1996 Don Byas - 1945 {Chronological Classics 910} [CD]

Albinia Jones With Don Byas' Swing Seven 1. Evil Gal Blues (Feather) 2:49 2. Salty Papa Blues (Feather) 3:01 3. Albinia's Blues (Jones) 2:41 4. Don't You Wear No Black (Haynes, Ramson, Smith) 2:46 Don Byas' All Star Quintet 5. Little White Lies (Donaldson) 2:47 6. Deep Purple (Parish, De Rose) 3:02 7. Them There Eyes (Tauber, Pinkard, Tracy) 3:01 8. You Came Along (From Out Of Nowhere) (Heyman, Green) 3:13 Don Byas Quartet 9. Three O'Clock In the Morning (Robledo) 2:58 10. One O'Clock Jump (Basie) 2:44 11. Harvard Blues (Basie, Frazier, Smith) 3:06 12. Slam-In' Around (Byas) 2:43 13. Laura (Raskin, Mercer) 2:46 14. Stardust (Carmichael, Parish) 3:01 15. Slam, Don't Shake It Like That (Byas, Stewart) 3:00 16. Dark Eyes (Trad.) 3:00 17. Embraceable You (Gershwin-Gershwin) 3:00 18. The Sheik Of Araby (Smith, Wheeler, Snyder) 3:01 19. Super Session (Byas) 2:57 20. Melody In Swing (Catlett, Grimes) 3:14 Don Byas And Orchestra 21. Gypsy (Reid) 2:22 22. Nancy (Van Heusen, Silver) 2:44 23. Poor Butterfly (Golden, Hubbell) 2:59

Recording dates (all New York):

#1 to 4 - April 14, 1945 #5 to 8 - June 27, 1945 #9 to 12 - August 30, 1945 #13 to 16 - September 6, 1945 #17 to 20 - September 12, 1945 #21 to 23 - Autumn 1945