *London-Donnie / Old Folks* (1946) as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *They Say It's Wonderful / Cynthia's in Love* (1946) as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *Spots / Fruit Salad* (1946)as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *I Found a New Baby / Marie* (1946) as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *September Song / St. Louis Blues* (1946) as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *Please Believe Me / Why Did You Do That to Me* (1946) as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *I Don't Know Why / Cherokee* (1946) as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *Body and Soul / I'm Beginning to See the Light* (1946) as Don Byas All Star Quartet
* *Laura / Cement Mixer* (1947) as Don Byas and His Orchestra
* *How High's the Moon / Dynamo A* (1947) as Don Byas Ree-Boppers
* *Red Cross / Walking Around* (1947) as Don Byas Ree-Boppers
* *Gloria / Mohawk Special* (1951) as Don Byas and His Orchestra
* *Old Man River / Flamingo* (1950) as Don Byas and His Orchestra

EPs
* *Volume 2* (1956) as Don Byas and His Orchestra

Live Albums
* *Autumn Leaves* (1965) with Stan Tracey