LE GRANDE HISTOIRE DU JAZZ / THE STORY OF JAZZ
Vol. 1: From Ragtime to Swing (1898-1952)
CD 01 : 76’51
1 Eli Green's Cake-Walk 2'08
(Sadie Koninsky)
Joseph Cullen & William Collins
Joseph Cullen (bjo) William Collins (bjo)
Etats-Unis, mai 1898
2 Gabriel's Trumpet 2'33
(Traditionnel)
Dinwiddie Colored Quartet
Quatuor vocal
Etats-Unis, 31 octobre 1902
3 The Cascades 2'06
(Scott Joplin)
Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin (piano roll)
Etats-Unis, 1904
4 Cake-Walk in The Sky 3'36
(Benjamin Harney)
Victor Dance Orchestra
Walter B. Rodgers (ct, dir) Emil Keneke, Walter Pryor (ct) O. Edward Wardwell (tb) Louis H. Christie, A. Levy (cl) Darius Lyons
(fl) Arthur Trempte (htb) Charles D'Almaine, Theodore Levy (vln) Frank E. Reschke (as, vln) Herman Conrad (sousaphone)
S.O.Pryor (dms)
New York, 10 avril 1905
5 St. Louis Tickle 2'56
(Theron Catlan Bennett)
Vess Ossman
Vess Ossman (bjo) Audley Dudley (mand) Roy Butin (harp, g)
New York, 24 janvier 1906
6 St. Louis Rag 2’25
(Tom Turpin)
Arthur Pryor’s Band
Emil Keneke, Bert Brown, Smith (ct) Arthur Pryor (tb, dir) Stoll, Rose (tb) Louis H. Christie, A.Levy (cl) John Kiburz (fl)
Inconnus (as, ts) Leone (bar-hrn) Simon Mantia (tu) Inconnu (dms)
New York, 19 avril 1906
7 Dill Pickles 2'33
(Charles Leslie Johnson)
Chris Chapman
Chris Chapman (glass xyl) & The Victor Orchestra
New York, 5 octobre 1906
8 A Bunch of Rags 2'16
(Sylvester Louis Ossman)
Vess Ossman
Vess Ossman (bjo) Theodore Morse (p)
New York, 5 octobre 1908
9 Alexander’s Ragtime Band 2’36
(Irving Berlin)
Victor Military Band
Emil Keneke, Bert Brown (ct) Frank Schrader (tb) J.Fuchs (as,ct) Otto Winkler, H.Reitzel (alto-hrn, tenor-hrn) Louis H. Christie,
A. Levy (cl) Clement Barone (fl, pic) Herman Conrad (tu) William H.Reitz (dms) Walter B. Rogers (dir)
New York, 27 septembre 1911
10 American Beauty Rag 2'41
(Joseph Lamb)
Joseph Lamb
Joseph Lamb (piano roll)
Etats-Unis, 1914
11 Castle House Rag 3'13
(James Europe/Ford T. Dabney)
Europe's Society Orchestra
William Smith (ct) Edgar Campbell (cl) Tracy Cooper, George Smith, Walter Scott (vln) Charles Ford (cel) Leonard Smith, Ford
T. Dabney (p) Charles Gilmore (dms) James Reese Europe (dir)
New York, 10 février 1914
12 Notoriety Rag 2'51
(Kathryn L. Widmer)
Fred Van Eps
Fred Van Eps (bjo) Felix Arndt (p) Eddie King (dms)
New York, 19 mars 1914
13 Mapple Leaf Rag 3’07
(Scott Joplin)
Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin (piano roll)
Etats-Unis, juin 1916
14 Livery Stable Blues 3’06
(Original Dixieland Jass Band)
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Nick La Rocca (ct, dir) Eddie Edwards (tb) Larry Shields (cl) Henry Ragas (p) Tony Sbarbaro (dms)
New York, 26 février 1917
15 Charleston Rag 3'03
(Eubie Blake)
Eubie Blake
Eubie Blake (piano roll)
New York, 8 août 1917
16 Ole Miss Rag 2'44
(William Christopher Handy)
Handy’s Orchestra of Memphis
W. C. Handy (tp, dir) Sylvester Bevard (tb) Wilson Townes (cl, as) Alex Poole (as, cl) Charles Harris, Nelson Kincaid (cl, ts)
Edward Alexander, William A.Tyler, Darnell Howard (vln) Henry Graves (cel) Charles Hillman (p) Archie Walls (tu, b)
Jasper Taylor (dms, xyl)
New York, 22 septembre 1917
17 Tiger Rag 3'05
(Dominic James La Rocca)
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Nick La Rocca (ct, dir) Eddie Edwards (tb) Larry Shields (cl) Henry Ragas (p) Tony Sbarbaro (dms)
New York, 25 mars 1918
18 The Darktown Strutter’s Ball 2’41
(Shelton Brooks)
Wilbur Sweatman’s Jass Band
Cricket Smith tp) Arthur Reeves ou Major Jackson (tb) Wilbur Sweatman (cl, dir) Dan Parish (p) Ogese T. McKay ou Romy Jones
(tu) Henry Bowser (dms)
New York, 31 mai 1918
19 Jazz De Luxe 4’08
(Earl Fuller)
Earl Fuller’s Famous Jazz Band
Walter Kahn (ct) Harry Raderman (tb) Ted Lewis (cl) Earl Fuller (p) John Lucas (dms)
New York, 13 juin 1918
20 St. Louis Blues 2’41
(William Christopher Handy)
Lt. Jim Europe 369th Infantry “Hell Fighters”
Frank De Braithe, Russell Smith, Pops Foster, Jake Porter (tp) Dope Andrews, Herb Flemming (tb) Pinkhead Parker (as) Noble
Sissle (vln, vcl) Battle Axe Kenny (dms) + inconnus
New York, février 1919
21 Slow & Easy 3’15
(Andrew B. Sterling/Harry Von Tilzer)
Louisiana Five
Doc Behrendson (ct) Charlie Panelli (tb) Alcide Nunez (cl) Joe Cawley (p) Karl Berger (bjo) Anton Lada (dms, dir)
New York, 16 décembre 1919
22 Wang Wang Blues 3’17
(Gus Mueller/Buster Johnson/Henry Busse)
Paul Whiteman
Henry Busse (ct) Buster Johnson (tb) Gus Mueller (cl) Ferdie Grofe (p, arr) Mike Pingitore (bjo) Sammy Heiss (tu) Harold
McDonald (dms) Paul Whiteman (dir)
Camden, New Jersey, 9 août 1920
23 Crazy Blues 3’24
(Perry Bradford)
Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds
Mamie Smith (voc) Johnny Dunn ou Addington Major (ct) Dope Andrews (tb) Ernest Elliott (cl, ts) Willie “The Lion” Smith (p)
Leroy Parker (vln)
New York, 10 août 1920
24 Left Alone Blues 3’04
(Jerome Kern)
Billy Arnold’s Novelty Band
Charles F. Kleiner (tp) Billy Trittle (tb) Henry Arnold (cl, ss) Harry Johnson (as) Billy Arnold (p) Chris Lee (dms)
Londres, 13 décembre 1920
25 Harlem Strut 2'34
(James P. Johnson)
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson (p)
New York, mai 1921
26 Carolina Shout 2'44
(James P. Johnson)
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson (p)
New York, 18 octobre 1921
CD 02 : 77’59
1 The Sheik of Araby 2’53
(Ted Snyder/Francis Wheeler/Harry B. Smith)
California Ramblers
Lloyd Baker + autre (tp) Jim Gilliland (tb) Jimmy Duff (cl, as) inconnus (as, ts) Preston Sargeant (p) Ray Kitchingman (bjo) Jose
Torres (tu) Max McIntosh (dms) William Borchers, Fred Conard, Francis Longnon (???)
New York, 17 novembre 1921
2 Hep! 2'11
(Louis Mitchell/Frank Withers)
Mitchell’s Jazz Kings
Cricket Smith (tp) Frank Withers (tb) James Shaw (as) Joe Meyers (p) Walter Kildaire (bjo) Dan Parrish (tu, b) Louis A. Mitchell
(dms, dir)
Paris, 5/6 décembre 1921
3 Moanful Blues 3’01
(Perry Bradford)
Original Jazz Hounds
Elmer Chambers (ct) Bob Horton (tb) inconnu (as) Roll Smith (ts) Charles E.Jackson (vln) Sam Wooding (p) Charlie Dixon (bjo)
Bob Ricketts (arr)
New York, 24 février 1922
4 Memphis Blues 2’55
(William Christopher Handy)
The Virginians
Henri Busse (ct) Sam Lewis (tb) Ross Gorman (cl, b-cl, as, dir) Hale Byers (as, fl) Don Clark (cl, ss, as) Ferdie Grofe (p, arr) Mike
Pingitore (bjo) Jack Barsby (tu) Harold McDonald (dms) Eddie King (perc)
New York, 22 mars 1922
5 Yankey Doodle Blues 3'00
(George Gershwin/Irving Caesar)
Jazzbo’s Carolina Serenaders
Phil Napoleon (tp) Miff Mole (tb) Jimmy Lytell (cl) Loring McMurray (as) Frank Signorelli (p) Jack Roth (dms)
New York, août 1922
6 Panama 2'56
(William Henry Tyers)
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Paul Mares (ct) George Brunies (tb) Leon Rappolo (cl) Jack Pettis (ts, c-mel) Elmer Schoebel (p, arr, dir) Lou Black (bjo) Steve
Brown (b) Frank Snyder (dms)
Richmond, Indiana, 30 août 1922
7 Frankie&Johnny 3'08
(Traditionnel)
Isham Jones & His Rainbow Orchestra
Louis Panico (tp) Carroll Martin + inconnu (tb) Al Mauling (cl, as) Artie Vanasec (ss, cl) Isham Jones (ts) Leo Murphy (vln) Al
Eldridge (p) Charles McNeill (bjo) John Kuhn (tu) Joe Frank (dms)
Chicago, janvier 1923
8 Tiger Rag 3’09
(Dominic James La Rocca)
Ted Lewis & His Orchestra
Walter Kahn, Dave Klein (ct) Harry Raderman (tb) Ted Lewis (cl, as, dir) inconnu (b-sax) Dick Reynolds (p) Vic Carpenter (bjo)
John Lucas (dms)
New York, 5 janvier 1923
9 Down Hearted Blues 3’24
(Lovie Austin/Alberta Hunter)
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith (voc) Clarence Williams (p)
New York, 16 février 1923
10 Tin Roof Blues 2'59
(N.O.R.K.)
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Paul Mares (ct) George Brunies (tb) Leon Rappolo (cl) Mel Stizel (p) Ben Pollack (dms)
Richmond, Indiana, 13 mars 1923
11 Canal Street Blues 2'25
(Joseph Oliver)
King Oliver
King Oliver, Louis Armstrong (ct) Honoré Dutrey (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Hardin (p) Bud Scott (bjo) Baby Dodds (dms)
Richmond, Indiana, 5 avril 1923
12 Dipper Mouth Blues 2'28
(Joseph Oliver/Louis Armstrong)
King Oliver
King Oliver (ct) Louis Armstrong (ct) Honoré Dutrey (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Hardin (p) Bud Scott (bjo) Baby Dodds (dms)
Richmond, Indiana, 6 avril 1923
13 New Orleans Joys 2'42
(Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton (p)
Richmond, Indiana, 17 juillet 1923
14 The Pearls 3’12
(Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton (p)
Richmond, Indiana, 18 juillet 1923
15 Wild Cat Blues 2'28
(Thomas Waller/Clarence Williams)
Clarence William’s Blue Five
Tom Morris (ct) John Mayfield (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl, ss) Clarence Williams (p) Buddy Christian (b)
New York, 30 juillet 1923
16 Mama's Got The Blues 2'50
(Sara Martin/Clarence Williams)
Fats Waller
Fats Waller (piano roll)
New York, août 1923
17 Toddlin' 2'42
(James P. Johnson)
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson (p)
New York, 8 août 1923
18 Ragtime Oriole 3’19
(James Scott)
Fred Van Eps
Fred Van Eps (bjo) Frank Banta (p)
New York, 28 septembre 1923
19 Any Woman's Blues 3'24
(Lovie Austin)
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith (voc) Fletcher Henderson (p)
New York, 16 octobre 1923
20 Mama's Gone Goodbye 2’59
(Steve Lewis)
Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
Armand J. Piron (vln, dir) Peter Bocage (tp) John Lindsay (tb) Lorenzo Tio (cl, ts) Louis Warnecke (as) Steve Lewis (p) Charles
Bocage (bj) Bob Ysaguirre (b) Louis Cotrell (dms)
New York, 11 décembre 1923
21 The Memphis Man 2’40
(Inconnu)
Cook’s Dreamland Orchestra
Freddy Keppard (ct) Elwood Graham (ct) Fred Garland (tb) Jimmie Noone, Clifford King (cl, as) Joe Poston (as) Jerome Pasquell
(ts) Jimmy Bell (vln) Tony Spaulding (p) Stanley Wilson (bjo) Bill Newton (tu) Bert Greene (dms)
Richmond, Indiana, 21 janvier 1924
22 The Swing 3’05
(John De Droit)
Johnny De Droit New Orleans Orchestra
Johnny De Droit (ct) Russ Papalia (tb) Henry Raymond (cl) Rudolph Levy (as) Frank Cuny (p) George Potter (bjo) Paul De Droit
(dms)
New Orleans, 16 mars 1924
23 Copenhagen 2'54
(Charlie Davis/Walter Melrose)
Fletcher Henderson
Louis Armstrong (ct) Elmer Chambers (ct) Howard Scott (tp) Charlie Green (tb) Don Redman (cl, as, arr) Buster Bailey (cl, as)
Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p, dir) Charlie Dixon (bj) Bob Escudero (tu) Kaiser Marshall (dms)
New York, 30 octobre 1924
24 Rainy Nights 3’23
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Jo Trent/Vincent Lopez)
The Washingtonians
Bubber Miley (tp) Charlie Irvis (tb) Otto Hardwick (as) Duke Ellington (p) George Francis (bjo) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, novembre 1924
25 Cake-Walking Babies From Home 2’59
(Chris Smith/Harold Troy/Clarence Williams)
Eva Taylor with Clarence William’s Blue Five
Eva Taylor (voc) Louis Armstrong (ct) Charlie Irvis (tb) Sidney Bechet (ss) Clarence Williams (p) Buddy Christian (bjo)
New York, 8 janvier 1925
26 St. Louis Blues 3'09
(William Christopher Handy)
Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith (voc) Louis Armstrong (ct) Fred Longshaw (harmonium)
New York, 14 janvier 1925
CD 03 : 77’58
1 Sobbin' Hearted Blues 3’00
(Perry Bradford / Roy C. Layer / George Davis)
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith (voc), Louis Armstrong (ct) Fred Longshaw (p)
New York, 14 janvier 1925
2 Davenport Blues 2’40
(Bix Beiderbecke)
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke (ct) Tommy Dorsey (tb) Don Murray (cl) Paul Mertz (p) Howdy Quicksell (bjo) Tom Gargano (dms)
Richmond, Indiana, 23 janvier 1925
3 Sugar Foot Stomp 2'46
(Joseph Oliver/Walter Melrose)
Fletcher Henderson
Louis Armstrong (ct) Joe Smith, Elmer Chambers (tp) Charlie Green (tb) Buster Bailey (cl, as) Don Redman (cl, as, arr) Coleman
Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p, dir) Charlie Dixon (bjo) Ralph Escudero (tu) Kaiser Marshall (dms)
New York, 29 mai 1925
4 Why Couldn’t It Be Poor Little Me? 2'35
(Gus Kahn/Isham Jones)
The Stomp Six
Muggsy Spanier (ct) Guy Carey (tb) Volly De Faut (cl) Mel Stizel (p) Joe Gish (tu) Ben Pollack (dms)
Chicago, juillet 1925
5 Red Hot Henry Brown 3’01
(Fred Rose)
Charleston Chasers
Leo McConville (ct) Miff Mole (tb) Dick Johnson (cl, as) Arthur Schutt (p) Tony Colucci (bjo) Joe Tarto (tu) Vic Berton (dms)
New York, 28 août 1925
6 Sweet Man 3’32
(California Ramblers)
California Ramblers
Frank Cush, Roy Johnston (tp) Spiegle Willcox (tb) Bobby Davis (cl, as, ss) Freddy Cusick (cl, ts) Ed Stannard (as) Adrian Rollini
(b-sax) Arthur Hand (vln, dir) Irving Brodsky (p) Tommy Felline (bjo) Stan King (dms)
New York, 15 septembre 1925
7 I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight 2'35
(Gus Kahn/Walter Donaldson)
Frank Banta
Frank Banta (p)
Camden, New Jersey, 7 novembre 1925
8 My Heart 2’22
(Lil Hardin)
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Chicago, 12 novembre 1925
9 Titanic Man Blues 2’41
(Ma Rainey/Jay Mayo Williams)
Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Band
Ma Rainey (voc) Joe Smith (ct) Charlie Green (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Coleman Hawkins (b-sax) Fletcher Henderson (p) Charlie
Dixon (bjo) Kaiser Marshall (dms)
New York, décembre 1925
10 Shake That Thing 3’09
(Pearl Wright)
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters (voc) Pearl Wright (p)
New York, 23 décembre 1925
11 Heebie Jeebies 3'06
(Boyd Atkins)
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong (ct, voc) Kid Ory (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Chicago, 26 février 1926
12 Cornet Chop Suey 2'54
(Louis Armstrong)
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Chicago, 26 février 1926
13 Muskrat Ramble 2'29
(Edward Ory/Ray Gilbert)
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Chicago, 26 février 1926
14 29th & Dearborn 2'47
(Richard Marigny Jones)
Russell’s Hot Six
George Mitchell (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl, as) Barney Bigard (ts) Luis Russell (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Chicago, 10 mars 1926
15 Jackass Blues 3’02
(Art Kassel/Mel Stitzel)
Lovie Austin
Lee Collins ou Natty Dominique (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lovie Austin (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bjo) Buddy Burton (dms)
Chicago, avril 1926
16 Sweet Little Papa 2'42
(Edward Ory)
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Chicago, 23 juin 1926
17 Perdido Street Blues 3'07
(Louis Armstrong)
New Orleans Wanderers
George Mitchell (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Chicago, 13 juillet 1926
18 Hock Shop Blues 4’21
(Clifford Jackson)
Cliff Jackson
Cliff Jackson (piano roll)
New York, septembre 1926
19 The Chant 3'17
(Mel Stitzel)
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
George Mitchell (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Omer Simeon (cl) Jelly Roll Morton (p) Johnny St.Cyr (bjo) John Lindsay (b) Andrew Hilaire
(dms)
Chicago, 15 septembre 1926
20 Black Bottom Stomp 3'06
(Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
George Mitchell (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Omer Simeon (cl) Jelly Roll Morton (p) Johnny St.Cyr (bjo) John Lindsay (b) Andrew Hilaire
(dms)
Chicago, 15 septembre 1926
21 Dead Man Blues 2'41
(Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)
King Oliver
King Oliver (ct) Bob Shoffner (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Darnell Howard (cl, as) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Stump Evans (ss, as) Luis Russell
(p) Bud Scott (bjo) Bert Cobb (tu) Paul Barbarin (dms)
Chicago, 17 septembre 1926
22 The Henderson Stomp 2'50
(Fletcher Henderson)
Fletcher Henderson
Tommy Ladnier, Joe Smith, Russell Smith (tp) Benny Morton (tb) Buster Bailey (cl, ss, as) Don Redman (cl, as, arr) Coleman
Hawkins (cl, ts, bs) Fats Waller (p) Charlie Dixon (bjo) June Cole (tu) Kaiser Marshall (dms) Fletcher Henderson (dir)
New York, 3 novembre 1926
23 Banjoreno 3'06
(Dixieland Jug Blowers)
Dixieland Jug Blowers
Lockwood Lewis (as) Clifford Hayes (vln, dir) Cal Smith, Freddy Smith, Curtis Hayes (bjo) Henry Clifford, Earl Mc Donald (jug)
Chicago, 10 décembre 1926
24 Kansas City Shuffle 2’48
(Bennie Moten)
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Lammar Wright (ct) Thamon Hayes (tb) Harlan Leonard (cl, as) Laforest Dent (as, bs) Woody Walder (cl, ts) Bennie Moten (p,
dir) Sam Tall (bj) Vernon Page (b) Willie McWashington (dms)
Chicago, 13 décembre 1926
25 I'm Going To Heaven If It Takes My Life 2'44
(Traditionnel)
Reverent Gates
Sermon
Etats-Unis, 13 décembre 1926
26 Dr. Jazz 3'21
(Joseph Oliver/Walter Melrose)
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
George Mitchell (ct) Kid Ory (tb) Omer Simeon (cl) Jelly Roll Morton (p, voc)Johnny St.Cyr (bjo) John Lindsay (b) Andrew
Hilaire (dms)
Chicago, 16 décembre 1926
CD 04 : 76’34
1 Clarinet Marmalade 3'12
(Larry Shields/Henry Ragas)
Frankie Trumbauer
Bix Beiderbecke (ct) Bill Rank (tb) Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) Dock Ryker (as) Paul Mertz (p) Eddie Lang
(bjo) Chauncey Morehouse (dms)
New York, 4 février 1927
2 Davenport Blues 3'02
(Bix Beiderbecke)
