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Don Byas
Don Byas is credited on 986 releases across 320 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
986
Pressings credited
320
Albums
8
Decades active
50
In collections
Biography
Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas (October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972) 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.
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Credited work
986 releases · 320 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,545
- Other credits · 41
Studios: Minton's Playhouse · Jazzhus Montmartre · Schola Cantorum, Paris · Town Hall, New York
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Jazz Immortal - After Hours Monroe's Harlem Mintons
1957
"The Golden Years" Volume II
1966
All Star Jazz
1956
The Genius Of The Electric Guitar
1987
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975
Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001
Sarah Vaughan
1970
Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances
1960
One O'Clock Jump
1957
The Bebop Years
2006
Jazz After Hours
1995
History Of Jazz
1978
Have No Fear, Big Joe Turner Is Here
1977
The Changing Face Of Harlem
1976
The Billie Holiday Story Volume III
1973
Super Chief
1972
The Influence Of Five
1965
Town Hall Concert
1965
The Greatest Of Dizzy Gillespie
1961
Town Hall Concert Plus
1957
Blues By Basie
1956
Dizzy Gillespie
Savoy Jam Party
1976
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