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Billy Byers

Profile:
Swing player who worked as an arranger and trombonist in the bands of Georgie Auld, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Charlie Ventura and Teddy Powell, among others.
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Discography

Production:
The Pawnbroker (Motion Picture Score) (LP, Mono)   Mercury 1964
Appears On:
Music Of The Sensational Sixties (LP)   Design Records (2) 1957
Cootie Williams In Hi-Fi (LP, Album)   RCA Victor 1958
Legrand Jazz (LP)   Columbia 1958
The Herd Ride Again (LP)   World Record Club 1958
Last Recording (LP)   Verve Records 1959
Swing Softly With Me (LP, Album) The Lamp Is Low, Someb... ABC Paramount 1959
Tuxedo Junction (7")   Mercury 1959
Percussion King (LP, Album)   Verve Records 1961
September In The Rain / Wake The Town And Tell The People (7") Wake The Town And Tell... Mercury 1961
The Quintessence (Album) (4 versions)   Impulse! ... 1961
Am I Blue / I Want To Be Loved (7") I Want To Be Loved Mercury 1962
French Horns For My Lady (Album) (2 versions)   Philips 1962
George Chakiris (LP, Album)   Capitol Records 1962
Any Number Can Win (Album) (3 versions)   Verve Records 1963
A Walk On The Wild Side (2xLP, Gat) You Came A Long Way Fr... Metro Records 1964
Basie Land (LP, Mono)   Verve Records 1964
Christmas Cookin' (LP, Album)   Verve Records 1964
Quincy Jones Explores The Music Of Henry Mancini (Album) (2 versions)   Mercury ... 1964
The Cat (Album) (7 versions)   Verve Records ... 1964
Volume 1: Night Song (LP)   Philips 1964
Among The Stars (LP)   Audio Fidelity (Canada), Phonodisc (Canada) 1965
Basie Picks The Winners (LP, Mono)   Verve Records 1965
Harper (Original Soundtrack) (LP)   Mainstream Records 1967
Oliver Nelson's Big Band - Live From Los Angeles (LP)   Impulse! 1967
The Jazz Giants (Reel, 4 T) How Insensitive, How I... RCA Victor 1967
I'll Begin Again / Lousiana Lady (7", Promo)   Columbia 1970
The Grand Wazoo (Album) (6 versions)   Reprise Records ... 1972
Waka / Jawaka (Album) (10 versions) Waka / Jawaka Bizarre Records ... 1972
Quincy Jones (LP)   AMIGA 1977
Aisle Seat (LP) New, York, New York (M... Philips 1982
The Okeh Sessions (Comp) (2 versions)   Charly Records Ltd. ... 1983
Compact Jazz: Jimmy Smith (CD, Comp) Blues In The Night, Th... Verve Records 1987
Drummer Man (Album) (2 versions) Leave Us Leap, Slow Down Verve Records ... 1987
Strike Up The Band (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1987
The Old Masters, Box Three (9xLP, RM, Box) Waka/Jawaka, The Grand... Barking Pumpkin Records 1987
Spellbound (Original Motion Picture Score) (CD, Album) Off On The Great Adven... Stanyan 1988
Bird Feathers (LP)   New Jazz Records Inc. 1989
Late Late Show (CD, Album) All Of Me McGill University Records 1990
I Get A Kick Out Of You - The Cole Porter Songbook Volume II (CD) So In Love Verve Records 1991
Verve Jazz Box (7xCD, Comp + Box) Basie Land, Leave Us Leap Verve Records 1991
Mambo Gee Gee (CD, Comp)   Tumbao Cuban Classics 1992
Rod McKuen Sings Jacques Brel (CD, Album) To You BR Music 1992
Back To Broadway (CD) I Have A Love / One Ha... Columbia 1993
Duets (CD, Album) The Lady Is A Tramp Capitol Records 1993
Kino-Klassiker (CD, Comp) New York, New York - M... Philips 1993
Duets II (CD, Album) Where Or When Capitol Records, EMI Music (Canada) 1994
Monk's Blues (CD)   Columbia 1994
A Retrospective 1929 - 1963 (2xCD, Comp) There Will Be Never Be... RCA 1995
More (CD, Album, Rei)   Evidence Music, Inc. 1995
The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook (CD, Comp) Corcovado (Quiet Night... Verve Records 1995
Unforgettable (Album) (2 versions)   Impulse! 1995
The Cool World / Dizzy Goes Hollywood (CD)   Verve Records 1996
The Roots Of Acid Jazz (Comp) (2 versions) Hard Sock Dance Impulse! ... 1996
This Is Jazz (10xCD, RM, Comp + Box, Ltd) Straight, No Chaser, B... Columbia 1996
My Way - The Best Of Frank Sinatra (CD, Comp) The Lady Is A Tramp Reprise Records 1997
Harold Nicholas / June Richmond / Andy Bey (CD, RM)   Universal Music (France) 2000
Plays André Hodeir (CD)   Universal Music (France) 2000
Sarah Vaughan's Finest Hour (CD, Album) Night Song Verve Records 2000
Quincy Jones Talkin' Verve (CD, Comp) The Hucklebuck, Baby E... Verve Records 2001
Point Blank / The Outfit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD, Comp, Ltd, RE)   Silver Age Classics 2002
The Drums (CD)   Universal Music (Italy), EmArcy 2003
Blue Note Plays Burt Bacharach (CD) The Look Of Love Blue Note 2004
Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (CD)   Verve Records 2005
Cole Porter Songbook (CD, Comp, RM) So In Love, All Of You Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Fingerpoppin' (CD, Comp)   Fresh Sound Records 2006
Jazz For Dining (CD, Comp, RM) Tea For Two Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Jazz Ladies (CD, Comp, RM) Shiny Stockings Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Lady Sings The Blues (CD, Comp, RM) Baby Won't You Please ... Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Summer Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) The Boy From Ipanema Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Swinging The Big Band (CD, Comp, RM) Invitation, Hard Sock ... Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
The Greatest Jazz Hits (CD, Comp, RM) Pink Panther Theme Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Complete Mahalia Jackson Vol. 5 1954-1955 (CD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 2007
Exploring New Sound In Hi-Fi (CD, Album, RE)   RCA Victor, Legacy 2007
Dizzy Goes Hollywood (CD, Album, RE)   Verve Records 2008
Psychedelic Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) Burning Spear Boutique, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2008
Sampled! (CD, Comp, RM) Jim On The Move Boutique, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2008
Bird Feathers (CD, Album)   New Jazz Records Inc., Prestige  
Mon Beau Chapeau (7")   Philips  
Songs For Distingué Lovers Plus Last Recording (CD, Comp, Album)   Verve Records  
Swinging With Ruby Braff (LP)   Jazztone (2)  
The Golden Hits Of Billy Eckstine (LP)   Mercury  
Windmills Of Your Wind (LP)   World Pacific Jazz  
Tracks Appear On:
Special Issue • 35mm Magnetic Film Recording (Comp) (2 versions) Take The "A" Train Mercury 1961
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