Laura

Don Byas · 1952 (year to be confirmed) · Theme from the 1944 film; its ballad is a classic. Byas recorded it several times (Paris version, 1952).

Context

Version by Don Byas, recorded in Paris on April 10, 1952 in a quartet with Art Simmons, Joe Benjamin and Bill Clark. The theme is that of the film Laura (1944). Byas had already recorded the song in Paris in 1948. This 1952 version appears in the complete edition of his Paris recordings from 1946 to 1954.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• Groovin' High (Don Byas, Haarlem 1964) (1964)
• Autumn Leaves (Byas, 1965) (1965)

Sources

• mb.videolan.org
• jazz.com

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