JAZZ by Scott DeVeaux and Gary Giddins Discography - Matt Steckler

JAZZ 

by Scott DeVeaux and Gary Giddins 

Discography 

by Ted Panken 

MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS, 1930– (Piano/Composer) 

“Blues Forever” 

AIR 

Blues Forever 

“Weeping Willow Rag” 

Air Lore 

Black Saint (It) 0061-CD, July 1981, Milan, Italy 

Baikida Carroll (tp,flhrn); Vincent Chancey (fhr); Craig Harris (tp); 

Eugene Ghee (cl,ts); Jimmy Vass (as,fl); Wallace McMillan (bar,fl); 

Howard Johnson (bar,tu); Muhal Richard Abrams (p); Jean-Paul Bourelly 

(g); Michael Logan (b); Andrew Cyrille (d) 

Bluebird CD6578-2-RB, May 12, 1979, New York 

Henry Threadgill (as,fl,ts); Fred Hopkins (b); Steve McCall (d) 

LOUIS ARMSTRONG, 1901–1971 (Trumpet/Vocalist) 

“Cake Walking Babies (from Home)” 

Louis Armstrong and King Oliver 

Milestone MCD-47017-2, December 22, 1924, New York 

Louis Armstrong (crt); Charlie Irvis (trb); Sidney Bechet (ss); Lil 

Armstrong (p); Buddy Christian (bj); Clarence Todd and Alberta Hunter 

(vcls) 

1

“Potato Head Blues” 

Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 2 

Columbia/Legacy C4K 063527, May 10, 1927, Chicago 

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven: Louis Armstrong (cnt,vcl); John 

Thomas (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lil Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bj); 

Pete Briggs (tu); Baby Dodds (d) 

“Struttin’ with Some Barbecue” 


“Hotter Than That” 

Columbia/Legacy C4K 063527, September 2, 1927, Chicago 

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (cnt,vcl); Kid Ory 

(tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lil Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bj) 


“Basin Street Blues” 

Columbia/Legacy CK 87011, December 13, 1927, Chicago 

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (tp) ; Kid Ory (trb); 

Johnny Dodds (cl); Lil Armstrong (p); Lonnie Johnson (gtr); 


“Weather Bird” 

Columbia/Legacy CK 87011, December 4, 1928, Chicago) 

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl); Fred 

Robinson (tb); Jimmy Strong (cl,ts); Earl Hines (p,vcl); Mancy Cara 

(bj,vcl); Zutty Singleton (d) 


“St. James Infirmary” 


Louis Armstrong (tp); Earl Hines (p) 


2

“Tight Like That” 


Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl); 

Fred Robinson (tb); Jimmy Strong (cl,ts); Don Redman (cl,as,vcl); Earl 

Hines (p); Mancy Cara (bj); Zutty Singleton (d); Alex Hill (arr) 


Columbia/Legacy, CK 87011, December 12, 1928, Chicago 


Fred Robinson (tb); Jimmy Strong (cl,ts); Don Redman (cl,as,vcl); Earl 

Hines (p); Mancy Cara (bj); Zutty Singleton (d); Alex Hill (arr) 

“I Can’t Give You Anything but Love” 

Hot Fives and Sevens 

JSP 100, March 5, 1929, New York 


J.C. Higginbotham (tb); Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes (cl,as); Teddy 

Hill (ts); Luis Russell (p); Eddie Condon (bj-1); Lonnie Johnson (g-2); 

George “Pops” Foster (b); Paul Barbarin (d) 

“(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue” 

“Steak Face” 

Hot Fives and Sevens 

JSP 100, July 22, 1929, New York 

Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl); Homer 

Hobson (tp); Fred Robinson (tb); Jimmy Strong (cl); Bert Curry, Crawford 

Wethington (as); Carroll Dickerson (vln,cond); Gene Anderson (p); 

Mancy Cara (bj); Pete Briggs (tu); Zutty Singleton (d) 

Satchmo at Symphony Hall 

GRP 011105066129, November 30, 1947, “Symphony Hall,” Boston 

Louis Armstrong and His All Stars: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl); Jack 

Teagarden (tb,vcl); Barney Bigard (cl); Dick Cary (p); Arvell Shaw (b); 

Sidney Catlett (d) 

ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO 

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“Nice Guys” 

Nice Guys 

ECM 827876, May 1978, Ludwigsburg, Germany 

Lester Bowie (tp,celeste,bass-d); Joseph Jarman (cl,as,ts,sop, sopranino,fl, 

ga,vib, gongs,whistles,vcl); Roscoe Mitchell (cl,as,ts,sop,fl,pic,oboe, 

gongs); Malachi Favors (b,perc,melodica); Famoudou Don Moye (d,perc, 

cga,bgo,mar,tymp,bells, chimes,gongs, woodblocks,cowbells) 

ALBERT AYLER, 1936–1970 (Tenor Saxophone/Composer) 

“Bells” 

“Ghosts” 

Bells / Prophecy 

ESP-Disk 4006, May 1, 1965, Town Hall, New York 

Albert Ayler Quintet/Sextet: Donald Ayler (tp); Charles Tyler (as); Albert 

Ayler (ts); Lewis Worrell (b); Sunny Murray (d) 

Lorrach, Paris, 1966 

hatOLOGY 573, November 13, 1966, Lorrach, Germany 

Albert Ayler (ts); Donald Ayler (tp); Michel Samson (vln); William 

Folwell (b); Beaver Harris (d) 

“Our Prayer / Spirits Rejoice” 

Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings 

Impulse! 273, December 18, 1966, New York 

Donald Ayler (tp); Albert Ayler (ts); Michael Sampson (vln); prob. Call 

Cobbs (p-1); Bill Folwell, Henry Grimes (b); Beaver Harris (d) 

COUNT BASIE, 1904–1984 (Pianist/Bandleader) 

“One O’Clock Jump” 

Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie 

4

“Every Tub” 

Verve 314 549 090-2, July 7, 1937, New York 

Count Basie and His Orchestra: Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Bobby Moore 

(tp); George Hunt, Dan Minor (trb); Earl Warren (as); Herschel Evans, 

Lester Young (ts); Jack Washington (bs); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green 

(gtr); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d); Eddie Durham (arr) 

Count Basie: Complete Decca Recordings 

Decca Jazz 611, February 16, 1938, New York 

Count Basie and His Orchestra: Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton 

(tp); Eddie Durham (tb,g,arr); Benny Morton, Dan Minor (tb); Earl 

Warren (as,vcl); Herschel Evans, Lester Young (ts,cl); Jack Washington 

(bar); Count Basie (p); Freddy Green (g); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d) 

“Blue and Sentimental” 


“Doggin’ Around” 

Decca Jazz 611, June 6, 1938, New York 






“Jumpin’ at the Woodside” 

Decca Jazz 611, June 6, 1938, New York 






Decca Jazz 611, August 22, 1938, New York 

Count Basie and His Orchestra: Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison 

(tp); Dickie Wells, Dan Minor, Benny Morton (tb); Earl Warren (as); 

Herschel Evans, Lester Young (ts); Jack Washington (bar); Count Basie 

(p); Freddy Green (g); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d) 

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“Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie” 

“Lil’ Darling” 

The Lester Young / Count Basie Sessions, 1936–1940 

Atomic Basie 

Mosaic 4-239, August 4, 1939, New York 

Count Basie and His Orchestra: Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, 

Shad Collins (tp); Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Dickie Wells (tb); Earl 

Warren (as,vcl); Lester Young, Buddy Tate (ts); Jack Washington (bar); 

Count Basie (p); Freddy Green (g); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d) 

Roulette 4040, October 21, 1957, New York 

Count Basie and His Orchestra: Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young, 

Wendell Culley (tp); Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb); Marshall 

Royal (as,cl); Frank Wess (as,fl); Frank Foster, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis 

(ts); Charlie Fowlkes (bar); Count Basie (p); Freddy Green (g); Eddie 

Jones (b); Sonny Payne (d); Joe Williams (vcl); Neal Hefti (arr) 

SIDNEY BECHET, 1897–1959 (Soprano Saxophone/Clarinet) 

“Maple Leaf Rag” 

Summertime: 1932–1940 

“Summertime” 

Giants of Jazz, September 15, 1932, New York 

New Orleans Feetwarmers: Tommy Ladnier (tp); Teddy Nixon (tb); 

Sidney Bechet (cl,sop); Hank Duncan (p); Wilson Myers (b,vcl); Morris 

Morand (d); Bill Maxey (vcl) 

The Best of Sidney Bechet 

Blue Note B2-28891, June 8, 1939, New York 

Sidney Bechet Quintet: Sidney Bechet (sop); Meade Lux Lewis (p); 

Teddy Bunn (g); Johnny Williams (b); Sidney Catlett (d) 

“Make Me a Pallet on the Floor” 

Pre-War Classic Sides 

6

“Weary Blues” 

JSP 933, June 4, 1940, New York 

Sidney Bechet (sop,vcl); Cliff Jackson (p); Wellman Braud (b); Sidney 

Catlett (d) 

Complete Blue Note 1939–1951 Master Takes 

Definitive 8436006491986, January 29, 1945, New York 

Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen: Max Kaminsky (tp); George Lugg 

(tb); Sidney Bechet (cl,sop); Art Hodes (p); George “Pops” Foster (b); 

Freddie Moore (d,vcl) 

BIX BEIDERBECKE, 1903–1931 (Cornet/Composer) 

“Singin’ the Blues” 

Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues 

Sony/BMG 723808, February 4, 1927, New York 

Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra: Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel sax); Bix 

Beiderbecke (crt); Billy Rank (trb); Jimmy Dorsey (cl); Paul Mertz (p); Eddie 

Lang (gtr); Chauncey Morehouse (d) 

“I'm Comin’ Virginia” 

“In a Mist” 

Bix Restored, Vol. 1 

Origin Jazz Library BXCD 01-03, May 13, 1927, New York 

Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra: Bix Beiderbecke (cnt); Bill Rank (tb); 

Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel); Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as); Doc Ryker (as); Irving 

Riskin (p,arr); Eddie Lang (g); Chauncey Morehouse (d) 


Origin Jazz Library BXCD 01-03, September 9, 1927, New York 

Bix Beiderbecke (p) 

GEORGE BENSON, 1943– (Guitar) 

“This Masquerade” 

7

Breezin’ 

Warner Bros. 3111, January 1976, Hollywood, Calif. 

George Benson (g); acc. by Ronnie Foster (el-p,mini-Moog); Jorge Dalto 

(clavinet,p); Phil Upchurch (rhythm-g); Stanley Banks (b); Harvey Mason 

(d); Ralph MacDonald (perc); + unknown strings dir. by Claus Ogerman 

(arr,cond) 

CHU BERRY, 1908–1941 (Tenor Saxophone) 

“Body and Soul” 

The Commodore Story 

GRP 011105040020, November 10, 1938, New York 

Chu Berry and His “Little Jazz” Ensemble: Roy Eldridge (tp); Chu Berry 

(ts); Clyde Hart (p); Danny Barker (g); Art Shapiro (b); Sidney Catlett (d) 

EUBIE BLAKE, 1883–1983 (Piano/Composer) 

“Stars and Stripes Forever” 

The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake 

CBS: C2S847/22223, December 1968–March 1969, New York 

Eubie Blake (p) 

ART BLAKEY, 1919–1990 (Drums/Bandleader) 

“Moanin’” 

Moanin’ 

Blue Note 95324, October 30, 1958, New York 

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Lee Morgan (tp); Benny Golson (ts); 

Bobby Timmons (p); Jymie Merritt (b); Art Blakey (d) 

EARL BOSTIC, 1913–1965 (Alto Saxophone) 

“Flamingo” 

8

Flamingo 

ASV/Living Era 5635, January 10, 1951, New York 

Earl Bostic (as); Count Hastings (ts); Gene Redd (tp,vib); Clifton Smalls 

(p); Rene Hall (g); Keter Betts (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Clyde Terrell (vcl) 

ANTHONY BRAXTON, 1945– (Composer/Alto Saxophone/Reeds and Woodwinds) 

“Donna Lee” 

“Piece Three” 

In the Tradition 

Steeplechase 31015, May 29, 1974, Copenhagen, Denmark 

Anthony Braxton (cb-cl); Tete Montoliu (p); Niels-Henning Orsted 

Pedersen (b); Albert “Tootie” Heath (d) 

Creative Orchestra Music 1976 

Arista 4080, February 1976, New York 

Kenny Wheeler, Cecil Bridgewater, Leo Smith (tp); Jon Faddis (tp, 

piccolo tp); George Lewis, Garrett List (trb); Jack Jeffers (b-trb); Jonathan 

Dorn (tu); Anthony Braxton (as,cl); Seldon Powell (as,fl); Ronald 

Bridgewater (ts); Bruce Johnstone (bs); Roscoe Mitchell (bassax); Dave 

Holland (b); Karl Berger (glock); Warren Smith, Barry Altschul (snare 

drums); Frederic Rzweski (bass drum); Philip Wilson (marching bells) 

CLIFFORD BROWN, 1930–1956 (Trumpet/Composer) 

“Delilah” 

“Joy Spring” 

Clifford Brown and Max Roach 

Verve 731454330626, August 2, 1954, Los Angeles 

Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet: Clifford Brown (tp); Harold Land 

(ts); Richie Powell (p,arr); George Morrow (b); Max Roach (d) 

Clifford Brown and Max Roach 

9

“A Night in Tunisia” 

Verve 731454330626, August 2, 1954, Los Angeles 

Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet: Clifford Brown (tp); Harold Land 

(ts); Richie Powell (p,arr); George Morrow (b); Max Roach (d) 

The Beginning and the End 

Columbia/Legacy 66491, June 25, 1956, Philadelphia (Live) 

Clifford Brown (tp); Mel “Ziggy” Vines, Billy Root (ts); Sam Dockery 

(p); Ace Tesone (b); Ellis Tollin (d) 

DAVE BRUBECK, 1920– (Piano/Composer) 

“Take Five” 

Time Out 

“Blue Rondo à la Turk” 

Time Out 

Legacy 65122, July 1, 1959, New York 

Paul Desmond (as); Dave Brubeck (p); Gene Wright (b); Joe Morello (d) 

Legacy 65122, August 18, 1959, New York 

Paul Desmond (as); Dave Brubeck (p); Gene Wright (b); Joe Morello (d) 

DON BYRON, 1958– (Clarinet) 

“The Dreidel Song” 

Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz 

Nonesuch 79313, September 1992, New York 

Don Byron (cl,b-cl,cond); Josh Roseman (tb); J.D. Parran (cl,b-cl,sop); 

Mark Feldman (vln); Uri Caine (p); Steve Alcott (b); Richie Schwarz (d); 

