American jazz tenor saxophonist
Born October 21, 1912, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA, died August. 24, 1972, Amsterdam, Netherlands
From a musical family, he succeeded in the orchestra of in 1941 and played with bop musicians in small groups, although he considered himself a swing musician. For the last quarter century of his life, Byas was based in Europe initially settling in Paris before moving to the Netherlands. He died from lung cancer.
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