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Don Byas

28-12-2018 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959   >>Don Byas, Charlie Parker, T-Bone Walker, Wynonie Harris, Pee Wee King, Muddy Waters, Albinia Jones, Joe Morris, John Griffin, Patti Page, Sunnyland Slim, Prodromos Tsaousakis & Vassils Tsitsanis, Sarah Vaughan, Les Paul, Elvis Presley<<

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before 1959

Significant player in the development of the tenor saxophone, deeply rooted in the swinging south-west. One of the greatest of all tenor players, Don Byas' decision to move permanently to Europe in 1946 resulted in him being vastly underrated in jazz history books. His knowledge of chords rivalled Coleman Hawkins, and, due to their similarity in tones, Byas can be considered an extension of the elder tenor. 
Don Byas
Worried 'N Blue (Don Byas) 3:15
Bass C Jam (Don Byas) 2:53
form Don Byas 1944 - 1945
Don Byas was one of the great tenor saxophonists of the 1940s, a Coleman Hawkins-influenced improviser who developed a complex style of his own. His permanent move to Europe in 1946 cut short any chance he had of fame, but Byas recorded many worthy performances during the two years before his departure. On Classics' first Don Byas CD (which contains his first 21 numbers as a leader), Byas matches wits and power with trumpeter Charlie Shavers on two heated sessions that include pianist Clyde Hart and bassist Slam Stewart...

Jazz giant who changed the face of the entire form, practically inventing modern jazz and shaping the course of 20th century music. One of a handful of musicians who can be said to have permanently changed jazz, Charlie Parker was arguably the greatest saxophonist of all time. He could play remarkably fast lines that, if slowed down to half speed, would reveal that every note made sense. "Bird," along with his contemporaries Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell, is considered a founder of bebop; in reality he was an intuitive player who simply was expressing himself. 
Charlie Parker
Tiny's Tempo (Tiny Grimes / Clyde Hart) 2:55
Congo Blues (Red Norvo) 3:48
Now's the Time (Charlie Parker) 3:15
from Charlie Parker 1944-1946 (Jazz Archives No. 98)
This import roundup of some of Parker's key Savoy and Dial sides makes for a fine cross-label introduction to the bebop legend's '40s stretch. The 20-track set takes in bop classics like "Ko-Ko," "Yardbird Suite," "Now's the Time," and "Billie's Bounce," among many others. Throughout, Parker shows the myriad ways he could contort the medium he helped invent, and that's not to forget the sheer dynamism and emotional breadth he delivers, too. And helping along the way, Bird is joined by most of the A-list bebop players of the day, including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Dodo Marmarosa, Max Roach, and Howard McGhee. History on a disc.

During the 1930s through the 1950s, he fused influences of the past--including jazz and swing--and pioneered a harder, funkier style of blues. Modern electric blues guitar can be traced directly back to this Texas-born pioneer, who began amplifying his sumptuous lead lines for public consumption circa 1940 and thus initiated a revolution so total that its tremors are still being felt today.
T-Bone Walker
I Know Your Wig Is Gone (T-Bone Walker) 2:45
Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just as Bad (T-Bone Walker) 3:02
She's My Old Time Used-To-Be (Aaron Walker) 2:41
Description Blues (John Henty) 3:00
from T-Bone Walker 1947 Blues & Rhythm Series
Volume two in the complete recordings of T-Bone Walker as reissued on the Classics Chronological Series is loaded up with two dozen fine West Coast blues recordings cut for the Black & White, Capitol, and Comet labels over the span of exactly two months' time, from September 13 to November 13, 1947. Billed only as "T-Bone Walker & His Guitar," the group responsible for the fine music captured on this compilation consisted of various session men from all over the musical map. Teddy Buckner, George Orendorff, and Bumps Myers were all seasoned jazz players whose professional careers had taproots reaching back to the '20s and '30s. Oscar Lee Bradley was one of the most sought-after drummers in the business. The band provides excellent backing for T-Bone's smoky voice and irresistible electric guitar. The general sensation throughout is one of relaxed dignity and poignant truthfulness. Listeners are advised to beware of T-Bone Walker. Exercise caution! This man's music might grow on you. A full-blown dependence may develop, requiring the purchase of every volume in the complete chronological recordings of T-Bone Walker.

