Midnight at Minton’s is an album by jazz musician Don Byas, first released in 1973. It is a live recording of a 1941 jam session at Minton’s Playhouse, the New York City nightclub at which the emerging style of bebop was being pioneered.
Track listing:
“Stardust” (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 9:04
“Exactly Like You” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 9:03
“Uptown” (Don Byas) – 2:45
“Body and Soul” (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 7:29
“I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” (Fields, McHugh) – 4:07
“(Back Home Again in) Indiana” (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 6:23
Personnel:
Don Byas – tenor saxophone
Joe Guy – trumpet
Thelonious Monk – piano
Milt Hinton – bass (uncredited in liner notes)
Kenny Clarke – drums
Helen Humes – vocals (1,2)
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Released: 1973
Recorded: 1941
Length: 38:51
Label: High Note Records
Producer: Don Schlitten
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