Red & Miff’s Stompers
Red Nichols (ct) Miff Mole (tb) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) Arthur Schutt (p) Tony Colucci (bjo) Vic Berton (dms)
New York, 11 février 1927
3 All That I Had Is Gone 2'43
(Perry Bradford)
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson (p)
New York, 25 février 1927
4 Cushion Foot Stomp 3'19
(Clarence Williams)
Clarence Williams’ Washboard Five
Ed Allen (ct) Buster Bailey (cl) Clarence Williams (p, voc) Cyrus St. Clair (tu) Floyd Casey (wbd)
New York, 13 avril 1927
5 Easy Come Easy Go Blues 2’31
(Roy Bergere)
Jimmy Bertrand
Louis Armstrong (tp) Johnny Dodds (cl) Frank ou Walter Melrose (p) Jimmy Bertrand (wbd)
Chicago, 21 avril 1927
6 St. Louis Shuffle 2’49
(Thomas Waller/Jack Pettis)
Fletcher Henderson
Joe Smith, Russell Smith(tp) Benny Morton, Jimmy Harrison (tb) Buster Bailey (cl, as) Don Redman (cl, as, arr) Coleman Hawkins
(cl, ts) Fletcher Henderson (p, dir) Charlie Dixon (bjo) June Cole (tu) Kaiser Marshall (dms)
New York, 27 avril 1927
7 Wild Man Blues 3'08
(Louis Armstrong/Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (ct) John Thomas (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St.Cyr (bjo) Peter Briggs (tu) Baby Dodds
(dms)
Chicago, 7 mai 1927
8 S.O.L. Blues 2'51
(Louis Armstrong)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (ct, voc) John Thomas (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St.Cyr (bjo) Peter Briggs (tu) Baby
Dodds (dms)
Chicago, 13 mai 1927
9 Wolverine Blues 3’17
(Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)
Jelly Roll Morton
Johnny Dodds (cl) Jelly Roll Morton (p) Baby Dodds (dms)
Chicago, 10 juin 1927
10 Dew-Drop Alley 3'14
(Sugar Underwood)
Sugar Underwood
Sugar Underwood (p)
Savannah, Georgia, 23 août 1927
11 In a Mist 2'43
(Bix Beiderbecke)
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke (p)
New York, 9 septembre 1927
12 Clementine From New Orleans 3'01
(Harry Warren/Henry Creamer)
Jean Goldkette
Bix Beiderbecke (ct) Fred “Fuzzy” Farrar, Ray Lodwig (tp) Bill Rank, Lloyd Turner (tb) Don Murray (cl, ts, bs) Doc Ryker (as)
Frankie Trumbauer (C-mel) Joe Venuti (vln) Irving Riskin (p) Eddie Lang (g) Howdy Quicksell (bjo) Steve Brown (b)
Chauncey Morehouse (dms) Jean Goldkette (dir)
New York, 15 septembre 1927
13 Jazz Me Blues 3'02
(Tom Delaney)
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke (ct) Bill Rank (tb) Don Murray (cl) Adrian Rollini (b-sax) Frank Signorelli (p) Howdy Quicksell (bjo) Chauncey
Morehouse (dms)
New York, 5 octobre 1927
14 Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down 3'03
(Howdy Quicksell/Ray Lodwig)
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke (ct) Bill Rank (tb) Don Murray (cl) Adrian Rollini (b-sax) Frank Signorelli (p) Howdy Quicksell (bjo) Chauncey
Morehouse (dms)
New York, 25 octobre 1927
15 Black & Tan Fantasy 3'06
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Bubber Miley)
Duke Ellington
Louis Metcalf, Bubber Miley (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton (tb) Otto Hardwicke (as, bs, cl) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke
Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 26 octobre 1927
16 Creole Love Call 3'10
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Bubber Miley/Rudy Jackson)
Duke Ellington
Louis Metcalf (tp) Bubber Miley (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton (tb) Otto Hardwicke (as, bs, cl) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke
Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Adelaide Hall (voc)
New York, 26 octobre 1927
17 New Bow-Weawil Blues 2'48
(Ma Rainey)
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey (voc) Shirley Clay (ct) Albert Wynn (tb) Artie Starks (cl) inconnus : (p, dms)
Chicago, décembre 1927
18 Struttin' with Some Barbecue 3'02
(Lil Hardin)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (tp) Kid Ory (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bj)
Chicago, 9 décembre 1927
19 San 3’19
(Lindsey McPhail/Walter Michels)
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
Bix Beiderbecke (ct) Charlie Margulis (tp) Jimmy Dorsey (ct, cl) Bill Rank (tb) Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel) Min Leibrook (b-sax)
Bill Challis (p, arr) Matty Malneck (vln) Carl Kress (g) Harold McDonald (dms) Paul Whiteman (dir)
New York, 12 janvier 1928
20 Jubilee Stomp 2'34
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington
Louis Metcalf, Bubber Miley (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Otto Hardwicke (as, bs, cl) Harry Carney
(bs, as, cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 19 janvier 1928
21 Empty Bed Blues [part 1] 3'00
(James C. Johnson)
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith (voc) Charlie Green (tb) Porter Grainger (p)
New York, 19 mars 1928
22 Panama 3'03
(William Henry Tyers)
Johnny Miller’s New Orleans Frolicke
Sharkey Bonano (ct) Sidney Arodin (cl) Hal Jordy (as) Johnny Miller (p) Steve Brou (bjo) Chink Martin (tu) Leo Adde (dms)
New Orleans, 25 avril 1928
23 Doin' Things 2'42
(Joe Venuti/Eddie Lang)
Joe Venuti
Joe Venuti (vln) Frank Signorelli (p) Eddie Lang (g)
New York, 21 juin 1928
24 Fireworks 3'03
(Spencer Williams)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Fred Robinson (tb) Jimmy Strong (cl, ts) Earl Hines (p) Mancy Cara (bjo) Zutty Singleton (dms)
Chicago, 27 juin 1928
25 West End Blues 3'15
(Clarence Williams/Joseph Oliver)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (tp) Fred Robinson (tb) Jimmy Strong (cl, ts) Earl Hines (p) Mancy Cara (bjo) Zutty Singleton (dms)
Chicago, 28 juin 1928
CD 05 : 75’59
1 Blue Clarinet Stomp 3'10
(Johnny Dodds)
Johnny Dodds Trio
Johnny Dodds (cl) Charlie Alexander (p) Bill Johnson (b)
Chicago, 5 juillet 1928
2 Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble 2’59
(Spencer Williams)
Miff Mole's Molers
Red Nichols (ct) Miff Mole (tb, dir) Frank Teschemacher (cl) Joe Sullivan (p) Eddie Condon (bj) Gene Krupa (dms)
New York, 6 juillet 1928
3 Four or Five Times 2’46
(Marco Hellman/Byron Gay)
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
Langston Curl, John Nesbitt (tp) Claude Jones (tb, voc) Don Redman (cl, as, voc, arr) Milton Senior (cl, as) George Thomas (cl,
ts, voc) Prince Robinson (cl, ts) Todd Rhodes (p) Dave Wilborn (bj, voc) Ralph Escudero (tu) Cuba Austin (dms, voc)
Chicago, 11 juillet 1928
4 Apex Blues 3'07
(Earl Hines/Jimmie Noone/Joe Poston)
Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone (cl) Joe Poston (as) Earl Hines (p) Bud Scott (bj, g) Lawson Buford (tu) Johnny Wells (dms)
Chicago, 23 août 1928
5 South 2'32
(Bennie Moten/Thaman Hayes)
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
Ed Lewis, Booker Washington (ct) Thaman Hayes (tb) Harlan Leonard (cl, ss, as) Jack Washington (cl, as, bs) Woody Walder (cl,
ts) Bennie Moten (p, dir) Leroy Belly (bj) Vernon Page (b) Willie McWashington (dms)
Camden, New Jersey, 7 septembre 1928
6 The Mooche 3'14
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Irving Mills)
Duke Ellington
Bubber Miley, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam”Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Harry Carney (bs, cl,
as) Duke Ellington (p, dir)Lonnie Johnson (g) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Baby Cox (voc)
New York, 1er octobre 1928
7 Hot & Bothered 3'15
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington
Bubber Miley, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam”Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Harry Carney (bs, cl,
as) Duke Ellington (p, dir)Lonnie Johnson (g) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Baby Cox (voc)
New York, 1er octobre 1928
8 Makin’ Friends 3'00
(Jack Teagarden/Eddie Condon)
Eddie Condon’s Footwarmers
Jimmy McPartland (ct) Jack Teagarden (tb, voc) Mezz Mezzrow (cl) Joe Sullivan (p) Eddie Condon (bjo) Art Miller (b) Johnny
Powell (dms)
New York, 30 octobre 1928
9 It's Tight Like That 2'39
(Thomas A. Dorsey/Hudson Whittaker)
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
John Nesbitt, Langston Curl (tp) Claude Jones, Bill Herring (tb) Jimmy Dudley, James Hoxley (cl, as) Don Redman (cl, as,vib, arr)
George Thomas (cl, ts, voc) Todd Rhodes (p) Dave Wilborn (bjo) Ralph Escudero (tu) Cuba Austin (dms) Van Fleming (voc)
Chicago, 23 novembre 1928
10 Weather Bird 2'41
(Joseph Oliver)
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines
Louis Armstrong (tp) Earl Hines (p)
Chicago, 5 décembre 1928
11 Chimes in Blues 2'53
(Earl Hines)
Earl Hines
Earl Hines (p)
Long Island City, 8 décembre 1928
12 St. James Infirmary 3'19
(Joe Primrose)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Fred Robinson (tb) Jimmy Strong (cl) Don Redman (as, cl) Earl Hines (p) Mancy Cara (bjo) Zutty
Singleton (dms)
Chicago, 12 décembre 1928
13 Tight Like This 3'17
(Langston Curl)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Fred Robinson (tb) Jimmy Strong (cl) Don Redman (cl, bk voc) Earl Hines (p, bk voc) Mancy Cara
(bjo) Zutty Singleton (dms)
Chicago, 12 décembre 1928
14 Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 3'10
(Pinetop Smith)
Pinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith (p, voc)
Chicago, 29 décembre 1928
15 Too Low 2'55
(Clarence Williams)
Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams (p)
New York, 12 février 1929
16 Everybody Loves My Baby 3’14
(Spencer Williams/Jack Palmer)
Earl Hines
George Mitchell (ct) Shirley Clay (tp) William Franklin (tb) Lester Boone (cl, bs) Toby Turner (cl, as) Cecil Irwin (cl, ts) Earl
Hines (p, dir, voc) Claude Roberts (bjo, g) Hayes Alvis (b) Benny Washington (dms) Alex Hill (arr)
Chicago, 13 février 1929
17 Handful of Keys 2'44
(Thomas Waller)
Fats Waller
Fats Waller (p)
New York, 1er mars 1929
18 Raisin The Roof 2’59
(Jimmy McHugh/Dorothy Fields)
Frankie Trumbauer
Bix Beiderbecke, Andie Secrest (ct) Bill Rank (tb) Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel, as, voc) Irving Friedman (cl, ts) Chester Hazlett (as)
Min Leibrook (b-sax) Matty Malneck (vn) Lennie Hayton (p) Eddie Lang (g) Stan King (dms)
New York, 8 mars 1929
19 Stuff 2’53
(Harvey O. Brooks)
Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders
George Orendorff (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb, arr) Charlie Lawrence (cl, as) Paul Howard (ts, dir) Harvey Brooks (p) Thomas
Valentine (bjo, g) James Jackson (tu) Lionel Hampton (dms, voc)
Culver City, California, 29 avril 1929
20 Blue Guitars 3'09
(Lonnie Johnson/Eddie Condon)
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang (g)
New York, 8 mai 1929
21 Ozark Mountain Blues 3’01
(Roger Quincey Dickerson)
The Missourians
R. Q. Dickerson, Lammar Wright (tp) De Priest Wheeler (tb) William Thornton Blue, George Scott (cl, as) Andrew Brown (ts, cl)
Earl Prince (p) Morris White (bj) Jimmy Smith (b) Leroy Maxey (dms) Lockwood Lewis (dir)
New York, 3 juin 1929
22 Shanghai Honeymoon 2’27
(William L. Shockley/Charles J. Hausman/ Lester Melrose)
Kansas City Stompers
Jimmy Cobb (ct) prob. Darnell Howard ou Cecil Irwin (cl) Ernie “Chester” Smith (bs) Frank Melrose (p) Tommy Taylor (dms)
Jimmy Bertrand (xyl)
Chicago, 2 juillet 1929
23 Freakish 2'54
(Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton (p)
Camden, New Jersey, 8 juillet 1929
24 It Should Be You 3'05
(Henry Allen)
Henry “Red” Allen
Henry “Red” Allen (tp) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) Charlie Holmes (ss, cl, as) Luis Russell (p) Will Johnson (g,
bjo) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (dms)
New York, 16 juillet 1929
25 Ain’t Misbehavin’ 2’58
(Thomas Waller/Harry Brooks/Andy Razaf)
Fats Waller
Fats Waller (p)
New York, 2 août 1929
CD 06 : 77’10
1 Feelin’ The Spirit 3'02
(Luis Russell)
Luis Russell & His Orchestra
Henry “Red” Allen, Bill Coleman (tp) J.C.Higginbotham (tb, voc) Albert Nicholas (cl, as) Charlie Holmes (as, ss) Teddy Hill (ts)
Luis Russell (p, dir) Will Johnson (bjo, g) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (dms)
New York, 6 septembre 1929
2 Beau Koo Jack 2'40
(Alex Hill/Louis Armstrong)
Earl Hines
Earl Hines (p) Omer Simeon (cl)
Chicago, 11 septembre 1929
3 That’s How I Feel Today 2’59
(Don Redman)
The Little Chocolate Dandies
Rex Stewart (ct) Leonard Davis (tp) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Don Redman (as, arr) Benny Carter (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fats
Waller (p) Bobby Johnson (bjo) Cyrus St. Clair (tu) George Stafford (dms)
New York, 18 septembre 1929
4 Blue Devil Blues 2’44
(Babe Stoval)
Walter Page’s Blue Devils
James Simpson, Hot Lips Page (tp) Dan Minor (tb) Buster Smith (cl, as) Ted Manning (as) Reuben Roddy (ts) Charlie Washington
(p) Thomas Owens (g) Walter Page (tu, dir) Alvin Burroughs (dms) Jimmy Rushing (voc)
Kansas City, 10 novembre 1929
5 Hello Lola 3'12
(Rodney Jerome Means/William McKenzie)
Mound City Blue Blowers
Red McKenzie (peigne) Glenn Miller (tb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Eddie Condon (bjo) Jack Bland (g) Pops
Foster (b) Gene Krupa (dms)
New York, 14 novembre 1929
6 Duet Stomp 2'51
(David Jones/Lee Collins)
Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight
Lee Collins (ct) Sidney Arodin (cl) Theodore Purnell (as) David Jones (ts) Joe Robechaux (p) Emanuel Sayles (bjo) Al Morgan (b,
voc) Joe Strode/Raphael (dms)
New Orleans, 15 novembre 1929
7 Harmonica Harry 2'46
(Phil Baxter)
Ted Lewis & His Band
Muggsy Spanier, Dave Klein (ct) George Brunies, Harry Raderman (tb) Ted Lewis (cl, as, voc, dir) Jimmy Dorsey (as, bs) Sol
Klein (vln) Jack Aaronson (p) Tony Gerhardi (bjo, g) Harry Barth (tu,b) John Lucas (dms) inconnu (hrca)
New York, 6 janvier 1930
8 You’ve Got To Be Modernistic 3’08
(James P. Johnson)
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson (p)
New York, 21 janvier 1930
9 I've Found a New Baby 2'50
(Jack Palmer/Spencer Williams)
James P. Johnson & ClarenceWilliams
James P.Johnson, Clarence Williams (p)
New York, 31 janvier 1930
10 Prohibition Blues 3’17
(Walter Thomas)
The Missourians
R. Q. Dickerson, Lammar Wright (tp) De Priest Wheeler (tb) William Thornton Blue (cl, as) Walter “Foot” Thomas (ts, bs, as)
Andrew Brown (ts, cl) Earl Prince (p) Morris White ou Charlie Stamps (bjo) Jimmy Smith (tu) Leroy Maxey (dms)
New York, 17 février 1930
11 Double Check Stomp 2’54
(Leon Albany Bigard/Johnny Hodges/ Wellmann Braud)
Duke Ellington
Cootie Williams, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “Trick Sam” Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss, cl )
Harry Carney (bs, as, cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellmann Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 11 avril 1930
12 Night Life 2’55
(Mary Lou Williams)
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams (p)
Chicago, 24 avril 1930
13 Mary’s Idea 3’08
(Mary Lou Williams)
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy
Edgar Battle, Harry Lawson (tp) Allen Durham (tb) John Harrington (cl, as) John Williams (as, bs) Lawrence Freeman (ts) Claude
Williams (vln) Mary Lou Williams (p, arr) William Dirvin (bjo, g) Andy Kirk (b-sax, tu, dir) Edward McNeil (dms)
Chicago, 30 avril 1930
14 Rockin’ Chair 3’08
(Hoagy Carmichael)
Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
Bix Beiderbecke (ct) Bubber Miley (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Arnold Brilhart (as) Bud Freeman (ts) Joe
Venuti (vln) Irving Brodsky (p, voc) Eddie Lang (g) Harry Goodman (b) Gene Krupa (dms) Hoagy Carmichael (voc, dir)
New York, 21 mai 1930
15 On Revival Day 2’55
(Andy Razaf)
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith (voc) James P.Johnson (p) The Bessemer Singers (voc groupe)
New York, 9 juin 1930
16 Peg of My Heart 3'09
(Fred Fisher)
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
Red Nichols, Charlie Teagarden, Ruby Weinstein (tp) Glenn Miller (tb, arr) Jack Teagarden (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Sid
Stoneburn (as) Babe Russin (ts) Joe Sullivan (p) Ted Brown (g) Art Miller (b) Gene Krupa (dms)
New York, 2 juillet 1930
17 Blue Yodel N° 9 2'39
(Jimmie Rodgers)
Jimmie Rodgers
Louis Armstrong (tp) Lil Hardin (p) Jimmie Rodgers (g, voc)
Hollywood, 16 juillet 1930
18 Chinatown, My Chinatown 3’02
(Jean Schwartz/William Jerome)
Fletcher Henderson
Rex Stewart, Bobby Stark, Russell Smith (tp) Claude Jones, Jimmy Harrison (tb) Benny Carter (cl, as) Harvey Boone (as) Coleman
Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p, dir) Clarence Holiday (bj, g) John Kirby (b) Walter Johnson (dms) John Nesbitt (arr)
New York , 3 octobre 1930
19 Rockin’ in Rhythm 3’12
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Harry Carney/Irving Mills)
Duke Ellington
Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “Tricky” Sam Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny
Hodges (as, ss, cl )Harry Carney (bs, as, cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellmann Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 8 novembre 1930
20 Casa Loma’s Stomp 3’16
(Gene Gifford)
Casa Loma Orchestra
Joe Hostetter, Dub Shoffner, Bobby Jones (tp) Pee Wee Hunt (tb) Billy Rauch (tb) Glen Gray, Ray Eberle (as) Pat Davis (ts) Mel
Jenssen (vln) Joe Hall (p) Gene Gifford (bjo, g) Stanley Dennis (tu,b) Tony Briglia (dms) Henry Biagini (dir)
