soulpopeMir war nicht bewusst, dass Don Byas in 1971 mit den Art Blakey Jazz Messengers @ Japan tourte …. btw offenbar keine Mitschnitte ….
Das ist mir auch neu – hier aus Mike Fitzgeralds Blakey-Chronologie:
January 4, 1971: Bill Hardman-t; Don Byas, Ramon Morris-ts; Donald Smith-p; Jymie Merritt-b [bassist may have been Hal Dodson, confirmation needed]
concert in Japan (January 4, 1971) [unrecorded] [-TN]
Japanese tour of over fifty concerts [db 4/29/71]
early 1971: Bill Hardman-t; Don Byas, Ramon Morris-ts; Donald Smith-p, voc; Hal Dodson-bClub Baron, NYC [unrecorded] (early 1971) [db 4/29/71 photo]
“I had two tenor players. Jeeminy, he [Byas] was here in the United States (in 1970) and he wasn’t working, and I couldn’t stand that, so I said, ‘Come on, work with me.’ Fantastic artist, plus the young guys in the group took advantage of his experience.”– Art Blakey, Down Beat, March 25, 1976, p.16.
“He [Byas] left the group after one U.S. engagement – at the Club Baron in Harlem.”– Down Beat, October 26, 1972, p.10.
https://jazzmf.com/art-blakey-chronology-and-the-jazz-messengers/
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