Carlos Wesley (Don) Byas (October 21, 1912-August 24, 1972) was an African American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in the United States. Although his long residence in Europe kept him out of the public eye in the United States, he is often considered to be one of the great jazz musicians on his instrument. Wikipedia
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He stayed in Europe, where he was quite the star in France, then the Netherlands, becoming the first in a continuously expanding family of expatriate jazzmen. Although Byas was much in demand by the jazz-appreciative Europeans, he was largely forgotten b www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=3799
I call it "Just a blues" The only thing I know about this clip which appeared on Dutch TV probably in the eighties is that it comes from a French film done in 1951 with tenor saxophonist Don Byas . ... Don Byas (1912--1972) was a African American jazz www.dailymotion.com/video/x156e7_just-a-blues-don-byas-19...