New York, 6 décembre 1930
21 Mood Indigo 3'04
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Barney Bigard/Irving Mills)
Duke Ellington
Cootie Williams, Freddy Jenkins, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny
Hodges (cl, as, ss) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Harry Carney (as, bs, cl) Fred Guy (bj) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 10 décembre 1930
22 You Can’t Get To Heaven That Way 2’54
(Seymour Simons/Irving Caesar)
Noble Sissle
Arthur Briggs, Tommy Ladnier (tp) Billy Burns (tb) Frank “Big Boy” Goodie, Rudy Jackson, Ralph Duquesne (cl, ss, as) Ramon
Usera (cl, ts) Lloyd Pinckney (p) Frank Ethridge (bjo) Edward Coles (tu) Jack Carter (dms) Noble Sissle (voc, dir) orch.(voc)
Londres, 11 décembre 1930
23 Minnie The Moocher 3'10
(Cab Calloway/Irving Mills)
Cab Calloway
Roger Quincey Dickerson, Lammar Wright, Reuben Reeves (tp) De Priest Wheeler (tb) Arville Harris (cl, as) Andrew Brown (as,
cl, b-cl) Walter “Foots” Thomas (ts, as, bs) Earres Prince (p) Morris White (bjo) Jimmy Smith (tu, b) Leroy Maxey (dms) Cab
Calloway (voc)
New York , 3 mars 1931
24 I’m Crazy About My Baby 3’16
(Thomas Waller/Alexander Hill)
Fats Waller
Fats Waller (p, voc)
New York, 13 mars 1931
25 Heebie Jeebies 3’05
(Boyd Atkins)
Chick Webb & His Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Louis Hunt, Louis Bacon (tp) Jimmy Harrison (tb) Benny Carter (cl, as, arr) Hilton Jefferson (cl, as) Elmer
“Skippy” Williams (cl, ts) Don Kirkpatrick (p) John Truehart (bjo, g) Elmer James (b) Chick Webb (dms)
New York, 30 mars 1931
CD 07 : 77’04
1 You Rascal, You 3’15
(Sam Thread)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Zilner Randolph (tp) Preston Jackson (tb) Lester Boone (cl, as) George James (as) Al Washington (ts)
Charlie Alexander (p) Mike McKendrick (bjo, g) John Lindsay (b) Tubby Hall (dms)
Chicago, 28 avril 1931
2 Sugar Foot Stomp 3'06
(Joseph Oliver)
Fletcher Henderson & The Connie’s Inn Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Bobby Stark, Russell Smith (tp) Benny Morton, Claude Jones (tb) Harvey Boone, Russell Procope (cl, as)
Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p, dir) Clarence Holiday (g) John Kirby (tu) Walter Johnson (dms)
Camden, New Jersey, 29 avril 1931
3 Creole Rhapsody 8'23
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Arthur Whetsol, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny
Hodges (as, ss, cl ) Harry Carney (bs, as, cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellmann Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Camden, New Jersey, 11 juin 1931
4 Savage Rhythm 3’04
(Al Hoffman/Benny Goodman)
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Shelton Hemphill, Wardell Jones, Ed Anderson (tp) Harry White, Henry Hicks (tb) Castor McCord (cl, ts) Ted McCord (as, cl)
Crawford Wethington (as, bs, cl) Edgar Hayes (p) Benny James (bj) Hayes Alvis (b) Willie Lynch (dms) Bob Stephens (dir)
New York, 18 juin 1931
5 Shakin' The African 2'38
(Howard Arlen/Ted Koehler)
Don Redman
Leonard Davis, Langston Curl, Henry Allen (tp) Fred Robinson, Benny Morton (tb) Don Redman (as, voc, dir) Edward Inge,
Rupert Cole (cl, as) Robert Carroll (ts) Horace Henderson (p) Talcot Reeves (bj, g) Bob Ysaguirre (b) Manzie Johnson (dms)
New York, 15 octobre 1931
6 Farewell Blues 2'54
(Elmer Schoebel/Paul Mares/Leon Roppollo)
Joe Venuti - Eddie Lang
Charlie Teagarden (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Joe Venuti (vln) Frank Signorelli (p) Eddie Lang (g) Ward Lay
(b) Neil Marshall (dms)
New York, 22 octobre 1931
7 Chinatown, My Chinatown 3’18
(Jean Schwartz/William Jerome)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Zilner Randolph (tp) Preston Jackson (tb) Lester Boone (cl, as) George James (as) Al Washington (ts)
Charlie Alexander (p) Mike McKendrick (bjo, g) John Lindsay (b) Tubby Hall (dms)
Chicago, 3 novembre 1931
8 Memories of You 3’01
(Andy Razaf/Eubie Blake)
Garland Wilson
Garland Wilson (p)
New York, 2 février 1932
9 Lots O' Fingers 2'12
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington (p, dir) Freddy Jenkins, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts)
Johnny Hodges (as, ss, cl ) Harry Carney (bs, as, cl) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellmann Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 9 février 1932
10 Chant of The Weed 3'08
(Don Redman)
Harlan Lattimore Orchestra
Langston Curl, Shirley Clay, Sidney De Paris (tp) Claude Jones, Quentin Jackson, Benny Morton (tb) Don Redman (cl, as, arr)
Edward Inge, Rupert Cole (cl, as) Robert Carroll (ts) Horace Henderson (p) Talcott Reeves (bjo, g) Bob Ysaguirre (tu,b) Manzie
Johnson (dms)
New York, 17 juin 1932
11 Blue Drag 2'51
(Joseph Myrow)
Earl Hines & His Orchestra
Charlie Allen (tp) George Dixon, Walter Fuller (tp) Louis Taylor, William Franklin (tb) Darnell Howard (cl, as) Omer Simeon (cl,
as, bs) Cecil Irwin (ts, cl) Earl Hines (p) Lawrence Dixon (g) Quinn Wilson (b, tu) Wallace Bishop (dms)
New York, 14 juillet 1932
12 Sweetie Dear 2'48
(Joe Jordan)
New Orleans Feetwarmers
Tommy Ladnier (tp) Teddy Nixon (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl, ss) Hank Duncan (p) Ernest Wilson Myers (b) Morris Morand (dms)
New York, 15 septembre 1932
13 Shag 3’04
(Sidney Bechet)
New Orleans Feetwarmers
Tommy Ladnier (tp) Teddy Nixon (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl, ss) Hank Duncan (p) Ernest Wilson Myers (b, voc) Morris Morand
(dms)
New York, 15 septembre 1932
14 Moten Swing 3’22
(Bennie Moten)
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Bennie Moten (dir) Hot Lips Page, Joe Keyes, Prince “Dee” Stewart (tp) Dan Minor (tb) Eddie Durham (tb, g, arr) Eddie
Barefield (cl, as) Jack Washington (as, bs) Ben Webster (ts) Count Basie (p) Leroy “Buster” Berry (g) Walter Page (b) Willie
McWashington (dms)
Camden, New Jersey, 13 décembre 1932
15 Lafayette 2’44
(William Basie/Eddie Durham)
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Bennie Moten (dir) Hot Lips Page, Joe Keyes, Prince “Dee” Stewart (tp) Dan Minor (tb) Eddie Durham (tb, g, arr) Eddie
Barefield (cl, as) Jack Washington (as, bs) Ben Webster (ts) Count Basie (p) Leroy “Buster” Berry (g) Walter Page (b) Willie
McWashington (dms)
Camden, New Jersey, 13 décembre 1932
16 Cavernism 2'53
(Earl Hines)
Earl Hines & His Orchestra
Charlie Allen (tp) George Dixon, Walter Fuller (tp) Louis Taylor, William Franklin (tb) Darnell Howard (cl, as) Omer Simeon (cl,
as, bs) Cecil Irwin (ts, cl) Jimmy Mundy (ts, arr) Earl Hines (p) Lawrence Dixon (g) Quinn Wilson (b, tu) Wallace Bishop (dms)
New York, 13 février 1933
17 Mood Hollywood 2'59
(Lennie Hayton/Jimmy Dorsey)
Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Bunny Berigan (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) Larry Binyon (ts) Fulton McGrath (p) Dick McDonough (g) Artie
Bernstein (b) Stan King (dms)
New York, 14 mars 1933
18 Swing it 3’08
(Ray Bretz/Ted Weitz)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra
Shad Collins, Leonard Davis, Bill Dillard (tp) George Washington, Wilbur De Paris (tb) Benny Carter (as, voc, arr) Howard
Johnson (as) Chu Berry (ts) Rod Rodriguez (p) Lawrence “Larry” Lucie (g) Ernest Hill (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 14 mars 1933
19 Tea for Two 3'11
(Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
New York, 21 mars 1933
20 Tiger Rag 2’17
(Dominic James La Rocca)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
New York, 21 mars 1933
21 St. Louis Blues 2’39
(William Christopher Handy)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Ellis “Stumpy” Whitlock, Zilner Randolph (tp) Keg Johnson (tb) Scoville Brown, George Oldham (cl,
as) Budd Johnson (cl, ts) Charlie Beal (p) Mike McKendrick (bjo, g) Bill Oldham (b) Yank Porter (dms)
Chicago, 26 avril 1933
22 Fanfare 2'53
(Spike Hughes)
Spike Hughes & His Negro Orchestra
Henry “Red” Allen, Bill Dillard, Leonard Davis (tp) Wilbur De Paris, George Washington, Dickie Wells (tb) Benny Carter,
Howard Johnson (cl, as) Wayman Carver (cl, as, fl) Coleman Hawkins (cl, ts) Chu Berry (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lawrence “Larry”
Lucie (g) Ernest "Bass" Hill (b) Sidney Catlett (dms) Spike Hughes (arr, dir)
New York, 18 mai 1933
23 Queer Notions 2'48
(Don Redman)
Fletcher Henderson
Henry “Red” Allen, Russell Smith, Bobby Stark (tp) Dickie Wells, Sandy Williams (tb) Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (cl, as)
Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p, dir) Bernard Addison (g) John Kirby (b) Walter Johnson (dms) Horace Henderson
(arr)
New York, 18 août 1933
24 Jamaica Shout 2'57
(Horace Henderson)
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
Henry "Red" Allen (tp) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Hilton Jefferson (cl, as) Coleman Hawkins (ts, dir) Horace Henderson (p, arr)
Bernard Addison (g) John Kirby (b) Walter Johnson (dms)
New York, 29 septembre 1933
CD 08 : 76’21
1 Once Upon a Time 3'24
(Benny Carter)
Chocolate Dandies
Max Kaminsky (tp) Benny Carter (tp, as) Floyd O’Brien (tb) Chu Berry (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Lawrence “Larry” Lucie (g) Ernest
Hill (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 10 octobre 1933
2 Symphony in Riffs 2’59
(Benny Carter)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra
Eddie Mallory, Bill Dillard, Dick Clark (tp) Keg Johnson, J.C.Higginbotham, Fred Robinson (tb) Benny Carter (as, dir, arr)
Wayman Carver (as, fl) Glyn Paque (as) Johnny Russell (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Lawrence “Larry” Lucie (g) Ernest Hill (b) Sidney
Catlett (dms)
New York, 16 octobre 1933
3 The Eel 3'27
(Bud Freeman)
Eddie Condon & His Orchestra
Max Kaminsky (ct) Floyd O’Brien (tb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Bud Freeman (ts) Alex Hill (p, arr) Eddie Condon (bjo) Artie
Bernstein (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 21 octobre 1933
4 Zah Zuh Zah 3'23
(Cab Calloway/Harry White)
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway (voc, dir) Edwin Swayzee, Lammar Wright, Doc Cheatham (tp) DePriest Wheeler, Harry White (tb) Eddie Barefield
(cl, as, bs) Arville Harris (cl, as) Andrew Brown (bcl, as, bs) Walter Thomas (cl, ts, fl) Bennie Payne (p) Morris White (g)
Al Morgan (b) Leroy Maxey (dms)
New York, 2 novembre 1933
5 Love Me 3'01
(Ned Washington/Victor Young)
Jack Teagarden
Frank Guarente, Sterling Bose (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb, voc) Jimmy Dorsey, Chester Hazlett (cl, as) Mutt Hayes (cl, ts) Walter
Edenstein (vn) Joe Meresco (p) Perry Botkin (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Larry Gomar (dms) Victor Young (dir, arr)
New York, 11 novembre 1933
6 Dance of The Octopus 3'20
(Red Norvo)
Red Norvo
Benny Goodman (b-cl) Red Norvo (xyl, mar) Dick McDonough (g) Artie Bernstein (b)
New York, 21 novembre 1933
7 Gimme A Pigfoot 3'27
(Wesley Sox Wilson)
Bessie Smith with Buck & His Band
Bessie Smith (voc) Frank Newton (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Chu Berry (ts) Buck Washington (p, dir) Bobby
Johnson (g) Billy Taylor Sr. (b)
New York, 24 novembre 1933
8 Riffin’ The Scotch 2’31
(Johnny Mercer/Dick McDonough/Benny Goodman/Fordlee Buck)
Benny Goodman
Charlie Teagarden, Shirley Clay (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Art Karle (ts) Joe Sullivan (p) Dick McDonough (g)
Artie Bernstein (b) Gene Krupa (dms) Billie Holiday (voc) Dean Kincaide (arr)
New York, 18 décembre 1933
9 Stompy Jones 3'02
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny
Hodges (as, ss, cl ) Otto Hardwicke (as) Harry Carney (bs) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellmann Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Chicago, 9 janvier 1934
10 Solitude 3'25
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Eddie DeLange/Irving Mills)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny
Hodges (as, ss, cl ) Otto Hardwicke (as) Harry Carney (bs) Fred Guy (bjo) Wellmann Braud (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Chicago, 10 janvier 1934
11 Jazznocracy 2’42
(Will Hudson)
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Eddie Tompkins, Tommy Stevenson, Sy Oliver (tp) Henry Wells, Russell Bowles (tb) Jimmie Lunceford, Willie Smith (cl, as) Joe
Thomas (cl, ts) Earl Carruthers (ts, bs) Edwin Wilcox (p) Al Norris (g) Moses Allen (b) Jimmy Crawford (dms) Will Hudson (arr)
New York, 26 janvier 1934
12 Ol’ Man River 3'03
(Irving Berlin)
Casa Loma Orchestra
Sonny Dunham, Grady Watts, Bobby Jones (tp) Pee Wee Hunt, Billy Rauch (tb) Clarence Hutchenrider (cl, as, bs) Glen Gray (as,
dir) Kenny Sargent (as) Pat Davis (ts) Mel Jenssen (vln) Joe Hall (p) Jack Blanchette (g) Stanley Dennis (b) Tony Briglia (dms)
New York, 3 février 1934
13 In The Shade of The Old Apple Tree 2’47
(Harry H. Williams/Egbert Van Alstyne)
Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra
Albert Snaer, Sylvester Lewis, Ovie Alston (tp) Fernando Arbello, Fred Norman (tb) Edmond Hall (as, bs, cl) Gene Johnson (as,
cl) Bobby Sands (ts) Claude Hopkins (p, dir) Walter Jones (g) Henry Turner (b) Pete Jacobs (dms)
New York, 14 avril 1934
14 Stompin’ at The Savoy 3'07
(Edgar Sampson/Benny Goodman/Andy Razaf/Chick Webb)
Chick Webb & His Orchestra
Mario Bauza, Reunald Jones, Taft Jordan (tp) Sandy Williams (tb) Pete Clark (cl, as) Edgar Sampson (as, arr) Elmer “Skippy”
Williams (cl, ts) Joe Steele (p) John Truehart (bj, g) John Kirby (b) Chick Webb (dms, dir)
New York, 18 mai 1934
15 Somebody Loves Me 3’04
(George Gershwin)
Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson (p)
New York, 22 mai 1934
16 Moonglow 2’34
(Will Hudson/Eddie DeLange/Irving Mills)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
New York, 22 août 1934
17 Angry 2’29
(Dudley Mecum/Jules Cassard/Henry & Merritt Brunies)
Earl Hines & His Orchestra
Charlie Allen, George Dixon, Walter Fuller (tp) Louis Taylor, William Franklin, Trummy Young (tb) Darnell Howard (cl, as)
Omer Simeon (cl, as, bs) Cecil Irwin (ts, cl) Jimmy Mundy (ts) Earl Hines (p, dir) Lawrence Dixon (g) Quinn Wilson (b, arr)
Wallace Bishop (dms)
Chicago, 13 septembre 1934
18 Shoutin' in That Amen Corner 2'56
(Andy Razaf)
Spirits of Rhythm
Leo Watson, Wilbur Daniels, Douglas Daniels (voc) Teddy Bunn (g) Wilson Myers (b) Virgil Scoggins (dms)
New York, 14 septembre 1934
19 Tiger Rag 3’04
(Dominic James La Rocca)
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Harlem Band
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Jack Hamilton, Leslie Thompson (tp) Lionel Guimares (tb) Peter Duconge (cl, as) Henry Tyree (as)
Alfred Pratt (ts) Herman Chittison (p) Maceo Jefferson (g) German Arago (b) Oliver Tines (dms)
Paris, octobre ou 7 novembre 1934
20 Stomp It Off 3’04
(Sy Oliver)
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Sy Oliver (tp, arr) Eddie Tompkins, Tommy Stevenson (tp) Henry Wells, Russell Bowles (tb) Jimmie Lunceford (cl, as, dir) Willie
Smith, Laforet Dent (as) Joe Thomas (ts) Earl Carruthers (bs) Edwin Wilcox (p) Al Norris (g) Moses Allen (b) Jimmy Crawford
(dms)
New York, 29 octobre 1934
21 Alligator Crawl 2’41
(Thomas Waller)
Fats Waller
Fats Waller (p)
New York, 16 novembre 1934
22 Viper’s Drag 2’55
(Thomas Waller)
Fats Waller
Fats Waller (p)
New York, 16 novembre 1934
23 Music Hall Rag 3'10
(Irving Mills/Benny Goodman)
Benny Goodman & His Music Hall Orchestra
Pee Wee Erwin, Art Sylvester, Jerry Neary (tp) Red Ballard, Jack Lacey (tb) Benny Goodman (cl, dir) Toots Mondello, Hymie
Schertzer (as) Dick Clark, Arthur Rollini (ts) Frank Froeba (p) George Van Eps (g) Harry Goodman (b) Sammy Weiss (dms)
New York, 26 novembre 1934
24 Dinah 2'33
(Harry Askt/Samuel Lewis/Joseph Young)
Quintette Du Hot Club De France
Stéphane Grappelli (vln) Django Reinhardt (g) Joseph Reinhardt, Roger Chaput (g) Louis Vola (b)
Paris, 28 décembre 1934
25 Nagasaki 3’07
(Harry Warren/Mort Dixon)
Paul Mares & His Friars Society Orchestra
Paul Mares (tp) Santo Pecora (tb) Omer Simeon (cl)Boyce Brown (as) Jess Stacy (p) Marvin Saxbe (g) Pat Pattison (b) George
Wettling (dms)
Chicago, 7 janvier 1935
CD 09 : 75’23
1 Here Comes Cookie 2'59
(Teddy Hill)
Teddy Hill & His Orchestra
Roy Eldridge, Bill Dillard, Bill Coleman tp) Dicky Wells (tb) Russell Procope (cl, as) Howard Johnson (as) Chu Berry, Teddy Hill
(ts) Sam Allen (p) John Smith (g) Richard Fullbright (b) Bill Beason (dms)
New York, 26 février 1935
2 Tough Truckin’ 3’05
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Irving Mills)
Duke Ellington Sextet
Rex Stewart (ct) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington (p) Billy Taylor Sr., Hayes Alvis (b)
New York, 5 mars 1935
3 The Sheik of Araby 2'55
(Ted Snyder)
Willie Bryant & His Orchestra
Benny Carter, Bobby Cheek, Richard Clark (tp) Edgar Battle (tp,tb)) John “Shorty” Haughton, Bob Horton, Eddie Durham (tb)
Glyn Paque (cl, as) Stanley Payne (as) Johnny Russell, Ben Webster (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Arnold Adams (g) Louis Thompson (b)
Cozy Cole (dms) Willie Bryant (dir)
New York, 8 mai 1935
4 Lady Luck Blues 2'55
(William Weber/Clarence Williams)
Clarence Williams
Ed Allen (ct) Cecil Scott (cl, ts) Clarence Williams (p) Jimmy McLin (g) Cyrus St. Clair (tu) Willie Williams (whb)
