Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944 – 1946

Dance of the Tambourine

Paging Mr. Page

Riffin’ and Jivin’

Free and Easy

Worried and Blue

Don’s Idea

Savoy Jam Party No. 2

Savoy Jam Party No. 1

1944 Stomp

What Do You Want With My Heart

Bass C Jam

Sweet and Lovely

White Rose Kick

Deep Blue Dream

Byas’d Opinions

I Got What It Takes

Dance of the Tambourine (alt #1)

Dance of the Tambourine (alt #2)

Paging Mr. Page (alt)

Free and Easy (alt)

Don’s Idea (BD)

Don’s Idea (alt)

1944 Stomp (BD)

1944 Stomp (alt)

Deep Blue Dream (alt)

Good for Stompin’ (-3)

Twilight in Teheran

Swing Street

Hank’s Pranks

Juke Box Judy

Shy Little Witch From Greenwich

Gone at Dawn

S.K. Blues - Part I

S.K. Blues - Part II

Johnson & Turner Blues

Watch That Jive

Evil Gal Blues

Salty Papa Blues

Albinia’s Blues

Don’t You Wear No Black

Candy

How High the Moon

Donby

Byas-a-Drink

Good for Stompin’ (-1)

Good for Stompin’ (BD)

Twilight in Teheran (alt)

Swing Street (alt)

Johnson and Turner Blues (alt)

Candy (alt #1)

Candy (alt #2)

Hurricane Blues

All On

I Don’t Know Why

London‐Donnie

Old Folks

Cherokee

September in the Rain

Living My Life

To Each His Own

They Say It’s Wonderful

Cynthia’s in Love

September Song

St. Louis Blues

I Found a New Baby

Marie

I Don’t Know Why (alt)

Danny Boy (London‐Donnie) (alt)

Cherokee (alt #1)

Cherokee (BD #1)

Cherokee (BD #2)

Cherokee (alt #2)

September in the Rain (BD #1)

September in the Rain (BD #2)

September in the Rain (alt)

September Song (alt)

Whispering

Star Dust

Medley (My Ideal / Sweet Lorraine / Sweet and Lovely)

Don’t Blame Me

Medley (Star Dust / Memories of You / I Can't Get Started)

My Gal Sal

Indiana

I Got Rhythm

Rose Room

Sometimes I’m Happy

Don’t Blame Me

Worried and Blue

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

Embraceable You

These Foolish Things

Tea for Two

Lady Be Good

Embraceable You

Moonglow

Medley (Just You, Just Me / How High the Moon)

Rose Room

Body and Soul

Cherokee

Unidentified Title

Crazy Rhythm (Beginning cut)

Lullaby in Rhythm

What Is This Thing Called Love? (Beginning cut)

I Got Rhythm #1 (ending)

I Got Rhythm #2 (beginning cut)

Sweet Georgia Brown (beginning cut)

Cuckoo (Swing Test)

Sometimes I’m Happy

Body and Soul

Indiana

Comes the Don

Rosetta

What’s the Matter Now?

4-F Blues [G.I. Blues]

Seventh Avenue

Sorta Kinda

Ooh! Ooh! My! My! Oh! Oh!

Something for You

Worried Life

Empty Bed Blues - Part 1

Empty Bed Blues - Part 2

Comes the Don (alt)

Rosetta (alt)

4-F Blues [G.I. Blues] (alt)

Good Bait

Salted Peanuts [Salt Peanuts]

Be-Bop [Dizzy Fingers]

Pennies From Heaven

Should I?

You Call It Madness, but I Call It Love

Jamboree Jump

The Jeep’s Jumpin’

Daddy-O

All Alone

Double Talk

Fruit Salad

Don John

Spots

Hallelujah

Through for the Night

Morning Madness

One Sad Thursday

Across the Road

Cedar Manor

I’d Do Anything for You

Sophisticated Lady

Armand the Groove

Dot’s My Baby

Little White Lies

Deep Purple

Them There Eyes

You Came Along (From Out of Nowhere)

Four or Five Times

I Want a Little Girl

Three O’ Clock in the Morning

One O’ Clock Jump

Harvard Blues

Slam-in’ Around

A Woman Gets Tired of One Man

Don’t Care Blues

Laura

Star Dust

Slam, Don’t Shake Like That

Dark Eyes

The Lady in Debt

They Raided the Joint

Willie Mae Willow Foot

Race Horse Mama Blues

Embraceable You

The Sheik of Araby

Super Session

Melody in Swing

The Gypsy

Nancy

Poor Butterfly

Annie Laurie

Once in a While

Avalon

Blue and Sentimental

My Melancholy Baby

Humoresque

Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Slamboree

Diga Diga Do

Some of These Days

Rose Room

Dark Glasses

Mickey Finn

You Go to My Head

Don’t You Know I Care? (Or Don’t You Care to Know)

Gloomy Sunday

More Than a Mood [At Home with the Blues]