Lorin Sklamberg, Avi Hoffman (vcl) 

URI CAINE, 1956– (Piano/Composer/Arranger) 

“Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) / Primal Light” 

10

Urlicht / Primal Light 

Winter & Winter 4, June 1996, New York 

Dave Douglas (tp); Josh Roseman (tb); Dave Binney (sop); Don Byron 

(cl); Mark Feldman (vln); Uri Caine (p); Danny Blume (g,electronics); 

Larry Gold (cello); Michael Formanek (b); Joey Baron (d); Arto Lindsay, 

Dean Bowman (vcl); Aaron Bensoussan (vcl,perc); DJ Olive (turntables) 

CAB CALLOWAY, 1907–1994 (Bandleader) 

“Minnie the Moocher” 

Hits of the 1930s, Vol. 2 (1931–1933) 

“Pickin’ the Cabbage” 

Naxos 8.120842, March 3, 1931, New York 

Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: R.Q. Dickerson, Wendell Culley, Lamar 

Wright Sr. (tp); De Priest Wheeler, Harry White (tb); William Thornton 

Blue (cl,as); Andrew Brown (as,cl,b-cl); Walter “Foots” Thomas 

(ts,as,bar); Earres Prince (p); Morris White (bj); Jimmy Smith (tu); Leroy 

Maxey (d); Cab Calloway (vcl) 

New York, 1939–1940, Vol. D 

JSP 2006, March 8, 1940, Chicago 

Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: Mario Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie, Lammar 

Wright Sr. (tp); Tyree Glenn (tb,vib); Quentin “Butter” Jackson, Keg 

Johnson (tb); Hilton Jefferson (as); Andrew Brown (as,bar); Jacinto Blake 

(as,bar,cl); Leon “Chu” Berry, Walter “Foots” Thomas (ts); Bennie Payne 

(p); Danny Barker (g); Milt Hinton (b); Cozy Cole (d); Cab Calloway 

(vcl,ldr); Dizzy Gillespie (arr) 

BENNY CARTER, 1907–2003 (Alto Saxophone/Trumpet/Composer/Arranger) 

“When Lights Are Low” 

When Lights Are Low 

ASV/Living Era, June 20, 1936, London 

Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet: Benny Carter (tp,cl,as,ts); Gene 

Rodgers (p); Bernard Addison (g); Wally Morris (b); Georhe Elrick (d) 

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“I’m Coming, Virginia” 

Reinhardt, Django: Americans in Paris (1938–1945) 

Naxos, 8.120740, March 7, 1938, Paris 

Benny Carter and His Orchestra: Benny Carter, Fletcher Allen (as); Bertie 

King, Alix Combelle (ts); Yorke de Souza (p); Django Reinhardt (g); Len 

Harrison (b); Robert Montmarché (d) 

JAMES CARTER, 1969– (Reeds and Woodwinds) 

“’Round Midnight” 

“Nuages” 

The Real Quietstorm 

Atlantic Jazz 82742, October–November 1994, New York 

James Carter (bs); Craig Taborn (p) 

Chasin’ the Gypsy 

Atlantic 83304-2, 2000, New York 

James Carter (bassax); Regina Carter (vln); Jay Berliner (steel string gtr); 

Romero Lubambo (nylon string gtr); Charlie Giordano (acc); Steve Kirby 

(b); Joey Baron (d); Cyro Baptista (perc) 

MARC CARY, 1967– (Piano) 

“New Blues” 

Listen 

Arabesque AJ1025, August 19–21, 1996, New York 

Marc Cary (p,comp); Terrell Stafford (tp); Ron Blake (ts); Yarbrough 

Charles Laws (fdl,perc); Billy Johnson (b); Dion Parson (d); Daniel 

Moreno (perc) 

BILL CHARLAP, 1966– (Piano) 

“Autumn in New York” 

12

Live at the Village Vanguard 

Blue Note 724359704425, September 2003, New York 

Bill Charlap (p); Peter Washington (b); Kenny Washington (d) 

RAY CHARLES, 1930–2004 (Singer/Piano) 

“I Got a Woman” 

Ray Charles Live 

“Georgia on My Mind” 

Rhino Atlantic 81732, July 6, 1958, Newport, R.I. 

Ray Charles and His Orchestra: Ray Charles (p,vcl); Marcus Belgrave, 

Lee 

Harper (tp); Dave Newman (as,ts); Hank “Bennie” Crawford (bar); Edgar 

Willis (b); Richie Goldberg (d); The Raelettes (vcl) 

Definitive Ray Charles 

WEA International/Atlantic 81227355629, March 25, 1960, New York 

Ray Charles & His Orchestra: Ray Charles (vcl,p1); Marcus Belgrave, 

John Hunt (tp); David Newman (ts); Hank Crawford (as,bar); unknown 

(steel-g-2); Edgar Willis (b); Teagle Fleming (d) 

CYRUS CHESTNUT, 1963– (Piano) 

“Precious Lord” 

You Are My Sunshine 

Warner Bros. 48445, November 16–17, 2002, Tallahassee, Florida 

Cyrus Chestnut (p); Michael Hawkins (b); Neal Smith (d) 

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN, 1917–1942 (Guitar) 

“Solo Flight” 

The Genius of the Electric Guitar 

Sony Jazz 4K65564, March 4, 1941 (New York) 

13

“Swing to Bop (Topsy)” 

Swing to Bop 

Benny Goodman Septet: Cootie Williams (tp); Benny Goodman (cl); 

Georgia Auld (ts); Count Basie (p); Charlie Christian (eg); Artie Bernstein 

(b); Dave Tough (d) 

Dreyfus B00004YML8, May 1941, New York 

Charlie Christian (el.g); Kenny Clarke, d); unknown (p) (b) 

NAT KING COLE, 1915–1965 (Piano/Singer) 

“Sweet Lorraine” 

Hit That Jive, Jack: Nat King Cole Trio, the Earliest Recordings, 1940–41 

GRP 011105066228, December 6, 1940 

The King Cole Trio: Nat King Cole (p,vcl); Oscar Moore (g); Wesley 

Prince (b) 

“Straighten Up and Fly Right” 

King Cole Trio: That’s What (1943–1947) 

Naxos, November 30, 1943, Los Angeles 

Nat King Cole Trio: Nat King Cole (p,vcl); Oscar Moore (g); Johnny 

Miller (b) 

ORNETTE COLEMAN, 1930– (Alto Saxophone/Composer) 

“Turnaround” 

Something Else 

Contemporary M3551/C3551, February 10 & 22, 1958, Los Angeles 

Don Cherry (tp); Ornette Coleman (as); Walter Norris (p); Don Payne (b); 

Billy Higgins (d) 

Tomorrow Is the Question: The New Music of Ornette Coleman 

Contemporary M3569, S7569, OJC CD342-2, January 16, 1959, Los 

Angeles 

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Don Cherry (tp); Ornette Coleman (as); Red Mitchell or Percy Heath (b); 

Shelly Manne (d) 

The Shape of Jazz to Come 

Atlantic LP1317, (F)40441, May 22, 1959, Hollywood, Calif. 

Don Cherry (cnt); Ornette Coleman (as); Charlie Haden (b); Billy Higgins 

(d) 

The Shape of Jazz to Come 

Atlantic SD 1317, May 22, 1959, Los Angeles 

Ornette Coleman (as,comp); Don Cherry (cnt); Charlie Haden (b); Billy 

Higgins (d) 

Change of the Century 

Atlantic LP1327, October 9, 1959, New York 

Don Cherry (cnt); Ornette Coleman (as); Charlie Haden (b); Billy Higgins 

(d) 

This Is Our Music 

Atlantic SD1588, July 19, 1960, New York 

Don Cherry (tp); Ornette Coleman (as); Charlie Haden (b); Ed Blackwell 

(d) 

“Variants on a Theme by Thelonious Monk” 

“R.P.D.D.” 

John Lewis: Golden Striker/Jazz Abstractions 

Free Jazz 

Atlantic LP/SD1365, December 20, 1960, New York 

Eric Dolphy (as,fl,b-cl); Ornette Coleman (as-1); Robert DiDomenica (fl); 

Eddie Costa (vib); Roland Vamos, Charles Libove (vln); Harry Zaratzian 

(viola); Joseph Tekula (cello); Bill Evans (p); Jim Hall (g); Scott LaFaro, 

George Duvivier (b); Sticks Evans (d); Gunther Schuller (arr,cond) 

Atlantic LP1588, December 21, 1960, New York 

Ornette Coleman Double Quartet: Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard (tp); 

Ornette Coleman (as); Eric Dolphy (b-cl); Scott LaFaro, Charlie Haden 

(b); Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell (d) 

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Ornette 

Atlantic SD1378, January 31, 1961, New York 

Don Cherry (tp); Ornette Coleman (as); Scott LaFaro (b); Ed Blackwell 

(d) 

Skies of America Suite 

Columbia KC31563, April 17–20, 1972, London 

Ornette Coleman (as,comp); Dewey Redman (ts,oboe); Charlie Haden (b); 

Ed Blackwell (d); acc. by the London Symphony Orchestra with David 

Measham (cond) 

Dancing in Your Head 

Horizon 21, A&M/Horizon SP722, January 1973, Joujouka, Morocco 

Ornette Coleman (as); Bern Nix (1st lead-g); Charlie Ellerbee (2nd leadg); 

Rudy MacDaniel (b); Shannon Jackson (d); and guests: Robert Palmer 

(cl); and musicians from Joujouka, Morocco 

Sound Grammar 

Verve-Harmolodic, 11593 or 837101159340 or SG001, October 14, 2005, 

Ludwigshafen, Germany 

Ornette Coleman (as,vln,tp); Denardo Coleman (d); Gregory Cohen, Tony 

Falanga (b) 

JOHN COLTRANE, 1926–1967 (Tenor Saxophone/Composer) 

“Giant Steps” 

Giant Steps 

“My Favorite Things” 

Atlantic/WEA, 1311-2, May 4, 1959, New York 

John Coltrane (ts,comp); Tommy Flanagan (p); Paul Chambers (b); Arthur 

Taylor (d) 

My Favorite Things 

Atlantic 1361-2, October 21, 1960, New York 

John Coltrane (sop sax); McCoy Tyner (p); Steve Davis (b); Elvin Jones 

16

“Naima” 

(d) 

The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings 

“Chasin’ the Trane” 

“Alabama” 

Impulse! 0111050-232-21, November 1, 1961, New York, Village 

Vanguard 

Eric Dolphy (b-cl); John Coltrane (ts); McCoy Tyner (p); Reggie 

Workman (b); Elvin Jones (d) 

The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings 

Impulse! 0111050-232-21, November 2, 1961, New York, Village 

Vanguard 

John Coltrane (ts); Jimmy Garrison (b); Elvin Jones (d) 

Coltrane Live at Birdland 

“Acknowledgement” 

Impulse! 011105019828, November 18, 1963, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 

John Coltrane (ts); McCoy Tyner (p); Jimmy Garrison (b); Elvin Jones (d) 

A Love Supreme: Deluxe Edition 

Impulse! 731458994527, December 1964, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 

John Coltrane (ts,comp); McCoy Tyner (p); Jimmy Garrison (b); Elvin 

Jones (d) 

CHICK COREA, 1941– (Piano/Composer) 

“Song to the Pharaoh Kings” 

Where Have I Known You Before / No Mystery 

Beat Goes On 799, July–August 1974 

Return to Forever: Chick Corea (keyboards,perc); Al DiMeola (g,el-g); 

Stanley Clarke (el-b, org,perc); Lenny White (d,perc) 

17

TADD DAMERON, 1917–1965 (Composer/Arranger/Pianist) 

“Lady Bird” 

Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings of Fats Navarro and Tadd 

Dameron 

Blue Note 33373, September 13, 1948, New York 

Tadd Dameron Septet: Fats Navarro (tp); Allen Eager, Wardell Gray (ts); 

Tadd Dameron (p,arr); Curly Russell (b); Kenny Clarke (d) 

MILES DAVIS, 1926–1991 (Trumpet/Composer/Bandleader) 

“Boplicity” 

Birth of the Cool 

“Moon Dreams” 

“Walkin’” 

Blue Note 30117, April 22, 1949, New York 

Miles Davis (tp); Jay Jay Johnson (tb); Sandy Siegelstein (fhr); Bill 

Barber (tu); Lee Konitz (as); Gerry Mulligan (bar,arr); John Lewis (p,arr); 

Nelson Boyd (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Gil Evans (arr) 

Ken Burns Jazz—The Story of America's Music 

Walkin’ 

“Round Midnight” 

Columbia/Legacy 074646143223; March 9, 1950, New York 

Miles Davis Nonet: Miles Davis (tp); J.J. Johnson (trb); Lee Konitz (as); 

Gerry Mulligan (bs); Gunther Schuller (Fr.horn); Bill Barber (tba); John 

Lewis (p); Al McKibbon (b); Max Roach (d) 

Prestige PRCD-30008-2, April 29, 1954, Hackensack, N.J. 

Miles Davis (tp); Jay Jay Johnson (tb); Lucky Thompson (ts); Horace 

Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d) 

X2 (Sketches of Spain / ’Round about Midnight) 

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“Milestones” 

“So What” 

Miles Ahead 

Columbia/Legacy 886972965826, October 10, 1956, New York 

Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis (tp); John Coltrane (ts); Red Garland 

(p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (d) 

Legacy 65121, May 1957, New York 

Miles Davis Orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans: Miles Davis (tp, 

flhrn); Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, Johnny Carisi 

(tp); Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett (tb); Tom Mitchell (btb); 

Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda (fhr); Bill Barber (tu); Lee Konitz (as); 

Danny Bank (b-cl); Romeo Penque, Sid Cooper (cl,fl); Paul Chambers (b); 

Art Taylor (d); Gil Evans (arr,cond) 

Miles Davis with John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1955– 

1961 

Legacy 074646583326, April 2, 1958, New York 

Miles Davis (tp); Cannonball Adderley (as); John Coltrane (ts); Red 

Garland(p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (d) 

Porgy and Bess 

Kind of Blue 

Legacy 65141, July 22 & 29 & Aug. 4 & 18, 1958, New York 

Miles Davis with orchestra directed by Gil Evans: 

Personnel includes: Miles Davis (tp,flhrn); Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, 

Ernie Royal, Louis Mucci (tp); Joe Bennett, Frank Rehak, Jimmy 

Cleveland, Dick Hixson (tb); Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins, Gunther 

Schuller (fhr); Bill Barber (tu); Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque (fl); Danny 

Bank (b-cl,bar); Cannonball Adderley (as); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe 

Jones, Jimmy Cobb (d); Gil Evans (arr,cond) 

Columbia/Legacy, CL5173303, March 2, 1959, New York 

Miles Davis (tp,comp); Cannonball Adderley (as); John Coltrane (ts); Bill 

Evans (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d) 

Sketches of Spain X2 (Sketches of Spain / ’Round about Midnight) 

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Columbia/Legacy 886972965826, November 10, 1959, New York 

Miles Davis (tp,flhrn); Bernie Glow, Taft Jordan, Louis Mucci, Ernie 

Royal (tp); Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb); John Barrows, Jimmy 

Buffington, Earl Chapin (fhr); Jimmy McAllister (tu); Albert Block, Eddie 

Caine (fl); Danny Bank (b-cl); Romeo Penque (oboe); Harold Feldman 

(oboe,b-cl); Jack Knitzer (bassoon); Janet Putman (harp); Paul Chambers 

(b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Elvin Jones (perc); Gil Evans (arr,cond) 

“Someday My Prince Will Come” 

Someday My Prince Will Come 

“My Funny Valentine” 

“E.S.P.” 