New York, 14 mai 1935
5 Basin Street Blues 3'02
(Spencer Williams)
Louis Prima
Louis Prima (tp, voc) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Frank Pinero (p) Gary McAdams (g) Jack Ryan (b) Sam Weiss (dms)
New York, 17 mai 1935
6 Blue Skies 3'29
(Irving Berlin)
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Bunny Berigan, Nate Kazebier, Jerry Neary (tp) Red Ballard, Jack Lacey (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Toots Mondello, Hymie
Schertzer (as) Dick Clark, Arthur Rollini (ts) Frank Froeba (p) George Van Eps (g) Harry Goodman (b) Gene Krupa (dms)
Fletcher Henderson (arr)
New York, 25 juin 1935
7 What a Little Moonlight Can Do 2'58
(Harry Woods)
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
Billie Holiday (voc) Roy Eldridge (tp) Benny Goodman (cl) Ben Webster (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) John Truehart (g) John Kirby (b)
Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 2 juillet 1935
8 The Darktown Strutter's Ball 2'46
(Shelton Brooks)
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
Eddie Wade, Charlie Teagarden, Harry Goldfield (tp) Bill Rank, Hal Matthews (tb) Jack Teagarden (tb, voc) Benny Bonacio(cl,bcl, as) John Cordaro (cl,b-c, as, bs) Charles Strickfaden (cl, as, ts, bs) Frankie Trumbauer (cl, c-mel, as, bs) Vincent Pirro (accord)
Ramona Davies, Roy Bargy (p) Mike Pingitore (g) Norman McPherson (tu) Art Miller (b) Larry Gomar (dms) Paul Whiteman
(dir)
New York, 10 juillet 1935
9 After You've Gone 2'46
(Henry Creamer/Turner Layton)
Benny Goodman Trio
Benny Goodman (cl) Teddy Wilson (p) Gene Krupa (dms)
New York, 13 juillet 1935
10 Liza 2’55
(George & Ira Gershwin/Gus Kahn)
Willie Bryant & His Orchestra
Otis Johnson, Dick Clark, Edgar Battle (tp) Robert Horton, George Matthews, John “Shorty” Haughton (tb) Stanley Payne, Glyn
Paque (as) Johnny Russell, Ben Webster (ts) Roger “Ram” Ramirez (p) Arnold Adams (g) Ernest Hill (b) Cozy Cole (dms) Willie
Bryant (dir) Teddy Wilson (arr)
New York, 1er août 1935
11 Djangology 2'54
(Django Reinhardt)
Quintette Du Hot Club De France
Django Reinhardt (g) Stéphane Grappelli (vln) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Pierre “Baro” Ferret (g) Louis Vola (b)
Paris, septembre 1935
12 Liza 2’53
(George & Ira Gershwin/Gus Kahn)
Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson (p)
New York, 7 octobre 1935
13 Line-A-Jive 2'32
(Fletcher Henderson)
Blanche Calloway & Her Orchestra
Richard Jones, Tommy Stevenson, Archie Johnson (tp) Eli Robinson, Vic Dickenson (tb) Joe Eldridge, Chauncey Haughton (as)
Alvin Campbell, Prince Robinson (ts) Clyde Hart (p, arr) Earl Baker (g) Abie Baker (b) Percy Johnson (dms) Blanche Calloway
(dir)
New York, 6 novembre 1935
14 Honky Tonk Train Blues 2’49
(Meade Lux Lewis)
Meade Lux Lewis
Meade Lux Lewis (p)
Chicago, 21 novembre 1935
15 What is There To Say 3’25
(Vernon Duke/Edgar Yipsel Harburg)
Bud Freeman & His Windy City Five
Bunny Berigan (tp) Bud Freeman (cl, ts) Claude Thornhill (p) Eddie Condon (g) Grachan Moncur (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 4 décembre 1935
16 Thanks a Million 2'30
(Gus Kahn/Arthur Johnston)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Leonard Davis, Gus Aiken, Louis Bacon (tp) Harry White, Jim Archey (tb) Henry Jones, Charlie
Holmes (as) Bingie Madison (cl, ts) Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (dms)
New York, 19 décembre 1935
17 The Blues Jumped a Rabbit 3’00
(Jimmie Noone)
Jimmie Noone & His New Orleans Band
Guy Kelly (tp, voc) Preston Jackson (tb) Jimmie Noone (cl) Francis Whitby (ts) Gideon Honore (p) Israel Crosby (b) Tubby Hall
(dms)
Chicago, 15 janvier 1936
18 All of Me 3’13
(Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons)
Willie Lewis & His Orchestra
Alex Renard, Bobby Martin (tp) Benny Carter (tp, as, arr) George Johnson (as) Willie Lewis (as, dir) Joe Hayman, Coco Kiehn (ts)
Herman Chittison (p) John Mitchell (g) Louis Vola (b) Ted Fields (dms)
Paris, 17 janvier 1936
19 Mile-or-Mo’ Bird Rag 3’12
(Albert Ammons)
Albert Ammons
Guy Kelly (tp) Dalbert Bright (cl, as) Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jimmy Hoskins (dms)
Chicago, 13 février 1936
20 Echoes of Harlem 2'59
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “ Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny
Hodges (as, ss, cl) Otto Hardwicke (as, bs) Harry Carney (bs, as, cl) Fred Guy (bj) Billy Taylor (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 27 février1936
21 Dinah 2’58
(Harry Askt/Samuel Lewis/Joseph Young)
Louis Prima & His New Orleans Gang
Louis Prima (tp, voc) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Joe Catalyne (ts) Frank Pinero (p) Garry McAdams (g) Jack Ryan (b) George Pemberty
(dms)
Los Angeles, 28 février 1936
22 Swing is Here 2'53
(Jess Stacy/Gene Krupa)
Gene Krupa & His All Star Swing Band
Roy Eldridge (tp) Benny Goodman (cl) Chu Berry (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Allan Reuss (g) Israel Crosby (b) Gene Krupa (dms)
Chicago, 29 février 1936
23 Steppin’ Pretty 2'51
(Mary Lou Williams)
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy
Harry Lawson, Paul King, Earl Thompson (tp) Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells (tb) John Harrington (cl, as, bs) John Williams (as, bs)
Dick Wilson (ts) Mary Lou Williams (p, arr) Ted Robinson (g) Claude Williams (vln) Booker Collins (b) Ben Thigpen (dms)
New York, 4 mars 1936
24 After You've Gone 3'07
(Henry Creamer/Turner Layton)
Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys
Jonah Jones (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Stuff Smith (vln, voc) James Sherman (p) Bobby Bennett (g) Mack Walker (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 13 mars 1936
25 Jangled Nerves 2’33
(Fletcher Henderson/Roger Moore)
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
Roy Eldridge, Dick Vance, Joe Thomas (tp) Fernando Arbello, Ed Cuffee (tb) Buster Bailey, Omer Simeon (cl, as) Elmer
Williams, Chu Berry (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p, dir, arr) Bob Lessey (g) Israel Crosby (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
Chicago, 9 avril 1936
CD 10 : 77’58
1 Limehouse Blues 2'44
(Philip Braham/Douglas Furber)
Quintette Du Hot Club De France
Django Reinhardt (g) Stéphane Grappelli (vln) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Pierre Ferret (g) Lucien Simoens (b)
Paris, 4 mai 1936
2 Swing That Music 2’47
(Louis Armstrong/Horace Gerlach)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Leonard Davis, Gus Aiken, Louis Bacon (tp) Harry White, Jimmy Archey (tb) Henry Jones, Charlie
Holmes (as) Bingie Madison, Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (dms)
New York, 18 mai 1936
3 Waltzing The Blues 2’51
(Benny Carter)
Benny Carter & His Swing Quartet
Benny Carter (cl, ts) Gene Rogers (p) Bernard Addison (g) Wally Morris (b) George Elrick (dms)
Londres, 20 juin 1936
4 Billie's Blues 2'37
(Billie Holiday)
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Billie Holiday (voc) Bunny Berigan (tp) Artie Shaw (cl) Joe Bushkin (p) Dick McDonough (g) Pete Peterson (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 10 juillet 1936
5 In A Jam 2'55
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb), Johnny Hodges (as, ss, cl)
Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Otto Hardwicke (as, bs) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, as, cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (bj)
Billy Taylor (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 29 juillet 1936
6 When Did You Leave Heaven? 3'02
(Henry Allen)
Henry "Red" Allen
Henry Red Allen (tp, voc) Rudy Powell, Tab Smith (as) Cecil Scott (ts) Edgar Hayes (p) Lawrence “Larry” Lucie (g) Elmer James
(b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 5 août 1936
7 Shoe Shine Boy 2’57
(Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn)
Jones & Smith Incorporated
Carl Smith (tp) Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)
Chicago, 9 octobre 1936
8 Evenin’ 2’53
(Harry White/Mitchell Parish)
Jones & Smith Incorporated
Carl Smith (tp) Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms) Jimmy Rushing (voc)
Chicago, 9 octobre 1936
9 Harlem Shout 2'51
(Eddie Durham)
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Sy Oliver, Eddie Tompkins, Paul Webster (tp) Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Eddie Durham (tb) Jimmie Lunceford (as, dir)
Willie Smith, Laforet Dent (as) Joe Thomas, Dan Grissom (ts) Earl Carruthers (bs) Edwin Wilcox (p) Al Norris (g) Moses Allen
(b) Jimmy Crawford (dms)
New York, 14 octobre 1936
10 Sweet Chorus 2'41
(Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli)
Quintette Du Hot Club De France
Django Reinhardt (g) Stéphane Grappelli(vln) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Pierre Ferret (g) Louis Vola (b)
Paris, 15 octobre 1936
11 Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells 2’54
(Traditionnel)
Fats Waller
Herman Autrey (tp) Gene Sedric (cl, ts) Fats Waller (p, voc, arr) Al Casey (g) Charlie Turner (b) Slick Jones (dms)
Chicago, 29 novembre 1936
12 Streamline 2'22
(Artie Shaw)
Artie Shaw & His Strings
Artie Shaw (cl) Jerry Gray, Frank Siegfield (vln) Sam Persoff (alt): Bill Schumann (vcl) Joe Lippman (p) Tony Gottuso (g) ben
Ginsberg (b) George Wettling (dms)
New York, 30 novembre 1936
13 Wabash Stomp 3'07
(Roy Eldridge/Edgar Battle)
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge (tp, dir) Scoops Carey (as) Joe Eldridge (as, arr) Dave Young (ts) Teddy Cole (p) John Collins (g) Truck Parham (b)
Zutty Singleton (dms)
Chicago, 23 janvier 1937
14 Jivin' The Vibes 2'18
(Lionel Hampton)
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Ziggy Elman (tp) Hymie Schertzer, George Koenig (as) ;Vido Musso, Arthur Rollini (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Lionel Hampton (vib)
Allan Reuss (g) Harry Goodman (b) Gene Krupa (dms)
New York, 8 février 1937
15 Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me 2'57
(Thomas Waller)
Jam Session at Victor
Bunny Berigan (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb) Fats Waller (p) Dick McDonough (g) George Wettling (dms)
New York, 31 mars 1937
16 Honeysuckle Rose 3'05
(Thomas Waller/Andy Razaf)
Jam Session at Victor
Bunny Berigan (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb) Fats Waller (p) Dick McDonough (g) George Wettling (dms)
New York, 31 mars 1937
17 Buzzin' around with The Bee 3'03
(John Hancock)
Lionel Hampton
Cootie Williams (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Mezz Mezzrow (cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Jess Stacy (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Allen
Reuss (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 14 avril 1937
18 Chinatown 2'45
(Jean Schwartz/William Jerome)
Lionel Hampton
Buster Bailey (cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Lionel Hampton, Jess Stacy (p) Allen Reuss (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 26 avril 1937
19 Crazy Rhythm 2'59
(Roger Wolfe Kahn/Joseph Meyer)
Coleman Hawkins & His All Star Jam Band
Coleman Hawkins (ts) Django Reinhardt (g) Benny Carter, André Ekyan (as) Alix Combelle (ts) Stéphane Grappelli (p) Eugène
d'Hellemmes (b) Tommy Benford (dms)
Paris, 28 avril 1937
20 King Porter Stomp 3'03
(Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe)
Teddy Hill & His NBC Orchestra
Bill Dillard, Dizzy Gillespie, Shad Collins (tp) Dickie Wells (tb) Russell Procope (cl) Howard Johnson (as) Teddy Hill (ts, dir)
Robert Caroll (ts) Sam Allen (p) John Smith (g) Richard Fullbright (b) Bill Beason (dms)
New York, 17 mai 1937
21 One O'Clock Jump 3'01
(William Basie)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Bobby Moore (tp) George Hunt, Dan Minor (tb) Earl Warren (as) Lester Young, Herschel Evans (ts)
Jack Washington (bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 7 juillet 1937
22 Dickie Wells Blues 3'17
(Dicky Wells)
Dickie Wells
Dickie Wells (tb, dir) Sam Allen (p) Roger Chaput, Django Reinhardt (g) Bill Beason (dms)
Paris, 12 juillet 1937
23 Ain't Misbehavin' 2'15
(Thomas Waller)
Teddy Weatherford
Teddy Weatherford (p)
Paris, 20 juillet 1937
24 Blue Skies 3'01
(Irving Berlin)
Maxine Sullivan with Claude Thornhill
Maxine Sullivan (voc), Frankie Newton (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Pete Brown (as) Babe Russin (ts) Claude Thornhill (p, dir, arr) John
Kirby (b) O'Neil Spencer (dms)
New York, 6 août 1937
25 I Can't Get Started With You 4'45
(Ira Gershwin/Vernon Duke)
Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan (tp, voc, dir) Irving Goodman, Steve Lipkins (tp) Al George, Sonny Lee (tb) Mike Doty, Joe Dixon (cl, as) Clyde
Rounds, George Auld (ts) Joe Lipmann (p) Tom Morgan (g) Hank Wayland (b) George Wettling (dms)
New York, 7 août 1937
26 Topsy 3'06
(Edgar Battle/Eddie Durham)
Count Basie
Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Bobby Moore (tp) George Hunt, Dan Minor tb) Eddie Durham (tb, arr) Earl Warren (as) Lester Young,
Herschel Evans (ts) Jack Washington (bs) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 9 août 1937
CD 11 : 77'58
1 Bouncin’ Around 2'42
(Guy Deloof)
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt (g) Louis Gasté (g) Eugène d'Hellemmes (b)
Paris, 8 septembre 1937
2 He's Funny That Way 2'38
(Neil Moret/Richard Whiting)
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Billie Holiday (voc) Buck Clayton (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Lester Young (ts) Claude Thornhill (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b)
Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 13 septembre 1937
3 Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blue 5'57
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Freddy Jenkins, Wallace Jones (tp) Rex Stewart (ct) Joe “Tricky” Sam Nanton, Lawrence Brown,
Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges(as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir)
Fred Guy (g) Billy Taylor Sr.(b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 20 septembre 1937
4 Eddie's Blues 3'04
(Eddie South)
Eddie South
Eddie South (vln) Django Reinhardt (g)
Paris, 29 septembre 1937
5 Harlem Congo 3'13
(Chick Webb)
Chick Webb
Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp) Sandy Williams, Nat Story (tb) Chauncey Haughton (cl, as) Louis Jordan (as) Teddy
McRae, Wayman Carver (ts) Tommy Fulford (p) Bobby Johnson (g) Beverly Peer (b) Chick Webb (dms) Charlie Dixon (arr)
New York, 1er novembre 1937
6 Minor’s Swing 3'12
(Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli)
Quintette Du Hot Club De France
Django Reinhardt (g) Stéphane Grappelli (vln) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Eugène Vées (g) Louis Vola (b)
Paris, 25 novembre 1937
7 Impro 1er mvt concerto en Ré m de J.S.Bach 3'19
(Jean-Sebastien Bach)
South, Grappelli & Reinhardt
Eddie South, Stéphane Grappelli (vln) Django Reinhardt (g, arr)
Paris, 25 novembre 1937
8 Gone with The Wind 2'49
(Allie Wrubel/Herbert Magidson)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
New York, 29 novembre 1937
9 Swinging with Django 2'48
(Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli)
Quintette Du Hot Club De France
Django Reinhardt (g) Stéphane Grappelli (vln) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Eddie South (vln) Eugène Vées (g) Michel Warlop (b)
Paris, 7 décembre 1937
10 Struttin' with Some Barbecue 2'55
(Louis Armstrong)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong (tp) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Charlie Holmes (as) Bingie Madison (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) Red Callender
(b) Paul Barbarin (dms)
Los Angeles, 12 janvier 1938
11 Dizzy Spells 5'44
(Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton/Teddy Wilson)
Benny Goodman Quartet
Benny Goodman (cl) Teddy Wilson (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Gene Krupa (dms)
Carnegie Hall, New York, 16 janvier 1938
12 Sing Sing Sing 12'08
(Louis Prima)
Benny Goodman Orchestra
Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Gordon “Chris” Griffin (tp) Red Ballard, Vernon Brown (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Hymie Schertzer,
George Koenig (as) Arthur Rollini, Babe Russin (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Allan Reuss (g) Harry Goodman (b) Gene Krupa (dms) Jimmy
Mundi (arr)
Carnegie Hall, New York, 16 janvier 1938
13 Ring Dem Bells 3'20
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Irving Mills)
Lionel Hampton
Cootie Williams (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Edgar Sampson (bs, arr) Jess Stacy (p) Lionel Hampton (vib, voc) Allan Reuss (g) Billy
Taylor Sr.(b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 18 janvier 1938
14 Swinging The Blues 2'45
(William Basie/Eddie Durham)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison (tp) Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Eddie Durham (tb) Jack Washington (as, bs) Lester
Young, Herschel Evans (ts) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 16 février 1938
15 The Flat Foot Floogie 1'46
(Bud Green/Slim Gaillard/Slam Stewart)
Slim & Slam
