Don Byas was one of the most highly-regarded tenor sax players of his generation - he had a distinctive sound and a technique that enabled him to swing with effortless smoothness, yet with the...
(Holland)1. Summertime 2. Night and Day 3. Easy to Love 4. Where or When 5. Flamingo 6. Stardust 7. Ol' Man River 8. Man I Love 9. Georgia on My Mind 10. Over the Rainbow 11. Laura 12. Somebody Loves...
with Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Leo Parker... The Apollo Series.1. Takin' Off 2. If I Had You 3. 20th Century Blues 4. Street Beat 5. Tunis in 6. Strange Hours 7. Rhythm Itch 8. Mad Lad 9. Benson...
Ragtime piano master is featured here on 26 tracks from the early 1960s, inc. 8 never before released cuts - the performances are culled from 2 informal parties, one of which was hosted by ragophile...
Tenor sax player is recorded here at the famed Harlem night spot, joined by a young Thelonious Monk & Helen Humes (in Monk biographies, the Minton sessions are viewed as his emergence)1. Stardust...