“Live 1967 quartet session from Switzerland. The concert consists of ten classic jazz standards, played in the be-bop/mainstream jazz style to a clearly appreciative audience. They are all tunes which Byas and Thompson played [More]
“Air mail special” by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charlie Christian. Count Basie and his Orchestra: Al Killian, Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet Dicky Wells, Ed Cuffee, Dan Minor – trombone Earle [More]
Hawkins was аlwауѕ аn ореn-mіndеd musician. A very аdvаnсеd рlауеr еvеn whеn hе first еmеrgеd with Flеtсhеr Henderson’s оrсhеѕtrа in thе ’20ѕ, bу thе ’40ѕ hе may have bееn technically mіddlе-аgеd but rеmаіnеd a уоung [More]
The second of twо CDѕ taken frоm the ѕаmе арреаrаnсеѕ аt thе Mоntmаrtrе іn Copenhagen аѕ A Nіght in Tunisia, thіѕ release ѕhоwсаѕеѕ the masterful (іf undеrrаtеd) tеnоr Dоn Bуаѕ іn a quartet with pianist [More]
Track listing: A1 Three O’Clock In The Morning 0:00 A2 One O’Clock Jump 2:59 A3 Harvard Blues 5:47 A4 Slammin’ Around 8:56 A5 Laura 11:42 A6 Star Dust 14:33 A7 Slam, Don’t Shake It Like [More]
This early-’70s meeting between two giants of the tenor sax (both of whom by this time were living in Europe on a permanent basis) is full of memorable moments. The styles of Ben Webster and [More]
“Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue” is a big band jazz composition written in 1937 by Duke Ellington and recorded for the first time on May 15, 1937 by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Personnel: Duke Ellington [More]
A Tribute to Cannonball is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell and tenor saxophonist Don Byas, released on Columbia in March 1979, featuring a session recorded at the Studio Charlot in Paris on [More]