The Online Companion to
The Essential Jazz Records

A Two-Volume Set of 500 Reviews of Jazz Albums by Max Harrison, Charles Fox and Eric Thacker

I found the first volume of this set a few months ago in a local used book store, and finally got around to more than a surface perusal a couple of weeks ago. Boy howdy was I ever impressed, so I immediately ordered the second volume. I started making a list of all 500 albums discussed in the books so I could carry it with me when ferreting out such things in the growing racks of available used CDs. It's grown a bit beyond just being a list into what I hope is a useful complement to the books which, by the way, are very highly recommended reading. Reading the reviews/descriptions/histories of Harrison, Fox and Thacker have made me actually want to learn some music theory, something I was certain had been irretrievably burned out of me at a very young age.

You can get a good idea of what I want this to become by having a look-see at what's already here. One (outrageous) long-term plan is to make available MP3/Ogg/whatever versions of as many of the songs as is possible given the various legal and other pragmatic constraints.

If you're interested in getting beyond that old copy of "Birth of the Cool" or are skeptical that Burns and Marsalis supplied the final word on such matters, these books are a fine place to start further explorations.

Volume I: Ragtime to Swing

First published 1984 by Mansell Publishing Limited
Paperback edition reissued 2000 by Mansell Publishing, a Cassell Imprint
ISBN 0-7201-1708-9

1. Origins

Prelude: the Afro-American Background

This is a restricted selection from the vast range of musics, related yet often very different, which both preceded jazz and ran parallel to it.

1. Savannah Syncopators, CBS (E) 52799

• Lord, Lord, He sure is good to me
• Wild about my loving
• Jookit jookit
• Meat and bread blues (Relief blues)
• Stop breaking down blues
• 44 blues
• Bako
• Babai
• Agbekor
• Praise song
• Sabere
• Ring dance
• Halam improvisation
• Wong
• Oh, baby
• Eloise

2. Negro Church Music, Atlantic Special (E) 590.029, Atlantic (A) 1351

3. Sounds of the South, Atlantic (E) 590.092, Atlantic (A) 1346

4. Great Jug Bands, Historical (A) HLP36

Ragtime

Ragtime was the most identifiable precursor of jazz. Although thought of by contemporaries as mainly a vocal form, subsequent developments were influenced by the best of piano ragtime.

5. Heliotrope Bouquet: Piano Rags 1900-1970, Nonesuch (A) H71257

6. Scott Joplin: Ragtime Pioneer, Riverside (Eu) RLP8815

7. Piano Rags by Scott Joplin Vol. 1, Nonesuch (A) H71248

8. Pastimes and Piano Rags, Nonesuch (A) H71299

9. Piano Rags by Joseph Lamb, Genesis (A) GS1045

10. New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Arhoolie (A) 1058

Proto-jazz and the Earliest Recordings in New York

These are some of the first recordings of jazz (or jass) as it grew out of ragtime. They show that this new music was established far from New Orleans much earlier than is usually supposed.

11. Ragtime Vol. 2, RCA (F) PM42402

12. Original Dixieland Jazz Band, RCA (F) 730.703/4 (2 LPs), RCA (A) LPV547

13. New York Jazz Scene 1917-1920, Riverside (Eu) RLP8801

14. The Original Memphis Five, Folkways (A) RBF26

15. The Georgians, VJM (E) VLP12

16. Eubie Blake: Blues and Rags - His Earliest Piano Rolls 1917-1921 Vol. 1, Biograph (A) BLP1011Q

17. Parlour Piano, Biograph (A) BLP1001Q

New Orleans

Recordings such as 11-17 notwithstanding, New Orleans was the home of the earliest known mature jazz style; there was a continuing local style there up until almost the present.

Documentary Recordings

These offer detailed later indications of several kinds of the nature of the earliest jazz, and its background, before any records were made.

18. New Orleans Joys: The Young Tuxedo Brass Band, Atlantic (E) 590.023, Atlantic (A) 1297

19. Bunk Johnson: Early Bunk 1943-1943, Dan (J) VC4020

20. The Music of New Orleans Vol. 4 - The Birth of Jazz, Folkways (A) FA2464

21. Jelly Roll Morton: The Library of Congress Recordings, Classic Jazz Masters (Sd) CJM2-9, Riverside (A) 9001-12

The Earliest Recordings in New Orleans

Activity in New Orleans during the 1920s was poorly documented (and the situation was to be even worse in the 1930s). These LPs, however, give as clear an idea as can now be obtained of the sorts of jazz heard there in that decade.

22. A. J. Piron/Louis Dumaine/Jones-Collins: New Orleans, Collectors' Classics (D) CC45

23. Jazz Sounds of the 1920s Vol. 2: Dixieland Bands, Parlophone (E) PMC1171, Swaggie (Au) S1254

24. The Sound of New Orleans Vol. 3, CBS (E) BPG62234, Columbia (A) CL2104

Later New Orleans Recordings

These are not recreating of early jazz but show, rather, the continuing development of the New Orleans style.

25. Wooden Joe Nicholas New Orleans Band 1945-49, Storyville (D) SLP204, Dan (J) VC4010

26. George Lewis 1944-45, Storyville (D) SLP201, Dan (J) VC4004

• Burgundy Street blues
• Careless love
• High society
• San Jacinto blues No. 1
• Ice cream
• Hindustan
• Lonesome road
• Over the waves
• New Orleans hula
• This love of mine
• St. Philips Street breakdown

27. Kid Ory 1944-45, Good Time Jazz (E) LAG12104, Good Time Jazz (A) 12022

• Get out of here
• South
• Blues for Jimmy Noone
• Creole song
• Panama
• Careless love
• Do what Ory say
• Under the bamboo tree
• 1919 rag
• Maryland, my Maryland
• Down home rag
• Didn't he ramble?
• Original dixieland one-step
• Maple leaf rag
• Weary blues
• Ory's Creole trombone

28. Bunk Johnson's Band 1944 with George Lewis, Storyville (D) SLP128, Dan (J) 4008

29. Bunk Johnson 1945, Dan (J) VC4018

30. Bunk Johnson: Last Testament, Philips (E) BBL7231, Columbia (A) JCL829

31. The Legendary Mutt Carey, Esquire (E) 32-130, Savoy (A) SJL2251 (2 LPs)

32. New Orleans: The Living Legends 1960-61, Riverside (A) 9356/7 (2 LPs)

33. Kid Thomas Valentine/Captain John Handy: The December Band Vol. 2, Jazz Crusade (A) JC2008

2. The Twenties

The Chicago Version

34. Freddy Keppard: Legendary New Orleans Cornet, Smithsonian (A) R020, Fountain (E) FJ107

35. Lovie Austin, Fountain (E) FJ105, Riverside (A) RLP8802

36. Sidney Bechet Memorial, Fontana (E) TFL5087

37. Louis Armstrong: Young Louis: the Sideman (1924-1927), MCA (F) 510.010, MCA (A) 1301

38a. Johnny Dodds Vol. 1, MCA (F) 510.089, MCA (A) 1328

38b. Johnny Dodds Vol. 2, MCA (F) 510.106

39. Johnny Dodds: Sixteen Rare Recordings, RCA (E) RD7983, RCA (A) LPV558

40. Johnny Dodds and Kid Orgy, Philips (E) BBL7136, Epic (A) 16004

41. Jimmy Noone and Earl Hines at the Apex Club, MCA (F) 510.039, MCA (A) 1312

42. Gutbucket Blues and Stomps, Herwin (A) 112

The Classic Style

43. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1922-23, Classic Jazz Masters (Sd) CJM12/13 (2 LPs), Milestone (A) M47020 (2 LPs)

44. The Saga of the King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, Kings of Jazz (I) NLJ18003/4 (2 LPs)

New Orleans Composer

45. Jelly Roll Morton: Thesaurus of First Recordings, Kings of Jazz (I) NLJ18007/8 (2 LPs), Milestone (A) MLP2003

46. Jelly Roll Morton Vol. 1, Gaps (H) 010

47a. The Complete Jelly Roll Morton Vols. 1-2, RCA (F) PM42405 (2 LPs), RCA (A) LPM508, 524

47b. The Complete Jelly Roll Morton Vols. 3-4, RCA (F) PM43170 (2 LPs), RCA (A) LPM524, 546

The Breakdown of the Collective Style

48. The Louis Armstrong Legend 1925-29, World Records (E) SM421-4 (4 LPs, boxed), Columbia (A) CL851-3 (3 LPs)

49. Earl Hines 1928, BYG (F) 529090, Milestone (A) MLP2012

50. Luis Russell, CBS (Eu) S88039 (2 LPs), Columbia (A) KG32338 (2 LPs)

51. Henry 'Red' Allen Vol. 1, RCA (F) FXM1 7060, RCA (A) LPV556

52. Louis Armstrong/Jack Purvis: Satchmo Style, Parlophone (E) PMC7045, Swaggie (Au) S1267

The 'Second Line': the Chicagoans

53. Muggsy Spanier 1924-28, Fountain (E) FJ108, Riverside (A) RLP12-107

54. That Toddling Town: Chicago 1926-28, Parlophone (E) PMC7072, Columbia (A) 632

• Up jumped the devil - Merritt Brunies and His Friars Inn Orchestra
• You don't like it, not much - Sol Wagner and His Orchestra
• There'll be some changes made - Red McKenzie and His Music Box
• Sugar - McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans
• China boy - McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans
• Nobody's sweetheart - McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans with Mezz Mezzrow
• Liza - McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans with Mezz Mezzrow
• One step to Heaven - Miff Mole and His Little Molers
• Shimme-sha-wabble - Miff Mole and His Little Molers
• Oh, baby - Eddie Condon's Quartet
• Indiana - Eddie Condon's Quartet
• I'm sorry I made you cry - Eddie Condon and His Footwarmers
• Making friends - Eddie Condon and His Footwarmers
• Crazeology - Bud Freeman and His Orchestra
• Can't help loving that man - Bud Freeman and His Orchestra