Slim Gaillard (g, voc) Slam Stewart (b, voc)
New York, 17 février 1938
16 A Tisket A Tasket 2'37
(Ella Fitzgerald/Van Alexander)
Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald
Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp) Sandy Williams, Nat Story, George Matthews (tb) Garvin Bushell (cl, as) Louis Jordan
(as) Ted McRae (ts, cl) Wayman Carver (ts, fl) Tommy Fulford (p) Bobby Johnson (g) Beverly Peer (b) Chick Webb (dms) Ella
Fitzgerald (voc) Al Feldman (arr)
New York, 2 mai 1938
17 I Ain't Got Nobody 3'48
(Spencer Williams/Roger Graham)
Count Basie
Count Basie (p) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 3 juin 1938
18 My Own Blues 2'48
(Herman Chittison)
Herman Chittison
Herman Chittison (p)
Paris, 17 juin 1938
19 Begin The Beguine 3'12
(Cole Porter)
Artie Shaw
Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen (tp) George Arus, Ted Vesely, Barry Rogers (tb) Artie Shaw (cl, dir) Leslie Robinson,
Hank Freeman (as) Ronnie Perry, Tony Pastor (ts) Lester Burness (p) Al Avola (g) Sid Weiss (b) Cliff Leeman (dms) Jerry Gray
(arr)
New York, 24 juillet 1938
20 Battle of Swing 2'54
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam”Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Billy Taylor Sr. (b) Sonny
Greer (dms)
New York, 2 septembre 1958
21 Mess-A-Stomp 3'03
(Mary Lou Williams)
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy
Harry Lawson, Clarence Trice, Earl Thomson (tp) Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells (tb) John Harrington (cl, as, bs) John Williams (as,
bs) Earl Miller (as) Dick Wilson (ts) Mary Lou Williams (p, arr) Ted Robinson (g) Booker Collins (b) Ben Thigpen (dms) Andy
Kirk (dir)
New York, 8 septembre 1938
CD 12 : 77’50
1 Boogie Woogie 3'05
(Clara Smith)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Charlie Spivak, Yank Lawson, Max Kaminsky (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb, dir, arr) Buddy Morrow, Les Jenkins (tb) Johnny Mince (cl,
as) Fred Stulce, Hymie Schertzer (as) Arthur “Skeets” Herfurt, Dean Kincaid (ts) Howard Smith (p) Carmen Mastren (g) Gene
Traxler (b) Moe Purtill (dms)
New York, 16 septembre 1938
2 With Plenty of Money & You 2'10
(Harry Warren/Al Dubin)
Nat King Cole Trio
Nat King Cole (p) Oscar Moore (g) Wesley Prince (b)
Los Angeles, octobre 1938
3 Doin' The New Low-Down 2'26
(Jimmy McHugh)
Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett (ct) Brad Gowans (tb, as) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Ernie Caceres (ts) Dave Bowman (p) Eddie Condon (g) Clyde
Newcombe (b) Andy Picard (dms)
New York, 4 novembre 1938
4 Really The Blues 3'36
(Milton Mezzrow)
Tommy Ladnier & His Orchestra
Tommy Ladnier (tp) Sidney Bechet (cl, ss) Mezz Mezzrow (cl, ts) Cliff Jackson (p) Teddy Bunn (g) Elmer James (b) Manzie
Johnson (dms)
New York, 28 novembre 1938
5 Jumpin' at The Woodside 3'02
(William Basie)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Shad Collins (tp) Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Dickie Wells (tb) Lester Young,
Herschel Evans (ts) Jack Washington (bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 5 janvier 1939
6 Passionette 2'43
(Willie Smith)
Willie “ The Lion" Smith
Willie “The Lion” Smith (p)
New York, 10 janvier 1939
7 Floyd's Guitar Blues 3'05
(Floyd Smith)
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy
Harry Lawson, Clarence Trice, Earl Thompson (tp) Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells (tb) John Harrington (cl, as, bs) Earl Miller (as)
Don Byas, Dick Wilson (ts) Mary Lou Williams (p) Floyd Smith (g) Booker Collins (b) Ben Thigpen (dms) Andy Kirk (dir)
New York, 16 mars 1939
8 Two against One 2'56
(Nathaniel Cole)
Nat King Cole Trio
Nat King Cole (p, cel) Oscar Moore (g) Wesley Prince (b)
Los Angeles, avril 1939
9 Wizzin' The Wizz 2'22
(Lionel Hampton)
Lionel Hampton
Chu Berry (ts) Lionel Hampton, Clyde Hart (p) Allan Reuss (g) Milton Hinton (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 5 avril 1939
10 Solid Old Man 3'02
(Rex Stewart)
Rex Stewart
Rex Stewart (ct) Barney Bigard (cl, dms) Django Reinhardt (g) Billy Taylor Sr.(b)
Paris, 5 avril 1939
11 Tea for Two 2'33
(Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, 12 avril 1939
12 Strange Fruit 3'08
(Allan Lewis)
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Billie Holiday (voc) Frankie Newton (tp) Tab Smith (ss, as, dir) Keneth Hollon, Stanley Payne (ts) Sonny White (p) Jimmy McLin
(g) Johnny Williams (b) Eddie Dougherty (dms)
New York, 20 avril 1939
13 Grand Terrace Shuffle 2'39
(Budd Johnson)
Earl Hines & His Orchestra
Walter Fuller, Milton Fletcher, Ed Sims (tp) George Dixon (tp, as) Ed Burke, John Ewing, Joe McLewis (tb) Omer Simeon (cl, bs)
Leroy Harris (as) Budd Johnson (cl, as, ts, bs) Robert Crowder (ts) Earl Hines (p) Claude Roberts (g) Quinn Wilson (b) Alvin
Burroughs (dms)
New York, 12 juillet 1939
14 Tuxedo Junction 3'16
(Julian Dash/Erskine Hawkins/William Johnson)
Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins (tp, dir) William “Dud” Bascomb, Sammy Lowe, Marcellus Green (tp) Ed Sims, Bob Range (tb) William
Johnson (as, arr) Jimmy Mitchell (as) Julian Dash (ts) Haywood Henry (bs) Avery Parrish (p) William McLemore (g) Leemie
Stanfield (b) James Morrison (dms)
New York, 18 juillet 1939
15 In The Mood 3'33
(Joe Garland/Andy Razaf)
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Dale “Mickey” McMickle, Leigh Knowles, Clyde Hurley (tp) Glenn Miller (tb, dir) Al Mastren Paul Tanner (tb) Wilbur Schwartz
(cl, as) Hal McIntyre (as) Hal Tennyson (as, bs) Tex Beneke, Al Klink (ts) Chummy McGregor (p) Dick Fisher (g) Rollie Bundock
(b) Maurice Purtill (dms)
New York, 1er août 1939
16 I'm Crazy about My Baby 2'44
(Thomas Waller/Alexander Hill)
Fats Waller
John Hamilton (tp) Gene Cedric (ts) Fats Waller (p, voc) John Smith (g) Cedric Wallace (b) Slick Jones (dms)
New York, 7 août 1939
17 The Sergeant Was Shy 2'41
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwick (as) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Billy Taylor Sr. (b) Sonny
Greer (dms)
New York, 28 août 1939
18 Oh! Didn't He Ramble? 2'58
(William Christopher Handy/George Crandall)
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen
Sidney De Paris (tp) Claude Jones (tb, voc) Albert Nicholas (cl) Sidney Bechet (ss) Happy Caldwell (ts) Jelly Roll Morton (p, voc)
Lawrence “Larry” Lucie (g) Wellman Braud (b) Zutty Singleton (dms)
New York, 14 septembre 1939
19 I Got Rhythm 5'58
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Jerry Jerome Quartet
Jerry Jerome (ts) Frankie Hines (p) Charlie Christian (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) inconnu (dms)
Harlem Breakfast Club, Minneapolis, 24 septembre 1939
20 Body & Soul 3'00
(John W. Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour/Frank Eyton)
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
Tommy Lindsay, Joe Guy (tp) Earl Hardy (tb) Jackie Fields, Eustis Moore (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Gene Rodgers (p) William
Oscar Smith (b) Arthur Herbert (dms)
New York, 11 octobre 1939
21 Grievin' 2'48
(Billy Strayhorn/Duke Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwick (as) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny
Greer (dms)
New York, 14 octobre 1939
22 Rosetta 3'04
(Earl Hines/Jimmy Woode)
Earl Hines
Earl Hines (p)
Chicago, 21 octobre 1939
23 The Munson Street Breakdown 3'14
(Lionel Hampton)
Lionel Hampton
Ziggy Elman (tp) Toots Mondello (cl, as) Ben Webster, Jerry Jerome (ts) Lionel Hampton (p, vib) Clyde Hart (p) Al Casey (g)
Artie Bernstein (b) Slick Jones (dms)
New York, 30 octobre 1939
24 Clarinet Blues 3'16
(Jess Stacy)
Jess Stacy & His Orchestra
Billy Butterfield (tp) Les Jenkins (tb) Irving Fazola (cl) Eddie Miller (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Sid Weiss (b) Don Carter (dms)
New York, 30 novembre 1939
25 Gone with What Wind 3'22
(William Basie/Benny Goodman)
Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman (cl, dir) Count Basie (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Charlie Christian (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Nick Fatool (dms)
New York, 7 février 1940
CD 13 : 77’05
1 Ko-Ko 2'38
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred
Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Chicago, 6 mars 1940
2 Concerto for Cootie 3’15
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred
Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Chicago, 15 mars 1940
3 Tickle Toe 2'37
(Lester Young)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Al Killian (tp) Dan Minor, Dickie Wells, Vic Dickenson (tb) Earl Warren (as)
Lester Young, Buddy Tate (ts) Jack Washington (as,b-sx) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 19 mars 1940
4 China Boy 3'53
(Phil Boutleje)
Bechet & Spanier Big Four
Muggsy Spanier (ct) Sidney Bechet (ss) Carmen Mastren (g) Wellman Braud (b)
New York, 28 mars 1940
5 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3'17
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as,b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred
Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 4 mai 1940
6 Cotton Tail 3'09
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as,b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred
Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 4 mai 1940
7 Night Hop 3'04
(Benny Carter)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra
Bill Coleman, Shad Collins, Russell Smith (tp) Sandy Williams, Milton Robinson (tb) Benny Carter (as, arr) Carl Frye, George
Dorsey (as) Stafford “Pazzuza” Simon, Sammy Davis (ts) Sonny White (p) Ulysses Livingstone (g) Hayes Alvis (b) Keg Purnell
(dms)
New York, 20 mai 1940
8 I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 4'12
(Jimmy McHugh)
The Chocolate Dandies
Roy Eldridge (tp) Benny Carter (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Bernard Addison (g) John Kirby (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 25 mai 1940
9 Down in Honky Tonk Town 3'00
(Chris Smith/Charles McCarron)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (tp) Claude Jones (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl, ss) Luis Russell (p) Bernard Addison (g) Wellman Braud (b) Zutty
Singleton (dms)
New York, 27 mai 1940
10 Dusk 3'18
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as,b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred
Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Chicago, 28 mai 1940
11 After Hours 3'18
(Erskine Hawkins)
Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
Erskine Hawkins (tp, dir) James Harris, Sam Lowe, Marcellus Green (tp) Edward Sims, Robert Range (tb) William Johnson,
Jimmy Mitchell (as) Julian Dash, Paul Bascomb (ts) Haywood Henry (bs) Avery Parrish (p) William McLemore (g) Leemie
Stanfield (b) James Morrison (dms)
New York, 10 juin 1940
12 Rock Island 2'33
(Huddie Ledbetter)
Leadbelly & The Golden Gate Quartet
Huddie Leadbelly (voc) Henry Owens (voc ten) William Landford (vac ten) Bill Johnson (voc bar) Arlandus Wilson (voc bass)
New York, 14 juin 1940
13 I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 2'52
(Victor Young/Ned Washington/Bing Crosby)
Cab Calloway
Mario Bauza, Lammar Wright, Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Quentin Jackson, Tyree Glenn, Keg Johnson (tb) Jerry Blake (cl, as) Hilton
Jefferson (as) Andrew Brown (as, bs) Chu Berry, Walter “Foots” Thomas (ts) Benny Payne (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hinton (b)
Cozy Cole (dms)
Chicago, 27 juin 1940
14 Blue Because of You 2'56
(Charles Carpenter/Louis Dunlap/Quinn Wilson)
Lionel Hampton
Nat King Cole (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Oscar Moore(g) Wesley Prince (b) Al Spieldock (dms)
Hollywood, 17 juillet 1940
15 Begin The Beguine 3'52
(Cole Porter)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, 26 juillet 1940
16 St. Louis Blues 2'28
(William Christopher Handy)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, 16 juillet 1940
17 In a Mellotone 3'16
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred
Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Chicago, 5 septembre 1940
18 Warm Valley 3'13
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard
(cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred
Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Chicago, 5 septembre 1940
19 Blues in Thirds 2'55
(Earl Hines)
Sidney Bechet Trio
Sidney Bechet (cl) Earl Hines (p) Baby Dodds (dms)
Chicago, 6 septembre 1940
20 Yancey's Bugle Call 2'40
(Jimmy Yancey)
Jimmy Yancey
Jimmy Yancey (p)
Chicago, 6 septembre 1940
21 Mr JB Blues 3'02
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Jimmy Blanton)
Duke Ellington & Jimmy Blanton
Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Blanton (b)
Chicago, 1er octobre 1940
22 Pitter Panther Patter 3'06
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & Jimmy Blanton
Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Blanton (b)
Chicago, 1er octobre 1940
23 Nuages 3'15
(Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt (g) Hubert Rostaing, Alix Combelle (cl) Joseph Reinhardt (g)
Tony Rovira (b) Pierre Fouad (dms)
Paris, 13 décembre 1940
24 Fudge Wudge 3'45
(Nathaniel Cole)
Nat King Cole Trio
Nat King Cole (p) Oscar Moore (g) Wesley Prince (b)
Los Angeles, février 1941
CD 14 : 76’43
1 Profoundly Blue 4’06
(Edmond Hall)
Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet
Edmond Hall (cl) Meade Lux Lewis (cel) Charlie Christian (g) Israel Crosby (b)
New York, 5 février 1941
2 Take The “A” Train 2’52
(Billy Strayhorn)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts)
Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g)
Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 15 février 1941
3 John Hardy’s Wife 3’27
(Edward Kennedy & Mercer Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts)
Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g)
Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 15 février 1941
4 Jonah Joins The Cab 2’32
(Cab Calloway)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
Jonah Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Lammar Wright (tp) Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson, Keg Johnson (tb) Jerry Blake (cl, as) Hilton
Jefferson (as) Andrew Brown (as, bs) Chu Berry, Walter “Foots” Thomas (ts) Benny Payne (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hinton (b)
Cozy Cole (dms) Cab Calloway (voc) Andy Gibson (arr)
New York, 5 mars 1941
5 All of Me 2’56
(Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons)
Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood Orchestra
Billie Holiday (voc) Shad Collins (tp) Eddie Barefield, Leslie Johnakins (as) Lester Young (ts) Eddie Heywood Sr. (p) John Collins
(g) Ted Sturgis (b) Kenny Clarke (dms)
New York, 5 mars 1941
6 Dexter Blue 2’58
(Jay McShann)
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Harold Bruce, Buddy Anderson, Orville Minor (tp) Taswell Baird (tb) John Jackson (as) Charlie Parker (as) Harold Ferguson, Bob
Mabane (ts) Jay McShann (p) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (dms) William J.Scott (arr)
Dallas, Texas, 30 avril 1941
7 Swing To Bop 6’39
(Eddie Durham/Edgar Battle)
Charlie Christian
Joe Guy (tp) Kenny Kersey (p) Charlie Christian (g) Nick Fenton (b) Kenny Clarke (dms)
Minton’s, New York, 12 mai 1941
8 Are You Sticking 3’01
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence
Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx)
Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy
Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Hollywood, 12 juin 1941
9 The Giddybug Gallop 3’31
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts)
Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as,b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g)
Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 12 juin 1941
10 All Too Soon 3'26
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey (voc) Herman Chittison (p) Dave Barbour (g) Frenchy Cavette (b) Jimmy Hoskins (dms)
New York, 13 juin 1941
11 Foot Pedal Boogie 2'27
(Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson)
Albert Ammons- Pete Johnson
Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson (p) Jimmy Hoskins (dms)
New York, 17 juin 1941
12 Clementine 2’55
(Billy Strayhorn)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts)
Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g)
Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 2 juillet 1941
13 Menelik The Lion of Judas 3’18
(Rex Stewart)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts)
Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g)
Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 3 juillet 1941
14 Festival Swing 1942 7’21
(Alix Combelle/Hubert Rostaing)
Hubert Rostaing (arr, cl) Gus Viseur (acc) Alix Combelle (ts, arr) Aimé Barelli (tp) Michel Warlop (vln) Dany Kane (hca) Django
Reinhardt (g, arr) Alex Renard (tp) Alex Caturegli (tp) Guy Paquinet (tb) Maurice Gladieu (tb) Christian Wagner (as) Georges
Jacquemont (ts) Noël Chiboust (ts) Paul Collot (p) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Eugène Vées (g) Emmanuel Soudieux (b) Armand