“Orbits” 

Columbia/Legacy 074646591925, March 7, 1961, New York 

Miles Davis (tp); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d) 

Miles Davis in Concert 

Columbia/Legacy 827969359327, February 12, 1964, New York 

Miles Davis (tp); George Coleman (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter 

(b); Tony Williams (d) 

E.S.P. 

“Footprints” 

Miles Smiles 

Miles Smiles 

Legacy 074646568323, January 20, 1965, Los Angeles 

Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts,comp); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron 

Carter (b); Tony Williams (d) 


Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); 

Tony Williams (d) 


Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); 


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“Filles de Kilimanjaro” 

Filles de Kilimanjaro 

“Shhh / Peaceful” 

Sony BMG Special Markets 723796, June 19, 1968, New York 

Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts); Chick Corea 

(el-p); Ron Carter (el-b); Tony Williams (d) 

In a Silent Way 

“Spanish Key” 

“Tutu” 

Bitches Brew 

Tutu 

Columbia/Legacy 696998655669, February 18, 1969, New York 

Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (sop); Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea (elp); 

Joe Zawinul (el-p,org); John McLaughlin (g); Dave Holland (el-b); 


Columbia/Legacy 074646577424, August 21, 1969 

Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (sop); Bennie Maupin (b-cl); Chick 

Corea, Joe Zawinul (el-p); John McLaughlin (g); Dave Holland (b); 

Harvey Brooks (el-b); Jack DeJohnette, Lenny White, Charles Don Alias 

(d); Jumma Santos (perc) 

Warner Brothers 25490, February 6, 1986 

Miles Davis (tp); Marcus Miller (ss, synth,eb,d); Paulinho Da Costa (perc) 

ERIC DOLPHY, 1928–1964 (Alto Saxophone/Bass Clarinet/Flute) 

“Out There” 

Out There 

Prestige PRCD-8101-2, August 15, 1960, New York 

Eric Dolphy (as,b-cl,cl,fl); Ron Carter (cello); George Duvivier (b); Roy 

Haynes (d) 

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“Out to Lunch” 

Out to Lunch 

Blue Note 98793, February 25, 1964, New York 

Eric Dolphy (as,b-cl,fl); Freddie Hubbard (tp); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); 

Richard Davis (b); Tony Williams (d) 

ROY ELDRIDGE, 1911–1989 (Trumpet) 


The Commodore Story 

“Rockin’ Chair” 

GRP 011105040020, November 10, 1938, New York 

Chu Berry and His “Little Jazz” Ensemble: Roy Eldridge (tp); Chu Berry 

(ts); Clyde Hart (p); Danny Barker (g); Art Shapiro (b); Sidney Catlett (d) 

Roy Eldridge, After You’ve Gone: The Original Decca Recordings 

GRP 011105060523, September 24, 1946, New York 

Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra: Roy Eldridge, Dave Page, Marion Hazel, 

Tom Grider, Sylvester Lewis (tp); Richard Dunlap, Charlie Greenlea, 

George Robinson, Fred Robinson (tb); Sahib Shihab, Joe Eldridge (as); 

Walt Lockhart, Harold Webster (ts); Cecil Payne (bar); Duke Jordan (p); 

Carl Pruitt (b); Lee Abrams (d) 

DUKE ELLINGTON, 1899–1974 (Bandleader/Composer/Arranger/Pianist) 

“East St. Louis Toodle-oo” 

Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings, 1926– 

1931 

Decca GRD-3-640, November 29, 1926, New York 

Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra: Bubber Miley, Louis 

Metcalf (tp); Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton (tb); Otto Hardwick (Cmel,sop,bar); 

Prince Robinson (ts,cl); poss. Edgar Sampson (as); unknown 

(reeds); Duke Ellington (p); Fred Guy (bj); prob. Mack Shaw (tu); Sonny 

Greer (d) 

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“Black and Tan Fantasy” 

The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition 

“Creole Love Call” 

RCA 63459, October 26, 1927, New York 

Duke Ellington (p, comp); Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalf (tp); Joe “Tricky 

Sam” Nanton (trb); Otto Hardwick (as); Harry Carney (cl,bs); Rudy 

Jackson (cl,ts); Fred Guy (bj); Wellman Braud (b); Sonny Greer (d) 

The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA 

Victor Recordings, 1927–1973 

“The Mooche” 

RCA-Victor 63459, October 26, 1927, New York 

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalf (tp); Joe 

Nanton (tb); Rudy Jackson (cl,ts); Otto Hardwick (as,bar,cl); Harry 

Carney (bar,cl,as); Duke Ellington (p); Fred Guy (bj); Wellman Braud (b); 

Sonny Greer (d) 

Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings, 1926– 

1931 

“Mood Indigo” 

Decca GRD-3-640, October 17, 1928, New York 

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Bubber Miley, Arthur Whetsol (tp); 

Joe Nanton (tb); Barney Bigard (cl,ts); Johnny Hodges (as,sop); Harry 

Carney (bar,cl,as); Duke Ellington (p); Lonnie Johnson (g); Fred Guy (bj); 

Wellman Braud (b); Sonny Greer (d) 

The Best of Duke Ellington 

RCA/Legacy 886972136523, December 10, 1930, New York 

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Duke Ellington (p,comp); Arthur 

Whetsol, Freddie Jenkins, Cootie Williams (tp); Joe “Tricky Sam” 

Nanton, Juan Tizol (trb); Johnny Hodges (as,cl); Harry Carney (bs,cl); 

Barney Bigard (cl); Fred Guy (bj); Wellman Braud (b); Sonny Greer (d) 

“It Don’t Mean a Thing (if It Ain’t Got That Swing)” 

The Best of Duke Ellington 

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“Ko-Ko” 

RCA/Legacy 886972136523, February 2, 1932, New York 

Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Arthur Whetsol, Freddy 

Jenkins (tp); Cootie Williams (tp,vcl); Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb); Barney 

Bigard (cl,ts); Johnny Hodges (as,sop); Harry Carney (bar,cl,as); Duke 

Ellington (p); Fred Guy (bj); Wellman Braud (b); Sonny Greer (d,vcl); 

Ivie Anderson (vcl) 

Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band 

“Jack the Bear” 

Bluebird 50857, March 6, 1940, Chicago 

Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt); Cootie 

Williams, Wallace Jones (tp); Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown 

(tb); Barney Bigard (cl,ts); Johnny Hodges (as,sop); Otto Hardwick (as, 

bassax); Ben Webster (ts); Harry Carney (bar,as,cl); Duke Ellington (p); 

Fred Guy (g); Jimmy Blanton, Billy Taylor (b); Sonny Greer (d) 


“Concerto for Cootie” 


Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt); Cootie 

Williams, Wallace Jones (tp); Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown 

(tb); Barney Bigard (cl,ts); Johnny Hodges (as,sop); Otto Hardwick (as, 

bassax); Ben Webster (ts); Harry Carney (bar,as,cl); Duke Ellington (p); 

Fred Guy (g); Jimmy Blanton, Billy Taylor (b); Sonny Greer (d) 


“Conga Brava” 


Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Duke Ellington (p, comp); Wallace 

Jones, Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams (tp); Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, 

Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (trb); Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (as); 

Ben Webster (ts); Harry Carney (bs); Barney Bigard (cl); Fred Guy (bj); 

Jimmy Blanton, (b); Sonny Greer (d) 


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“Chelsea Bridge” 


Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Duke Ellington (p, comp); Wallace 

Jones, Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams (tp); Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, 

Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (trb); Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (as); 

Ben Webster (ts); Harry Carney (bs); Barney Bigard (cl); Fred Guy (bj); 

Jimmy Blanton (b); Sonny Greer (d) 


“Black, Brown, and Beige” 

“Grievin’” 

Bluebird 50857, December 2, 1941, Hollywood, Calif. 

Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt); Wallace 

Jones (tp); Ray Nance (tp,vln); Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb); Juan 

Tizol (v-tb); Barney Bigard (cl); Johnny Hodges (as,sop,cl); Otto 

Hardwick (as,bassax); Ben Webster (ts); Harry Carney (bar,as,cl); Billy 

Strayhorn(p); Fred Guy (g); Junior Raglin (b); Sonny Greer (d) 

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 

Blue Rose 

“The Star-Crossed Lovers” 

Prestige P34004, January 23, 1943, Carnegie Hall, New York 

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Harold Baker, Wallace Jones, Rex 

Stewart (tp); Ray Nance (tp,vln); Lawrence Brown, Joe “Tricky Sam” 

Nanton (tb); Juan Tizol (v-tb); Chauncey Haughton (cl,ts); Otto Hardwick, 

Johnny Hodges (as); Ben Webster (ts); Harry Carney (bar,cl); Duke 

Ellington (p); Fred Guy (g); Alvin “Junior” Raglin (b); William “Sonny” 

Greer (d); Jimmy Britton, Betty Roche (vcl) 

Legacy 803188, January 1, 1956, Chicago 

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat 

Anderson (tp); Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl); Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, 

John Sanders (tb); Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts); Johnny Hodges (as); Russell 

Procope (as,cl); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl); Duke 

Ellington (p); Jimmy Woode (b); Sam Woodyard (d); Rosemary Clooney 

(vcl) 

Such Sweet Thunder 

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“Blood Count” 

Columbia/Legacy CK65568, May 3, 1957, New York 

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat 

Anderson (tp); Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl); Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, 

John Sanders (tb); Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts); Russell Procope (cl,as); Johnny 

Hodges (as); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl); Duke 

Ellington (p); Jimmy Woode (b); Sam Woodyard (d) 

… And His Mother Called Him Bill 

Bluebird RCA 63744, August 28, 1967, New York 

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Duke Ellington (p); Cat Anderson, 

Herbie Jones, Cootie Williams, Mercer Ellington (tp); Lawrence Brown, 

Buster Cooper (trb); Chuck Connors (b.trb); Jimmy Hamilton, Russell 

Procope, Johnny Hodges (as); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Harry Carney (bs); 

Aaron Bell (b); Steve Little (d) 

JAMES REESE EUROPE, 1881–1919 (Composer/Bandleader) 

“Too Much Mustard (Très moutarde)” 

Ragtime, Cakewalk and Stomps: The Bands of Jim Europe and Arthur 

Pryor, Vol. 3 

Saydisc 221, December 29, 1913, New York 

James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra: Cricket Smith (cnt); unknown 

(tb); Edgar Campbell (cl); Tracy Cooper, George Smith; Walter Scott 

(vln); Leonard Smith, Ford Dabney (p); Buddy Gilmore (d); + 5 unknown 

(bj) (mand) 

BILL EVANS, 1929–1980 (Piano) 

“Peace Piece” 

Everybody Digs Bill Evans 

“Blue in Green” 

Riverside RCD-30182, December 15, 1958, New York 

Bill Evans (p) 

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Portrait in Jazz 

“My Foolish Heart” 

Riverside RCD-30678, December 28, 1959 

Bill Evans (p); Scott LaFaro (b); Paul Motian (d) 

Live at the Village Vanguard 

Fantasy FCD-60-017, June 25, 1961, New York 

Bill Evans (p); Scott LaFaro (b); Paul Motian (d) 

GIL EVANS, 1912–1987 (Arranger) 

“King Porter Stomp” 

“La Nevada” 

The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings 

Blue Note 583002, April 9, 1958, New York 

John Coles, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal (tp); Joe Bennett, Frank Rehak, 

Tom Mitchell (trb); Julius Watkins (Fr.horn); Harvey Phillips (tu); 

Cannonball Adderley (as); Jerry Sanfino (reeds); Gil Evans (p,arr); Chuck 

Wayne (g); Paul Chambers (b); Art Blakey (d) 

Out of the Cool 

“Up from the Skies” 

Impulse! 011105018623, December 10 & 15, 1960, New York 

The Gil Evans Orchestra: Johnny Coles, Phil Sunkel (tp); Jimmy Knepper, 

Keg Johnson (tb); Tony Studd (b-tb); Bill Barber (tu); Ray Beckenstein 

(fl,pic,as); Budd Johnson (ts,sop); Bob Tricarico (bassoon,fl,pic); Gil 

Evans (p,arr,cond); Ray Crawford (g); Ron Carter (b); Charlie Persip, 

Elvin Jones (d,perc) 

The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix 

Bluebird/RCA 663872, June 11, 1974, New York 

Marvin “Hannibal” Peterson (tp,vcl); Lew Soloff (tp); Peter Gordon (fhr); 

Peter Levin (fhr,synt); Tom Malone (tb,b-tb,fl,synt); Howard Johnson 

(tu,b-cl,el-b); David Sanborn (as,sop,fl); Billy Harper (ts,fl); Trevor 

Koehler (ts,as,fl); David Horowitz (el-p,synt); Gil Evans 

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(keyboards,cond); John Abercrombie, Ryo Kawasaki (el-g); Keith Loving 

(g); Michael Moore (b-g,el-b-g); Don Pate (b); Bruce Ditmas (d); Susan 

Evans (d,cga,perc); Warren Smith, Jr. (vib,mar,chimes,Latin perc) 

ELLA FITZGERALD, 1917–1996 (Singer) 

“Blue Skies” 

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook 

Verve 830-2, March 18, 1958, Hollywood 

Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), with the Paul Weston Orchestra: John Best, Pete 

Candoli, Harry Edison, Don Fagerquist, Manny Klein (tp); Ed Kusby, 

Dick Noel, William Schaefer (trb); Juan Tizol (v-trb); Gene Cipriano, 

Chuck Gentry, Leonard Hartman, Matty Matlock, Ted Nash, Babe Russin, 

Fred Stulce (woodwinds); Paul Smith (p); Barney Kessel (gtr); Joe 

Mondragon (b); Alvin Stoller (d) 

ANAT FORT, 1970– (Piano/Composer) 

“Rehaired” 

A Long Story 

ECM 000850502, March 2004, Brooklyn 

Anat Fort (p); Perry Robinson (cl); Ed Schuller (b); Paul Motian (d) 

BUD FREEMAN, 1906–1991 (Tenor Saxophone) 

“The Eel” 

Swingin’ with the Eel (Original Mono Recordings, 1929–1939) 

ASV 0743625528022, July 19, 1939, New York 

Bud Freeman and His Summa Cum Laude Orchestra: Max Kaminsky (tp); 

Brad Gowans (v-tb,arr); Pee Wee Russell (cl); Bud Freeman (ts); Dave 

Bowman (p); Eddie Condon (g); Clyde Newcomb (b); Danny Alvin (d) 

BILL FRISELL, 1951– (Guitar/Composer) 

“Shenandoah” 

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Good Dog, Happy Man 

Nonesuch 79536, 1999, Burbank, Calif. 