55. Chicago Jazz Vol. 1, Class Jazz Masters (Sd) CJM31, Decca (A) DL9231

56. Billy Banks: The Rhythmakers, VJM (E) VLP53, IAJRC (A) 4

3. The Twenties: Styles Other than New Orleans

Chicago and Harlem Small Bands of the Late 1920s

57. Clarence Williams's Jazz Kings, VJM (E) VLP37

58a. Tiny Parham Vol. 1, Collectors' Classics (D) CC39

58b. Tiny Parham Vol. 2, Collectors' Classics (D) CC40

59. Omer Simeon 1929-30, Ace of Hearts (E) AH97

60. Jabbo Smith: The Ace of Rhythm, Ace of Hearts (E) AH165, Melodeon (A) MLP 7326/7 (2 LPs)

Midwestern Jazz, Bix and the New Yorkers

61. Bix Beiderbecke: The Complete Wolverine, Fountain (E) FJ114, Milestone (A) M47019 (2 LPs)

62. Curtis Hitch/Hoagy Carmichael/Emil Seidel: Indiana Summer, Fountain (E) FJ109

63. Bix Beiderbecke: Bix and His Gang, Parlophone (E) PMC1221, Swaggie (Au) S1271

64. Bix Beiderbecke/Frankie Trumbauer: Bix and Tram 1927, Parlophone (E) PMC7064, Swaggie (Au) S1242

65. The Bix Beiderbecke Legend, RCA (F) 731.036/7 (2 LPs), RCA (A) LPM2323

66. Tommy Dorsey/Jimmy Dorsey/Eddie Lang: Tommy, Jimmy and Eddie 1928-29, Parlophone (E) PMC7133, Swaggie (Au) S1299

67. Venuti-Lang 1927-29, Parlophone (E) PMC7091, Swaggie (Au) S1266

68a. Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson: Blues Guitars Vol. 1, Parlophone (E) PMC7019, Swaggie (Au) S1209

68b. Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson: Blues Guitars Vol. 2, Parlophone (E) PMC7106, Swaggie (Au) S1276

69. The California Ramblers Vol. 2, The Old Masters (A) TOM25, Halcyon (E) 8

• Big Bands Database

70a. Red Nichols and His Five Pennies Vol. 1, Coral (G) 97016

70b. Red Nichols and His Five Pennies Vol. 2, Coral (G) 97024, Brunswick (A) 58008/9, 58027

• Big Bands Database

71. The Charleston Chasers: Thesaurus of Classic Jazz Vol. 3, Philips (E) BBL7433, Vol. 3 of Columbia (A) C4L-18

• Big Bands Database

72. Miff Mole: Thesaurus of Classic Jazz Vol. 2, Philips (E) BBL7432, Vol. 2 of Columbia (A) C4L-18

• Big Bands Database

73. Jack Teagarden: King of the Blues Trombone Vol. 1, Columbia (E) 33SX1545, Epic (A) SN6044

74. Jack Teagarden, RCA (E) RD7826, RCA (A) LPV528

The Early Big Bands

75. The Territory Bands, Parlophone (E) PMC7082

76. The Missourians, RCA (F) FPM17017

• Big Bands Database

77. Andy Kirk: Clouds of Joy, Ace of Hearts (E) AH105

• 1929-31 - Andy Kirk and the Twelve Clouds of Joy
• Big Bands Database

78. Benny Moten's Great Band of 1930-32, RCA (F) FXM17062, RCA (A) LPV514

• Big Bands Database

79. Earl Hines 1929 Complete Recordings, RCA (F) FPM17023

80. Louis Armstrong: Louis and the Big Bands, Parlophone (E) PMC7074, Swaggie (Au) S1253

81. Charlie Johnson, Lloyd Scott and Cecil Scott, RCA (F) 741.065/6 (2 LPs)

82. King Oliver in New York, RCA (A) LPV529, RCA (F) PM42411

83. McKinney's Cotton Pickers, RCA (Ar) AVL3072, RCA (F) PM42407

• Big Bands Database

84. The Chocolate Dandies, Parlophone (E) PMC7038, Swaggie (Au) S1249

• Big Bands Database

85. Fletcher Henderson: Smack, Ace of Hearts (E) AH41, MCA (A) 1310

• Big Bands Database

86. Fletcher Henderson: A Study in Frustration Vol. 2, CBS (E) BPG62002, Columbia (A) CL1683

87. Duke Ellington: Flaming Youth, RCA (E) RD8089, RCA (A) LPV568

88. Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club, Camden (E) CDN119, Camden (A) CAL459

89. Toodle-Oo Duke Ellington, Vocalion (E) VLP4, Decca (A) DL9224

90. Cotton Club Days Vol. 2, Ace of Hearts (E) AH89, Decca (A) DL9245, 9241

91. Hot from Harlem, World Records (E) SHB58 (2 LPs)

Blues Singers and Jazz

92. Jazz Sounds of the 20s Vol. 4: The Blues Singers, Parlophone (E) PMC1177, Swaggie (Au) S1240

93. Louis Armstrong and the Blues Singers, CBS (F) 64218

94. Bessie Smith: The Empress, CBS (E) 66264 (2 LPs), Columbia (A) CG30818 (2 LPs)

95. Ethel Waters' Greatest Years, Columbia (A) PG31571 (2 LPs)

4. Jazz in Europe

96. Arthur Briggs in Berlin, Black Jack (G) LP3006

• Hot Trumpet in Europe

97. Jazz in Britain: The '20s, Parlophone (E) PMC7075

98. British Jazz in the '30s: Swinging Britain, Decca (E) DDV5013/4 (2 LPs)

99. Benny Carter: Swinging at Maida Vale, Jasmine (E) JASM2010, Everest (A) FS225

100. Benny Carter: Holland, 1937, Decca (F) 154.062

101. The Hawk in Holland, Jasmine (E) JASM2011, Gene Norman Presents (A) GNP9003

102a. Bill Coleman in Paris Vol. 1, Parlophone (E) PMC7104, HMV (F) HTX40.328

102b. Bill Coleman in Paris Vol. 2, Parlophone (E) PMC7105, HMV (F) CHTX240.628

103. Willie Lewis and His Entertainers, Pathe (F) C054-11416

104. Quintet of the Hot Club of France: Swing '35-'39, Eclipse (E) ECM2051

105a. Django and His American Friends Vol. 1, HMV (E) CLP1890, Prestige (A) PR7593

105b. Django and His American Friends Vol. 2, HMV (E) CLP1907

106. The Legendary Django, World Record Club (E) T821

107a. Swing Sessions Vol. 1 1937-39, Pathe (F) C054-16021

107b. Swing Sessions Vol. 2 1938-39, Pathe (F) C054-16022

• Garland Wilson
  1931-38
  • The blues got me
  • You showed me the way
  • The blues I love to play
  • Sweet Lorraine
• Oscar Aleman
  Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957
  • Russian lullaby
  • Just a little swing
  • Dear old Southland
  • Jeepers creepers
• Freddy Johnson and His Orchestra
  1933-39
  • Ain't misbehaving
  • Big wig in a wigwam
  • Blue room
  • Jam with Bacon
  • Frenchy's blues
  • Hi diddle diddle

107c. Swing Sessions Vol. 3 1938-39, Pathe (F) C054-16023

• Herman Chittison
  1933-41
  • My last affair/No more tears
  • I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
  • Melancholy baby
  • They can't take that away from me
• Frank 'Big Boy' Goudie and His Orchestra
  • You and I, babe
  • You in my arms
  • Heebie jeebies
  • It's a sin to tell a lie
  • Who's sorry now
• Louis Bacon and His Orchestra
  • Zumba
  • Sweet Lorraine
  • Shine
  • Panama
  • Rhythm is our business

107d. Swing Sessions Vol. 4 1937-42, Pathe (F) C054-16024

5. Interlude: The Influence of Jazz on European Composers

The Influence of Jazz on European Composers

108. Jazz-Inspired Piano Compositions: Recorded in Prague June 1972-March 1973, Supraphon (Cz) 1111721/2 (2 LPs)

109. Jazz-Inspired Compositions by Stravinsky: Recorded in Prague, 1973, Supraphon (Cz) 50968

110. Jazz-Inspired Compositions by Martinu: Recorded in Prague, 1972, Supraphon (Cz) 110.1014

111. Milhaud/Weill: Record in New York City, 1973, Nonesuch (A) H 71281

112. Lambert, Bliss, Goossens and Walton: Recorded in London, 1975, HMV (E) ESD7164

6. The Thirties and Swing

The Early 1930s

113. Louis Armstrong in Los Angeles, Parlophone (E) PMC7098, Swaggie (Au) S1265

114. Louis Armstrong: V.S.O.P., Vol. 8, CBS (F) 62750, Columbia (A) JEE22019

115. Satchmo's Greatest, Vol. 1, RCA (F)730.682, Bluebird (A) AZM2-5519

116. Jazz in the Thirties, World Records (E) SHB39 (2 LPs)

117. Benny Goodman: The Early Years, Vol. 2, Sunbeam (A) SB139

118. Featuring Jack Teagarden, MCA (E) MCFM2598

119. Joe Venuti: Nothing But Notes, MCA Coral (G) 622184

120. Ted Lewis's Orchestra, Biograph (A) BLP-C7

121. The Casa Loma Band, Bandstand (A) 7126

122. Riding in Rhythm, World Records (E) SHB42 (2 LPs), Prestige (A) 7643/45

123. Big Bands Uptown, Decca (A) DL79242, MCA (F) 510.070

124. Don Redman, CBS Realm (E) 52539

125. Chick Webb Vol. 1: A Legend 1929-36, MCA (F) 510.014, MCA (A) 1303

126. Fletcher Henderson: A Study in Frustration Vol. 4, CBS (E) BPG62004, Columbia (A) CL1685

127. Fletcher Henderson 1934, Ace of Hearts (E) AH61, MCA (A) 1318

128. Spike Hughes and His All-American Orchestra, Jamine (E) JASM2012, London (A) LL1387

129. Earl Hines 1934-35, Ace of Hearts (E) AH159, MCA (A) 1311

130. Duke Ellington: Daybreak Express, RCA (A) LPV506, RCA (I) LPM34078

131a. The Ellington Era Vol. I Part 2, CBS (E) BPG62179, Columbia (A) CL2047

131b. The Ellington Era Vol. II Part 2, CBS (E) BPG62612, Columbia (A) CL2364

Major Big Bands of the Swing Era

132. Andy Kirk: Walking and Swinging, Affinity (E) AFS1011, Mainstream (A) MRL399

133. Count Basie: The Count Swings Out, Coral (G) 97011LPCM, 2MCA (A) 4050E (2 LPs)

134. Swinging the Blues, Brunswick (G) 87036LPBM, Affinity (E) AFS0101

135a. Lester Young Memorial Vol. 1, Fontana (E) TFL5064, Epic (A) LG3107

135b. Lester Young Memorial Vol. 2, Fontana (E) TFL5065, Epic (A) LN3168

136. Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans: Jump Steady, Affinity (E) AFS1009, MCA (A) 1345

137. Chick Webb: King of Swing 1937-39, MCA (F) 510.020, Decca (A) DL9223, Affinity (E) AFS1007

138a. Jimmy Lunceford: Harlem Shout, MCA (A) 1305

138b. Jimmy Lunceford: For Dancers Only, MCA (A) 1307

139. Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, RCA (E) DPM2026 (2 LPs)