Molinetti (dms) André Lluis (cl) Harry Kett (g) Lucien Gallopain (g) Maurice Speilleux (b) Christian Bellest (tp) Charles Suire (tp)
Jean Lemay (tp) Jean-Louis Jeanson (tb) Pierre Delhoumeau, Charles Lisée (cl, as) Gaston Etienne (cl, ts) Henri Gauthier (p)
Tony Rovira (b) Jerry Mengo (dms) Charles Hary (ts) Armand Molinetti (dms) Willy Kett (vib) Pierre Fouad (dms)
Paris, 26 septembre 1941
15 Harvard Blues 3'18
(Tab Smith/George Frazier)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Al Killian (tp) Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, Ed Cuffee (tb) Earl Warren (as) Don
Byas, Buddy Tate (ts) Jack Washington (bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms), Jimmy Rushing
(voc)
New York, 17 novembre 1941
16 Blues in The Night 5'19
(Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen)
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Snooky Young, Paul Webster, Gerald Wilson (tp) Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Trummy Young (tb) Willie Smith (cl, as, voc)
Earl Carruthers (cl, as, bs) Dan Grissom (cl, as) Joe Thomas (cl, ts) Jimmie Lunceford (as, dir) Ted Buckner (as) Edwin Wilcox (p)
Al Norris (g) Moses Allen (b) Jimmy Crawford (dms) orch. (voc)
New York, 22 décembre 1941
17 St. Louis Blues 2'43
(William Christopher Handy)
John Kirby
Charlie Shavers (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Russell Procope (as) Billy Kyle (p) John Kirby (b) Specs Powell (dms)
New York, 11 février 1942
18 The Jitterbug Waltz 3'19
(Thomas Waller)
Fats Waller, His Rhythm & Orchestra
John Hamilton, Joe Thomas, Nathaniel Williams (tp) Herb Flemming, George Wilson (tb) George James, Jackie Fields (as) Gene
Sedric (cl, ts) Bob Carroll (ts) Fats Waller (org) Al Casey (g) Cedric Wallace (b) Arthur Trappier (dms)
New York, 16 mars 1942
19 Stormy Monday Blues 3'06
(Earl Hines/Billy Eckstine/Robert Crowder)
Earl Hines
Harry “Pee Wee”Jackson, Maurice McConnell, Jesse Miller (tp) George Dixon (tp, as) George Hunt, Joe McLewis, Gerald
Valentine (tb) Leroy Harris, Scoops Carey (cl, as) Willie Randall, Budd Johnson, Robert Crowder (ts) Earl Hines (p, dir) Clifton
“Skeeter” Best (g) Truck Parham (b) Rudolph Taylor (dms) Billy Eckstine (voc)
New York, 19 mars 1942
20 Second Balcony Jump 3’01
(Gerald Valentine)
Earl Hines & His Orchestra
Harry “Pee Wee”Jackson, Maurice McConnell, Jesse Miller (tp) George Dixon (tp, as) George Hunt, Joe McLewis, Gerald
Valentine (tb) Leroy Harris, Scoops Carey (cl, as) Willie Randall, Budd Johnson, Robert Crowder (ts) Earl Hines (p, dir) Clifton
“Skeeter” Best (g) Truck Parham (b) Rudolph Taylor (dms)
New York 19 mars 1942
21 Flying Home 3'07
(Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton/Sid Robin)
Lionel Hampton Orchestra
Eddie “Gogo” Hutchinson, Ernie Royal, Mannie Klein, Jack Trainor (tp) Fred Beckett, Luther "Sonny" Craven, Harry Sloan (tb)
Ray Perry, Marshall Royal (as) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Jack McVea (bs) Milt Buckner (p) Lionel Hampton (vib, dir, arr) Irving Ashby
(g) Vernon Alley (b) Lee Young (dms)
New York, 26 mai 1942
CD 15 : 76’03
1 Trav'lin' Light 3'13
(Trummy Young/Jimmy Mundy/Johnny Mercer)
Billie Holiday with Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Billie Holiday (voc) Monty Kelly, Larry Neill, Don Waddilove (tp) Skip Layton, Murray McEachern (tb) Alvy West, Danny
d'Andrea, Lenny Hartman (saxes) ensemble de cordes; Buddy Weed (p) Mike Pingitore (g) Art Shapiro (b) Willie Rodriguez (dms)
Paul Whiteman (dir)
Los Angeles, 12 juin 1942
2 Main Stem 2’47
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts)
Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g)
Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 26 juin 1942
3 The Jumpin’ Blues 2’59
(Jay McShann)
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Bob Merill, Orville Minor, Bernard Anderson (tp) Joe Baird, Lawrence Anderson (tb) Charlie Parker, John Jackson (as) Bob
Mabane, Fred Culliver (ts) Jay McShann (p, dir) Leonard Enois (g) Gene Ramey (b) Harold West (dms) Walter Brown (arr)
New York, 2 juillet 1942
4 Indiana 4'50
(James Frederik Hanley/Ballard McDonald)
Lester Young
Lester Young (ts) Nat King Cole (p) Red Callender (b)
New York, 15 juillet 1942
5 It's Sand Man 3'05
(Ed Lewis)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Al Killian (tp) Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, Dickie Wells (tb) Earl Warren,
Caughey Roberts (as) Don Byas, Buddy Tate (ts) Jack Washington (as, bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b)
Jo Jones (dms)
Los Angeles, 27 juillet1942
6 Little John Special 3'09
(Lucky Millinder)
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie, William Scott, Nelson Bryant (tp) George Stevenson, Joe Britton (tb) Tab Smith, Billy Bowen (as) Stafford
Simon, Dave Young (ts) Ernest Purce (bs) Bill Doggett (p) Trevor Bacon (g) Nick Fenton (b) Panama Francis (dms) Lucky
Millinder (dir)
New York, 29 juillet 1942
7 Ain't Misbehavin' 3'57
(Thomas Waller/Harry Brooks/Andy Razaf)
Fats Waller
Benny Carter (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore (tb) Gene Porter (cl, ts) Fats Waller (p, voc) Irving Ashby (g) Slam Stewart (b) Zutty
Singleton (dms)
Hollywood, 23 janvier 1943
8 Moppin' & Boppin' 4'19
(Thomas Waller/Benny Carter/Ed Kirkeby)
Fats Waller
Benny Carter (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore (tb) Gene Porter (cl, ts) Fats Waller (p) Irving Ashby (g) Slam Stewart (b, voc) Zutty
Singleton (dms)
Hollywood, 23 janvier 1943
9 Cotton Tail 2’47
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, Harold “Shorty” Baker (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol
(v-tb) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Chauncey Haughton (cl, ts) Otto Hardwicke (as) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Billy
Strayhorn (p) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Carnegie Hall, New York, 23 janvier 1943
10 Manoir de mes rêves 3'17
(Django Reinhardt)
Quintette Du Hot Club De France
André Lluis, Gérard Lévêque (cl) Django Reinhardt, Eugène Vées (g) Jean Storne (b)
Gaston Léonard (dms)
Paris, 17 février 1943
11 Blues clair 3'01
(Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt (g) Eugène Vées (g) Jean Storne (b) Gaston Léonard (dms)
Paris, 26 février 1943
12 Cow Cow Boogie 2'52
(Benny Carter/Don Raye/Gene De Paul)
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Johnny McGhee (tp) Bill Doggett (p) Bernie McKay (g) Bob Haggart (b) Johnny Blowers (dms) The Ink
Spots : Bill Kenny, Charles Fuqua, Ivory Watson, Happy Jones (voc)
New York, 3 novembre 1943
13 The Gasser 2'52
(Roy Eldridge)
Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra
Roy Eldridge (tp) Joe Eldridge (as, arr) Andrew “Goon” Gardner (as) Ike Quebec (ts) Rozelle Gayle (p) Ted Sturgis (b) Harold
"Doc" West (dms)
Chicago, 16 novembre 1943
14 Eager Beaver 3’08
(Stanley Kenton)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Ray Borden, John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, Dick Morse (tp) Harry Forbes, George Faye (tb) Bart Varsalona (btb)
Eddie Meyers, Art Pepper (as) Red Dorris, Maurice Beeson (ts) Bob Gioga (bs) Stan Kenton (p, dir, arr) Bob Ahern (g) Clyde
Singleton (b) Joe Vernon (dms)
Hollywood, 9 novembre 1943
15 Knock Me a Kiss 2'16
(Louis Jordan)
Louis Jordan
Eddie Roane (tp) Louis Jordan (as, voc) Arnold Thomas ou Bill Davis (p) Jesse “Po” Simpkins (b) Shadow Wilson (dms)
Hollywood, 22 novembre 1943
16 Bechet Parades The Blues 4’18
(William Christopher Handy)
Sidney Bechet
Vic Dickenson (tb) Sidney Bechet (ss) Don Donaldson (p) Ernest Wilson Myers (b) Wilbert Kirk (dms)
New York, 8 décembre 1943
17 Stumpy 3'16
(Coleman Hawkins)
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
Bill Coleman (tp) Andy Fitzgerald (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Ellis Larkins (p) Al Casey (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Shelly Manne (dms)
New York, 8 décembre 1943
18 I Got Rhythm 4’06
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Dickie Wells & His Orchestra
Bill Coleman (tp) Dickie Wells (tb) Lester Young (ts) Ellis Larkins (p) Freddie Green (g) Al Hall (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 21 décembre 1943
19 The Man I Love 5'03
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Coleman Hawkins’ Swing Four
Coleman Hawkins (ts); Eddie Heywood Jr. (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Shelly Manne (dms)
New York, 23 décembre 1943
20 Afternoon of a Basie-ite 3'05
(Lester Young)
Lester Young Quartet
Lester Young (ts) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Slam Stewart (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 28 décembre 1943
21 Just You Just Me 3'08
(Jesse Greer/Raymond Klages)
Lester Young Quartet
Lester Young (ts) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Slam Stewart (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 28 décembre 1943
22 Honeysuckle Rose 3'11
(Thomas Waller/Andy Razaf)
Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams (tp, dir) Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (as) Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (ts) Bud Powell (p) Norman Keenan (b)
Sylvester “Vess” Payne (dms)
New York, 6 janvier 1944
CD 16 : 74'54
1 Honeysuckle Rose 2'18
(Thomas Waller/Andy Razaf)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Slam Stewart (b)
New York, 5 janvier 1944
2 Flying Home 8'32
(Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton/Sid Robin)
Esquire All American Jazz Stars
Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge (tp) Barney Bigard (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Art Tatum (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Al Casey (g)
Oscar Pettiford (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 18 janvier 1944
3 Fiesta in Brass 2'55
(Roy Eldridge)
Little Jazz Trumpet Ensemble
Roy Eldridge, Emmett Berry, Joe Thomas (tp) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Israel Crosby (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 24 janvier 1944
4 Woody'n You 2'57
(John Birks Gillespie)
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, arr) Vic Coulsen, Eddie Vanderveer (tp) Leo Parker, Leonard Lowry (as) Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Ray
Abrams (ts) Budd Johnson (bs) Clyde Hart (p)
Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (dms) New York, 16 février 1944
5 Lester Leaps Again 4'23
(Buck Clayton)
Lester Young
Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 22 mars 1944
6 Curry in A Hurry 4'44
(Earl Hines)
Charlie Shavers Quintet
Charlie Shavers (tp) Tab Smith (as) Earl Hines (p) Al Lucas (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 22 avril 1944
7 Dark Eyes 4'39
(Traditionnel)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Slam Stewart (b)
New York, 1er mai 1944
8 Jump Lester Jump 3'15
(Lester Young)
Lester Young Quintet
Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Shadow Wilson (dms)
New York, 1er mai 1944
9 I Can't Get Started with You 2'48
(Vernon Duke)
Benny Carter
John Carroll, Karl George, Edwin Davis, Milton Fletcher (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore, Jay Jay Johnson, John "Shorty" Haughton,
Bart Varsalona (tb) Benny Carter (as, arr) Porter Kilbert (as) Willard Brown (as, bs) Eugene Porter, Bumps Myer (ts) Gerald
Wiggins (p) W.J. Edwards (g) Charles Drayton (b) Max Roach (dms)
Los Angeles, 21 mai 1944
10 Blues 10'32
(JATP)
Jazz at The Philharmonic
Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea (ts) Nat King Cole (p) Les Paul (g) Johnny Miller (b) Lee Young (dms)
Philhamonic Auditorium, Los Angeles 2 juillet 1944
11 Blue Harlem 4'33
(Ike Quebec)
Ike Quebec Quintet
Ike Quebec (ts) Ram Ramirez (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Milt Hinton (b) J. C. Heard (dms)
New York, 18 juillet 1944
12 Jammin' The Blues 4'08
(Lester Young)
Lester Young
Harry Edison (tp) Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet (ts) Marlowe Morris (p) Barney Kessel (g) John Simmons (b) Sidney Catlett, Jo
Jones (dms)
Hollywood, août 1944
13 Skyliner 3'00
(Charlie Barnet)
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
Peanuts Holland, Johnny Martell, Jack Mootz, Lyman Vunk (tp) Charles Coolidge, Gerald Foster, Dave Hallet, Burt Johnson (tb)
Charlie Barnet (as, ss, ts, dir) Harold Herzone, Joe Meisner (as) Kurt Bloom, Ed Pripps (ts) Bob Poland (bs) Dodo Marmarosa (p)
Barney Kessel (g) Howard Rumsey (b) Harold Hahn (dms)
Los Angeles, 3 août 1944
14 Persian Rug 2'38
(Neil Moret/Gus Kahn)
Mary Lou Williams Trio
Bill Coleman (tp) Mary Lou Williams (p) Al Hall (b)
New York, 10 août 1944
15 Lip's Blues 3'21
(Oran Thadeus Page)
Hot Lips Page Band
Hot Lips Page (tp, voc) Joe Keyes, Jesse Brown (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Earl Bostic, Floyd “Horsecollar” Williams (as) Don Byas,
Ike Quebec (ts) Clyde Hart (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Al Lucas (b) Jack Parker (dms)
New York, 12 septembre 1944
16 Tiny's Tempo 2'53
(Lloyd Grimes/Clyde Hart)
Tiny Grimes Quintet
Charlie Parker (as) Clyde Hart (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Jimmy Butts (b)
Harold "Doc" West (dms)
New York, 15 septembre 1944
17 Tempo's Boogie 3'04
(Lionel Hampton)
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Morris, Dave Page, Lammar Wright (tp) Vernon Porter, Fred Beckett, Andrew Penn, Sonny
Craven, Allen Durham (tb) George Dorsey, Gus Evans (as) Arnett Cobb, Freddie Simon (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bs) Milt Buckner
(p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Billy Mackel (g) Charles Harris, Ted Sinclair (b) Fred Radcliffe (dms)
Los Angeles, 16 octobre 1944
18 Erroll's Bounce 3'04
(Erroll Garner)
Erroll Garner Trio
Erroll Garner (p) Red Callender (b) Harold "Doc" West (dms)
New York, 18 décembre 1944
CD 17 : 75’12
1 Black Brown & Beige 18'08
Work Song - Come Sunday - The Blues - Three Dances
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His 0rchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson (tp) Ray Nance (tp, vln) Lawrence Brown, Joe “Trick Sam” Nanton, Claude Jones
(tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p,
dir) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Joya Sherrill (voc)
New York, 11/12 décembre 1944
2 Blue Horizon 4'25
(Sidney Bechet)
Sidney Bechet & His Blue Note Jazzmen
Sidney de Paris (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Manzie Johnson (dms)
New York, 20 décembre 1944
3 Caldonia 3'02
(Fleecie Moore)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Sonny Berman, Charles Frankhauser, Ray Wetzel, Pete Candoli, Carl Warwick (tp) Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed Kiefer (tb)
Woody Herman (cl, as, voc, dir) Sam Marowitz, John LaPorta (cl, as) Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts) Skippy DeSair (bs) Ralph
Burn (p, arr) Marjorie Hyams (vib) Chubby Jackson (b) Dave Tough (dms)
New York, 26 février 1945
4 Avenue C 3'09
(Buck Clayton)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Harry “Sweets” Edison, Al Killian, Joe Newman (tp) Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor, Dickie Wells (tb) Earl Warren,
Jimmy Powell (as) Lucky Thompson, Buddy Tate (ts) Rudy Rutherford (bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Rodney
Richardson (b) Joe Marshall (dms)
New York, 26 février 1945
5 All The Things You Are 2'44
(Oscar Hammerstein/Jerome Kern)
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Clyde Hart (p) Remo Palmieri (g) Slam Stewart (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 28 février 1945
6 Groovin' High 2'38
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Clyde Hart (p) Remo Palmieri (g) Slam Stewart (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 28 février 1945
7 Riffmarole 2'49
(Benny Carter)
Capitol International Jazzmen
Bill Coleman (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Benny Carter (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Nat King Cole (p) Oscar Moore (g) John Kirby (b)
Max Roach (dms)
Los Angeles, 30 mars 1945
8 Salt Peanuts 3'11
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Al Haig (p) Curley Russell (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 11 mai 1945
9 Blow Top Blues 3'19
(Leonard Feather)
Lionel Hampton & His Septet
Dinah Washington (voc) Wendell Culley (tp) Herbie Fields (as) Arnett Cobb (ts) John Mehegan (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Billy
Mackel (g) Charlie Harris (b) George Jones (dms)
New York, 21 mai 1945
10 I Got Rhythm 4'47
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Don Byas & Slam Stewart
Don Byas (ts) Slam Stewart (b)
Town Hall, New York, 9 juin 1945
11 The Perfume Suite (extraits) 4'51
Balcony Serenade - Dancers in Love
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson, Rex Stewart, Ray Nance (tp) Lawrence Brown, Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Claude
Jones (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke (as) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, b-cl) Duke Ellington
(p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 24 juillet 1945
12 Don't Explain 3'21
(Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog Jr.)
