About this edition...
This set includes nearly all the small group studio sessions recorded by Don Byas in Europe up until 1951. All sessions were record-ed in Paris, except two tracks that were waxed in Barcelona in October 1947.
This edition does not include the Spanish sessions with the Bernard Hilda and Luis Rovira orchestras (a logical decision: these are big band dates), nor an obscure session recorded alongside expatriate trumpeter Bill Coleman and French jazzmen Bernard Peiffer (piano), Jean Bouchety (bass) and Roger Paraboschi (drums) for the Jazz Society label (a session that has never been reissued.) Similarly obscure are three tracks from the last session included in CD-3 (originally recorded for the Vogue label) which have also never been reissued.
Still, we have been able to include six ultra-rare numbers originally issued under the Saratoga Jazz Hounds denomination which few aficionados have been able to listen to until today. In spite of these unfortunate limitations, we feel that we are rightly entitled to name this edition "Complete 1946-1951 European Small Groups Master Takes".
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Don Byas – Complete 1946-1951 European Small Group Master Takes
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About this edition...
This set includes nearly all the small group studio sessions recorded by Don Byas in Europe up until 1951. All sessions were record-ed in Paris, except two tracks that were waxed in Barcelona in October 1947.
This edition does not include the Spanish sessions with the Bernard Hilda and Luis Rovira orchestras (a logical decision: these are big band dates), nor an obscure session recorded alongside expatriate trumpeter Bill Coleman and French jazzmen Bernard Peiffer (piano), Jean Bouchety (bass) and Roger Paraboschi (drums) for the Jazz Society label (a session that has never been reissued.) Similarly obscure are three tracks from the last session included in CD-3 (originally recorded for the Vogue label) which have also never been reissued.
Still, we have been able to include six ultra-rare numbers originally issued under the Saratoga Jazz Hounds denomination which few aficionados have been able to listen to until today. In spite of these unfortunate limitations, we feel that we are rightly entitled to name this edition "Complete 1946-1951 European Small Groups Master Takes".
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