Chris Byars Leader Entry



Generated on Mon, Dec 31, 2007



Date: December 20, 2001 and February 27, 2002
Location: Avatar Studios, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Chris Byars, Sasha Dobson (ldr), Chris Byars (f, cl, ts, con), Gary Pribek (f, as), Mark Lopeman (cl, bar), Richie Vitale (t, fh), John Mosca (tb), Sacha Perry (p), Neal Miner (b), Andy Watson (d), Sasha Dobson (v)

a.01Who Will Buy? - 5:30  (Lionel Bart) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
b.02You Go To My Head - 3:29  (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
c.03Goodbye - 3:45  (Gordon Jenkins) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
d.04Corcovado [aka Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars] - 3:48  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
e.05What Is This Thing Called Love - 3:32  (Cole Porter) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
f.06Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry - 3:52  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
g.07Detour Ahead - 5:08  (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, John Frigo) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
h.08I'm Beginning To See The Light - 2:47  (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Don George) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
i.09Sophisticated Lady - 4:11  (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
j.10I'll Get By - 2:25  (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
k.11If You Could See Me Now - 3:17  (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
l.12April In Paris - 3:21  (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
m.13The Song Is You - 3:43  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0005 — The Darkling Thrush   (2004)
n.Conception - 4:48  (George Shearing) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
o.Manhattan Valley - 4:27  (Chris Byars) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
p.Night Owls - 4:41  (Neal Miner) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
q.Blue Gardenia - 5:11  (Lester Lee, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
r.Gnid - 5:13  (Tadd Dameron) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
s.The Inevitable - 4:51  (Chris Byars) / arr: Chris Byars
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
t.Village Beauty - 5:37  (Richie Vitale) / arr: Richie Vitale
     [no label] CD: — The Real Underground   
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
u.All Or Nothing At All - 5:06  (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
v.In Da Funhouse - 6:41  (Sacha Perry) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
w.The Way You Look Tonight - 3:12  (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
x.Nancy (With The Laughing Face) - 4:04  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)
y.Let's Kiss And Make Up - 5:21  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Chris Byars
     Smalls CD: SRCD 0013 — Night Owls   (2006)

Sasha Dobson (ldr) on a-m; (v) on a-m.

Dates given as December 28, 2001 and February 26, 2002 on Chris Byars CD.


Date: November 2 & 3, 2006
Location: New York City
Label: Smalls

Chris Byars (ldr), Chris Byars (ss, as, ts), Sacha Perry (p), Ari Roland (b), Andy Watson (d)

a.01Aquarian Epoch - 8:03  (Chris Byars)
b.02Milton - 7:25  (Chris Byars)
c.03Safe At Home - 7:12  (Chris Byars)
d.04Acoustic Phenomenon - 9:28  (Chris Byars)
e.05Manhattan Valley - 7:49  (Chris Byars)
f.06Cliff Diving - 6:46  (Chris Byars)
g.07Riddle Of The Sphinx - 6:38  (Chris Byars)
h.08A. T. - 6:35  (Chris Byars)
All titles on:      Smalls CD: SRCD 0021 — Photos In Black, White And Gray   (2007)

Chris Byars (ss) on c; (as) on a, d-f; (ts) on b, g-h.