Bill Frisell (ag); Ry Cooder (eg, Ripley-g); Viktor Krauss (b); Jim Keltner 

(d) 

GEORGIA SEA ISLAND SINGERS 

“The Buzzard Lope (Throw Me Anywhere, Lord)” 

Southern Journey. Vol. 13: Earliest Times—Georgia Sea Island Songs for 

Everyday Living 

Rounder 1713, 1960 

Bessie Davis, vocalist (song leader); Joe Armstrong, Jerome Davis, John 

Davis, Peter Davis, Henry Morrison, Willis Proctor, and Ben Ramsay, 

vocalists (chorus) 

STAN GETZ, 1927–1991 (Tenor Saxophone) 

Jazz Samba 

“Desafinado” 

Verve 731452141323, February 13, 1962 

Stan Getz (ts); Charlie Byrd and Gene Byrd (ag); Keeter Betts (b); Buddy 

Deppenschmidt, Bill Reichenbach (perc) 

Getz / Gilberto 

Verve 731452141422, March 18–19, 1963, New York 

Stan Getz (ts); Antonio Carlos Jobim (p); João Gilberto (g, vcl); Tommy 

Williams (b); Milton Banana (d,perc); Astrud Gilberto (vcl) 

DIZZY GILLESPIE, 1917–1992 (Trumpet/Composer/Bandleader) 

“Salt Peanuts” 

Groovin’ High 

Naxos 8.120582, May 11, 1945, New York 

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“52nd Street Theme” 

Dizzy Gillespie and His All Star Quintet: Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vcl); Charlie 

Parker (as); Al Haig (p); Curly Russell (b); Sidney Catlett (d) 

Dizzy Atmosphere, 1946–1952 

“A Night in Tunisia” 

Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120708, February 22, 1946, New York 

Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Don Byas (ts); Milt Jackson (vib); Al Haig (p); Bill 

DeArango (g); Ray Brown (b); J.C. Heard (d) 

The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes 

“Cubana Be / Cubano Bop” 

“Manteca” 

Savoy Jazz 17149, March 28, 1946, Hollywood, Calif. 

Charlie Parker Septet: Miles Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Lucky 

Thompson (ts); Dodo Marmarosa (p); Arvin Garrison (g); Vic McMillan 

(b); Roy Porter (d) 

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, 1937–1949 

RCA 66528, December 22, 1947, New York 

Dizzy Gillespie (tp,vcl); Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Benny Bailey, 

Lamar Wright, Jr. (tp); Bill Shepherd, Ted Kelly (tb); Howard Johnson, 

John Brown (as); Joe Gayles, George “Big Nick” Nicholas (ts); Cecil 

Payne (bar); John Lewis (p); Al McKibbon (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Chano 

Pozo (bgo, cga,vcl); George Russell, Gil Fuller (arr) 

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, 1937–1949 

Bluebird 66528, December 30, 1947, New York 

Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Benny Bailey, Lamar 

Wright, Jr. (tp); Bill Shepherd, Ted Kelly (trb); Howard Johnson, John 

Brown (as); Joe Gayles, George “Big Nick” Nicholas (ts); Cecil Payne 

(bs); John Lewis (p); Al McKibbon (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Chano Pozo 

(cg,vcl) 

BENNY GOODMAN, 1909–1986 (Clarinet/Bandleader) 

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“Dinah” 

“Blue Skies” 

The Legendary Small Groups 

RCA Bluebird 090266 39942 0, August 26, 1936, Hollywood, Calif. 

Benny Goodman (cl); Lionel Hampton (vbr); Teddy Wilson (p); Gene 

Krupa (d) 

Benny Goodman Live at Carnegie Hall 1938 

“Stompin’ at the Savoy” 

Columbia/Legacy 65143, January 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall, New York 

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra: Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Chris 

Griffin (tp); Red Ballard, Vernon Brown (tb); Benny Goodman (cl); 

Hymie Schertzer, George Koenig (as); Art Rollini, Babe Russin (ts); Jess 

Stacy (p); Allen Reuss (g); Harry Goodman (b); Gene Krupa (d); Martha 

Tilton (vcl); Fletcher Henderson (arr) 

Benny Goodman Live at Carnegie Hall 1938 

Columbia/Legacy 65143, January 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall, New York 

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra: Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Chris 

Griffin (tp); Red Ballard, Vernon Brown (tb); Benny Goodman (cl); 

Hymie Schertzer, George Koenig (as); Art Rollini, Babe Russin (ts); Jess 

Stacy (p); Allen Reuss (g); Harry Goodman (b); Gene Krupa (d); Martha 

Tilton (vcl); Fletcher Henderson (arr) 

DEXTER GORDON, 1923–1990 (Tenor Saxophone) 

“Long Tall Dexter” 

“The Chase” 

Dexter Digs In 

Savoy Jazz 17546, January 29, 1946, New York 

Dexter Gordon (ts); Leonard Hawkins (tp); Bud Powell (p); Curly Russell 

(b); Max Roach (d) 

Dexter Gordon: The Complete Dial Sessions 

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“Love for Sale” 

Go 

GROOVE COLLECTIVE 

“Rentstrike” 

Stash B000006N18, June 12, 1947, Hollywood, Calif. 

Dexter Gordon/Wardell Gray: Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray (ts); Jimmy 

Bunn (p); Red Callender (b); Chuck Thompson (d) 

Blue Note CDP7.91139-2, August 27, 1962, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 

Dexter Gordon (ts); Sonny Clark (p); Butch Warren (b); Billy Higgins (d) 

The Best of Groove Collective 

Shanachie 016351511027, 1994, New York 

Josh Roseman (trb, comp); Fabio Morgera (tp); Bill Ware (vbr); Itaal Shur 

(kyb); Jonathan Maron (b); Genji Siraisi (d); Nappy G (timb); Chris 

Theberge (cga) 

HERBIE HANCOCK, 1940– (Piano/Keyboards/Composer) 

“Chameleon” 

The Essential Herbie Hancock 

“Palm Grease” 

“Bubbles” 

Thrust 

Man-Child 

Columbia/Legacy 827969459324, early 1973, San Francisco 

Bennie Maupin (reeds); Herbie Hancock (kyb); Paul Jackson (elb,marimbula); 

Harvey Mason (d); Bill Summers (perc) 

Columbia/Legacy 074646498422, August 26, 1974, San Francisco 

Bennie Maupin (sop,ts,saxello,b-cl,alto-fl); Herbie Hancock (elp,clavinet,synt); 

Paul Jackson (el-b); Mike Clark (d); Sill Summers (perc) 

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Legacy 074643381222, July 1975, Calif. 

Herbie Hancock (kb); Wayne Shorter (ss); Bennie Maupin, Ernie Watts, 

Jim Horn (reeds and woodwinds); Bud Brisbois, Jay DaVersa (tp); Garnett 

Brown (trb); Dick Hyde (tba); Stevie Wonder (harmonica); Wah-Wah 

Watson (eg); Blackbird McKnight, David T. Walker (g); Paul Jackson (b) 

Mike Clark, Harvey Mason, James Gadson (d) Bill Summers (perc) 

COLEMAN HAWKINS, 1901–1969 (Tenor Saxophone) 

“The Stampede” 

“One Hour” 

Ken Burns Jazz: Coleman Hawkins 

Verve 549085, May 14, 1926, New York 

Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra: Russell Smith, Joe Smith, Rex 

Stewart (tp); prob Luke Smith (tp); Benny Morton (tb); Buster Bailey 

(cl,as); Don Redman (cl,as,arr); Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts,bassax); Fletcher 

Henderson (p); Charlie Dixon (bj); Ralph Escudero (tu); Kaiser Marshall 

(d) 

Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Coleman Hawkins 

“Heartbreak Blues” 

Verve 549 085-2, November 14, 1929, New York 

Mound City Blue Blowers (with Coleman Hawkins: Red McKenzie 

(pocket comb); Coleman Hawkins (ts); Glenn Miller (trb); Pee Wee 

Russell (cl); Eddie Condon (bj); Jack Bland (gtr); Pops Foster (b); Gene 

Krupa (d) 

Hawk in the 30s 

“Hocus Pocus” 

Naxos 8.120626, September 29, 1933, New York 

Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra: Henry Allen (tp); J.C. 

Higginbotham (tb); Hilton Jefferson (cl,as); Coleman Hawkins (ts); 

Horace Henderson (p,arr); Bernard Addison (g); John Kirby (b); Walter 

Johnson (d) 

Hawk in the 30s (1933–1939) 

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“Picasso” 


Russell Smith, Joe Thomas, Henry “Red” Allen (tp); Claude Jones, Keg 

Johnson (tb); Buster Bailey (cl); Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (as,cl); 

Coleman Hawkins (ts); Fletcher Henderson (p,arr); Bernard Addison (g); 

John Kirby (b); Vic Engle (d); Charles Holland (vcl); Will Hudson, (arr) 


Verve 549 085-2, October 11, 1939, New York 

Coleman Hawkins (ts); Tommy Lindsay, Joe Guy (tp); Earl Hardy (trb); 

Jackie Fields, Eustis Moore (as); Gene Rodgers (p); William Oscar Smith 

(b); Arthur Herbert (d) 


Verve 549 085-2, 1948, New York 

Coleman Hawkins (ts solo) 

FLETCHER HENDERSON, 1897–1952 (Bandleader/Composer/Arranger/Pianist) 

“Dicty Blues” 

Fletcher Henderson: 1923 

“Copenhagen” 

Classics 697, August 9, 1923, New York 

Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra: Elmer Chambers (cnt); Teddy 

Nixon (tb); Don Redman (cl,as); prob Coleman Hawkins (ts,bassax); 

Fletcher Henderson (p); Charlie Dixon (bj) 

Ken Burns Jazz: Fletcher Henderson 

“Shanghai Shuffle” 


Fletcher Henderson (p); Louis Armstrong, Elmer Chambers, Howard Scott 

(tp); Charlie Green (tb); Buster Bailey (cl); Don Redman (cl, as); Coleman 

Hawkins, (cl, ts); Charlie Dixon (bj); Ralph Escudero (tba); Kaiser 

Marshall (d) 

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“Sugar Foot Stomp” 

Columbia/Legacy 074646144725, November 7, 1924, New York 

Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra: Louis Armstrong, Elmer 

Chambers, Howard Scott (tp); Charlie Green (tb); Cecil Scott or Buster 

Bailey (cl,as); Don Redman (cl,as,oboe,arr); Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts); 

Fletcher Henderson (p,arr); Charlie Dixon (bj); Ralph Escudero (tu); 

Kaiser Marshall (d) 



Columbia/Legacy 074646144725, May 29, 1925, New York 

Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra: Elmer Chambers, Joe Smith, Louis 

Armstrong (tp, vcl); Charlie Green (tb); Buster Bailey (cl,as); Don 

Redman (as,ts,vcl,arr); Coleman Hawkins (ts,cl,c-mel,bassax); Fletcher 

Henderson (p); Charlie Dixon (bj); Bob Escudero (tu); Kaiser Marshall (d) 


“Sugarfoot Stomp” 

Columbia/Legacy 074646144725, March 14, 1928, New York 

Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra: Russell Smith, Joe Smith, Bobby 

Stark (tp); Jimmy Harrison, Benny Morton (tb); Buster Bailey (cl); Jerome 

Pasquall (cl,as); Coleman Hawkins (ts); Fletcher Henderson (p); Charlie 

Dixon (bj); June Cole (tu); Kaiser Marshall (d); Bill Challis (arr) 

Blue Rhythm (1931–1933) 

“New King Porter Stomp” 


Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt); Russell Smith, 

Bobby Stark (tp); Benny Morton Claude Jones (tb); Russell Procope 

(cl,as); Harvey Boone (as); Coleman Hawkins (ts,cl,bar); Horace 

Henderson (p-l,arr); Fletcher Henderson (p,arr); Clarence Holiday (g); 

John Kirby (tu,b); Walter Johnson (d); Lois Deppe (vcl); Bill Challis (arr) 

Fletcher Henderson, 1924–1936 

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“Queer Notions” 

“Blue Lou” 

Giants of Jazz 074646144725, December 9, 1932 New York, 

Connie's Inn Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt,vcl); Russell Smith, Bobby Stark 

(tp); Claude Jones (tb,vcl); J.C. Higginbotham (tb); Russell Procope, 

Edgar Sampson (cl,as); Coleman Hawkins (ts,cl); Fletcher Henderson 

(p,arr); Clarence Holiday (g); John Kirby (tu); Walter Johnson (d); Nat 

Leslie (arr) 

Blue Rhythm, 1931–1933 

Naxos 8.120672, September 22, 1933, New York 

Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra: Russell Smith, Bobby Stark (tp); 

Henry “Red” Allen (tp,vcl); Dicky Wells, Claude Jones (tb); Russell 

Procope, Hilton Jefferson (cl,as); Coleman Hawkins (ts,cl); Horace 

Henderson (p,arr); Bernard Addison (g); John Kirby (b); Walter Johnson 

(d); unknown (vib-1); Horace Henderson (arr) 

Fletcher Henderson, 1924–1936 

Giants of Jazz 634479088476, March 27, 1936, Chicago 

Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra: Dick Vance, Joe Thomas, Roy 

Eldridge (tp); Fernando Arbello, Ed Cuffee (trb); Buster Bailey, Scoops 

Carey (as); Elmer Williams, Chu Berry (ts); Horace Henderson (p); Bob 

Lessey (gtr); John Kirby (b); Sidney Catlett (d) 

WOODY HERMAN, 1913–1987 (Clarinet/Bandleader) 

“Caldonia” 

Woody Herman, Blowin’ Up a Storm: The Columbia Years, 1945–1947 

Legacy 00074646564622, February 26, 1945, New York 

Woody Herman and His Orchestra: Sonny Berman, Chuck Frankenhouser, 

Ray Wetzel, Pete Candoli, Carl Warwick (tp); Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, 

