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Don Byas

One of the biggest of most tenor players, Don Byas’ decision to go permanently to European countries in 1946 led to him getting vastly underrated in jazz background books. His understanding of chords rivalled Coleman Hawkins, and, because of the similarity in shades, Byas can be viewed as an extension …

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