140. Charlie Barnet Vol. 1, RCA (E) RD7965, RCA (A) LPV551

141. Benny Goodman: The Fletcher Henderson Arrangements, RCA (F) 741.044

142. Benny Goodman: The Jimmy Mundy and Edgar Sampson Arrangements, RCA (F) 741.084

143. Benny Goodman: Solid Gold Instrumental Hits, CBS (E) 88130 (2 LPs), 2-Columbia (A) PG33405 (2 LPs)

144. Harry James and His Orchestra 1936-38, The Old Masters (A) TOM36, CBS (F) 88499 (2 LPs)

145. Artie Shaw and His New Music 1936-37, Sunbeam (A) SB207

146. Artie Shaw: Bluebird Recordings Vol. 1, RCA (A)AXM2-5517 (2 LPs), RCA (F) PM43175 (2 LPs)

147. The Indispensable Earl Hines Vols. 1-2, RCA (F) PM42414 (2 LPs), RCA (A) LPV512

148. Sixteen Cab Calloway Classics, CBS (F) 62950, Epic (A) LN3265

149. Benny Carter and His Orchestra 1940-41, RCA (F) 741.073

150. Louis Armstrong: Swing That Music, Coral (E) CP1, MCA (A) 1304 and 1312

151. Louis Armstrong Jazz Classics, Ace of Hearts (E) AH7, Decca (A) DL8284

152a. The Ellington Era Vol. 1 Part 3, CBS (E) BPG62180, Columbia (A) CL2048

152b. The Ellington Era Vol. 2 Part 3, Columbia (A) CL2365, CBS (E) BPG66302 (3 LPs)

153. Duke Ellington 1940, Smithsonian (A) RO13 (2 LPs), RCA (E) 27133/4 (2 LPs)

Recording Units from the Big Bands

154. Allen-Hawkins Orchestra 1933/Henry Allen's Orchestra 1934, Gaps (H) 070

155. Henry Allen, Collector's Classics (D) CC13

156. Putney Dandridge Vol. 3, Rarities (D) 34

157. Lester Young and the Kansas City Five, Stateside (E) SL10002, Mainstream (A) 56012

158. Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet, RCA (F) 730.629, Quintessence (A) QJ25361

159. Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra, CBS Realm (E) 52538, Columbia (A) CL652

160. Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five, RCA (E) LSA3087, RCA (A) LPM1241

161a. Lionel Hampton 1938-39, RCA (F) 730.641

161b. Lionel Hampton 1939-40, RCA (F) 731.048

162. Barney Bigard: Barney Going Easy, Tax (Sd) m-8023

163. Cootie Williams and the Boys from Harlem, Tax (Sd) m-8005

164. Rex Stewart Memorial, CBS Realm (E) 52628

165. Johnny Hodges/Rex Stewart: Things Ain't What They Used to Be, RCA (A) LPV533, RCA (G) LPM533

52nd Street

166. From Chicago to New York: The Greatest of the Small Bands Vol. 4, RCA (F) 741.103

167a. Swing Street Vol. 1, Tax (Sd) m-8026

167b. Swing Street Vol. 2, Tax (Sd) m-8030

167c. Swing Street Vol. 3, Tax (Sd) m-8034

168. Cafe Society Swing and Boogie Woogie, Swingfan (G) 1013

169. Cutting the Boogie: Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie, New World Records (A) NW259

170. Swing Vol. 1, RCA (A) LPV578

171. James P. Johnson: Father of Stride Piano, CBS (E) BPG62090, Columbia (A) CL1780

172. James P. Johnson: New York Jazz, Stinson (A) SLP21

173. Sidney DeParis/James P. Johnson, Blue Note (A) B6506

174. Fats Waller Piano Solos, RCA-Bluebird (A) AXM2-5518 (2 Lps), RCA (I) NL42444

175. Fats Waller Vol. 6 (1930-35), RCA (F) 741.112, Bluebird (A) AXM2-5511

176. Teddy Wilson, CBS (E) 66274 (2 LPs), CBS (J) 66274 (2 LPs)

177. Teddy Wilson, His Piano, His Orchestra, Tax (Sd) m-8032

178. Jess Stacy and Friends, Commodore (A) XFL15358

179. Mary Lou Williams: The Asch Recordings, Folkways (A) FA2966 (2 LPs)

180. Nat King Cole Meets the Master Saxes, Spotlite (E) SPJ136, Phoenix (A) LP5

181a. Art Tatum Piano Solos Vol. 1, MCA (F) 510.081, MCA (A) 2-4112 (2 LPs)

181b. Art Tatum Piano Solos Vol. 2, MCA (F) 510.082, MCA (A) 2-4019 (2 LPs)

182. The Art of Tatum, MCA (F) 510.105, MCA (A) 2-4019 (2 LPs)

183. Art Tatum: God is In the House, Polydor (E) 2344 043, Onyx (A) ORI205

184. Roy Eldridge: Heckler's Hop, Tax (Sd) m-8020

185. Frankie Newton at the Onyx Club, Tax (Sd) m-8017

186. Barney Bigard 1944-45, Storyville (D) SLP807

187. Ed Hall: Celestial Express, Blue Note (A) B6505

188. Ed Hall 1941-47, Queen (I) Q-020

189. Swinging Clarinets, London (E) HMC5005

190. Saxophones 1943-46, Mercury (E) SMWL21026

191. The Big Sounds of Coleman Hawkins and Chew Berry, London (E) HMC5006, Mainstream (A) 6037, 6038

192. The Complete Coleman Hawkins Vol. 1, RCA (F) FMX17325

193. Coleman Hawkins: Swing, Fontana (E) FJL102

194. Coleman Hawkins/Lester Young: Classic Tenors, Stateside (E) SL10117, Contact (A) CM3

195. Coleman Hawkins: Hollywood Stampede, Capitol (E) M11030, Capitol (A) M11030

196. Lester Young: The Complete Savoy Recordings, Savoy (A) SJL2202 (2 LPs)

197. Don Byas 1945, Black and Blue (F) BB33003

198. Stuff Smith 1936, Collectors (Sw) 12-12

199. Red Norvo and His All-Stars, Philips (E) BBL7077, Epic (A) EE22010

200. Mildred Bailey: Her Greatest Performances Vol. 1, CBS (E) BPG62098, CBS (A) JC3L-22

• What kind o' man is you? (1)
• Is that religion? (1)
• Harlem lullaby (1)
• There's a cabin in the pines
• Shouting in that amen corner
• Give me liberty or give me love
• Junk man (1)
• Old Pappy (1)
• Emaline (1)
• Someday, sweetheart (1)
• When day is done (1)
• Willow tree (1)
• Honeysuckle rose (1)
• Squeeze me (1)
• Down-hearted blues (1)
• 'Long about midnight (1)

• Mrs. Swing

  	Disc: 1
  	1. What Kind O' Man Is You? - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	2. Is That Religion? - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	3. Harlem Lullaby - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	4. Lazybones - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	5. But I Can't Make a Man - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	6. Doin' the Uptown Lowdown - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	7. Heat Wave - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	8. Junk Man - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	9. Ol' Pappy - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	10. Emaline - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	11. I'd Love to Take Orders From You - Mildred Bailey & Her Swing Band 	 
  	12. I'd Rather Listen to Your Eyes - Mildred Bailey & Her Swing Band 	 
  	13. Someday Sweetheart - Mildred Bailey & Her Swing Band 	  	 
  	14. When Day Is Done - Mildred Bailey & Her Swing Band 	  	 
  	15. Willow Tree - Mildred Bailey & Her Alley Cats 	  	 
  	16. Honeysuckle Rose - Mildred Bailey & Her Alley Cats 	  	 
  	17. Squeeze Me - Mildred Bailey & Her Alley Cats 	  	 
  	18. Downhearted Blues - Mildred Bailey & Her Alley Cats 	  	 
  	19. Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	20. Picture Me Without You - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	21. Now That Summer Is Gone - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	22. For Sentimental Reasons - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	23. It's Love I'm After - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	24. 'Long About Midnight - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	 
  	
  	Disc: 2
  	1. More Than You Know - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	2. Thousand Dreams of You - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	3. Smoke Dreams - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	4. Slumming on Park Avenue - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	5. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	6. My Last Affair - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	7. Trust in Me - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	8. Where Are You? - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	9. You're Laughing at Me - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	10. Never in a Million Years - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	11. There's a Lull in My Life - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	12. Rockin' Chair - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	13. If You Should Ever Leave - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	14. Moon Got in My Eyes - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	15. Heaven Help This Heart of Mine - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  
  	16. It's the Natural Thing to Do - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  
  	17. Posin' - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	18. Bob White (Watcha Gonna Swing Tonight) - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 
  	19. I See Your Face Before Me - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	20. Thanks for the Memory - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	21. Lover, Come Back to Me - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	22. Always and Always - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	23. I Was Doing Alright - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	24. It's Wonderful - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	25. Our Love Is Here to Stay - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	
  	Disc: 3
  	1. Weekend of a Private Secretary - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	2. Please Be Kind - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	3. Bewildered - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	4. I Can't Face the Music - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	5. Don't Be That Way - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	6. At Your Beck and Call - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	7. Says My Heart - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	8. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	   
  	9. Rock It for Me - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	10. If You Were in My Place - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	11. (I've Been) Savin' Myself for You - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	12. You Leave Me Breathless - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	13. Washboard Blues - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	14. My Melancholy Baby - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	15. So Help Me - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	16. Small Fry - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	17. As Long as You Live (You'll Be Dead If You Die) - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	18. Put Your Heart in a Song - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	19. Sunny Side of Things - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	20. Garden of the Moon - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	21. Love Is Where You Find It - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	22. I Used to Be Color Blind - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	23. This Is Madness (To Love Like This) - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	24. My Reverie - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	25. What Have You Got That Gets Me? - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	   
  	26. Old Folks - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	
  	Disc: 4
  	1. Have You Forgotten So Soon? - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	   
  	2. They Say - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	3. Blame It on My Last Affair - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	4. St. Louis Blues - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	5. Begin the Beguine - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	6. Cuckoo in the Clock - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	7. There'll Never Be Another You - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	8. 'Taint What You Do - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	9. There'll Be Some Changes Made - Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys 	   
  	10. Gulf Coast Blues - Mildred Bailey & Her Oxford Greys 	  	 
  	11. Prisoner of Love - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	12. Lamp Is Low - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	13. Moon Love - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	14. Ghost of a Chance - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	  	 
  	15. You're the Moment in My Life - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 	   
  	16. I Thought About You - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	17. Bluebirds in the Moonlight - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	18. Darn That Dream - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	19. Peace, Brother! - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	20. All the Things You Are - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	21. Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	22. Give Me Time - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	23. Don't Take Your Love From Me - Mildred Bailey 	  	 
  	24. Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry - Mildred Bailey 	  	
  	25. I'll Be Around - Mildred Bailey
  