Billie Holiday with Bob Haggart Orchestra
Billie Holiday (voc) Joe Guy (tp) Bill Stegmeyer (as) Hank Ross, Armand Camgros (ts) Stan Webb (bs) Sammy Benskin (p) Tiny
Grimes (g) Bob Haggart (b, dir) Specs Powell (dms) Morris Lefkowitz, Frank Siefields, George Serloff, Leo Kruczek, Charles Jaffe
(vln) Armand Kaproff (alto)
New York, 14 août 1945
13 For Dancers Only 2'31
(Sy Oliver)
Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
Charles Stewart, Russell Green, Bob Mitchell (tp) Fernando Arbello, Russell Bowles, Earl Hardy, James Williams (tb) Omer
Simeon (cl, as) Earl Carruthers (cl, as, bs) Joe Thomas (cl, ts) Jimmie Lunceford (as, fl, dir) Kirkland Bradford (as) Ernest Purce
(ts) Edwin Wilcox (p) John Mitchell (g) Truck Parham (b) Joe Marshall (dms) Sy Oliver (arr)
Jefferson Army Barracks, Missouri, 23 novembre 1945
14 Billie's Bounce 3'07
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker’s Reboppers
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Dizzy Gillespie (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 26 novembre 1945
15 Meandering 3'14
(Miles Davis/Bernard Hermann)
Charlie Parker’s Reboppers
Charlie Parker (as) Dizzy Gillespie (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 26 novembre 1945
16 Koko 2'54
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker’s Reboppers
Charlie Parker (as) Dizzy Gillespie (tp, p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 26 novembre 1945
17 These Foolish Things 3'08
(Harry Link/Jack Strachey/Holt Marvell)
Lester Young & His Band
Lester Young (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Red Callender (b) Henry Tucker (dms)
Los Angeles, 20 décembre 1945
18 Tonk 2'47
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Billy Strayhorn)
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington (p) Billy Strayhorn (p)
New York, 10 janvier 1946
CD 18 : 76’31
1 Mellow Mood 3'12
(James Smith)
Dodo Marmarosa
Dodo Marmarosa (p) Ray Brown (b) Jackie Mills (dms)
Los Angeles, 11 janvier 1946
2 Intermission Riff 3'15
(Ray Wetzel)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Buddy Childers, John Anderson, Russ Burgher, Bob Lymperis (tp) Ray Wetzel (tp, arr) Freddie Zito, Ray Klein, Milt Kabak, Bart
Varsalona (tb) Al Anthony, Boots Mussulli (as) Vido Musso, Bob Cooper ( ts) Bob Gioga (bs) Stan Kenton (p, dir) Bob Ahern (g)
Eddie Safranski (b) Robert Collier (dms)
Hollywood, 14 janvier 1946
3 Oh! Lady Be Good 10'06
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Jazz at The Philharmonic
Howard McGhee, Al Killian (tp) Charlie Parker, Willie Smith (as) Arnold Ross (p) Lester Young (ts) Billy Hadnott (b) Lee Young
(dms)
Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 28 janvier 1946
4 Long Tall Dexter 3'01
(Dexter Gordon)
Dexter Gordon Quintet
Leonard Hawkins (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 29 janvier 1946
5 The King 3'06
(William Basie)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Harry “Sweet” Edison, Ed Lewis, Al Killian, Joe Newman (tp) Ted Donnelly, Louis Taylor, George Matthews, Eli Robinson (tb)
Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell (as) Budy Tate (ts) Rudy Rutherford (bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Rodney Richardson
(b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 6 février 1946
6 The 52nd Street Theme 3'09
(Thelonious Monk)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Don Byas (ts) Al Haig (p) Milt Jackson (vib) Bill De Arango (g) Ray Brown (b) J.C. Heard (dms)
New York, 22 février 1946
7 A Night in Tunisia 3'03
(John Birks Gillespie/Frank Paparelli)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Don Byas (ts) Al Haig (p) Milt Jackson (vib) Bill De Arango (g) Ray Brown (b) J.C. Heard (dms)
New York, 22 février 1946
8 Cool Breeze 2'49
(Billy Eckstine/Tadley Dameron/John Birks Gillespie)
Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Kenny Dorham, Raymond Orr (tp) Billy Eckstine (tb, dir) Alfred “Chippy” Outcalt, Robert
Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) Norris Turney, Bob “Junior” Williams (as) Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons (ts) Tate Houston (bs)
Richard Ellington (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Bill McMahon (b) Art Blakey (dms) Tadd Dameron (arr)
New York, mars 1946
9 A Night in Tunisia 3'00
(John Birks Gillespie/Frank Paparelli)
Charlie Parker Septet
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Lucky Thompson (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Arvin Garrison (g) Vic McMillan (b) Roy Porter
(dms)
Hollywood, 28 mars 1946
10 I Found My Baby 2'41
(Lennie Tristano)
Lennie Tristano
Lennie Tristano (p)
Chicago, printemps - été 1946
11 Boyd Meets Stravinsky 2'48
(Boyd Raeburn/Eddie Finckel)
Boyd Raeburn
Ray Linn, Dale Pierce, Nelson Shelladay (tp) Fred Zito, Ollie Wilson, Britt Woodman (tb) Willie Schwartz (cl, as) Harry Klee (as)
Ralph Lee, Lucky Thompson (ts) Boyd Raeburn (b-sx, dir) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Harry Babasin (b) Jackie Mills (dms)
Eddie Finckel (arr)
Hollywood, avril 1946
12 Cherokee 2'59
(Ray Noble)
Don Byas
Don Byas (ts) Teddy Brannon (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Fred Radcliffe (dms)
New York, 17 mai 1946
13 Our Delight 2'27
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Raymond Orr, Talib Ahmad Dawud, John Lynch (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore, Leon Comegys, Charles
Greenlee (tb) Howard Johnson, John Brown (as) Warren Lucky, Ray Abrams (ts) Pee Wee Moore (bs) Milt Jackson (p) Ray
Brown (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 10 juin 1946
14 Things to Come 2'43
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Talib Ahmad Dawud, John Lynch (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore, Leon Comegys,
Gordon Thomas (tb) Howard Johnson, John Brown (as) Warren Lucky, Ray Abrams (ts) Pee Wee Moore (bs) John Lewis (p) Milt
Jackson (vib) Ray Brown (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 9 juillet 1946
15 Transblucency 2'58
(Lawrence Brown/Duke Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Taft Jordan, Harold “Shorty”Baker, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam”
Nanton, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, Wilbur De Paris (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as,
cl) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, b-cl, cl)) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Kay Davis
(voc)
Hollywood, 9 juillet 1946
16 Lover Man 3'17
(Ram Ramirez/James Davis/Jimmy Sherman)
Charlie Parker Quintet
Howard McGhee (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Jimmy Bunn (p) Bob Kesterton (b) Roy Porter (dms)
Hollywood, 29 juillet 1946
17 New Lester Leaps in 2'55
(Lester Young)
Lester Young & His Band
Lester Young (ts) Joe Albany (p) Irving Ashby (g) Red Callender (b) Chico Hamilton (dms)
Los Angeles, août 1946
18 Cadillac Slim 3'02
(Ben Webster)
Benny Carter
Buck Clayton (tp) Al Grey (tb) Benny Carter (as, arr) Ben Webster (ts) Sonny White (p) John Simmons (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 23 août 1946
19 Esquire Swank 3'27
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Johnny Hodges)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Taft Jordan, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance (tp) Claude Jones, Lawrence
Brown, Wilbur De Paris (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs,
b-cl, cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 3 septembre 1946
20 Blues in Be-Bop 2'41
(McKinley Howard Dorham)
Be-Bop Boys Quintet
Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Morris Lane (ts) Eddie De Verteuil (bs) Bud Powell (p) Al Hall (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) W.
Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 4 septembre 1946
21 Epistrophy 2'51
(Thelonious Monk/Kenny Clarke)
Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys
Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Ray Abrams (ts) Eddie De Verteuil (bs) Bud Powell (p) John Collins (g) Al
Hall (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) W. Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 5 septembre 1946
22 Webb City 5'35
(Bud Powell/Gil Fuller)
Fats Navarro - Gil Fuller’s Modernists
Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Morris Lane (ts) Eddie De Verteuil (bs) Bud Powell (p) Al Hall (b) Kenny
Clarke (dms) W. Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 6 septembre 1946
CD 19 : 76’45
1 Hesitation Boogie 2'41
(Mary Lou Williams)
Mary Lou Williams Trio
Mary Lou Williams (p) June Rotenberg (b) Bridget O'Flynn (dms)
New York, 7 octobre 1946
2 Out on a Limb 2'38
(Lennie Tristano)
Lennie Tristano Trio
Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Clyde Lombardi (b)
New York, 8 octobre 1946
3 Untitled Blues 3'27
(Lennie Tristano)
Lennie Tristano Trio
Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Clyde Lombardi (b)
New York, 8 octobre 1946
4 Where The Blues Were Born in New-Orleans 3'11
(Bob Dixon/Cliff Carleton)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (ct, voc) Kid Ory (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Charlie Beal (p) Bud Scott (g) Red Callender (b) Zutty Singleton (dms)
Hollywood, 16 septembre 1946
5 Ride Red Ride 2'14
(Irving Mills/Lucky Millinder)
Django Reinhardt - Duke Ellington
Taft Jordan, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Ray Nance, Shelton Hemphill, Cat Anderson (tp) Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Wilbur De
Paris (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl,b-cl) Duke
Ellington (p, dir) Django Reinhardt, Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Civic Opera House, Chicago, 10 novembre 1946
6 Happy Go Lucky Local 5'28
(Edward Kennedy & Mercer Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Taft Jordan, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Ray Nance, Shelton Hemphill, Cat Anderson (tp) Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Wilbur De
Paris (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl,b-cl) Duke
Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 25 novembre 1946
7 The Beautiful Indians: Hiawatha 2’40
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Taft Jordan, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Ray Nance, Shelton Hemphill, Cat Anderson (tp) Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Wilbur De
Paris (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl,b-cl) Duke
Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 5 décembre 1946
8 Hollerin' & Screamin' 2'38
(Eddie Davis)
Eddie Davis & His Beboppers
Fats Navarro (tp) Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (ts) Al Haig (p) Huey Long (g) Gene Ramey (b) Denzil Best (dms)
New York, 18 décembre 1946
9 Little Boy 2'32
(Traditionnel)
Reverend Samuel Kelsey (Preach & Sing)
Congregation of The Temple Church of God in Christ
Etats-Unis, 1947
10 I'll Remember April 2'50
(Don Raye/Gene DePaul/Patricia Johnston)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 10 janvier 1947
11 Off Minor 2'20
(Thelonious Monk)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 10 janvier 1947
12 Fat Girl 2'18
(Theodore Navarro)
Fats Navarro & His Thin Men
Fats Navarro (tp) Leo Parker (bs) Tadd Dameron (p) Gene Ramey (b) Denzil Best (dms)
New York, 29 janvier 1947
13 Trio 3'02
(Erroll Garner)
Erroll Garner Trio
Erroll Garner (p) Red Callender (b) Harold "Doc "West (dms)
AFRS Jubilee, Los Angeles, 17 février 1947
14 Cool Blues 3'06
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker Quartet
Charlie Parker (as) Erroll Garner (p) Red Callender (b) Harold "Doc" West (dms)
Hollywood, 19 février 1947
15 Relaxin' at Camarillo 3'05
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker’s New All Stars
Howard McGhee (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Wardell Gray (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p)
Barney Kessel (g) Red Callender (b) Don Lamond (dms)
Hollywood, 26 février 1947
16 A Bar A Second 2'22
(Serge Chaloff)
Serge Chaloff Tentette
Red Rodney (tp) Earl Swope (tb) Serge Chaloff (bs) George Wallington (p) Curly Russell (b) Tiny Kahn (dms)
Hackensack, New Jersey, 5 mars 1947
17 Blues after Hours 3'16
(Jack Teagarden)
Jack Teagarden’s Big Eight
Max Kaminsky (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb, voc) Peanuts Hucko (cl) Cliff Strickland (ts) Gene Schroeder (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Jack
Lesberg (b) Dave Tough (dms)
New York, 14 mars 1947
18 Oh! Lady Be Good 3'05
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Ella Fitzgerald with The Bob Haggart Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Gordon “Chris” Griffin, Andy Ferretti, Bob Peck (tp) Will Bradley, Jack Satterfield, Fred Ohms (tb) Ernie
Caceres (bs) Stanley Freeman (p) Danny Perri (g) Bob Haggart (dir, b) Morey Field (dms)
New York, 19 mars 1947
19 Boulevard Bounce 3'14
(Benny Carter/Lucky Thompson)
Lucky Thompson & His Lucky Seven
Neal Hefti tp) Benny Carter (as, arr) Lucky Thompson (ts) Bob Lawson (bs) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Red Callender (b) Lee Young
(dms)
Los Angeles, 22 avril 1947
20 Blue Lou 9'12
(Edgar Sampson/Irving Mills)
Wardell Gray Quintet
Wardell Gray (ts) Erroll Garner (p) Irving Ashby (g) Red Callender (b) Jackie Mills (dms)
Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, Ca, 29 avril 1947
21 Cheryl 2'58
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker All Stars
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 8 mai 1947
22 Back O'Town Blues 4'11
(Louis Armstrong)
Louis Armstrong & The All Stars
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Bobby Hackett (ct) Jack Teagarden (tb, voc) Peanuts Hucko (cl)
Dick Cary (p) Bob Haggart (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
Town Hall, New York, 17 mai 1947
23 Coolin' off with Ulanov 2'48
(Lennie Tristano)
Lennie Tristano Trio
Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Bob Leininger (b)
New York, 23 mai 1947
CD 20 : 75’36
1 The Chase 6'49
(Dexter Gordon/Wardell Gray)
Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray
Dexter Gordon (ts) Wardell Gray (ts) Jimmy Bunn (p) Red Callender (b) Chuck Thompson (dms)
Hollywood, 12 juin 1947
2 All Night All Frantic 2'34
(Allen Eager)
Allen Eager & The Be-Bop Boys
Allen Eager (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Terry Gibbs (vib) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 15 juillet 1947
3 Hy' A Sue 2'51
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Harold “Shorty”Baker, Ray Nance, Wilbur “Dud” Bascomb (tp) Lawrence Brown, Claude
Jones, Tyree Glenn (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Russell Procope (as, cl) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl,
b-cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 14 août 1947
4 Half Nelson 2'43
(Miles Davis)
Miles Davis All Stars
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (ts) John Lewis (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 14 août 1947
5 Two Bass Hit 2'44
(John Birks Gillespie/John Lewis)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Matthew McCay, Ray Orr, Elmon Wright (tp) Taswell Baird, William Shepherd (tb) John Brown,
Howard Johnson (as) Joe Gayles, James Moody (ts) Cecil Payne (bs) John Lewis (p, arr) Milt Jackson (vib) John Collins (g) Ray
Brown (b) Joe Harris (dms)
New York, 22 août 1947
6 Oop-Pop-A-Da 3’10
(John Birks Gillespie/Ray Brown)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, voc) Dave Burns, Matthew McCay, Ray Orr, Elmon Wright (tp) Taswell Baird, William Shepherd (tb) John
Brown, Howard Johnson (as) Joe Gayles, James Moody (ts) Cecil Payne (bs) John Lewis (p, arr) Milt Jackson (vib) John Collins
(g) Ray Brown (b) Joe Harris (dms) Kenny Haggod (voc)
New York, 22 août 1947
7 Mad Lad 2'31
(Sir Charles Thompson)
Sir Charles Thompson All Stars
Joe Newman (tp) Bob Dorsey (ts) Leo Parker (bs) Sir Charles Thompson (p) Freddie Green (g) John Simmons (b) Shadow
Wilson (dms)
New York, été 1947
8 Confirmation 5'28
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) John Lewis (p) Al McKibbon (b) Joe Harris (dms)
Carnegie Hall, New York, 29 septembre 1947
9 Koko 4’07
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) John Lewis (p) Al McKibbon (b) Joe Harris (dms)
Carnegie Hall, New York, 29 septembre 1947
10 Thelonious 2'58
(Thelonious Monk)
Thelonious Monk Sextet
Idress Sulieman (tp) Danny Quebec West (as) Billy Smith (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (dms)
New York, 15 octobre 1947
11 Well You Needn't 2'57
(Thelonious Monk)
Thelonious Monk Trio
Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (dms)
New York, 24 octobre 1947
12 My Old Flame 3'12
(Arthur Johnston/Sam Coslow)
Charlie Parker Quintet
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 4 novembre 1947
13 Donna Lee 3'01
(Charlie Parker)
Claude Thornhill
Louis Mucci, Red Rodney, Ed Zandy tp) Allan Langstaff, Tak Takvorian, John Torick (tb) Sandy Siegelstein, Walt Weschler (cor)
Bill Barber (tu) Danny Polo, Lee Konitz (cl, as) Mickey Folus (b-cl, ts) Babe Fresk (cl, ts) Billy Bushey (cl, b-cl, bs) Claude
Thornhill (p, dir) Barry Galbraith (g) Joe Shulman (b) Billy Exiner (dms) Gil Evans (arr)
New York, 6 novembre 1947
14 Mingus Fingers 3'04
(Charles Mingus)
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Wendell Culley, Duke Garrette, Walter Williams, Teddy Buckner, Leo Sheperd (tp) James Robinson, Andrew Penn, Jimmy
Wormick, Britt Woodman (tb) Jackie Kelso (cl, as) Bobby Plater, Ben Kynard (as) Morris Lane, John Sparrow (ts) Charlie
Fowlkes (bs) Milt Buckner (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Billy Mackel (g) Charles Mingus (b, arr) Joe Comfort (b) Earl Walker (dms)
Los Angeles, 10 novembre 1947
15 T-Bone Shuffle 2'57
(T-Bone Walker)
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker (g, voc) George Orendorff (tp) Bumps Myers (ts) Willard McDaniel (p) John W. Davis (b) Oscar Lee Bradley
(dms)
Los Angeles, 13 novembre 1947
16 In Walked Bud 2'53
(Thelonious Monk)
Thelonious Monk Quintet
George Taitt (tp) Sahib Shihab (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Bob Paige (b) Art Blakey (dms)
New York, 21 novembre 1947
17 Round about Midnight 3’09
(Thelonious Monk/Cootie Williams/Bernie Hanighen)
Thelonious Monk Quintet