Ed Kiefer (tb); Woody Herman (cl,as,vcl); Sam Marowitz, John LaPorta 

(cl,as); Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts); Skippy DeSair (bar); Majorie 

Hyams (vib); Ralph Burns (p,arr); Billy Bauer (g); Chubby Jackson (b); 

Dave Tough (d); Woody Herman (vcl); Neil Hefti (arr) 

ART HICKMAN, 1886–1930 (Piano/Drums/Bandleader) 

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“Rose Room” 

Art Hickman’s Orchestra: The San Francisco Sound, Vol. 1 

Archeophone 6003, September 20, 1919, New York 

Art Hickman, Frank Ellis (p duet) 

ANDREW HILL, 1931–2007 (Pianist/Composer) 

“Point of Departure” 

Point of Departure 

Blue Note 99007, March 21, 1964, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 

Kenny Dorham (tp); Eric Dolphy (fl-l,as-2,b-cl-3); Joe Henderson (ts); 

Andrew Hill (p); Richard Davis (b); Anthony Williams (d) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY, 1915–1959 (Singer) 

“A Sailboat in the Moonlight” 

The Best of Billie Holiday 

“Strange Fruit” 

Legacy 886972136127, June 15, 1937, New York 

Billie Holiday (vcl); Buck Clayton (tp); Edmond Hall (cl); Lester Young 

(ts); James Sherman (p); Freddie Green (gtr); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones 

(d) 

Billie Holiday Complete Commodore Recordings 

GRP 401, April 20, 1939, New York 

Billie Holiday with Orchestra: Billie Holiday (vcl); Frank Newton (tp); 

Tab Smith (as,sop); Kenneth Hollon, Stanley Payne (ts); Sonny White (p); 

Jimmy McLin (g); John Williams (b); Eddie Dougherty (d) 

CHARLIE HUNTER, 1967– (Guitar) 

“Mitch Better Have My Bunny” 

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Songs from the Analog Playground 

Blue Note 33550, 2001, New York 

Charlie Hunter (8-st-g); John Ellis (ts); Stephen Chopek (d); Chris 

Lovejoy (perc) 

VIJAY IYER, 1975– (Piano/Composer) 

“Imagine” 

Reimagining 

Savoy Jazz 17475, November 22–23, 2004, Brooklyn, N.Y. 

Vijay Iyer (p) 

D.D. JACKSON, 1967– (Piano/Composer) 

“Serenity Song” 

Serenity Song 

Justin Time 222, December 2005, New York 

D.D. Jackson (p); Ugonna Okegwo (b); Dafnis Prieto (d) 

RONALD SHANNON JACKSON, 1940– (Drums) 

“American Madman” 

Earned Dreams 

“Now’s the Time” 

KnitClassics 3034, 1985, Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, Tex. 

Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society: Ronald Shannon 

Jackson (d); Zane Massey (as,ts); Henry Scott (tp); Akbar Ali (vln); 

Vernon Reid (g); Bruce Johnson, Melvin Gibbs (el-b) 

What Spirit Say 

DIW 895, December 11–12, 1994, New York 

Ronald Shannon Jackson (d,shalmei); James Carter (ss); Jef Lee Johnson 

(eg); Ngolle Pokossi (eb) 

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KEITH JARRETT, 1945– (Piano/Composer) 

“The Windup” 

Belonging 

“Death and the Flower” 

ECM 1050 (CD 829 115-2), April 24–25, 1974, Oslo, Norway 

Jan Garbarek (ss,ts); Keith Jarrett (p); Palle Danielsson (b); Jon 

Christensen (d) 

Death and the Flower 

Impulse! / The Verve Vault 00076742904623, October 9–10, 1974, New 

York 

Dewey Redman (ts,perc); Keith Jarrett (p,wood-fl,osidrum,perc); Charlie 

Haden (b); Paul Motian (d,perc); Guilherme Franco (perc) 

BUNK JOHNSON, 1879–1949 (Cornet) 

“C.C. Rider” 

King of the Blues 

American Music Records, July 31, 1944, New Orleans 

Bunk Johnson (tp); George Lewis (cl); Jim Robinson (trb); Lawrence 

Marrero (bj); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Sidney Brown (tu); Baby 

Dodds (d) 

JAMES P. JOHNSON, 1894–1955 (Pianist/Composer) 

“Carolina Shout” 

Parlor Piano Solos from Rare Piano Rolls 

“Keep off the Grass” 

Collectables 090431695920, 1921, New York 

James P. Johnson (piano roll) 

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Classics 1921–1928 

Classics 658, October 18, 1921, New York 

Jimmie Johnson’s Jazz Boys: unknown cnt, poss June Clark (cnt); 

unknown (tb,cl,as,sop); James P. Johnson (p); unknown (bj,tu,d) 

“Worried and Lonesome Blues” 

“Charleston” 

Classics 1921–1928 

Classics 658, June 28, 1923, New York 

James P. Johnson (p) 

1921–1926 Running Wild 

Tradition/Rykodisc, March 24, 1924, New York 

James P. Johnson (p) [piano roll] 

“You’ve Got to Be Modernistic” 

Snowy Morning Blues 

GRP GRD 604, January 21, 1930, New York 

James P. Johnson (p,comp) 

SCOTT JOPLIN, 1867–1917 (Pianist/Composer) 

“Maple Leaf Rag” 

The Greatest Ragtime of the Century 

Shout Factory 30160, April 16, 1916, New York 

Scott Joplin (p) [piano roll] 

LOUIS JORDAN, 1908–1975 (Alto Saxophone/Soprano Saxophone/Bandleader) 

“Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby” 

Jumpin’ and Jivin’ at Jubilee 

Koch 00617742103526, October 4, 1943, Los Angeles 

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“Caldonia” 

Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five: Eddie Roane (tp); Louis Jordan 

(as,ts-l,vcl); Arnold Thomas (p); Po Simpkins (b); Shadow Wilson (d) 

Classics: 1943–1945 

Classics 886, January 19, 1945, New York 

Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five: Idrees Sulieman (= Leonard 

Graham) (tp); Louis Jordan (as,vcl); FreddieSimon (ts); William Austin 

(p); Al Morgan (b); Alex “Razz” Mitchell (d) 

STAN KENTON, 1911–1979 (Arranger/Bandleader/Pianist) 

“City of Glass” 

City of Glass 

Capitol Jazz 7243 832084 2 5, December 5, 1951, Hollywood, Calif. 

Stan Kenton and His Innovations Orchestra: John Howell, Maynard 

Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson, John Coppola (tp); Bob 

Fitzpatrick, Harry Betts, Dick Kenney (tb); Bi11 Russo (tb,arr); George 

Roberts (b-tb); John Graas, Lloyd Otto, George Price (fhr); Stan Fletcher 

(tu); Bud Shank (as,fl); Art Pepper (cl,as); Bob Cooper (ts,oboe,eng-hrn); 

Bart Calderall (ts,bassoon); Bob Gioga (bar,b-cl); Stan Kenton (p,arr); 

Ralph Blaze (g); Don Bagley, Abe Luboff (b); Shelly Manne (d,tymp); 

Alex Law, Earl Cornwall, Phi1 Davidson, Barton Gray, Maurice Koukel, 

Seb Mercurio, Dwight Muma, Danny Napolitano, Charles Scarle, Ben 

Zimberoff (vln); Paul Israel, Aaron Shapiro, David Smiley (viola); 

Gregory Benko, Zachary Bock, Gabe Jellen (cello); Bob Graettinger (arr) 

FREDDIE KEPPARD, 1890–1933 (Cornet) 

“Stock Yards Strut” 

The Complete Set, 1923–1926 

Retrieval 79017, September, 1926, Chicago 

Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals: Freddie Keppard (cnt); Eddie Vincent 

(tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Arthur Campbell (p); Jasper Taylor 

(woodblocks); Papa Charlie Jackson (vcl) 

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ANDY KIRK, 1898–1992 (Bandleader) 

“Walkin’ and Swingin’” 

Andy Kirk and the Twelve Clouds of Joy 

ASV/Living Era 5108, March 2, 1936, New York 

Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy: Harry Lawson, Paul King, Earl 

Thompson (tp); Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells (trb); John Williams, John 

Harrington (as); Dick Wilson (ts); Claude “Fiddler” Williams (vln); Mary 

Lou Williams (p, arr); Ted Robinson (gtr); Booker Collins (b); Ben 

Thigpen (d) 

GENE KRUPA, 1909–1973 (Drums) 

“Let Me Off Uptown” 

Anita O’Day’s Finest Hour 


Gene Krupa and His Orchestra: Roy Eldridge (tp,vcl); Norman Murphy, 

Torg Halten, Graham Young (tp); John Grassi, Jay Kelliher, Babe Wagner 

(tb); Sam Musiker (cl,ts,arr); Clint Neagley, Mascagni “Musky” Ruffo 

(as); Walter Bates (ts); Bob Kitsis (p); Remo Biondi (g); Biddy Bastien 

(b); Gene Krupa (d); Howard DuLaney, Anita O'Day (vcl); Elton Hi1l 

(arr) 

CHARLES LLOYD, 1938– (Tenor Saxophone) 

“Forest Flower—Sunrise” 

Forest Flower: Live in Monterey 

Rhino 71746, September 18, 1966, Monterey, Calif. 

Charles Lloyd (ts); Keith Jarrett (p); Cecil McBee (b); Jack DeJohnette (d) 

JIMMIE LUNCEFORD, 1902–1947 (Bandleader) 

“The Organ Grinder’s Swing” 

Anthology 1934–1942 

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“For Dancers Only” 

Cabu 522, August 31, 1936, New York, 

Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra: Sy Oliver (tp,vcl,arr); Eddie 

Tompkins, Paul Webster (tp); Russell Bowles, Elmer Crumbley (tb); 

Eddie Durham (tb,g); Jimmie Lunceford (as); Willie Smith (as,cl,vcl); 

Earl Carruthers (cl,as,bar); Dan Grissom (as,cl,vcl); Laforet Dent (as); 

Edwin Wilcox (p); Al Norris (g,vcl); Moses Allen (b,vcl); Jimmy 

Crawford (d) 


“Annie Laurie” 

Cabu 522, June 15, 1937, New York 

Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra: Eddie Tompkins, Paul Webster (tp); 

Sy Oliver (tp,vcl,arr); Russell Bowles, Elmer Crumbley (tb); Eddie 

Durham (tb,g,arr); Willie Smith (cl,as,vcl,arr); Dan Grissom (cl,as, vcl); 

Jimmie Lunceford (as,arr); Ed Brown (as,ts); Earl Carruthers (cl,as,bar); 

Edwin Wilcox (p,arr); Al Norris (g); Moses Allen (b); Jimmy Crawford 

(d) 


Cabu 522, November 5, 1937, Los Angeles 

Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra; Jimmie Lunceford (dir); Eddie 

Tompkins, Paul Webster, Sy Oliver (tp); Elmer Crumbley, Russell 

Bowles, James “Trummy” Young (trb); Willie Smith, Earl Carruthers, Ted 

Buckner, Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas (sax); Edwin Wilcox (p); Al Norris 

(gtr); Moses Allen (b); Jimmy Crawford (d) 

“T’Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)” 

Perfect Big Band 

Universal 066461, January 3, 1939, New York 

Sy Oliver (tp,vcl,arr); Eddie Tompkins (tp,vcl); Paul Webster (tp); Elmer 

Crumbley, Russell Bowles (tb); Trummy Young (tb,vcl) Willie Smith 

(cl,as,vcl,arr); Dan Grissom (cl,as,vcl); Jimmie Lunceford (as,arr); Ted 

Buckner (as); Earl Carruthers (cl,as,bar); Edwin Wilcox (p,arr); Al Norris 

(g); Moses Allen (b); Jimmy Crawford (d); Sy Oliver, Willie Smith, Eddie 

Tompkins (vcl trio) 

MACHITO (Francisco Ral Gutiérrez Grillo), 1909–1984 (Singer/Bandleader) 

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“Tanga” 

The Original Mambo Kings: An Introduction to Afro-Cubop 

Verve 513876, January 1949, New York 

Machito and His Afro Cuban Orchestra: Mario Bauza, Frank Davilla, Bob 

Woodlen (tp); Gene Johnson, Fred Skerritt (as); Jose Madera (ts); Leslie 

Johnakins (bar); Rene Hernandez (p); Roberto Rodriguez (b); 

Machito(maraccas); Jose Manguel (bgo); Luis Miranda (cga); Ubaldo 

Nieto (timb); Flip Phillips (ts) 

WYNTON MARSALIS, 1961– (Trumpet/Composer/Bandleader) 

“Processional” 


In This House, on This Morning 

Columbia C2K-53220, May 1992 or March 1993, New York 

Wynton Marsalis (tp); Wycliffe Gordon (trb); Wessell Anderson (as); 

Todd Williams (ts); Eric Reed (p); Reginald Veal (b); Herlin Riley (d) 

Live at the House of Tribes 

Blue Note 77132, December 15, 2002, New York 

Wynton Marsalis (tp); Wessell Anderson (as); Eric Lewis (p); Kengo 

Nakamura (b); Joe Farnsworth (d) 

MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL, 1904–1972 (Guitarist/Vocalist) 

“Soon One Morning (Death Come A-Creepin’ in My Room)” 

Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of American Music 

Columbia/Legacy CK 61433-61437, 1959 

Mississippi Fred McDowell (gtr,vcl) 

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, 1942– (Guitar/Composer) 

“Vital Transformation” 

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The Inner Mounting Flame 

Legacy 65523, August 14, 1971, New York 

John McLaughlin (g); Billy Cobham (d); Jan Hammer (kb); Rick Laird 

(b); Jerry Goodman (vl) 

JAY MCSHANN, 1916–2006 (Pianist/Composer/Bandleader) 

“Hootie Blues” 

Hootie Blues 

Stony Plain 1315, April 30, 1941, Dallas, Tex. 