201. Connie Boswell and the Boswell Sisters, Jazum (A) 31

• Collection 1

  	1. Wha'd Ja Do to Me? 	  	 
  	2. When I Take My Sugar to Tea 	  	 
  	3. Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On 	  	 
  	4. Shout, Sister, Shout 	  	 
  	5. Sing a Little Jingle 	  	 
  	6. I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store) 	   
  	7. It's the Girl 	  	 
  	8. It's You 	  	 
  	9. Makin' Faces at the Man in the Moon 	  	 
  	10. I Can't Write the Words 	  	 
  	11. Shine on Harvest Moon 	  	 
  	12. Heebie Jeebies 	  	 
  	13. River, Stay 'Way from My Door 	  	 
  	14. Evening in Caroline 	  	 
  	15. Nothing Is Sweeter Than You 	  	 
  	16. I Thank You Mister Moon 	  	 
  	17. Was That the Human Thing to Do? 	  	 
  	18. Put That Sun Back in the Sky 	  	 
  	19. Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon 	  	 
  	20. Everybody Loves My Baby 	  	 
  	21. There'll Be Some Changes Made 	  	 
  	22. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 	  	 
  	23. If It Ain't Love 	  	 
  	24. Got the South in My Soul
  

• Collection 2

  	1. Nights When I'm Lonely
  	2. We're on the Highway to Heaven 
  	3. That's What I Like About You 
  	4. My Future Just Passed
  	5. Heebie Jeebies 
  	6. Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy 	  	 
  	7. Don't Tell Him What Happened to Me 	  	 
  	8. I Surrender, Dear 	  	 
  	9. Stardust 	  	 
  	10. Sing a Little Jingle 	  	 
  	11. Gems from George White's Scandals, Pt. 1-2: Life Is Just a Bowl of Cher  
  	12. (We've Got To) Put That Sun Back in the Sky 	  	 
  	13. Was That the Human Thing to Do? 	  	 
  	14. California Medley, Pt. 1: California, Here I Come/Golden Gate/Hello, Fr  
  	15. California Medley, Pt. 2: Hail, Stanford, Hail! /Avalon/Avalon Town/Whi  
  	16. Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long 	  	 
  	17. "O.K. America! " Medley, Pt. 2: My Romance/The Old Man of the Mountain 	
  	18. "O.K. America! " Medley, Pt. 1: She Was Just a Tarter's Darter/Love Me
  

• Collection 3

  	1. Was That the Human Thing to Do?
  	2. California Medley, Pt. 2: Hail, Stanford, Hail/Avalon/Avalon Town/Whisp 
  	3. Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long 	
  	4. O.K., America! Medley, Pt. 2: My Romance/Old Man of the Mountain 
  	5. O.K., America! Medley, Pt. 1: She Was Just a Tarter's Daughter/Love Me 
  	6. Doggone, I've Done It (I've Fallen in Love) 	  	 
  	7. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane 	  	 
  	8. Old Yazoo 	  	 
  	9. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye 	  	 
  	10. Sleep, Come on and Take Me 	  	 
  	11. Down Among the Sheltering Palms 	  	 
  	12. Down on the Delta 	  	 
  	13. Charlie Two-Step 	  	 
  	14. Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia 	  	 
  	15. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 	  	 
  	16. Louisiana Hayride 	  	 
  	17. Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day 	  	 
  	18. Crazy People 	  	 
  	19. Mood Indigo 	  	 
  	20. 42nd Street 	  	 
  	21. Shuffle off to Buffalo
  

• Collection 4

  	1. Calfirnia Medle, Pt.2 - The Boswell Sisters 	  	 
  	2. O.K. America, Pt.2 - The Boswell Sisters 
  	3. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye - Martha Boswell
  	4. Sleep, Come on and Take Me - Martha Boswell 	
  	5. Down Among the Sheltering Palms - Martha Boswell 	
  	6. Mood Indigo - Martha Boswell 	
  	7. Forty-Second Street - Martha Boswell 	  	 
  	8. Gold Digeers' Song - Martha Boswell 	  	 
  	9. It's Sunda Down in Caroline - Martha Boswell 	  	 
  	10. Puttin' It On - Martha Boswell 	  	 
  	11. Swanee Mammy - Martha Boswell 	  	 
  	12. Sophisticated Lady - Martha Boswell 	  	 
  	13. That's How Rhythm Was Bornwhiting/Schwartz/Johnson - Martha Boswell  
  	14. Song of Surrender - Martha Boswell 	  	 
  	15. Coffee in the Morning, Kisses in the Night - Martha Boswell 	  
  	16. You Oughta Be in Pictures 	  	 
  	17. I Hate Myself (For Being So Mean to You) 	  	 
  	18. Goin' Home - The Boswell Sisters 	  	 
  	19. Lonesome Road - The Boswell Sisters 	  	 
  	20. Rock and Roll - The Boswell Sisters 	  	 
  	21. If I Had a Million Dollars - The Boswell Sisters 	  	 
  	22. Object of My Affection - The Boswell Sisters 	  	 
  	23. It's Written All Over Your Face - The Boswell Sisters 	  	 
  	24. Dinah 3:00 - The Boswell Sisters
  

• Collection 5

  	1. O.K. America
  	2. Coffee in the Morning, Kisses in the Night 	
  	3. Alexander's Ragtime Band 
  	4. Darktown Strutters' Ball 	
  	5. Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong 	
  	6. Why Don't You Practice What You Preach? 	  	 
  	7. If I Had a Million Dollars 	  	 
  	8. Object of My Affection 	  	 
  	9. It's Written All Over Your Face 	  	 
  	10. Dinah 	  	 
  	11. Way Back Home 	  	 
  	12. Every Little Moment 	  	 
  	13. Travelin' All Alone 	  	 
  	14. St. Louis Blues 	  	 
  	15. Fare Thee Well, Annabelle 	  	 
  	16. Lullaby of Broadway 	  	 
  	17. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails 	  	 
  	18. Cheek to Cheek 	  	 
  	19. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 	  	 
  	20. Music Goes 'Round and Around 	  	 
  	21. Let Yourself Go 	  	 
  	22. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
  

202. Lee Wiley Sings Rodgers and Hart and Harold Arlen, Ember (E) COS829, Monmouth-Evergreen (A) ME6807

• AMG bio

203. Ella Fitzgerald: Ella and Ellis, MCA (E) MCL1775, MCA (A) 215 and Decca (A) DL8068

• Looking for a boy
• My one and only
• How long has this been going on?
• I've got a crush on you
• But not for me
• Soon
• Someone to watch over me
• Maybe
• I'm glad there is you
• Baby, what more can I do?
• What is there to say?
• Making whoopee
• Until the real thing comes along
• People will say we're in love
• Please be kind
• Imagination
• My heart belongs to daddy
• You leave me breathless
• Nice work if you can get it
• Stardust

204. Billie Holiday: The Golden Years Vol. 1, CBS (E) BPG62037/9 (3 LPs), CBS (A) C3L-21 (3 LPs)

205. Billie Holiday: The Golden Years Vol. 2, CBS (E) BPG62814/6 (3 LPs), CBS (A) 66301 (3 LPs)

Swing Continues

206. Bobby Hackett-Jack Teagarden: Jazz Ultimate, Capitol (E) T933, Capitol (A) T933

207. The Very Great Henry 'Red' Allen Vol. 2, Rarities (D) 24, RCA (E) RD27045

208. Claude Hopkins: Let's Jam!, Fontana (E) 688405ZL, Swingsville (A) SVLP2020

• Offbeat blues
• Safari stomp
• Late evening
• The way you look tonight
• I apologize
• I surrender, dear
• I would do anything for you

209. Swinging with Pee Wee Russell, Fontana (E) 688403ZL, Swingsville (A) SVLP2008

210. Jo Jones Special, Vanguard (E) PPL11002, Vanguard (A) VRS8503

211. Gene Krupa/Lionel Hampton/Teddy Wilson, Verve (F) 2304 482, Columbia (E) 33SX10027

212. Prez and Teddy, Verve (E) 2683 025 (2 LPs), Verve (A) 2-2502 (2 LPs)

213. Mel Powell-Ruby Braff: Thigamajig, Vanguard (E) PPL11000, Vanguard (A) VRS8502

214. Benny Carter: Further Definitions, Jasmine (E) JAS14, Impulse (A) S12

215. Coleman Hawkins: Shelly Manne 2,3,4, HMV (E) CLP1625, Impulse (A) S20

216. The Elegant Piano Stylings of Herman Chittison (4/22/1962), 88 Upright (Sw) 88UR-006, L'Elegant (A) LE1000

• That's all
• Little girl blues
• It's easy to remember
• Smoke gets in your eyes
• Drop me off at Harlem
• The touch of your lips
• Tangerine
• My funny valentine
• Why?
• Dancing on the ceiling

217a. The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol. 6, Pablo (E) 2310 791, Pablo (A) 2310 791

217b. The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol. 9, Pablo (E) 2310 808, Pablo (A) 2310 835

218. Art Tatum-Buddy DeFranco Quartet, Pablo (E) 2310 736, Pablo (A) 2310 736

219a. Art Tatum-Benny Carter Trio Vol. 1, Pablo (E) 2310 732, Pablo (A) 2310 732

219b. Art Tatum-Benny Carter Trio Vol. 2, Pablo (E) 2310 733, Pablo (A) 2310 733

220. Earl Hines: Quintessential Recording Session, Chiaroscuro (A) CR101

221. Earl Hines: Tour de Force, Black Lion (E) BLP30143, Black Lion (A) 2460 200

222. Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder, CBS Realm (E) 52421, Columbia (A) JCL1033

223. Duke Ellington: Money Jungle, United Artists (E) ULP 1039, Blue Note (A) BNP25113

224. Duke Ellington: New Orleans Suite, Atlantic (E) 2400 135, Atlantic (A) 1580

7. Against the Current: Traditional Survivals and Revivals

225. Bechet of New Orleans, RCA (E) RD7696, RCA (A) LPV510

226. The Blue Bechet, RCA (E) RD7854, RCA (A) LPV535

227. Sidney Bechet: In Memoriam, Ember (E) EMB3330, Riverside (A) RLP12-138

228. Tommy Ladnier - Mezz Mezzrow/Frank Newton: The Panassie Sessions, RCA (E) RD7887, RCA (A) LPV542

• Revolutionary blues
• Coming on with the come-on
• Jada
• Really the blues
• When you and I were young, Maggie
• Weary blues
• Royal Garden blues
• Everybody loves my baby
• I ain't gonna give nobody none of this jelly roll
• If you see me coming
• Getting together (2 takes)
• Rosetta
• The world is waiting for the sunrise
• Who?

