Album · 1951
Tracklist
A1 Summertime
A2 Night And Day
A3 Easy To Love
A4 Where Or When
A5 Flamingo
B1 Star Dust
B2 Old Man River
B3 The Man I Love
B4 Georgia On My Mind
B5 Over The Rainbow
"Tenor Saxophone Solos" track list:
A1 Night And Day
A2 The Man I Love
A3 Georgia On My Mind
A4 Stardust
B1 Where Or When
B2 Easy To Love
B3 Over The Rainbow
B4 Flamingo
Line-up/Musicians
American issue personnel:
Bass – Jacques Medvedko (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3), Roger Grasset (tracks: A4, B4)
Drums – Benny Bennett (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3), Charles Marty (tracks: A4, B4)
Guitar – Jean-Jacques Tilché (tracks: A4, B4), Jean-Pierre Sasson (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3)
Piano – Art Simmons (tracks: A4, B4), Maurice Vander (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3)
Tenor Saxophone – Don Byas
About this release
Blue Star – N° 6802 (France)
Released in US in 1952 as "Tenor Saxophone Solos"(Atlantic – ALR 117).
American issue:
Recorded in Paris on July 4, 1950: A4 and B4
Recorded in Paris on April 19, 1951: A1 to A3, B1 to B3
Released in UK in 1953 as "Ten Top Tunes For Tenor Sax"(Esquire – 20-005,10 tracks version).
Reissued in France in 1954 as "L'inimitable Don Byas Et Ses Rythmes Présente Les Plus Célèbres Mélodies Américaines"(Blue Star – N° 6802)
Thanks to snobb for the addition