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Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas (October 21, 1913 – 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.
Don Byas (* 21. Oktober 1912 in Muskogee, Oklahoma als Carlos Wesley Byas; † 24. August 1972 in Amsterdam) war ein Jazz-Tenorsaxophonist. Der Tenorsaxophonist Don Byas gilt als Bindeglied und Musiker des Übergangs von der Coleman-Hawkins-Schule zu den Neuerungen des Bebops um Charlie Parker und Lucky Thompson.
Zum anderen prägte Herschel Evans auch Don Byas, der bei Lionel Hampton sein Banknachbar gewesen war. Byas war allerdings wie Lester Young modern und „sophisticated“, ein überlegt und überlegen improvisierender Melodiker. Es macht also Sinn, dass Byas zum Beispiel sein Solo über „Swingin‘ The Blues“ mit einer Verbeugung vor ...
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Don Byas, tenor saxophone, with the Thad Jones Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Live at the Village Vanguard, from the documentary, Homecoming. Video courtesy Milan Simich. 1970; Village Vanguard; Don...
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Don Byas (born October 21, 1912, Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.—died August 24, 1972, Amsterdam, Netherlands) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist whose improvising was an important step in the transition from the late swing to the early bop eras.
Don Byas was a masterful swing player with his own style, an advanced sense of harmony, and a confidence and adventurousness that was unmistakably his own, immediately recognizable. His sense of drama coupled with a brilliant use of dynamics and timbre, a deeply-felt romanticism – accomplished both the tenderest warmth and the most strident ...
