| LC control no. | n 81146627 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Byas, Don |
| Variant(s) | Byas, Carlos Wesley |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1912-10-21 |
| Death date | 1972-08-24 |
| Place of birth | Muskogee (Okla.) |
| Place of death | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| Affiliation | Count Basie Big Band Esquire All-Americans |
| Profession or occupation | Saxophonists |
| Found in | Midnight at Minton's. [Phonodisc] 1973. New Grove dict. of jazz (Byas, Don (Carlos Wesley); b. Oct. 21, 1912, Muskogee, OK, d. Aug. 24, 1972, Amsterdam; tenor saxophonist) African American National Biography, accessed July 06, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Byas, Don; Carlos Wesley Byas; saxophonist; born 21 October 1912 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States; joined the Count Basie Band and took over the chair in Basie's band (1941); led his own quartet and quintet in a variety of venues and sessions (1945); won the Esquire Silver Award, performed in January with Leonard Feather's Esquire All-Americans; worked frequently as a soloist throughout Europe and performed regularly at festivals such as the Paris Jazz Fair; recorded some extraordinary sessions for Vogue with Roy Eldridge (1950s); appeared at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival, and shared the stage with Hawkins and Benny Carter for a 1960 Jazz at the Philharmonic tour; a quartet date in Holland that included the Spanish pianist Tete Montelieu; died 24 August 1972 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
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