Discography

Early years

• The Immortal Charlie Christian, (1939-1941 recordings, released, Legacy, 1980)
• Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 8 (1940 date led by Billie Holiday, Columbia Records)
• “Harvard Blues” (with Count Basie, 1941 on America’s #1 Band: The Columbia Years)
• “Sugar Blues” (with Basie, 1942, also on America’s #1 Band)
• “Indiana”, “I Got Rhythm” and “Laura” (Various Artists, Town Hall Concert, 1945, Commodore Records)
• Midnight at Minton’s (1941)
• Savoy Jam Party: The Savoy Sessions (1944–45)

Exile years

• Don Byas in Paris (1946–49)
• Those Barcelona Days 1947-1948
• Le Grand Don Byas (1952–55)
• The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953 With Dizzy Gillespie
• The Mary Lou Williams Quartet featuring Don Byas (1954)
• Don Byas with Beryl Booker (1955)
• A Tribute to Cannonball (with Bud Powell, 1961)
• Amalia Rodrigues with Don Byas (1973)
• A Night in Tunisia (1963)
• Walkin’ (1963)
• Anthropology (1963)
• Autumn Leaves (live with Stan Tracey, 1965)
• Don Byas Quartet featuring Sir Charles Thompson (1967)
• Ben Webster meets Don Byas (1968)