Oklahoma Musicians

Hall of Fame history

Don Byas

Carlos Wesley Don Byas was a jazz tenor saxophonist who played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie, led his own band, and spent much of his postwar career in Europe.

Oklahoma connection

The Oklahoma Historical Society identifies Don Byas as born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and describes his local and Langston musical development.

Recognition

The captured Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame roster places this entry under 2020.

Questions in the source record

Resolve conflicting exact birth-date claims and confirm the 2020 ceremony/award wording; avoid treating a year-only OHS date as an exact date.

Sources

  1. okmusichall.com/inductees/
  2. www.okhistory.org/pdf/african-americans.pdf
  3. www.allmusic.com/artist/don-byas-mn0000160207

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.