• World is Waiting for the Sunrise: Panassie Sessions

  	1. Ja-Da 	  	 
  	2. Really The Blues 	  	 
  	3. When You And I Were Young Maggie 	  	 
  	4. Weary Blues 	  	 
  	5. Royal Garden Blues 	  	 
  	6. Everybody Loves My Baby 	  	 
  	7. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' My Jelly- Roll 	  	 
  	8. If You See Me Comin' 	  	 
  	9. Getting' Together 	  	 
  	10. Revolutionary Blues 	  	 
  	11. Comin' On With The Come On 	  	 
  	12. Rosetta 	  	 
  	13. Minor Jive 	  	 
  	14. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 	  	 
  	15. Who 	  	 
  	16. The Blues My Baby Gave To Me 	  	 
  	17. Rompin'
  

• Legendary New Orleans Trumpet Story 1923-1939 - Tommy Ladnier

  	1. Really the Blues 
  	2. Weary Blues 	Listen 
  	3. Royal Garden Blues 	
  	4. Everybody Loves My Baby 	
  	5. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll
  	6. If You See Me Comin' 	  	 
  	7. Gettin' Together 	  	 
  	8. Double Crossin' Papa 	  	 
  	9. Play That Thing 	  	 
  	10. Bad Luck Blues - Ma Rainey 	  	 
  	11. Mojo Blues - Lovie Austin 	  	 
  	12. Dyin' by the Hour - Bessie Smith 	  	 
  	13. Foolish Man Blues - Bessie Smith 	  	 
  	14. Chant - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra 	  	 
  	15. Snag It - The Dixie Stompers 	  	 
  	16. Wang Wang Blues - The Dixie Stompers 	  	 
  	17. St. Louis Shuffle - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra 	  	 
  	18. Senegalese Stomp - Clarence Williams' Blue Seven 	  	 
  	19. Sweetie Dear - The New Orleans Feetwarmers
  

229. Jimmy Noone: 1937-41, Swaggie (Au) S1226

230. Henry Allen/Louis Armstrong/Johnny Dodds: New Orleans Jazz, Brunswick (E) LAT8146

231. Eddie Condon/Bud Freeman: Home Cooking, Tax (Sd) m-8019

232. Eddie Condon/Bud Freeman: The Commodore Years, Atlantic (A) SD2-309 (2 LPs), London (E) DHMC1/2 (2 LPs)

233. Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang, Vol. 1, The Old Masters (A) TOM37

234. Eddie Condon/Jimmy McPartland/George Wettling: Chicago Jazz, Coral (E) CP38, Decca (A) DL8029

235. Muggsy Spanier: The Great Sixteen, RCA (E) RD27132, Quintessence (A) QJ25341

236a. Bob Crosby: Come on and Hear, Vol. 1, Coral (E) CP109, MCA (A) 2-4083E (2 LPs)

236b. Bob Crosby: Come on and Hear, Vol. 2, Coral (E) CP110, MCA (A) 2-4083E (2 LPs)

• His Orchestra and Bob Cats - Bob Crosby

  	1. Gin Mill Blues
  	2. Squeeze Me 	
  	3. Little Rock Getaway 	
  	4. Fidgety Feet 
  	5. You're Driving Me Crazy 	
  	6. Coquette 	  	 
  	7. Who's Sorry Now? 	  	 
  	8. Dogtown Blues 	  	 
  	9. South Rampart Street Parade 	  	 
  	10. Wolverine Blues 	  	 
  	11. Yancey Special - Bob Crosby Orchestra 	  	 
  	12. March of the Bob Cats 	  	 
  	13. Big Crash from China 	  	 
  	14. Big Foot Jump 	  	 
  	15. Five Point Blues 	  	 
  	16. I Hear You Talking 	  	 
  	17. Big Noise from Winnetka 	  	 
  	18. Honky Tonk Train Blues 	  	 
  	19. Swingin' at the Sugar Bowl 	  	 
  	20. Diga Diga Doo 	  	 
  	21. Skaters' Waltz in Swingtime - 	  	 
  	22. Stomp Off and Let's Go
  

237. Willie "The Lion" Smith, Commodore (A) XFL15775

238. Luckey Roberts/Willie "The Lion" Smith: Luckey and "The Lion": Harlem Piano, Good Time Jazz (E) LAG12256, Good Time Jazz (A) S10035

239. Jimmy McPartland/Bobby Hackett: Shades of Bix, MCA (A) 2-4110 (2 LPs)

240. Louis Armstrong-Jack Teagarden: Midnight at V-Disc, Pumpkin (A) 103

241. Town Hall Concert Plus, RCA (E) RD7659, RCA (A) LPM1443

242a. Sidney Bechet Jazz Classics, Vol. 1, Blue Note (A) BLP1201

242b. Sidney Bechet Jazz Classics, Vol. 2, Blue Note (A) BLP1202

243. Really the Blues, Vogue (E) LAE12017

244. Refreshing Tracks, Vol. 2, Vogue (E) VJD552 (2 LPs)

245. Sidney Bechet Has Young Ideas, Swing (F) LDM30065, Inner City (A) 7008

8. The Transition to Modern Jazz

This selection is necessarily incomplete and may even appear random, because it marks the beginning of a new phase in the music. On such occasions the early signs are isolated, seemingly inconclusive. Their coming together and the consequences of their doing so form the substance of Volume 2.

246. The Changing Face of Harlem, Vol. 1, Savoy (A) SJL2208 (2 LPs)

• Honeysuckle rose - Ben Webster Quartet
• I surrender, dear - Ben Webster Quartet
• Blue skies - Ben Webster Quartet
• Dance of the tambourine - Hot Lips Page and His Hot Seven
• Uncle Sam's blues - Hot Lips Page and His Hot Seven
• Paging Mr. Page - Hot Lips Page and His Hot Seven
• I keep rolling on - Hot Lips Page and His Hot Seven
• Bye bye - Miss Rhapsody
• My lucky day - Miss Rhapsody
• Hey, lawdy mama - Miss Rhapsody
• Grooving the blues - Miss Rhapsody
• Ooh-wee - Pete Brown Quintet
• Bellevue for you - Pete Brown Quintet
• Pete Brown's boogie - Pete Brown Quintet
• Mopping the blues - Pete Brown Quintet
• I got what it takes - Hot Lips Page Band
• Good for stomping - Hot Lips Page Band
• Lips' blues - Hot Lips Page Band
• Blooey - Hot Lips Page Band
• I'll always love you just the same - Tiny Grimes Quintet
• Romance without finance is a nuisance - Tiny Grimes Quintet
• Twilight in Teheran - Buck Ram All-Stars
• Morning mist - Buck Ram All-Stars
• Swing Street - Buck Ram All-Stars
• Ram session - Buck Ram All-Stars
• Grooving with Grimes - Tiny Grimes Quartet
• Smack that mess - Clyde Hart Band
• Dee Dee's dance - Clyde Hart Band
• Little Benny - Clyde Hart Band
• Shoot the arrow to me, Cupid - Clyde Hart Band
• Run down - Herbie Fields Quartet
• Nuts to notes - Herbie Fields Quartet

247. Red Norvo: The Savoy Sessions, Savoy (A) SJL2212 (2 LPs)

248. Jazz of the Forties: Swing into Bop, Capitol (E) T20579

• Love for sale - Benny Carter and His Orchestra
• I never knew - Big Sid Catlett's Band
• Just you, just me - Big Sid Catlett's Band
• Sometimes I'm happy - Al Casey's Sextet
• How high the moon? - Al Casey's Sextet
• You can depend on me - Capitol International Jazzmen
• Riffmarole - Capitol International Jazzmen
• If I could be with you one hour tonight - Capitol International Jazzmen
• Bop! - Red Norvo Ensemble
• Swedish pastry - Stan Hasselgard Sextet
• Leap here - Metronome All-Stars
• Metronome riff - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra with the Metronome All-Stars

249. Swing Street Vol. 4, Columbia (E) 33SX1521, Columbia (A) 4-JSN6042

• That thing - Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra
• Okey-doke - Noble Sissle's Swingsters
• Characteristic blues - Nobe Sissle's Swingsters
• Cherry red - Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys
• Baby, look at you - Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys
• Beat me daddy, eight to the bar - Will Bradley and His Orchestra
• Serenade to a sleeping beauty - Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra
• Rocky comfort - Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra
• I hear music - Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
• Practice makes perfect - Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
• Five o'clock whistle - Count Basie and His Orchestra
• Love jumped out - Count Basie and His Orchestra
• I can't get started - Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Star Quintet
• Good bait - Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Star Quintet
• At the woodchopper's ball - Woody Herman and His Orchestra
• Walking in a daze - Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra

250. Charlie Parker: Early Bird, Spotlite (E) SPJ120, Onyx (A) OR1221

• I've found a new baby
• Body and soul
• Moten swing
• Coquette
• Lady, be good
• Blues
• Honeysuckle rose
• Cherokee
• You say forward, I'll march
• Lonely boy blues
• Vine Street boogie
• Jump the blues
• One o'clock jump (2 versions)
• Bottle it
• Sweet Georgia Brown
• Wrap your troubles in dreams

Volume 2: Modernism to Postmodernism

The Swing to Bop

Heralds and Collaborators

251. Charlie Christian: The Harlem Jazz Scene, Musidisc (F) 33JA5122, Archive of Folk and Jazz Music (A) 219, Jazz Anthology (F) 550012

252. Lester Young: The Complete Aladdin Sessions, Blue Note (A) BN-LA456-H2 (2 LPs)

• These foolish things
• D. B. blues
• Lester blows again
• Jumpin' at Mesner's
• After you've gone
• It's only a paper moon
• Lover, come back to me
• Jammin' with Lester
• You're driving me crazy
• The new Lester leaps in
• Lester's be-bop boogie
• She's funny that way
• Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
• On the sunny side of the street
• No eyes blues
• Sunday
• S. M. blues
• Sax-o-be-bop
• Jumpin' at the Woodside
• Easy does it
• I'm confessin'
• Movin' with Lester
• Just coolin'
• Lester smooths it out
• East of the sun
• Sheik of Araby
• Something to remember you by

