The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1947-1951

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1Quisiera saber...
accordion:
Jean Freber (on 1947-08-12)
drums (drum set):
Armand Molinetti (on 1947-08-12)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1947-08-12)
violin:
Bernard Hilda (on 1947-08-12)
vocals:
Bernard Hilda (on 1947-08-12)
Bernard Hilda y su orquestra3:10
2Infiniment
accordion:
Jean Freber (on 1947-08-14)
drums (drum set):
Armand Molinetti (on 1947-08-14)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1947-08-14)
violin:
Bernard Hilda (on 1947-08-14)
vocals:
Bernard Hilda (on 1947-08-14)
Bernard Hilda y su orquestra3:08
3Siempre, siempre
accordion:
Jean Freber (on 1947-08-14)
drums (drum set):
Armand Molinetti (on 1947-08-14)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1947-08-14)
violin:
Bernard Hilda (on 1947-08-14)
vocals:
Bernard Hilda (on 1947-08-14)
Bernard Hilda y su orquestra3:04
4Sonar en ti
accordion:
Jean Freber (on 1947-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Armand Molinetti (on 1947-08-18)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1947-08-18)
violin:
Bernard Hilda (on 1947-08-18)
vocals:
Bernard Hilda (on 1947-08-18)
Bernard Hilda y su orquestra2:41
5Janine
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1947-10-11)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1947-10-11)
Don Byas y las estrellas de "Ritmo y Melodia"2:49
6Byas Jump (Walking Around)
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1947-10-11)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1947-10-11)
Don Byas y las estrellas de "Ritmo y Melodia"2:00
7Chicago Boogie
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1947)
Luis Rovira y su Orquestra3:04
8The Man I Love
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1947)
instrumental recording of:
The Man I Love (in 1947)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Luis Rovira y su Orquestra3:10
9To Each His Own
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1947)
instrumental recording of:
To Each His Own (in 1947)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
Don Byas & Luis Rovira y su Orquestra2:59
10Riffin' and Jivin'
recorded in:
Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid (Community of Madrid), Spain (in 1947)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1947)
recording of:
Riffin’ and Jivin’ (in 1947)
composer:
Don Byas
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
Don Byas & Luis Rovira y su Orquestra2:55
11Manana sera tarde
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1947)
Luis Rovira y su Orquestra2:41
12La pena de perder
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1947)
Luis Rovira y su Orquestra3:12
13All the Things You Are
double bass:
Jean Bouchéty (musician, composer and bandleader) (on 1949-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Roger Paraboschi (on 1949-01-04)
piano:
Bernard Peiffer (on 1949-01-04)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1949-01-04)
instrumental recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1949-01-04)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Don Byas Big Four2:42
14All the Things You Are (slower version)
double bass:
Jean Bouchéty (musician, composer and bandleader) (on 1949-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Roger Paraboschi (on 1949-01-04)
piano:
Bernard Peiffer (on 1949-01-04)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1949-01-04)
instrumental recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1949-01-04)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Don Byas Big Four2:47
15Yesterdays
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1949-01-04)
double bass:
Jean Bouchéty (musician, composer and bandleader) (on 1949-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Roger Paraboschi (on 1949-01-04)
piano:
Bernard Peiffer (on 1949-01-04)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1949-01-04)
trumpet:
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1949-01-04)
instrumental recording of:
Yesterdays (on 1949-01-04)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Don Byas2:32
16Summertime
double bass:
Roger Grasset (on 1950-07-04)
drums (drum set):
Claude Marty (on 1950-07-04)
guitar:
Jean-Jacques Tilché (jazz guitarist and producer) (on 1950-07-04)
piano:
Art Simmons (on 1950-07-04)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1950-07-04)
recorded at:
Studio Pathé-Pelouze in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1950-07-04)
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1950-07-04)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Don Byas and Orchestra2:48
17Talk of the Town
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1950-07-04)
instrumental recording of:
It’s the Talk of the Town (on 1950-07-04)
lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) and Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
arranger:
Ib Glindemann
Don Byas and Orchestra3:26
18Stardust
double bass:
Roger Grasset (on 1950-07-04)
drums (drum set):
Claude Marty (on 1950-07-04)
guitar:
Jean-Jacques Tilché (jazz guitarist and producer) (on 1950-07-04)
piano:
Art Simmons (on 1950-07-04)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1950-07-04)
recorded at:
Studio Pathé-Pelouze in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1950-07-04)
instrumental recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1950-07-04)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
Don Byas and Orchestra3:17
19A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
double bass:
Roger Grasset (on 1950-07-04)
drums (drum set):
Claude Marty (on 1950-07-04)
guitar:
Jean-Jacques Tilché (jazz guitarist and producer) (on 1950-07-04)
piano:
Art Simmons (on 1950-07-04)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1950-07-04)
recorded at:
Studio Pathé-Pelouze in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1950-07-04)
instrumental recording of:
A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody (from “Ziegfeld Follies of 1919”) (on 1950-07-04)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Don Byas and Orchestra2:57
20Old Man River
double bass:
Roger Grasset (on 1950-07-04)
drums (drum set):
Claude Marty (on 1950-07-04)
guitar:
Jean-Jacques Tilché (jazz guitarist and producer) (on 1950-07-04)
piano:
Art Simmons (on 1950-07-04)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1950-07-04)
recorded at:
Studio Pathé-Pelouze in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1950-07-04)
instrumental recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (on 1950-07-04)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Don Byas and Orchestra2:46
21Flamingo
double bass:
Roger Grasset (on 1950-07-04)
drums (drum set):
Claude Marty (on 1950-07-04)
guitar:
Jean-Jacques Tilché (jazz guitarist and producer) (on 1950-07-04)
piano:
Art Simmons (on 1950-07-04)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1950-07-04)
recorded at:
Studio Pathé-Pelouze in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1950-07-04)
cover recording of:
Flamingo (on 1950-07-04)
lyricist:
Edmund Anderson
composer:
Ted Grouya
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Grouya Publishing Int.
Don Byas and Orchestra2:56
22Just One of Those Things
double bass:
Roland Bianchini (in 1951)
drums (drum set):
François "Moustache" Galépidès (in 1951)
instruments:
Christian Azzi (in 1951)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1951)
trumpet:
Guy Longnon (in 1951)
instrumental recording of:
Just One of Those Things (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
Jubilee
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
Saratoga Jazz Hounds feat. Don Byas3:00
23Mean to Me
double bass:
Roland Bianchini (in 1951)
drums (drum set):
François "Moustache" Galépidès (in 1951)
instruments:
Christian Azzi (in 1951)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1951)
trumpet:
Guy Longnon (in 1951)
instrumental recording of:
Mean to Me (in 1951)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
Saratoga Jazz Hounds feat. Don Byas3:14
24Live and Love Tonite
double bass:
Roland Bianchini (in 1951)
drums (drum set):
François "Moustache" Galépidès (in 1951)
instruments:
Christian Azzi (in 1951)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1951)
trumpet:
Guy Longnon (in 1951)
instrumental recording of:
Live and Love Tonight (in 1951)
writer:
Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
Saratoga Jazz Hounds feat. Don Byas3:27

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 1239) (order: 748)
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000225603 [info]