Jay McShann and His Orchestra: Harold Bruce, Bernard “Buddy” 

Anderson, Orville “Piggy” Minor (tp); “Little Joe” Taswell Baird (tb); 

John Jackson (as); Charlie Parker (as,arr); Harold Ferguson, Bob Mabane 

(ts); Jay McShann (p); Gene Ramey (b); Gus Johnson (d) 

MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD 

“Beeah” 

It’s a Jungle in Here 

Gramavision 879495, August 2–4, 1993 

John Medeski (org); Chris Wood (b); Billy Martin (d); Steve Bernstein 

(tp,flrhn); Josh Roseman (tb); Jay Rodrigues (ts,as); Dave Binney (as); 

Marc Ribot (g) 

BRAD MEHLDAU, 1970– (Piano/Composer) 

“The Very Thought of You” 

Brad Mehldau Trio Live 

Nonesuch 376252, October 11–15, 2006, Village Vanguard, New York 

Brad Mehldau (p); Larry Grenadier (b); Jeff Ballard (d) 

PAT METHENY, 1954– (Guitar/Composer) 

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“Have You Heard” 

The Road to You: Recorded Live in Europe 

Geffen GED24245 (CD), Spring 1989 

Pedro Aznar (ts,vib,mar,g,melodica,charango,pan-pipe,perc,voice); Lyle 

Mays (p,org,accor,keyboards,synclavier,tp); Pat Metheny (g,el-g,g-synt,12 

string-g,synclavier,tiple); Steve Rodby (b,elb); Paul Wertico (d,cga,perc); 

Armando Marçal (perc) 

GLENN MILLER, 1904–1944 (Bandleader/Trombone) 

“Moonlight Serenade” 

The Centennial Collection 

“In the Mood” 

RCA/Bluebird 828765910422, April 4, 1939, New York 

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra: Leigh Knowles, Bob Price, Dale 

McMickle (tp); Glenn Miller (tb,arr); Paul Tanner, Al Mastren (tb); Hal 

McIntyre, Wilbur Schwartz (cl,as,arr); Stanley Aronson (as,bar); Tex 

Beneke (ts,vcl); Al Klink (ts); Chummy MacGregor (p); Allen Reuss (g); 

Rollie Bundock (b); Frank Carlson (d); Ray Eberle, Marion Hutton (vcl) 

The Best of Glenn Miller 

RCA/Legacy 886972136424, August 1, 1939, New York 

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra: Leigh Knowles, Clyde Hurley, Dale 

McMickle (tp); Glenn Miller (tb,arr); Paul Tanner, Al Mastren (tb); Hal 

McIntyre, Wilbur Schwartz (cl,as,arr); Harold Tennyson (as,bar); Tex 

Beneke(ts,vcl); Al Klink (ts); Chummy MacGregor (p); Richard Fisher 

(g); Rollie Bundock (b); Maurice Purtill (d); Ray Eberle, Marion Hutton 

(vcl) 

CHARLES MINGUS, 1922–1979 (Bassist/Composer) 

“Haitian Fight Song” 

The Charles Mingus Quintet Plus Max Roach 

Original Jazz Classics OJC CD440-2, December 18, 1955, Café Bohemia, 

New York 

Eddie Bert (tb); George Barrow (ts); Mal Waldron (p); Charles Mingus 

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(b); Willie Jones (d) 

Pithecanthropus Erectus 

“My Jelly Roll Soul” 

Atlantic/WEA 8809, January 30, 1956, New York 

Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop: Jackie McLean (as); J.R. Monterose (ts); 

Mal Waldron (p); Charles Mingus (b); Willie Jones (d) 

Blues and Roots 

“Fables of Faubus” 

Atlantic 1305-2, February 4, 1959, New York 

Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis (tb); Jackie McLean, John Handy (as); 

Booker Ervin (ts); Pepper Adams (bar); Horace Parlan (p); Mal Waldron 

(p-1); Charles Mingus (b); Dannie Richmond (d) 

Mingus Ah Um 

“Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” 

Columbia/Legacy Jazz 065512, May 5, 1959, New York 

Jimmy Knepper (tb); John Handy (as); Shafi Hadi (ts); Booker Ervin (ts); 

Horace Parlan (p); Charles Mingus (b); Dannie Richmond (d) 

Mingus Ah Um 

“Boogie Stop Shuffle” 

Columbia/Legacy Jazz 065512, May 12, 1959, New York 

Willie Dennis (tb); John Handy (as); Shafi Hadi (ts); Booker Ervin (ts); 

Horace Parlan (p); Charles Mingus (b); Dannie Richmond (d) 

Mingus Ah-Um 

Sony/BMG Jazz 88697127572, May 12, 1959, New York 

Willie Dennis (trb); John Handy (as); Shafi Hadi, Booker Ervin (ts); 

Horace Parlan (p); Charles Mingus (b, comp); Dannie Richmond (d) 

MODERN JAZZ QUARTET 

“All the Things You Are” 

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“Django” 

The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige and Pablo Recordings 

Prestige, 4PRCD-4438-2, December 22, 1952, New York 

Milt Jackson (vbr); John Lewis (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d) 

The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige and Pablo Recordings 

Prestige PRCD-7057-2, December 23, 1954 (New York) 

Milt Jackson (vbr); John Lewis (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d) 

“England’s Carol (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)” 

Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra 

Collectibles Jazz Classics 6184, June 3, 1960, Stuttgart, Germany 

The Modern Jazz Quartet [Milt Jackson (vbr); John Lewis (p); Percy 

Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d)] and Orchestra: with large symphony 

orchestra with Gunther Schuller (cond-1) 

THELONIOUS MONK, 1919–1982 (Piano/Composer) 

“Thelonious” 

Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 

“’Round Midnight” 

Blue Note (RVG) 781510, October 15, 1947, New York 

Idrees Sulieman (tp); Danny Quebec West (as); Billy Smith (ts); 

Thelonious Monk (p); Gene Ramey (b); Art Blakey (d) 

Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 

“I Should Care” 

Blue Note (RVG) 781510, November 21, 1947, New York 

George Taitt (tp); Sahib Shihab (Edmund Gregory) (as); Thelonious Monk 

(p); Bob Paige (b); Art Blakey (d) 

Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes 

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“Brilliant Corners” 

Blue Note 32140, July 2, 1948, New York 

Milt Jackson (vib); Thelonious Monk (p); John Simmons (b); Shadow 

Wilson (d); Kenny “Pancho” Hagood (vcl) 

Brilliant Corners 

“Rhythm-a-Ning” 

Criss-Cross 

Riverside RCD-30501, October 15, 1956, New York 

Ernie Henry, alto saxophone; Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone; Thelonious 

Monk, piano; Oscar Pettiford , bass; Max Roach, drums 

Legacy 074646353721, November 6, 1962, New York 

Thelonious Monk (p, comp); Charlie Rouse (ts); John Ore (b); Frankie 

Dunlop (d) 

WES MONTGOMERY, 1925–1968 (Guitarist) 

“Airegin” 

“Four on Six” 

The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery 

Riverside RCD-30790, January 26, 1960, New York 

Wes Montgomery (g); Tommy Flanagan (p); Percy Heath (b); Albert 

“Tootie” Heath (d) 

The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery 

“Twisted Blues” 

Riverside RCD-30790, January 26, 1960, New York 

Wes Montgomery (g); Tommy Flanagan (p); Percy Heath (b); Albert 

“Tootie” Heath (d) 

Goin’ Out of My Head 

Verve 00602517396913, November 20, 1965, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 

Wes Montgomery (eg); Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Donald Byrd, Danny 

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Moore (tp); Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson (tb); Tony 

Studd (b-trb); Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion (as); Romeo Penque, Bob 

Ashton (ts); Danny Bank (bs); Herbie Hancock or Roger Kellaway (p); 

George Duvivier (b); Grady Tate or Sol Gubin (d); Candido Camero (cga); 

Oliver Nelson (cond, arr) 

JASON MORAN, 1975– (Piano/Composer) 

“Planet Rock” 

Modernistic 


Jason Moran (p,electronics) 

“You’ve Got to Be Modernistic” 

Modernistic 


Jason Moran (p) 

JELLY ROLL MORTON, 1890–1941 (Piano/Composer/Bandleader) 


Doctor Jazz 

ASV/Living Era, April 20, 1926, Chicago 

Jelly Roll Morton (p) 

“Dead Man Blues” [alternate take] 

“Doctor Jazz” 

Jelly Roll Morton: 1926–1930 

JSP 903, September 21, 1926, Chicago 

Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers: Jelly Roll Morton (p); 

George Mitchell (crt); Kid Ory (tb); Omer Simeon, Barney Bigard, and 

Darnell Howard (cl); Johnny St. Cyr (bj); John Lindsay (b); Andrew 

Hilaire (d) 

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Jelly Roll Morton: 1926–1930 

“Buddy Bolden’s Blues” 

JSP 903, December 16, 1926, Chicago 

Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers: Jelly Roll Morton (p); 

George Mitchell (crt); Kid Ory (tb); Omer Simeon (cl); Johnny St. Cyr 

(bj); John Lindsay (b); Andrew Hilaire (d) 

Jelly Roll Morton: The Anamule Dance: The Library of Congress 

Recordings, Vol. 2 

Rounder CDROUN1092/011661109223, May 23, 1938, Library of 

Congress, Washington, D.C. 

Jelly Roll Morton (p) 

“I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say” 

Jelly Roll Morton: Red Hot Peppers, New Orleans Jazzmen and Trios 

Giants of Jazz 800488301824, September 14, 1939, New York 

Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen: Sidney De Paris (tp); Claude 

Jones (tb,preaching-1); Albert Nicholas (cl); Sidney Bechet (sop); Happy 

Caldwell (ts); Jelly Roll Morton (p,vcl); Lawrence Lucie (g); Wellman 

Braud (b); Zutty Singleton (d) 

BENNIE MOTEN, 1894–1935 (Bandleader) 

“Toby” 

Moten Swing 

Living Era 5578, December 13, 1932, Camden, N.J. 

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra: Hot Lips Page, Joe Keyes, Price 

“Dee” Stewart (tp); Dan Minor (tb); Eddie Durham (v-tb,g,arr); Eddie 

Barefield (cl,as); Jack Washington (as,bar); Ben Webster (ts); Count Basie 

(p); Leroy “Buster” Berry (g); Walter Page (b); Willie McWashington (d) 

GERRY MULLIGAN, 1927–1996 (Baritone Saxophone/Composer/Arranger) 


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Gerry Mulligan: Jazz Profile 

“Festive Minor” 

“Godchild” 

Capitol 54905, May 20, 1953, The Haig, Los Angeles 

Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Chet Baker (tp); Gerry Mulligan (bar); Carson 

Smith (b); Larry Bunker (d); 

What Is There to Say? 

Sony 52978, January 15, 1959, New York 

The Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Art Farmer (tp); Gerry Mulligan (bar); Bill 

Crow (b); Dave Bailey (d) 

Re-birth of the Cool 

GRP 011105967921, January 29–31, 1992 

Wallace Roney (tp); Dave Bargeron (tb); Phil Woods (as); Bill Barber 

(tu); John Clark (fhr); Gerry Mulligan (bar,arr); John Lewis (p,arr); Dean 

Johnson (b); Ron Vincent (d) 

DAVID MURRAY, 1955– (Tenor Saxophone/Composer) 

“Flowers for Albert” 

Flowers for Albert 

“Shakhill’s Warrior” 

“El Matador” 

India Navigation IN1026, June 26, 1976, New York 

Olu Dara (tp); David Murray (ts); Fred Hopkins (b); Phillip Wilson (d) 

Shakhill’s Warrior 

DIW (Jap) DIW-850, March 1–3, 1991, New York 

David Murray Quartet: David Murray (ts); Don Pullen (org); Stanley 

Franks (g); Andrew Cyrille (d) 

The Long Good-bye: A Tribute to Don Pullen 

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DIW 930, September 30 & October 1, 1996, New York 

David Murray (ts); D.D. Jackson (p); Santi Debriano (b); J.T. Lewis (d) 

JOE KING OLIVER, 1885–1938 (Cornet/Bandleader) 

“Snake Rag” 

Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings, 

“High Society” 

Off the Record (distributed by Archeophone Records: ARCH OTR-MM6- 

C2), June 2, 1923, Chicago 

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band: King Oliver (cnt); Louis Armstrong 

(cnt); Honore Dutrey (tr); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lil Hardin (p); Bud Scott 

(bj); Baby Dodds (d) 

Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings 

“Dippermouth Blues” 

OREGON 

“Aurora” 

Off the Record, OTR-MM6, June 22, 1923, Chicago 




Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings 

Off the Record OTR-MM6, June 23, 1923, Chicago 




Vanguard Visionaries 

Vanguard 73150, July 1973, New York 

Paul McCandless (oboe,eng-hrn); Ralph Towner (p,g,tp,mellophone); 

Glen Moore (b,el-b,vln,fl,p); Collin Walcott 

(tabla,sitar,cl,p,cga,mar,d,tamb) 

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ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND 

“Dixie Jass Band One Step (That Teasin’ Rag)” 

Original Dixieland Band (1917–1921) 

“Livery Stable Blues” 

“Tiger Rag” 

CBC1009, January 30, 1917, New York 

Nick LaRocca (cnt); Eddie Edwards (tr); Larry Shields (cl); Henry Ragas 

(p); Tony Sbarbaro (d) 

The 75th Anniversary 

Sony Legacy January 30, 1917, New York 



The 75th Anniversary 

RCA Bluebird, 078636109824 January 30, 1917, New York 



WALTER PAGE (THE BLUE DEVILS), 1900–1957 (Bass/Tuba) 

“Squabblin’” 

Kansas City Jazz: 1924–1942 

Fremeaux FA5095, November 10, 1929, Kansas City, Mo. 

The Blue Devils: Buster Smith (cl,as); Reuben Roddy (ts); Ted Manning 

(as); Hot Lips Page, James Simpson (tp); Charlie Washington (p); Reuben 

Lynch (g); Walter Page (tu); Alvin Burroughs (d) 

CHARLIE PARKER, 1920–1955 (Alto Saxophone/Composer) 

“Sweet Georgia Brown” 

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The Complete Birth of the Bebop 

Stash STCD 535, February 15, 1943, jam session, Chicago 

Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Charlie Parker (ts); Oscar Pettiford (b) 

“Ko-Ko” [fragment and master take] 


“Lover Man” 


Savoy Jazz 17149, November 26, 1945, New York 

Charlie Parker’s Re-Boppers: Charlie Parker (as); Dizzy Gillespie (tp); 

Argonne “Dense” Thornton (p); Curley Russell (b); Max Roach, (d) 


Savoy Jazz 17149, June 29, 1946, Hollywood, Calif. 