253. Coleman Hawkins: Bean and the Boys, Prestige (A) PR7824

254a. Art Tatum: The Complete Capitol Recordings Vol. 1, EMI/Capitol (E) CDP792.866-2

254b. Art Tatum: The Complete Capitol Recordings Vol. 2, EMI/Capitol (E) CDP792.867-2

255. Red Norvo: Fabulous Jam Session, Spotlite (E) SPJCD127, Stash (A) STB2514

Charlie Parker and the Emergence of Modern Jazz

256a. Dizzy Gillespie: Groovin' High Vol. 1, Musicraft (A) MV2009, Musicraft (A) CDMVSCD53

256b. Dizzy Gillespie: One Bass Hit Vol. 2, Musicraft (A) MV2010

257. Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions, Savoy (A) CD2DS5500 (4 CDs)

258. Charlie Parker: The Complete Dial Sessions, Spotlite (E) SPJCD101, Stash (A) STCD567-70 (4 CDs)

259. Fats Navarro: Fat Girl, Savoy (A) SJL2216 (2 LPs), Savoy (Eu) 650.115, 650.150

260. The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings of Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron, EMI/Blue Note (E) CDP7243 8 33373 2 3 (2 CDs)

261. Bud Powell: The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings, EMI/Blue Note (E) CDP7243 8 30083 2 2

262. Howard McGhee: Trumpet at Tempo, Spotlite (E) SPJ131

263. Erroll Garner: Play, Piano, Play, Spotlite (E) SPJ129

Bop Takes Over

264. Charlie Parker: The Apartment Sessions, Spotlite (E) SPJ146

265. Charlie Parker: Quintessential Jazz at Massey Hall, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD044-2

266a. Charlie Parker: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve Vol. 4, Verve (A) 837146-2

266b. Charlie Parker: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve Vol. 6, Verve (A) 837149-2

267. Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCD 009-2

268. Wardell Gray: Easy Swing, Swingtime (D) STD1032 (2 LPs), Swingtime (D) STDCD1

269a. J. J. Johnson: The Eminent J. J. Johnson Vol. 1, Blue Note (A) BST81505, Blue Note (Eu) CDP781 505-2

269b. J. J. Johnson: The Eminent J. J. Johnson Vol. 2, Blue Note (A) BST81506, Blue Note (Eu) CDP781 506-2

270. Clifford Brown: The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings, Mosaic (A) MR5-104 (5 LPs)

271. Miles Davis: Walkin', Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD296-2, Prestige (Eu) CDRIVM004

• Solar
• Love me or leave me
• You don't know what love is
• Blue 'n' boogie
• Walkin'

272. Miles Davis: The Modern Jazz Giants, Prestige (A) PR7650, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD347-2

• Bags' groove (2 versions)
• Bemsha swing
• Swing spring
• The man I love (2 versions)

• AMG bio

274. George Wallington: George Wallington Trios, Prestige (A) PR7587, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD1754-2

• AMG bio

275. Frank Rosolino: Frank Rosolino, Affinity (E) AFF61, Capitol (A) T6507

• AMG bio

276. Herb Geller: The Herb Geller Sextet, Trip (A) TLP5539

• AMG bio

277. Lucky Thompson: Dancing Sunbeam, Impulse (A) AS9307-2, HMV (E) CLP1237

• AMG bio

278. Curtis Counce: Counceltation, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD159-2, Vogue (E) LAE12133

• AMG bio

279. Art Farmer: Portrait of Art Farmer, Contemporary (A) VDJ 1627

280. Tadd Dameron: Fontainebleau, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD055-2, Esquire (E) 32-034

Bop Hardens

Certain aspects of bop were intensified at the expense of others and in general the music became darker, earthier, more overtly hard-driving, with a more explicit emphasis on blues.

281. Thad Jones: The Magnificent Thad Jones, Blue Note (Eu) CDP746 814-2

• April in Paris
• Billie-doo
• If I love again
• Thedia
• If someone had told me
• I've got a crush on you
• Something to remember you by

282. Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus and More, Prestige (A) HB6013 (2 LPs), Prestige (A) VDJ1501

283. Johnny Griffin: Introducing Johnny Griffin, Blue Note (A) B21Y46536, Blue Note (A) BST81533

284. Hampton Hawes: Four!, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD165-2, Boplicity (E) COP22

285. Sonny Clark: Cool Struttin', Blue Note (E) CDP746 513-2, Blue Note (A) BST81588

286. Sonny Rollins: Newk's Time, Blue Note (E) CDP784 001-2, Blue Note (A) BST84001

287. J. R. Monterose: Straight Ahead, Xanadu (A) 32DIW303CD, Fresh Sounds (Sp) FSRCD201

• AMG bio
• AMG review

288. Duke Jordan: Flight to Jordan, Savoy (A) 650 118, Savoy (A) MG12149

289. Max Roach: Conversations, Milestone (A) M47061 (2 LPs)

290. Elmo Hope: Elmo Hope Trio, Contemporary (A) S7620, Fresh Sounds (Sp) FSRCD74

• AMG bio
• AMG review

291. Harold Land: The Fox, Contemporary (A) S7619, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD343-2

• AMG bio
• AMG review

Alternatives to Bop

Thelonious Monk

292. Thelonious Monk: The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk, EMI/Blue Note CDP7243 8 30363 2 5 (4 CDs)

Lennie Tristano and His School

293. Lennie Tristano/Buddy DeFranco: Crosscurrents, Capitol (H) 5CO52 80 853

294. Lennie Tristano: Requiem, Atlantic (Eu) 8122715952 (2 CDs), Atlantic (A) SD2-7003 (2 LPs)

295. Lee Konitz: Very Cool, Verve (A) MGV8209, Verve (F) 2304 344

296. Warne Marsh: Star Highs, Criss Cross (H) 1002, Criss Cross (H) 1002CD

Cool Jazz

297. Stan Getz/Zoot Sims/Brew Moore/Serge Chaloff, Allen Eager: Brothers and Other Mothers, Savoy (A) SJL2210 (2 LPs)

298. Lee Konitz/Miles Davis/Teddy Charles/Jimmy Raney: Ezz-thetic, Prestige (A) PR7827, Xtra (E) 5004

299. Stan Getz: The Complete Recordings of the Stan Getz Quintet, Mosaic (A) MR4-131 (4 LPs), MD3-131 (3 CDs)

300. Gerry Mulligan: The Complete Pacific Jazz and Capitol Records of the Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentette with Chet Baker, Mosaic (A) MR-5 102 (5 LPs)

301. Tal Farlow: Autumn in New York, Verve (A) MGV8184

• "When guitarist Tal Farlow died in July, 1998, at the age of 77, he left behind an unmatched legacy of jazz guitar music. He began his career as a contemporary of the centuries' most recognized and influential jazz guitarists and quickly rose to a pre-eminent position among them. A sign painter by trade, Tal Farlow took up the guitar after hearing Charlie Christian on the radio. He was so impressed with Christian's playing that he went out and bought a fourteen dollar guitar. He taught himself how to play by learning all of Charlie Christian's solos off Benny Goodman records. That was in North Carolina in the late 1930's. In the 1940's Tal Farlow was in New York beginning to influence and capture the imaginations of jazz guitarists and jazz fans with his unique sound and style. He made a number of recordings with Buddy deFranco and Red Norvo before making a series of recordings under his own name in the 1950's. These recordings include "Tal", "This is Tal Farlow", "The Tal Farlow Album" and "Autumn in New York". It was this series of recordings that established Tal Farlow as one of the greatest jazz guitarist of all time. Most of these early recordings remain on vinyl only and most of these are in the hands of collectors. So,it is a real treat when a Tal Farlow album is reissued. "Autumn in New York", contains all the elements of the Tal Farlow sound; clearly articulated lines played throughout the range of the guitar, chromatic chords, complex solos that frequently quote other songs, speed, and that special tone that is immediately recognized as Tal Farlow. All of these elements are heard in "Strike Up The Band". The title song is played in an introspective ballad style. It begins with a chord melody solo that demonstrates the unusual chord forms that mark Farlow's playing. When the rest of the band joins in Farlow restates the melody in a single line style and then moves into a typically complex and flowing Tal Farlow improvisation. This one tune is worth the price of admission, but continue listening. Two selections are Tal Farlow originals; "And She Remembers Me", and "Tal's Blues". The balance are standards that carry the special Tal Farlow mark. Rodgers and Hart get ample representation here with "I'd Like To Recognize The Tune", "Little Girl Blue" and "Have You Met Miss Jones". The vinyl version of this session ends with the romping rendition of the Ray Noble classic "Cherokee". If you'd like to know what kind of music a great jazz guitarist was making in the 1950's this CD is a good place to start. If you'd like to know why guitarists today (young and old) acknowledge a debt to Tal Farlow, this CD is a must. After more than 40 years this music doesn't just hold up, it continues to set a standard for great jazz guitar." - Amazon

302. Jim Hall: Jazz Guitar, EMI/Pacific Jazz (E) CDP746 851-2, Pacific Jazz (A) PJ1227

303. Jack Montrose: Jack Montrose with Bob Gordon, London (E) LTZ-K15043, Atlantic (A) LP1223

• AMG bio

304. Al Cohn: The Jazz Workshop - Four Brass, One Tenor, RCA-Victor (A) LPM1161, RCA (F) PM45164

• AMG bio
• AMG review
• Al Cohn and Zoot Sims Duet - Les Tomkins (1965)
• Back to That Applause - Les Tomkins (1982)

305. Cy Touff: Octet and Quintet, Pacific Jazz (A) PJ1211, Fresh Sounds (Sp) 240265-1

• AMG bio
• AMG review

306. Lars Gullin: Danny's Dream and Manchester Fog, Dragon (Sd) DRLP181

• AMG bio
• AMG review

307. John Lewis: The John Lewis Piano, Atlantic (A) 1272

• D & E
• The bad and the beautiful
• It never entered my mind
• Little girl blue
• Warmland
• Two lyric pieces (Pierrot, Colombine)
• Harlequin

308. John Graas: Coup de Graas, EmArcy (A) MG36117

• AMG bio

309. Lennie Niehaus: Vol. 1: The Quintets, Contemporary (A) C3518

• AMG bio
• AMG review

310. Serge Chaloff: Blue Serge, Capital (A) T742, Capital (E) 494 505-2 and disc 4 of Mosaic (A) MD4-147

311. Dave Brubeck: Dave Brubeck's All-Time Greatest Hits, CBS (E) 68288 (2 LPs), CBS (A) PG32761 (2 LPs)

The Big Band Survives

312a. Woody Herman: The Thundering Herd Vol. 1, CBS (E) BPG62158, Columbia (A) C3L25 (3 LPs)