Wynonie Harris - I Want My Fanny Brown (Roy Brown) 3:06
Pee Wee King - Bull Fiddle Boogie (Pee Wee King)
Muddy Waters - Muddy Jumps One (McKinley Morganfield) 2:27
Albinia Jones - Hole in the Wall Tonight (Albinia Jones) 2:39
from Roots of Rock N' Roll Vol 4 1948
Rock & roll music scholars debate when the genre really began and which artist produced its first recording. But critics can agree that the music which defined a generation had its roots in the blues and rhythm & blues artists of the 1940s. Many of those early artists were African Americans who saw their songs recorded by young white musicians who liked their music so well they thought they wrote it. Setting aside the important issues of copyright piracy and musical equities, the kaleidoscope of contributors to the rock & roll idiom makes for interesting listening. This CD is part of a series that goes back to those days in the 1940s before rock & roll had a name and started a cultural revolution. This volume focuses on the year 1948, when an avalanche of great music was released, all bearing the throbbing beat that was to characterize the music later called rock & roll...

Alabama's Joe Morris began his career as a jazz trumpet player, working with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Earl Bostic, but his legacy rests with his 1950s work as leader of the more R&B-oriented Joe Morris Orchestra.
Joe Morris
feat: John Griffin
Fly Mister Fly (Joe Morris) 2:47
Boogie Woogie Joe (Joe Morris) 3:00
Tia Juana (Johnny Griffin / Joe Morris / Jelly Roll Morton)  2:39
from Joe Morris 1946-1949 / Blues and Rhythm Classics Series
These 26 sides originally issued under the name of trumpeter Joe Morris have a lot going for them, but the main reason to get yourself a copy of this disc and play it really loud for the entire neighborhood is the continued presence of young Johnny Griffin blowing tenor sax like there's no tomorrow...  Joe Morris blew fine trumpet and was a capable vocalist, but what makes this reissue so exciting is the presence of Johnny Griffin and a small pack of guys who were each getting ready to revolutionize the art of jazz.

Mellifluous country-pop female singer who was one of the leading hitmakers of the 1950s. 
Patti Page
With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming 3:06
Oklahoma Blues 1:57
from Grandes Exitos 1940-1950
The best-selling female singer during the 1950s, Patti Page in many ways defined the decade of earnest, novelty-ridden adult pop with throwaway hits... By singing a wide range of popular material and her own share of novelty fluff, she proved easily susceptible to the fall of classic adult pop but remained a chart force into the mid-'60s.

A seminal figure in post-War Chicago blues, and pianist to many legends of the scene. Exhibiting truly amazing longevity that was commensurate with his powerful, imposing physical build, Sunnyland Slim's status as a beloved Chicago piano patriarch endured long after most of his peers had perished. For more than 50 years, the towering Slim had rumbled the ivories around the Windy City, playing with virtually every local luminary imaginable and backing the great majority in the studio at one time or another.
Sunnyland Slim
Mud Kicking Woman (Albert Luandrew) 2:57
Back to Korea Blues (Albert Luandrew) 3:00
Hit the Road Again (Andrew Luandrew) 3:12
from Sunnyland Slim 1949-1951 R&B Classics
Mississippi native Albert Luandrew came to Chicago in 1942, and with a little help from Tampa Red began entertaining the public using the name Sunnyland Slim. This second volume in the Classics Sunnyland Slim chronology documents his steady if spotty recording career from April 1949 to early December 1951. During this time Sunnyland made records for Mercury, Apollo, J.O.B., Regal, and his own Sunny label. Working up the piano, singing and at times screaming in a voice only slightly lower than that of J.B. Lenoir, Sunnyland invariably chose the toughest available players to back him up...