Charlie Parker Quintet: Howard McGhee (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Jimmy 

Bunn (p); Bob Kesterton (b); Roy Porter (d) 


“Embraceable You” 

Savoy Jazz 17149, May 8, 1947, New York 

Miles Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Bud Powell (p); Tommy Potter (b); 

Max Roach(d) 


“Parker’s Mood” 

Savoy Jazz 17149, October 28, 1947, New York 

Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tp); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); 

Max Roach (d) 


“Just Friends” 

Savoy Jazz 17149, September 18, 1948, New York 

Charlie Parker (as); John Lewis (p); Curly Russell (b); Max Roach (d) 

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“Tico Tico” 

Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes 

Verve 2354, November 30, 1949, New York 

Charlie Parker with Strings: Charlie Parker (as); Mitch Miller (oboe,enghrn); 

Stan Freeman (p); Milton Lomask, Bronislaw Gimpel, Max 

Hollander (vln); Frank Brieff (viola); Frank Miller (cello); Ray Brown (b); 

Buddy Rich (d); Meyer Rosen (harp); Jimmy Carroll (arr,cond) 

Charlie Parker South of the Border: The Verve Latin-Jazz Sessions 

“Now’s the Time” 

Verve 527779, March 12, 1951, New York 

Charlie Parker (as); Walter Bishop (p); Teddy Kotick (b); Roy Haynes (d) 

Jose Mangual (bgo); Luis Miranda (cga) 

Bird’s Best Bop 

ROSA PASSOS 

“Por Causa de Vocé” 

Romance 

Verve 731452745224, July 30, 1953, New York 

Charlie Parker (as); Al Haig (p); Percy Heath (b); Max Roach (d) 

Telarc 089408367724, 2007 

Personnel unknown 

JACO PASTORIUS, 1951–1987 (Electric Bass) 


The Essential Jaco Pastorius 

Columbia/Legacy 886970128728, October 1975, New York 

Jaco Pastorius (el-b); Don Alias (cga) 

NICHOLAS PAYTON, 1973– (Trumpet) 

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“Wild Man Blues” 

Gumbo Nouveau 

Verve 731453119925, November 1995, New York 

Nicholas Payton (tp); Jesse Davis (as); Tim Warfield (ts); Anthony 

Wonsey (p); Reuben Rogers (b); Adonis Rose (d) 

DANILO PÉREZ, 1966– (Piano) 

Panamonk 

Impulse! 1142994, January 3–4, 1996, New York 

Danilo Perez (p); Avishai Cohen (b); Terri Lyne Carrington Jeff “Tain” 

Watts (d); Olga Roman (vcl) 

BUD POWELL, 1924–1966 (Piano/Composer) 

“Tempus Fugue-It” [aka “Tempus Fugit”] 

The Complete Bud Powell on Verve 

Verve 731452166920, Jan.–Feb. 1949, New York 

Bud Powell (p); Ray Brown (b); Max Roach (d) 

“Hallucinations” 

The Definitive Bud Powell 

“Un Poco Loco” 

Blue Note 40042, February 1951, New York 

Bud Powell (p) 

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 

Blue Note 32136, May 1, 1951, New York 

Bud Powell (p); Curly Russell (b); Max Roach (d) 

SUN RA, 1914–1993 (Piano/Composer/Bandleader) 

“Saturn” 

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Jazz in Silhouette 

“Space Is the Place” 

Evidence ECD22012-2, late 1958, Chicago 

Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Hobart Dotson (tp-mouthpiece-3,tp); Bo Bailey 

(tb-2); JamesSpaulding (as,fl); Marshall Allen (as-mouthpiece-3,as,fl); 

John Gilmore (ts,perc,vcl); Pat Patrick (bar,fl,perc); Charles Davis (bar); 

Le Sun Ra (celeste-1,p); Ronnie Boykins (b); William Cochran (d) 

Space Is the Place 

Impulse! IMPD-249, October 19, 1972, Chicago 

Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra: Akh Tal Ebah 

(tp,flhrn,space dimension,mello,voice-1); Lamont McClamb (tp,perc); 

Marshall Allen (as,fl,perc); Danny Davis (as,fl,alto-cl); Larry Northington 

(as,perc,cga); John Gilmore (ts,d,voice-1); Pat Patrick (ts,bar,el-b); Danny 

Ray Thompson (bar,fl,perc); Eloe Omoe (b-cl,fl,perc); Sun Ra (p,spaceorg,synt,vcl 

dramatizing); Lex Humphries (d,perc); Robert Underwood 

(d); Harry Richards, Alzo Wright (d,perc); Stanley Morgan, Russell 

Branch (perc,cga); Space Ethnic Voices: June Tyson, Ruth Wright, Cheryl 

Banks, Judith Holton (voice) 

ERIC REED, 1970– (Piano) 

“Evidence / Think of One” 

E-Bop 

Savant 633842205120, October 15-16, 2000 

Eric Reed (p); Marcus Printup (tp); Walter Blanding, Jr. (ts); Rodney 

Whitaker (b); Rodney Green (d) 

DJANGO REINHARDT, 1910–1953 (Guitar/Composer) 

“Nuages” 

Django Reinhardt in Brussels 

Verve 513 947-2, May 8, 1942, Brussels 

Django Reinhardt acc by Stan Brenders et son Grand Orchestre de Danse: 

Paul D'Hondt, George Clais, Raymond Chantrain (tp); Jean Damm, Sus 

Van Camp, Jean Duoillez (tb); Louis Billen, Jo Magis (as); Jeff 

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VanHeerswingels, Jack Demany, Arthur Saguet (ts); John Ouwerx (p); 

Django Reinhardt (g); Jim Van Der Jeucht, Chas Dolne (rhythm-g); 

Arthur Peters (b); Josse Aerts (d); + unknown strings 

REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE 

“Ponderous Planets” 

People’s Republic 

A&M Horizon SP708-LP, December 4–6, 1975, Burbank, Calif. 

Leroy Jenkins (vln); Sirone (b); Jerome Cooper (d,bug) 

MARC RIBOT, 1954– (Guitar) 

“St. James Infirmary” 

Saints 

Atlantic 83461, 2002, New York 

Marc Ribot (el-g) 

MARCUS ROBERTS, 1963– (Piano) 

“Someone to Watch over Me” 

Gershwin for Lovers 

Sony/BMG Masterworks CK66437, 1994, New York 

Marcus Roberts (p); Reginald Veal (b); Herlin Riley (d) 

SONNY ROLLINS, 1930– (Tenor Saxophone/Composer) 

“Blue Seven” 

Saxophone Colossus 

Prestige PRCD-8105-2, June 22, 1956, Hackensack, N.J. 

Sonny Rollins (ts); Tommy Flanagan (p); Doug Watkins (b); Max Roach 

(d) 

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“St. Thomas” 

“The Bridge” 

Saxophone Colossus 

The Bridge 

“Autumn Nocturne” 

Prestige PRCD-8105-2, June 22, 1956, Hackensack, N.J. 

Sonny Rollins (ts); Tommy Flanagan (p); Doug Watkins (b); Max Roach 

(d) 

RCA/Bluebird 828765247221, February 13, 1962, New York 

Sonny Rollins (ts); Jim Hall (g); Bob Cranshaw (b); Ben Riley (d) 

Silver City: A Celebration of 25 Years on Milestone 

Milestone 2MCD-2501-2; April 13–15, 1978, San Francisco 

Sonny Rollins (ts); Mark Soskin (p); Aurell Ray (eg); Jerome Harris (eb); 


GONZALO RUBALCABA, 1963– (Piano/Composer) 

“Los Bueyes” 

Paseo 

Blue Note 81832, April 5–9, 2004, Miami, Fla. 

Gonzalo Rubalcaba (p,comp); Luis Felipe Lamoglia (sax); Jose Armando 

Gola (el-b); Ignacio Berroa (d) 

GEORGE RUSSELL, 1923– (Composer/Arranger) 

The Complete Bluebird Recordings 

“All about Rosie” 

Lone Hill Jazz LHJ10177, October 17, 1956, New York 

Art Farmer (tp); Hal McKusick (as); Bill Evans (p); Barry Galbraith, (eg); 

Milt Hinton (b); Paul Motian (d); George Russell (arr,cond) 

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“Ezz-thetic” 

The Birth of the Third Stream 

Ezz-thetics 

Columbia/Legacy CK64929, June 10, 1957, New York 

George Russell (leader); Bill Evans (p); Barry Galbraith (g); Art Farmer 

(tp); John LaPorta (as); Hal McKusick (ts); Teddy Charles (vib); Louis 

Mucci (tp); Jimmy Knepper (trb); Jim Buffington (FrH); Robert 

DiDomenica (fl); Manuel Zegler (bassoon); Joe Benjamin (b); Ted 

Sommer (d) 

Riverside RCD-30188, May 8, 1961, New York 

Don Ellis (tp); Dave Baker (tb); Eric Dolphy (as-2,b-cl-3); George Russell 

(p,arr,comp-1); Steve Swallow (b); Joe Hunt (d) 

JOHN SCOFIELD, 1951– (Guitar/Composer) 

“Chank” 

A-Go-Go 

Verve 731453997929, 1998 

John Scofield (eg); John Medeski (Hammond B3 organ); Chris Wood 

(eb); Billy Martin (d) 

STEPHEN SCOTT, 1969– (Pianist) 

“The Pit and the Pendulum” 

Aminah’s Dream 

Verve 73145179962, October 8–9, 1992 

Stephen Scott (p); Ron Carter (b); Elvin Jones (d) 

ARTIE SHAW, 1910–2004 (Clarinet/Bandleader) 

“Begin the Beguine” 

The Very Best of Artie Shaw 

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“Nightmare” 

“Stardust” 

Bluebird/RCA, 828766923926, July 24, 1938, New York 

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra: John Best, Claude Bowen, Chuck Peterson 

(tp); George Arus, Ted Vesely (tb); Harry Rodgers (tb,arr); Artie Shaw 

(cl,arr); Les Robinson, Hank Freeman (as); Tony Pastor (ts,vcl); Ronnie 

Perry (ts); Les Burness (p); Al Avola (g,arr); Sid Weiss (b); Cliff Leeman 

(d) 

The Very Best of Artie Shaw 

Bluebird/RCA, 828766923926, July 24, 1938, New York 

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra: John Best, Claude Bowen, Chuck Peterson 

(tp); George Arus, Ted Vesely (tb); Harry Rodgers (tb,arr); Artie Shaw 

(cl,arr); Les Robinson, Hank Freeman (as); Tony Pastor (ts,vcl); Ronnie 

Perry (ts); Les Burness (p); Al Avola (g,arr); Sid Weiss (b); Cliff Leeman 

(d) 

The Essential Artie Shaw 

Legacy Reissue 69239, October 7, 1940, New York 

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra: Artie Shaw (cl); George Wendt, J. 

Cathcart, Billy Butterfield (tp); Jack Jenney, Vernon Brown (trb); Bud 

Bassey, Neely Plumb (as); Les Robinson, Jerry Jerome (ts); Johnny 

Guarnieri (p); Al Hendrickson (gtr); Jud DeNaut (b); Nick Fatool (d); T. 

Boardman, T. Klages, B. Bower, Bob Morrow, Al Beller, E. Lamas (vln); 

A. Harshman, K. Collins (vla); F. Goerner (clo) 

HORACE SILVER, 1928– (Piano/Composer) 

“The Preacher” 

“Señior Blues” 

Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers 

Blue Note (RVG) B0007M23AQ, February 6, 1955, Hackensack, N.J. 

Kenny Dorham (tp); Hank Mobley (ts); Horace Silver (p); Doug Watkins 

(b); Art Blakey (d) 

Greatest Hits 

Collectibles 1064, November 10, 1956, Hackensack, N.J. 

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“Song for My Father” 

Horace Silver Quintet: Donald Byrd (tp); Hank Mobley (ts); Horace Silver 

(p); Doug Watkins (b); Louis Hayes (d) 

Greatest Hits 

Collectibles 1064, October 26, 1964, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 

Horace Silver Quintet: Donald Byrd (tp); Hank Mobley (ts); Horace Silver 

(p); Doug Watkins (b); Louis Hayes (d) 

FRANK SINATRA, 1915–1998 (Singer) 

“Birth of the Blues” 

The Essential Frank Sinatra (The Columbia Years) 

Columbia/Legacy 074646105924, June 3, 1952, Los Angeles 

Frank Sinatra (vcl); Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra, including Zeke 

Zarchy (tp); Frank Stulce (as); Heinie Beau (arr) 

“I’ve Got You under My Skin” 

The Capitol Years 

Capitol 94317, January 12, 1956, Los Angeles 

Frank Sinatra (vcl); acc by Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Zeke Zarchy, 

Mickey Mangano (tp); Milt Bernhart, Jimmy Friddy, Juan Tizol (tb); 

George Roberts (b-tb); Harry Klee, Willie Schwartz (as); Justin Gordon, 

Jim Williamson (ts); Mort Friedman (bar); Frank Flynn (vib); Bill Miller 

(p); George Van Eps (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d); + unknown 

strings and harp 

BESSIE SMITH, 1894–1937 (Blues Singer) 

“Reckless Blues” 

St. Louis Blues (Original Recordings Volume 2: 1924–1925) 

“In the House Blues” 

Naxos 8.120691, January 14, 1925, New York 

Bessie Smith (vcl); Louis Armstrong (tp); Fred Longshaw (reed organ) 

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Bessie Smith: Greatest Hits 

Fabulous 824046200428/Columbia, June 11, 1931, New York 

Bessie Smith (vcl); acc by Louis Metcalfe (cnt); Charlie Green (tb); 

Clarence Williams (p); Floyd Casey (d) 

CLARENCE “PINE TOP” SMITH, 1904–1929 (Piano) 

“Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie” 

The Many Faces of Boogie Woogie 

Avid 553, December 29, 1928, Chicago 

Pinetop Smith (p,speech) 

JIMMY SMITH, 1925–2003 (Organ) 

“The Sermon” 

The Sermon 

Blue Note 24541, February 25, 1958, New York 

Lee Morgan (tp); Lou Donaldson (as); Tina Brooks (ts); Jimmy Smith 

(org); Kenny Burrell (g); Art Blakey (d) 

“The Organ Grinder’s Swing” 

Organ Grinder Swing 

Verve 731454383127, June 14–15, 1965, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 

Jimmy Smith (Hammond B3 organ); Kenny Burrell (eg); Grady Tate (d) 

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA, 1854–1932 

“Stars and Stripes Forever” 

Gunther Schuller and the Incredible Columbia All-Star Band: Footlifters— 

A Century of American Marches 

Columbia M 33513, Sony SK94887, [date unknown] 

Personnel unavailable 

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“The Entertainer” 

The Red Back Book 

Angel S-36060 (LP), 1973 

New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble: Gunther Schuller (cond); 

D.S. De Lisle (arr); Michael Singer (b); Bruce Coppock (clo); Victor 

Sawa (cl); Mark Belair (d); David Reskin (fl,pic.fl); Myron Romanul (p); 

Ray Cutler (trb); Charles Lewis (tp); Gary Ofenloch (tu); Juan Dandridge 

(vla); Juan Ramirez-Hernandez, Tibor Pusztai (vl) 