312b. Woody Herman: The Thundering Herd Vol. 2, CBS (E) BPG62159, Columbia (A) C3L25 (3 LPs)

312c. Woody Herman: The Thundering Herd Vol. 3, CBS (E) BPG62160, Columbia (A) C3L25 (3 LPs)

313a. Stan Kenton: A Concert in Progressive Jazz, Creative World (A) ST1037

313b. Stan Kenton: New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm, Capitol (Eu) CDP792 865-2, Creative World (A) ST1002

314. Boyd Raeburn: Jewells, Savoy (A) SJL2250 (2 LPs)

• AMG bio

315. Dizzy Gillespie: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, RCA-Victor (A) 07863 66528 2

316. Machito and his Afro-Cuban Orchestra: Mucho Macho, Pablo (A) PACD 2625 712 2

317. Don Ellis: Electric Bath, Columbia (F) COL 472620-2

318. Toshiko Akiyoshi: Road Time, RCA Victor (A) CPL2-2242

319. Sun Ra: Sunrise in Different Dimensions, Hat Hut (Sw) 6099

320. Willem Breuker: Willem Breuker Kollktief in Holland, Bvhaast (H) 041/2 (2 LPs)

321. Bill Russo: The Seven Deadly Sins, Roulette (A) S52063

• Jazzhouse bio

322. Kenny Wheeler/John Dankworth: Windmill Tilter, Fontana (E) STL5494

323. Martial Solal: Martial Solal Big Band, Dreyfus (F) 849 230-2, Cy (F) 733 617

324. George Russell: The Essence of George Russell, Concept (A) CR004/5 (2 LPs), Soul Note (It) 121 044

325. Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra: Evanescence, Enja (G) ENJ 8042 2

• AMG bio
• AMG review

Some Singers

326. Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings the Tivoli (Complete Version), EmArcy (J) 832 788-2 (2 CDs)

327. Chris Connor: A Jazz Date with Chris Connor, Rhino-Atlantic (A) R271747

328. Anita O'Day: The Big Band Sessions, Verve (A) VE2-2534 (2 LPs), Verve (E) 2632 083 (2 LPs)

329. June Christy: The Best Thing for You, Affinity (E) AFF145, Capital (E) CDP796 329-2

330. Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila, Blue Note (A) CDP 7 89002 2

331. Mel Torme: Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley, Verve (A) MGV2132, Verve (E) 2304 235

332. Betty Carter: The Audience with Betty Carter, Verve (A) 835684-2

333. Cassandra Wilson: Songbook, JMT (G) 514026-2

Consolidations and Developments

Other Currents

New Textures

375. Claude Thornhill: The Real Birth of the Cool, CBS/Sony (J) 25DP5321, CBS/Sony (J) SOPC57104, Affinity (E) AFSD1040 (2 LPs)

376. Miles Davis: The Complete Birth of the Cool, Capitol (E) CDP793 862-2

377. Johnny Richards: Annotations of the Muses, Legende (A) LP1401

378. Teddy Charles: Tentet, Atlantic (A) 790 983-1, Atlantic (A) 790 983-2

379. Hal McKusick: The Jazz Workshop, RCA-Victor (A) LPM1366, RCA/Bluebird (Eu) ND86471

380. George Russell: The Jazz Workshop, RCA-Victor (A) LPM2534, RCA/Bluebird (Eu) ND86467

381a. Kenny Graham: Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists Vol. 1: Mango Walk, Esquire (E) 308

381b. Kenny Graham: Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists Vol. 2: The Caribbean Suite, Esquire (E) 329

382. Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Porgy and Bess, Columbia (E) CK65141

383. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool, Impulse (A) IMP11862

384. Cecil Taylor: The World of Cecil Taylor, Candid (A) 9006, Candid (A) CCD79006

385. 'Gil Evans': Into the Hot, MCA/Impulse (A) 29034, MCA/Impulse (A) MCAD39104

386. Bob Cooper: Shifting Winds, Capitol (A) T613, Affinity (E) AFF59

387. Jimmy Giuffre: The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet, Atlantic (A) 1238, Atlantic (A) 90144

388. Howard Rumsey: Lighthouse All-Stars Vol. 4: Flute 'n' Oboe, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD154-2, Vogue (E) LAC12146

389. Chico Hamilton: The Chico Hamilton Quintet, Pacific Jazz (A) PJ1209, Vogue (E) LAE12039

390. World Saxophone Quartet: Dances and Ballads, Elektra Nonesuch (E) 79164-4

391. Billy Bang: Outline No. 12, Celluloid (A) CEL5004

392. George Lewis: Home to Charles Parker, Black Saint (It) BSR0029

Modality and Its Implications

393. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue, Columbia (E) CK64935

394. John McLaughlin: Extrapolation, Polydor (E) 841598

395. Grachan Moncur III: Some Other Stuff, Blue Note (E) CDP7243 8 32092 2 4

396. Miles Davis: Live at the Plugged Nickel, Columbia (A) C2 38266 (2 LPs), CBS (E) 88606 (2 LPs)

397. Phil Woods: At the Frankfurt Jazz Festival, Embryo (A) SD530

398. Chick Corea: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, Blue Note (E) CDP790055-2

399. McCoy Tyner: Atlantis, Milestone [A] MCD55002-2

Out into the Open

Free Jazz

400. Ornette Coleman: Beauty is a Rare Thing, Rhino-Atlantic (A) R271410 (6 CDs, boxed)

401a. Ornette Coleman: At the Golden Circle Vol. 1, Blue Note (A) BCT84224

401b. Ornette Coleman: At the Golden Circle Vol. 2, Blue Note (A) BCT84225

402. Don Cherry: Complete Communion, Blue Note (A) BST84226

• Complete communion
• And now
• Golden heart
• Remembrance
• Elephantasy
• Our feeling
• Bishmallah
• Wind, sand and stars

403. Sonny Simmons: Manhattan Egos, Arhoolie (A) 8003

• Coltrane in paradise
• The prober
• Manhattan egos
• Seven dances of Salami
• Visions

404. Joe Harriott: Free Form, Jazzland (E) JLP949S

405. George Russell: Ezz-thetics, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD070

406a. New York Contemporary Five: Live at the Jazzhus Montmartre Vol. 1, Sonet (D) SLP36

406b. New York Contemporary Five: Live at the Jazzhus Montmartre Vol. 2, Sonet (D) SLP51

407. Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity, ESP [G] 1002-2

• Ghosts (2 versions)
• The Wizard
• Spirits

408. Albert Ayler: Vibrations, Black Lion/Freedom (E) 741000

409. Albert Ayler: The Village Concerts, ABC-Impulse (A) AS9336/2 (2 LPs)

410. Old and New Dreams: Playing, ECM (G) 1205

• AMG bio
• AMG review

411. John Carter: Castles of Ghana, Gramavision (A) 18-8603-1

412. Peter Brotzmann: Machine Gun, FMP (G) CD24

413. Tomasz Stanko: Music for K, Pool Jazz (G) IRS942112

414. Bernt Rosengren: Notes from Underground, Harvest (Sd) E154-34958/9 (2 LPs)

• AMG bio

415. Zbigniew Namyslowski: Polish Jazz Vol. 4, Polski Nagrania (P) PNCD027

416. Gyorgy Szabados: The Wedding, Hungaraton (Hun) SLPX17475

417. Davis S. Ware: Great Bliss Vol. 1, Silkheart (A) SHCD127

Cecil Taylor

418. Cecil Taylor: Looking Ahead, Contemporary (A) 7562, Boplicity (E) COP030, Contemporary (J) VDJ1633

419. Cecil Taylor: Unit, New World Records (A) NW201

420. Cecil Taylor: In Florescence, A&M (A) 395286-2

From Inside to Outside

421. John Coltrane: Giant Steps, Atlantic (E) 781 337-2

422. Africa Brass, MCA (E) MCAD42001

423. John Coltrane: Newport '63, Impulse (A) GRP11282

424. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Impulse (A) GRD155

425. Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus, Candid (A) CCD79005

426. Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch, Blue Note (E) CDP746 524-2

427. Eric Dolphy: Last Date, EmArcy (G) 510 124

428. Oliver Nelson: Blues and the Abstract Truth, Impulse (E) IMP1154-2, Impulse (A) GRP9335

429. Bobby Hutcherson: Dialogue, Blue Note (E) CDP746 537-2, Blue Note (A) BST84198

430. Dave Holland: Conference of the Birds, ECM (G) 1027

431. Andrew Hill: Shades, Soul Note (It) 12113-1, Soul Note (It) 12113-2

The Combo Explodes

432. Shelly Manne: The Two and the Three, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD172-2, Vogue (E) LAC12276

433. Art Ensemble of Chicago: Urban Bushmen, ECM (G) 1211/12 (2 LPs)

434. David Murray: Ming, Black Saint (It) BSR0045

435. Muhal Richard Abrams: Colours in Thirty-third, Black Saint (It) BSR1091

436. Henry Threadgill: The Henry Threadgill Sextet: You Know the Number, RCA (F) PL83013

437. Pharoah Sanders: Live, Theresa (A) TR116

438. Ornette Coleman: Of Human Feelings, Antilles AN2001

439. Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman: Song X, Geffen Records (A) 924 096-2

440. Last Exit: The Noise of Trouble - Live in Tokyo, Enemy (G) EMY103

Where the Roads Crossed

441. Miles Davis: Filles de Kilimanjaro, Columbia (A) CS9750

442. Tony Williams: Emergency!, Verve (A) 539 117-2

443. Mahavishnu Orchestra: Birds of Fire, Columbia (A) CK 31996

444. Miles Davis: Jack Johnson, CBS (A) 70089, CBS/Sony (A) 471003 2

445a. Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric, Columbia (A) 468207 2

445b. Weather Report: Mysterious Traveller, Columbia (A) 471860 2

446. Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscope of Rainbows, Gull (E) GULP1018, Line (G) LICD900 351

• Neil Ardley
• AMG bio

447. John Abercrombie: Night, ECM (G) 1272

448. John Scofield: Blue Matter, Gramavision (A) 18-8702-1

449. Marc Johnson: Bass Desires, ECM (G) 1299

Alternatives to Freedom

Paths Not Followed

450. Dave Brubeck: The Dave Brubeck Octet, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD101-2

451. Red Norvo: Music to Listen to Red Norvo By, Contemporary (A) C3534, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD155-2