Prodromos Moutafoglou (Greek: Πρόδρομος Μουτάφογλου; 1919 – October 23, 1979), better known by his stage name Prodromos Tsaousakis (Πρόδρομος Τσαουσάκης), was a popular Greek rebetiko singer, songwriter and composer.
Prodromos Tsaousakis & Vassils Tsitsanis
Oi Fabrikes 3:14
Omorfi Thessaloniki 3:09
from Oi Fabrikes: Songs of Vassilis Tsitsanis (Recordings 1950-1952), Vol. 2

Vassilis Tsitsanis (Greek: Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης 18 January 1915 – 18 January 1984) was a Greek songwriter and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern Rebetiko and Laiko music. Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs and is still remembered as an extraordinary composer and bouzouki player.

Bop's greatest diva, a highly influential jazz singer with extraordinary range and perfect intonation, ranging from soft and warm to harsh and throaty. Possessor of one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan ranked with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday in the very top echelon of female jazz singers. She often gave the impression that with her wide range, perfectly controlled vibrato, and wide expressive abilities, she could do anything she wanted with her voice. Although not all of her many recordings are essential (give Vaughan a weak song and she might strangle it to death), Sarah Vaughan's legacy as a performer and a recording artist will be very difficult to match in the future.

Sarah Vaughan 

Black Coffee (Sonny Burke / Paul Francis Webster) 3:16

You Taught Me to Love Again (Richard Carpenter / Tommy Dorsey / William Henri Woode) 3:16

Summertime (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward) 3:15

from The Divine Sarah Vaughan: The Columbia Years 1949-1953

Twenty-eight of the 60 songs that Sarah Vaughan recorded for Columbia Records during her four years there. The early sides are arranged, with one exception (credited to Hugo Winterhalter), by Joe Lipman, while later sides have her working with a diverse group of arrangers and conductors, including Glenn Miller alumnus Norman Leyden and light music expert Paul Weston, and in a small group context, the latter credited to Vaughan's manager/husband George Treadwell. The sound is good within the context of the time the remasterings were done, and the distillation covers virtually all of Vaughan's best work from this period in her career.

A brilliantly gifted guitarist and studio pioneer who was arguably the most innovative musician of his generation. 

Les Paul 

Bye ye Blues 2:06

Vaya Con Dios 2:53

Deep In The Blues 2:32

from The Timeless Les Paul 1952-1954 Vol 3

Les Paul had such a staggeringly huge influence over the way American popular music sounds today that many tend to overlook his significant impact upon the jazz world. Before his attention was diverted toward recording multi-layered hits for the pop market, he made his name as a brilliant jazz guitarist whose exposure on coast-to-coast radio programs guaranteed a wide audience of susceptible young musicians.

A music and film icon whose natural blend of country, pop, and R&B sold millions and became the cornerstone of rock & roll. Elvis Presley may be the single most important figure in American 20th century popular music. Not necessarily the best, and certainly not the most consistent. But no one could argue with the fact that he was the musician most responsible for popularizing rock & roll on an international level. Viewed in cold sales figures, his impact was phenomenal. Dozens upon dozens of international smashes from the mid-'50s to the mid-'70s, as well as the steady sales of his catalog and reissues since his death in 1977, may make him the single highest-selling performer in history.

Elvis Presley 

My Happiness (Borney Bergantine / Betty Peterson) 2:33

That's All Right (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup) 1:59

Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) 2:06

Mystery Train  (Junior Parker / Sam Phillips) 2:30

from A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings

A Boy from Tupelo rounds up all the known existing Elvis Presley recordings from 1953 through 1955, a sum total of 53 studio takes and 32 live performances...  Still, those consumers in the market for the earliest Elvis will be satisfied by this, as it not only has everything in one convenient box but the addition of the live material does provide a nice coda to the familiar Sun sessions.