WILBUR SWEATMAN, 1882–1961 (Composer/Bandleader/Clarinet) 

“Down Home Rag” 

Recorded In New York 1916–1935 

Jazz Oracle 8046, December 1916, New York 

Wilbur Sweatman (cl) with the Emerson Trio (possibly Nathan Glantz, Cmelody 

sax); Malvin Franklin (p); unknown (vln) 

ART TATUM, 1910–1956 (Piano) 

“Over the Rainbow” 

Art Tatum: The Standard Sessions: 1935–1943 Broadcast Transcriptions 

Music and Arts CD-919(2), August 1939 

Art Tatum (p) 

Art Tatum and Ben Webster: The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8 

Pablo PACD-2405-431-2, September 11, 1956, Los Angeles 

Ben Webster (ts); Art Tatum (p); Red Callender (b); Bill Douglass (d) 

CECIL TAYLOR, 1929– (Piano/Composer) 

“Rick Kick Shaw” 

Jazz Advance 

Blue Note 84462, September 14, 1956, Boston 

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“Bulbs” 

Mixed 

“Enter, Evening” 

Steve Lacy (sop); Cecil Taylor (p); Buell Neidlinger (b); Dennis Charles 

(d) 

GRP 270, October 10, 1961, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 

Cecil Taylor (p, comp); Jimmy Lyons (as); Archie Shepp (ts); Henry 

Grimes (b); Sunny Murray (d) 

Unit Structures 

CDP7-84237-2, May 19, 1966, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 

Eddie Gale (tp); Jimmy Lyons (as); Ken McIntyre (as, oboe, b-cl); Cecil 

Taylor (p,bells); Henry Grimes, Alan Silva (b); Andrew Cyrille (d) 

“Spring of Two Blue-J’s, Part I” 

“3 Phasis” 

“Part 3” 

Spring of Two Blue-J’s 

3 Phasis 

Jazz-View I (CDD008), November 4, 1973, Town Hall, New York 

Jimmy Lyons (as); Cecil Taylor (p); Sirone (Norris Jones) (b) Andrew 

Cyrille (d) 

New World 80303, April 6, 1978, New York 

Raphe Malik (tp); Jimmy Lyons (as); Cecil Taylor (p); Ramsey Ameen 

(vln); Sirone (Norris Jones) (b); Ronald Shannon Jackson (d) 

The Willisau Concert 

Intakt 072, September 3, 2000, Willisau, Switzerland 

Cecil Taylor (p,comp) 

CLAUDE THORNHILL, 1909–1965 (Arranger/Bandleader/Pianist) 


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Snowfall 

ASV/Living Era 5542, November 6, 1947, New York 

Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra: Ed Zandy, Louis Mucci, Red Rodney 

(tp); Tak Takvorian, Allan Langstaff,John Torick (tb); Walt Weschler, 

Sandy Siegelstein (fhr); Bill Barber (tu); Danny Polo, Lee Konitz (cl,as); 

Mickey Folus (ts,b-cl); Jerry Sanfino (ts,cl); Billy Bushey (bar,b-cl,cl); 

Claude Thornhill (p,arr); Barry Galbraith (g); Joe Shulman (b); Billy 

Exiner (d); Fran Warren, Gene Williams (vcl); Gil Evans (arr) 

LENNIE TRISTANO, 1919–1978 (Piano/Composer) 

“Subconscious-Lee” 

“Wow” 

“Requiem” 

Lee Konitz, Subconscious-Lee 

Intuition 

Prestige/OJC 186, January 11, 1949, New York 

Lee Konitz (as); Lennie Tristano (p); Billy Bauer (g); Arnold Fishkin (b); 

Shelly Manne (d) 

Capitol Jazz CDP 7243 8 52771 2 2, March 4, 1949, New York 

Lennie Tristano Sextet: Lee Konitz (as); Warne Marsh (ts); Lennie 

Tristano (p); Billy Bauer (g); Arnold Fishkin (b); Harold Granowsky (d) 

Lennie Tristano / The New Tristano 

Rhino 71595, 1954 or 1955, New York 

Lennie Tristano, piano 

BIG JOE TURNER, 1911–1985 (Blues Singer) 

“It’s All Right, Baby” 

From Spirituals to Swing: 1938 and 1939 Carnegie Hall Concerts 

Vanguard 169-171-2, December 23, 1938, Carnegie Hall, New York 

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SUGAR UNDERWOOD 

“Dew Drop Alley Stomp” 

Big Joe Turner (vcl); Pete Johnson (p) 

Piano Blues, Vol. 4: 1923–1928 

Document 788518533622, August 23, 1927, Savannah, Ga. 

Sugar Underwood (p) 

SARAH VAUGHAN, 1925– (Singer) 

“It’s Crazy” 

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown 

Verve 731454330527, December 16, 1954 

Sarah Vaughan (vcl); acc by Clifford Brown (tp); Herbie Mann (fl); Paul 

Quinichette (ts); Jimmy Jones (p); Joe Benjamin (b); Roy Haynes (d); 

Ernie Wilkins (arr,dir) 

“Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home” 

Sarah Plus 2 


Angel 094637133927, August 7, 1962, Los Angeles 

Sarah Vaughan (vcl); Barney Kessel (g); Joe Comfort (b) 

Live in Japan 

Mainstream 401, September 24, 1973, Tokyo 

Sarah Vaughan (vcl); acc by Carl Schroeder (p); John Gianelli (b); Jimmy 

Cobb (d) 

FATS WALLER, 1904–1943 (Pianist/Singer/Composer) 

“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” 

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A Handful of Keys, 1922–1935 

Jazz Legends 723724560123, May 8, 1935, New York 

Fats Waller and His Rhythm: Herman Autrey (tp); Rudy Powell (cl); Fats 

Waller (p,vcl); Al Casey (g); Charles Turner (b); Harry Dial (d) 

“Christopher Columbus (A Rhythm Cocktail)” 

If You Got To Ask, You Ain’t Got It! Fats Waller and His Rhythm 

“Honeysuckle Rose” 

Bluebird/Legacy 81124, April 8, 1936, New York 

Fats Waller and His Rhythm: Fats Waller (p, vcl); Herman Autrey (tp); 

Gene Sedric (ts); Al Casey (g); Charles Turner (b); Yank Porter (d) 

Louis Armstrong: The California Concerts 

WEATHER REPORT 

“Birdland” 

Decca Jazz 613, January 30, 1951, Pasadena, Calif. 

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl); Jack 

Teagarden (tb,vcl); Barney Bigard (cl); Earl Hines (p); Arvell Shaw (b); 

Cozy Cole (d); Velma Middleton (vcl) 

X2 (Heavy Weather/Black Market) 

“Black Market” 

“Teen Town” 

Columbia/Legacy 886973301128, 1976, Hollywood, Calif. 

Joe Zawinul (Fender Rhodes piano, melodica, Oberheim polyphonic 

synthesizer, ARP 2600, comp); Wayne Shorter (ss); Jaco Pastorius (eb); 

Alex Acuna (d); Manolo Badrena (cg) 




synthesizer, ARP 2600, comp); Wayne Shorter (ss); Jaco Pastorius (eb); 


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synthesizer, ARP 2600); Wayne Shorter (ss); Jaco Pastorius (eb, comp); 


CHICK WEBB, 1905–1939 (Drums/Bandleader) 

“Don’t Be That Way” 

Rhythm Man 

“A-Tisket, a-Tasket” 

Hep 1023, November 19, 1934, New York 

Chick Webb and His orchestra: Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark (tp); Taft 

Jordan (tp,vcl); Sandy Williams, Claude Jones (tb); Pete Clark (cl,as); 

Edgar Sampson (as,arr); Elmer Williams (ts); Wayman Carver (ts,fl); Don 

Kirkpatrick (p); John Trueheart (bj,g); John Kirby (b,tu); Chick Webb (d) 

Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Ella Fitzgerald 


Chick Webb and His Orchestra: Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark (tp); Taft 

Jordan (tp,vcl); Nat Story, Sandy Williams, George Mathews (tb); Garvin 

Bushell (cl,as,bar); Louis Jordan (as,vcl); Teddy McRae (ts,cl); Wayman 

Carver (ts,fl,arr); Tommy Fulford (p); Bobby Johnson (g); Beverly Peer 

(b); Chick Webb (d); Ella Fitzgerald (vcl); Al Feldman (aka Van 

Alexander) (arr) 

PAUL WHITEMAN, 1890–1967 (Bandleader) 

“Whispering” 

Hits of the 1920s, Vol. 1 (1920): Whispering 

Naxos 8.120635, August 19, 1920, Camden, N.J. 

Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra: Henry Busse (cnt); Buster 

Johnson (tb); Gus Mueller (cl); Ferdie Grofe (p,arr); Mike Pingitore (bj); 

Sammy Heiss (tu); Harold MacDonald (d); Paul Whiteman (dir) 

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“Rhapsody in Blue” 

“Changes” 

Pristine Classical (MP3) 

PASP 017, June 10, 1924, New York 

Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra: Henry Busse, Ted Bartell, Red Nichols 

(tp); prob. Wilbur Hall, prob. Vincent Grande (tb); Max Farley (cl,as,arr); 

Hal McLean, Chester Hazlett (cl,as); Charles Strickfaden (as); George 

Gershwin (p); Kurt Dieterle, Mischa Russell, Mario Perry (vln); Matt 

Malneck (vln,viola,arr); Mike Pingitore (bj); Gilbert Torres (g); Al Armer 

(b); George Marsh (d) 

Paul Whiteman and His Dance Band 

“From Monday On” 

Naxos 8.120511, November 23, 1927, Chicago 

Paul Whiteman (dir); Bix Beiderbecke (crt); Henry Busse, Charlie 

Margulis (tpt); Wilbur Hall, Tommy Dorsey (trb); Chester Hazlett, Hal 

McLean (cl, as); Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel sax); Jimmy Dorsey, Nye 

Mayhew, Charles Strickfaden (as); Harry Perrella (p); Kurt Dieterle, Matt 

Malneck, Mario Perry, Mischa Russell (vln); Mike Pingitore (bj); Mike 

Trafficante (tuba); Steve Brown (b); Harold McDonald (d) Austin Young, 

Charles Gaylord (vcls); The Rhythm Boys: Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, and 

Harry Barris (vcl trio); Bill Challis (arr) 


Origin Jazz Library BXCD 04-06, January 12, 1928, New York 

Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra: Bix Beiderbecke (cnt); Charlie 

Margulis (tp); Bill Rank (tb); Jimmy Dorsey (cl,cnt); Frankie Trumbauer 

(c-mel); Min Leibrook (bassax); Bill Challis (p,arr); Matt Malneck (vln); 

Carl Kress (g); Hal MacDonald (d); The Rhythm Boys (vocal); Paul 

Whiteman (dir) 

“You Took Advantage of Me” 

Paul Whiteman and His Dance Band 

Naxos 8.120511, April 25, 1928, New York 

Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra: Bix Beiderbecke (cnt); Henry Busse, 

Ed Pinder, Charlie Margulis (tp); Bill Rank, Boyce Cullen, Wilbur Hall 

(tb); Jack Fulton (tb,vcl); Izzy Friedman (cl); Chester Hazlett (cl,b-cl,as); 

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Charles Strickfaden (as,bar); Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel); Roy Mayer (ts); 

Rube Crozier (ts,bassax); Roy Bargy, Lennie Hayton (p); Matt Malneck, 

Kurt Dieterle, Mischa Russell, Mario Perry, John Bowman (vln); Charles 

Gaylord (vln,vcl); Mike Pingitore (bj); Min Leibrook (tu); Mike 

Trafficante (b); Hal MacDonald (d); Bing Crosby, Austin Young (vcl); 

Bill Challis (arr); Paul Whiteman (dir) 

BERT WILLIAMS, 1875–1922 (Comedian/Vaudevillian) 

“Nobody” 

The Early Years: 1901–1909 

Archeophone 5004, 1906, New York 

Bert Williams (vcl) 

MARY LOU WILLIAMS, 1910–1981 (Piano/Composer/Arranger) 

“The Lady Who Swings the Band” 

The Lady Who Swings the Band 

“Little Joe from Chicago” 

Definitive 11379, December 9, 1936, New York 

Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy: Harry Lawson, Paul King (tp); 

Earl Thompson (tp,arr); Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells (tb); John Harrington 

(cl,as,bar); John Williams (as,bar); Dick Wilson (ts); Claude Williams 

(vln); Mary Lou Williams (p,arr); Ted Robinson (g); Booker Collins (b); 

Ben Thigpen (d,vcl) 

Mosaic Select: Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano 

MS-030, October 12, 1939, New York 

Mary Lou Williams (p) 

TONY WILLIAMS, 1945–1997 (Drums/Composer) 

Emergency 

Verve 731453911727, May 26–28, 1969, New York 

Tony Williams Lifetime: Larry Young (aka Khalid Yasin) (org); John 

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McLaughlin (g); Tony Williams (d) 

CASSANDRA WILSON, 1955– (Singer) 

“Dust My Broom” 

Loverly 

Blue Note 5099950769926, August 2007, Jackson, Miss. 

Cassandra Wilson (vcl); Marvin Sewell (ag); Jason Moran (p); Lonnie 

Plaxico (b); Herlin Riley (d); Lekan Babalola (perc) 

TEDDY WILSON, 1912–1986 (Piano) 

“Blues in C Sharp Minor” 

Teddy Wilson, vol. 2: Blues in C Sharp Minor, Original 1935–1937 

Recordings 

Naxos 8.120665, May 24, 1936, Chicago 

Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra: Roy Eldridge (tp,vcl); Buster Bailey 

(cl); Chu Berry (ts); Teddy Wilson (p); Bob Lessey (g); Israel Crosby (b); 

Sidney Catlett (d) 

WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET 

“I Heard That” 

Revue 

Black Saint (It) 0056-CD, October 14, 1980, Paris 

Julius Hemphill (as,sop,fl); Oliver Lake (as,ts,sop,fl); David Murray (ts,bcl); 

Hamiet Bluiett (bar,alto-cl,fl) 

LESTER YOUNG, Tenor Saxophone (1909–1959) 

“Oh, Lady Be Good” 

Ken Burns Jazz: Lester Young 

Verve 549082, November 9, 1936, Chicago 

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“D. B. Blues” 

Jones-Smith Incorporated: Carl Smith (tp); Lester Young (ts); Count Basie 

(p); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d) 

Lester Young: The Complete Aladdin Sessions 

Definitive COJZ 11139, December 20, 1945, Los Angeles 

Lester Young and His Band: Vic Dickenson (tb); Lester Young (ts); Dodo 

Marmarosa (p); Red Callender (b); Henry Tucker (d) 

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