452. Gil Melle: Primitive Modern, Prestige (A) PRLP7040, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD1712-2

453. Duane Tatro: Jazz for Moderns, Contemporary (A) C3514, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD1878-2

454. Don Ellis: How Time Passes, Candid (A) 8004, Candid (A) CCD79004

455. Andre Hodeir: Jazz et Jazz/Les Tripes au Soleil, Fontana (F) 836 070-2, Philips (A) PHM200-073

456. David Mack: New Directions, Columbia (E) 33SX1670, Sirenus (A) 1007

457. Pavel Blatny: Third Stream Compositions, Supraphon (Cz) 015 0528

• CMIC bio

Revisitations

458. Bob Brookmeyer: Traditionalism Revisited, World Pacific (A) PJ1233, Affinity (E) AFF127

459. Sam Most: Most Plays Bird and Bud, Monk and Miles, Bethlehem (A) BCP75, Fresh Sounds (Sp) FSR2039

• AMG bio

460. Gil Evans: Pacific Standard Time, EMI/Pacific Jazz (E) CDP746 856-2 (2 CDs), Blue Note (A) BN-LA461-H2 (2 LPs)

461. Art Pepper: Smack Up, Original Jazz Classics (A) OJCCD176, Boplicity (E) COP031

462. Heiner Stadler: A Tribute to Monk and Bird, Tomato (A) 269 630-2 (2 CDs), Affinity (E) AFFD187 (2 LPs)

• AMG review

463. Roswell Rudd: Regeneration, Soul Note (It) 121054

• A Fireside Chat with Roswell Rudd - Fred Jung
• AMG bio
• AMG review

464a. John Zorn: News for Lulu, Hat Art (Sw) CD6005

464b. John Zorn: More News for Lulu, Hat Art (Sw) CD6055

465. Mischa Mengelberg: Change of Season (Music of Herbie Nichols), Soul Note (It) SN1104CD

466. James Newton: The African Flower, Blue Note (A) BT85109

467a. Anthony Braxton: In the Tradition Vol. 1, SteepleChase (D) SCCD31015

467b. Anthony Braxton: In the Tradition Vol. 2, SteepleChase (D) SCCD31045

468. Franz Koglmann: L'Heure Bleue, Hat Art (Sw) CD6093

• AMG bio
• AMG review

Conversations with Themselves

469. Bill Evans: Conversations with Myself, Verve (A) 8219 884-2, Verve (E) 521 409-2

470. Oscar Peterson: My Favourite Instrument, MPS (G) 821 843, Prestige (A) 7595

• "I have believed for many years that Oscar Peterson is not only the greatest pianist in jazz today, but the greatest it has ever known. The style is drawn from many sources including Nat King Cole, Art Tatum, George Shearing, James P. Johnson, and others. Oscar's awareness of jazz history is so great that I doubt there's anything in the tradition of jazz piano that he hasn't encompassed in his work. Oscar is the great eclectic of jazz piano. Bach was a great eclectic. History cares less who did something first than it does who did it best. Oscar does all the things his predecessors did, but better.

  Consider the Tatum influence. Oscar plays the Tatum runs as fast as Tatum did. And he plays them with more power, more muscle, and above all with more swing. Oscar's dynamic sense is greater than Tatum's . . . . despite the musical wonder of Tatum's playing, his work, for me, lacked the emotional depth and stylistic range that Oscar displays here." (From the Gene Lees' album liner notes of 1968.)

  In its July 2002 death notice for Ray Brown, Time Magazine noted that Oscar Peterson's trio (with Brown) is generally considered the greatest in jazz history. Not surprisingly then Oscar's rare solo recordings are easily overlooked within the huge discography of Oscar's trio recordings most of them still in print (Amazon.com lists 210 of these).

  Peterson's only other solo album "Tracks" with its odd assortment of lesser standards and seldom-played tunes can't help but be eclipsed by the offerings here on "My Favorite Instrument." And until something better comes along, this for many of us will remain our favorite, solo, piano recording.

  In fact, one could make the case that everything about this CD is the best: The pianist, obviously, is at the very peak of his powers---one minute swinging as only he can and then, alternately, with his sublime pedal work, launching into the most heart-rendingly beautiful, pensively-shaded variations on great standards, most notably Little Girl Blue. Oscar's take on the Dick Rodgers masterpiece must surely be as definitive for pianists as Sinatra's version of the song is for vocalists. As Gene Lees put it: "If I were told that I could have only one track out of the album, and all the rest would be destroyed, this is the one I'd select." You can almost feel Peterson's radiant enthusiasm as he delves into old favorites on his newly-discovered piano-of-choice----the largest Bosendorfer then made in Germany.

  The sound engineering by Hans G. Brunner-Schwer (a German who would eventually head his own record companies) is astonishing, even by today's standards. It's also a testament to German recording equipment, including German microphones (various) that gradually took over every major recording studio on the planet in the intervening 30 years. (Sinatra always insisted on using a Neumann; enough said.) Still, it makes you wonder about American recording studio engineering in the 1960s; by comparison, all our favorite Bill Evans albums sound like products of the 50s.

  One also wonders---is this as good as solo piano will ever get? Even as incremental improvements keep coming on the technical side: We notice Amazon.com now offers a Japanese, audiophile version of "My Favorite Instrument" enhanced by 25-bit technology. (A question for the experts with access to jillion dollar stereos: Will the rest of us be able to detect the difference on our portable CD players?)

  Any superlatives attached to this CD are unlikely to top the following quote-within-a-quote from the conclusion of Gene Lees' original liner notes: "I am tempted to say this is the greatest jazz piano album ever made. And maybe it is. But it's more than that. Said one fascinated musician on hearing it, 'This surpasses jazz.' So it does." - Mark Blackburn

471. Albert Mangelsdorff: Trombirds, MPS (G) 68.069

• AMG bio

472. Clare Fischer: Jazz Song, Revelation (A) REV31

• AMG bio

473. Martial Solal: Bluesine, Soul Note (It) SN1060

474. John Surman: A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe, ECM (G) 523 749-2, ECM (G) 1528

• AMG bio
• AMG review

475. Steve Lacy: Only Monk, Soul Note (It) SN1160-2, Soul Note (It) SN1160

476. Paul Bley: Tears, Owl (F) 34

On the Frontiers

477. Stan Kenton: Stan Kenton Plays Bob Graettinger, Capitol (A) 7243 8 32084 2 5

• The Creative World of Stan Kenton

478. Milton Babbitt, Teddy Charles, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Giuffre, J. J. Johnson, John Lewis, Teo Macero, Charles Mingus, Bob Prince, George Russell, Gunther Schuller, Harold Shapero: Outstanding Jazz Compositions of the 20th Century, Columbia (A) COL475 639-2 (2 CDs), Columbia (A) C28-831 (2 LPs)

• Sounds of May - Teo Macero
• Avakianas Brasileiras - Bob Prince
• Three little feelings - John Lewis
• Poem for brass - J. J. Johnson
• Pharoah - Jimmy Giuffre
• Suspensions - Jimmy Giuffre
• Revelations - Milton Babbitt
• All set - Milton Babbitt
• All about Rosie - George Russell, Gunther Schuller, Harold Shapero
• Transformation - George Russell, Gunther Schuller, Harold Shapero
• On green mountain - George Russell, Gunther Schuller, Harold Shapero
• Swingin' goatsherd blues - Teddy Charles
• Idiom '59 - Duke Ellington

• Gunther Schuller
  • GM Recordings

479. Teo Macero: Time Plus Seven, Finnadar (Sd) SR9024

• AMG bio
• AMG review

480. Friedrich Gulda: Music for Four Soloists and Band, Saba (G) 15097ST, Polydor (E) 583 709

• AMG bio

481. Ran Blake: Film Noir, Arista Novus (A) AN3019

• Spiral staircase
• Eve
• Garden of delight
• Key Largo
• Pinky
• A streetcar named Desire
• Touch of evil
• Le boucher
• The pawnbroker
• Doktor Mabuse
• Blue gardenia

• AMG bio
• AMG review

482. Modern Jazz Quartet/New York Chamber Symphony Orchestra: Three Windows, Warner (A) 254 833-2, WEA (A) 254 833-1

483. Chris McGregor: Brotherhood of Breath, RCA Neon (E) NE2

• AMG bio
• AMG review

484. John Mayer-Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Fusions, Columbia (E) SCX6122, Redial (E) 538 048-2

• Partita
• Multani
• Gana
• Acka raga
• Subject

Fracturing into Postmodernism

485. Arthur Blythe: Illusions, CBS (A) 36589

• AMG bio
• AMG review

486. Wynton Marsalis: Live at Blues Alley, CBS (A) 461109

487. Quest ( David Liebman, Richie Beirach, George Mraz, Al Foster): Quest, Palo Alto Records (A) PA8061

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Wisteria
• Softly as in a morning sunrise
• Elm
• Napanoch
• Lonely woman

488. Steps Ahead (Michael Brecker, Elaine Elias, Eddie Gomez, Peter Erskine, Mike Mainieri): Steps Ahead, Elecktra Musician (A) 96-0168-1

• Mike Mainieri
  • NYC Records

489. Jack DeJohnette: Album Album, ECM (G) 823 467-2

490. Michael Brecker: Michael Brecker, Impulse (A) MCAD5980

491. Myra Melford: Jump, Enemy (G) 115-2

• AMG bio
• Europe Jazz Network bio

492. Dave Douglas: Stargazer, Arabesque Jazz [A] AJO132

• AMG review

493. Clusone Trio (Michael Moore, Ernst Reijseger, Han Bennink): Love Henry, Gramavision (A) GCD79517

• AMG bio
• AMG review

494. Paul Motian Trio: At the Village Vanguard, JMT [G]514028-2

495. Bobby Previte: Empty Suits, Gramavision [A] GV 79447-2

• AMG bio
• AMG review

496. John Zorn: Naked City, Elektra Nonesuch (A) 979238-2

497. Arcana (Graham Haynes, Pharoah Sanders, Byard Lancaster, Nicky Skopelitis, Bill Laswell, Tony Williams): Arc of the Testimony, Axiom (A) 314524431-2

• AMG review

498. Jan Garbarek: All Those Born with Wings, ECM [G] 1324

499. Edward Vesala (1945-1999): Lumi, ECM [G] 1339

• AMG bio
• Discography
• FIMIC obit
• Jazzhouse obit
• Mourning Becomes Vesala - Steve Lake

500. Peter Apfelbaum and the Hieroglyphics Ensemble: Signs of Life, Antilles (A) 422 848 634-2

• Candles and stones
• Walk to the mountain (and tell the story of love's thunderclapping eyes)
• Grounding
• The last door
• The world is gifted
• Chant #11
• Forwarding Part 1/Forwarding Part 2
• Samantha Smith Folk song #7
• Waiting

• AMG bio

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