BYAS, CARLOS WESLEY (DON
). Jazz saxophonist ( in Muskogee, Oklahoma; in Amsterdam, The Netherlands). He first studied violin, then changed to alto saxophone. He attended Langston University in Oklahoma, where he led his own group, Don Carlos and His Collegiate Ramblers. He left college in 1933 to tour with Bert Johnson's Sharps and Flats, playing tenor saxophone; he left the band in Los Angeles, California. Thereafter he played with various groups, including Lionel Hampton...