George Taitt (tp) Sahib Shihab (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Bob Paige (b) Art Blakey (dms)
New York, 21 novembre 1947
18 Repetition 2'57
(Neal Hefti)
Charlie Parker with Neal Hefti’s Orchestra
Al Porcino, Doug Mettome, Ray Wetzel (tp) Bill Harris, Bart Varsalona (tb) Vincent Jacobs (cor) John LaPorta (cl) Charlie Parker,
Murray Williams, Sonny Salad (as) Pete Mondello, Flip Phillips (ts) Manny Albam (bs) Gene Orloff, Sam Caplan, Manny Fidler,
Sid Harris, Harry Katzman, Zelly Smirnoff (vln) Nat Nathanson, Fred Ruzilla (alt) Joe Benaventi (cello) Tony Aless (p) Curly
Russell (b) Shelly Manne (dms) Diego Ibarra (perc) Neal Hefti (dir, arr)
New York, décembre 1947
19 Nostalgia 2'41
(Theodore Navarro)
Fats Navarro Quintet
Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Rouse (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Nelson Boyd (b)
Art Blakey (dms)
New York, 5 décembre 1947
20 Oscar's Boogie 2'41
(Oscar Peterson)
Oscar Peterson Trio
Oscar Peterson (p) Auston Roberts (b) Clarence Jones (dms)
Montreal, 15 décembre 1947
21 Air Conditioning 2'51
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker Sextet
Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Charlie Parker (as) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b)
Max Roach (dms)
New York, 17 décembre 1947
22 How High The Moon 3'12
(Nancy Hamilton/William Lewis)
Ella Fitzgerald & Ray Brown Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Ray Brown (b, dir) Leonard Graham (tp)
20 décembre 1947
23 Another Hair-Do 2'37
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker All Stars
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (dms)
Detroit, 21 décembre 1947
CD 21 : 76’33
1 On a Turquoise Cloud 3'19
(Lawrence Brown/Duke Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (b-cl) Ray Nance (vln)
Duke Ellington (p, dir)Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Kay Davis (voc)
New York, 22 décembre 1947
2 Cubano Be Cubano Bop 5'47
(George Russell/John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, voc, dir) Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Lamar Wright Jr, Benny Bailey (tp) William Shepherd, Ted Kelly (tb)
Howard Johnson, John Brown (as) Joe Gayles, George “Big Nick” Nicholas (ts) Cecil Payne (bs) John Lewis (p) Al McKibbon (b)
Kenny Clarke (dms) Chano Pozo Gonzales (cga, voc) George Russell (arr)
New York, 22 décembre 1947
3 Liberian Suite [extraits] 16'34
I Like The Sunrise - Dance N°1 - Dance N°2 - Dance N°3
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Harold “ Shorty” Baker (tp) Ray Nance (tp, vln) Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones (tb) Tyree
Glenn (tb,vib) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, b-cl)
Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Al Hibbler (voc)
New York, 24 décembre 1947
4 Four Brothers 3'13
(Jimmy Giuffre)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Stan Fishelson, Bernie Glow, Irving “Marky” Markowitz, Shorty Rogers, Ernie Royal (tp) Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson (tb) Bob Swift
(b-tb) Woody Herman (cl, as, dir) Sam Marowitz (as) Herbie Steward (as, ts) Stan Getz, Zoot Sims (ts) Serge Chaloff (bs) Fred
Otis (p) Walter Yoder (b) Don Lamond (dms) Jimmy Giuffre (arr)
Hollywood, 27 décembre 1947
5 Minor Walk 2’42
(Linton Garner/John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, voc, dir) Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Lamar Wright Jr, Benny Bailey (tp) William Shepherd, Ted Kelly (tb)
Howard Johnson, John Brown (as) Joe Gayles, George “Big Nick” Nicholas(ts) Cecil Payne (bs) John Lewis (p) Al McKibbon (b)
Kenny Clarke (dms) Chano Pozo Gonzales (cga, voc) Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 30 décembre 1947
6 Over The Rainbow 3’25
(Harold Arlen/Edgar Yipsel Harburg)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, 1948
7 Picasso 3’14
(Coleman Randolph Hawkins)
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins (ts)
New York, 1948
8 Muskrat Ramble 5’04
(Edward Ory)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Jack Teagarden (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Earl Hines (p) Arvell Shaw (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
1er Festival de Jazz, Nice, 22/23 février 1948
9 Round about Midnight 8'44
(Thelonious Monk/Cootie Williams/Bernie Hanighen)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestyra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, voc, dir) Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Lamar Wright Jr, Benny Bailey (tp) William Shepherd, Ted Kelly (tb)
Howard Johnson, John Brown (as) Joe Gayles, George “Big Nick” Nicholas (ts) Cecil Payne (bs) John Lewis (p, arr) Al
McKibbon (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) Chano Pozo Gonzales (cga, voc)
Salle Pleyel, Paris, 28 février 1948
10 Cherchez la femme 2'34
(Erroll Garner)
Erroll Garner Trio
Erroll Garner (p) Ulysses Livingston (g) John Simmons (b)
Pasadena, California, avril 1948
11 Early in Paris 2'58
(Erroll Garner)
Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner (p)
Paris, 15 mai 1948
12 Misterioso 3’20
(Thelonious Monk)
Thelonious Monk Quartet
Thelonious Monk (p) Milt Jackson (vib) John Simmons (b) Shadow Wilson (dms)
New York, 2 juillet 1948
13 Good Bait 3'13
(Tadley Dameron)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, dir) Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Willie Cook (tp) William Shepherd, Jesse Tarrant (tb) John Brown (as) Ernie
Henry (as) James Moody (ts) Joe Gayles (ts) Cecil Payne (bs) James “Hen Gates” Foreman (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Teddy Stewart
(dms) Chano Pozo Gonzales (cga) Tadd Dameron (arr)
Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, Cal., 19 juillet 1948
14 Emanon 4’16
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, dir, arr) Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Willie Cook (tp) William Shepherd, Jesse Tarrant (tb) John Brown, Ernie
Henry (as) James Moody (ts) Joe Gayles (ts) Cecil Payne (bs) James “Hen Gates” Foreman (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Teddy Stewart
(dms) Chano Pozo Gonzales (cga)
Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, Cal., 19 juillet 1948
15 Symphonette 4’05
(Tadley Dameron)
The Tadd Dameron Band
Fats Navarro (tp) Rudy Williams (as) Allen Eager (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Milt Jackson (vib) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (dms)
Royal Roost, New York, 4 septembre 1948
16 Stealin' Apples 3'07
(Thomas Waller/Andy Razaf)
Benny Goodman Septet
Fats Navarro (tp) Benny Goodman (cl) Wardell Gray (ts) Gene DiNovi (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Mel Zelnick
(dms)
Los Angeles, 9 septembre 1948
CD 22 : 75’01
1 Barbados 2'27
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker’s All Stars
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) John Lewis (p) Curley Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 18 septembre 1948
2 Parker's Mood 3’04
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker’s All Stars
Charlie Parker (as) John Lewis (p) Curley Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 18 septembre 1948
3 Euphoria 3’02
(Charles Ventura/Roy Kral)
Charlie Ventura
Norman Faye (tp) Bennie Green (tb) Charlie Ventura (ts, bs) Ben Ventura (bs) Roy Kral (p, voc) Gus Cole ou Chubby Jakson (b)
Ed Shaughnessy (dms) Jackie Cain (voc)
Chicago, octobre 1948
4 The Fuller Bop Man 2'54
(Gil Fuller)
James Moody & His Bop Men
Dave Burns, Elmon Wright (tp) Ernie Henry (as) James Moody (ts, dir) Cecil Payne (bs) James “Hen Gates” Foreman (p) Nelson
Boyd (b) Teddy Stewart (dms) Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 19 octobre 1948
5 Brew Blue 2'53
(Brew Moore)
Brew Moore & His Playboys
Brew Moore (ts) Gene DiNovi (p) Jimmy Johnson (b) Jimmy Dee (dms)
New York, 22 octobre 1948
6 My Man 2'55
(Maurice Yvain/Channing Pollock)
Billie Holiday with Bobby Tucker & His Trio
Billie Holiday (voc) Bobby Tucker (p) Mundell Lowe (g) John Levy (b)
New York, 10 décembre 1948
7 Lemon Drop 2’50
(George Wallington)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Stan Fishelson, Bernie Glow, Irving “Marky” Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Shorty Rogers (tp, voc, arr) Bill Harris, Earl Swope, Ollie
Wilson (tb) Bob Swift (b-tb) Woody Herman (cl, as, voc, dir) Sam Marowitz (as) Al Cohn, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims (ts) Serge
Chaloff (bs) Lou Levy (p) Terry Gibbs (vib, voc) Chubby Jackson (b, voc) Don Lamond (dms)
Hollywood, 29 décembre 1948
8 Early Autumn 3’10
(Ralph Burns)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Stan Fishelson, Bernie Glow, Irving “Marky” Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Shorty Rogers (tp) Bill Harris, Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson
(tb) Bob Swift (btb) Woody Herman (cl, as, dir) Sam Marowitz (as) Al Cohn, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims (ts) Serge Chaloff (bs) Lou
Levy (p) Terry Gibbs (vib) Chubby Jackson (b) Don Lamond (dms) Ralph Burns (arr)
Hollywood 30 décembre 1948
9 Overtime 3'06
(Peter Rugolo)
Pete Rugolo & The Metronome All-Stars
Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay Johnson, Kai Winding (tb) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Charlie Parker (as) Charlie
Ventura (ts) Ernie Caceres (bs) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Eddie Safranski (b) Shelly Manne (dms) Pete Rugolo (arr, dir)
New York, 3 janvier 1949
10 Sid's Delight 2'51
(Tadley Dameron)
Tadd Dameron
Fats Navarro (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Cecil Payne (bs) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b)
Kenny Clarke (dms) Diego Ibarra (bgos) Vidal Bolado (cga)
New York, 18 janvier 1949
11 Professor Bop 2'26
(Babs Gonzales)
Babs Gonzales & His Orchestra
Bennie Green, Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Julius Watkins (cor) Jordan Fordin (as) Sonny Rollins (ts) Linton Garner (p) Arthur Phipps (b)
Jack "The Bear" Parker (dms) Babs Gonzales (voc)
New York, 20 janvier 1949
12 Move 2'31
(Denzil Best)
Miles Davis & His Orchestra
Miles Davis (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Junior Collins (cor) Bill Barber (tub) Lee Konitz (as) Gerry Mulligan (bs) Al Haig (p) Joe
Shulman (b) Max Roach (dms) John Lewis (arr)
New York, 21 janvier 1949
13 Godchild 3’07
(George Wallington)
Miles Davis & His Orchestra
Miles Davis (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Junior Collins (cor) Bill Barber (tub) Lee Konitz (as) Gerry Mulligan (bs, arr) Al Haig (p) Joe
Shulman (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 21 janvier 1949
14 Tempus Fugit 2'25
(Bud Powell)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Ray Brown (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, février 1949
15 Celia 2'57
(Bud Powell)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Ray Brown (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, février 1949
16 Salt Peanuts 3'35
(John Birks Gillespie/Kenny Clarke)
Charlie Parker All Stars
Kenny Dorham (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (dms)
Royal Roost, New York, 5 février 1949
17 Undercurrent Blues 3'05
(Chico O’Farrill)
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Al Stewart, Howard Reich, Doug Mettome, Nick Travis (tp) Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, George Monte (tb) Benny Goodman (cl)
Angelo Cicalese, Mitch Goldberg (as) Wardell Gray, Eddie Wasserman (ts) Larry Molinelli (bs) Buddy Greco (p) Francis Beecher
(g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Sonny Igoe (dms) Chico O'Farrill (arr)
Hollywood, 10 février 1949
18 September in The Rain 3'11
(Henry Warren)
George Shearing Quintet
George Shearing (p) Marjorie Hyams (vib) Chuck Wayne (g) John Levy (b) Denzil Best (dms)
New York, 17 février 1949
19 Father Knickerbopper 3'02
(Tiny Kahn)
Chubby Jackson & His Orchestra
Al Porcino, Norman Faye, Charlie Walp (tp) Bob Swope, Mario Doane (tb) Frank Socolow (as) Al Young, Ray Turner (ts) Marty
Flax (bs) Gene DiNovi (p) Teddy Charles (vib,bgo) Curly Russell (b) Tiny Kahn (dms, arr) Joe Harris (perc) Chubby Jackson (dir)
New York, 24 février 1949
20 Wow! 3'20
(Lennie Tristano)
Lennie Tristano Sextet
Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) Harold Granowsky (dms)
New York, 4 mars 1949
21 Visa 2'57
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker & His Orchestra
Kenny Dorham (tp) Tommy Turk (tb) Charlie Parker (as) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (dms) Carlos Vidal (bgo)
New York, avril 1949
22 Battle of The Saxes 3'50
(Al Cohn)
Stan Getz Four Brothers Bop Tenor Sax Stars
Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Brew Moore, Allen Eager (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Gene Ramey (b) Charlie Perry (dms)
New York, 8 avril 1949
23 Elevation 2'33
(Elliot Lawrence/Gerry Mulligan)
Elliot Lawrence & His Orchestra
John Dee, Jimmy Padget, Joe Techner tp) Bill Danzien (tp,cor) Sy Berger, Vince Forrest, Chuck Harris (tb) Joe Soldo, Louis
Giamo (as) Bruno Rondelli, Phil Urso (ts) Merle Bredwell (bs) Bob Karch (p) Tom O'Neil (b) Howie Mann (dms) Gerry Mulligan
(arr) Elliott Lawrence (dir)
New York, 13 avril 1949
24 Boplicity 2'58
(Cleo Henry)
Miles Davis & His Orchestra
Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Sandy Siegelstein (cor) Bill Barber (tub) Lee Konitz (as) Gerry Mulligan (bs) John Lewis (p)
Nelson Boyd (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) Gil Evans (arr)
New York, 22 avril 1949
25 Israel 2'15
(John Carisi)
Miles Davis & His Orchestra
Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Sandy Siegelstein (cor) Bill Barber (tub) Lee Konitz (as) Gerry Mulligan (bs) John Lewis (p)
Nelson Boyd (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) John Carisi (arr)
New York, 22 avril 1949
CD 23 : 76’33
1 A Bird in Igor's Yard 2'51
(George Russell)
Buddy DeFranco
Bernie Glow, Paul Cohen, Jimmy Pupa, Jack Eagle (tp) Ollie Wilson, Bart Varsalona, Earl Swope(tb) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Lee
Konitz, Frank Socolow (as) Al Cohn, Jerry Sanfino (ts) Serge Chaloff (bs) Gene DiNovi (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Irv Kluger (dms)
Manny Albam (arr)
New York, 23 avril 1949
2 Good Bait 5'46
(Tadley Dameron)
Miles Davis - Tadd Dameron Quintet
Miles Davis (tp ) James Moody (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Barney Spieler (b)
Kenny Clarke (dms)
Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, 8 mai 1949
3 Intuition 2'25
(Lennie Tristano)
Lennie Tristano Quintet
Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b)
New York, 16 mai 1949
4 Digression 3’05
(Lennie Tristano)
Lennie Tristano Quintet
Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b)
New York, 16 mai 1949
5 Long Island Sound 2'55
(Stan Getz)
Stan Getz Quartet
Stan Getz (ts) Al Haig (p) Gene Ramey (b) Stan Levey (dms)
New York, 21 juin 1949
6 The Scene Changes 2'44
(Gil Fuller)
Gil Fuller & His Orchestra
Dave Burns, Bill Massey, Abdul Salaam, Mustapha Daleel (tp) Clarence "Candy" Ross, Rip Tarrant, Charley Johnson, Haleem
Rasheed (tb) Sahib Shihab, Jimmy Heath (as) Billy Mitchell, Pritchard Cheesman (ts) Cecil Payne (bs) Milt Jackson (p, vib) Percy
Heath (b) Art Blakey (dms) Gil Fuller (arr, dir)
New York, 11 juin 1949
7 Aunt Hagar's Blues 2'43
(William Christopher Handy/James Tim Brymn)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, 13 juillet 1949
8 Dardanella 2'49
(Felix Bernard/Johnny S. Black/Fred Fisher)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, 13 juillet 1949
9 Dance of The Infidels 2'51
(Bud Powell)
Bud Powell’s Modernists
Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (dms)
New York, 8 août 1949
10 The 52nd Street Theme 2'46
(Thelonious Monk)
Bud Powell’s Modernists
Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (dms)
New York, 8 août 1949
11 Ornithology 2'20
(Bennie Harris)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (dms)
New York, 8 août 1949
12 You Go To My Head 3’13
(John Frederick Coots/Haven Gillespie)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (dms)
New York, 8 août 1949
13 Aishie 3'01
(Theodore Charles Cohen)
Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco (cl) Harvey Leonard (p) Teddy Charles (vib) Bob Carter (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 24 août 1949
14 Blue Skies 2'49
(Irving Berlin)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, 29 septembre 1949
15 My Sweet Hunk O'Trash 3'18
(James P. Johnson/Flournoy Earkin Miller)
Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong
Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong (voc) Sy Oliver Orchestra : Bernie Privin (tp) Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince (as) Art Drellinger (ts)
Pat Nizza (ts, bs) Billy Kyle (p) Everett Barksdale (g) Joe Benjamin (b) James Crawford (dms) Sy Oliver (arr, dir)
New York, 30 septembre 1949
16 Sophisticated Lady 3'08
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
Coleman Hawkins (ts) Jean-Pierre Mengeon (p) Pierre Michelot (b) Kenny Clarke (dms)
Paris, 21 décembre 1949
17 On The Sunny Side of The Street 2'42
(Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Ray Nance (tp) Tyree Glenn (tb,vib) Johnny Hodges (as) Jimmy Hamilton (ts) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Wendell
Marshall (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Lu Elliott (voc)
New York, 22 décembre 1949
18 Sax of a Kind 5'09
(Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh)
Lennie Tristano Sextet
Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Joe Shulman (b) Jeff Morton (dms)
Carnegie Hall, New York, 24 décembre 1949
19 Sometimes I'm Happy 3'35
(Vincent Youmans/Leo Robin/Clifford Grey/Irving Caesar)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, février 1950
20 Strike Up The Band 3'25
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Sonny Stitt Quartet
Sonny Stitt (ts) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 26 janvier 1950
21 Blues in A Riff 2'50
(Pete Rugolo)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Chico Alvarez, Shorty Rogers, Don Paladino (tp) Milt Bernhart, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bill Russo,
Harry Betts (tb) Bart Varsalona (b-tb) John Graas, Lloyd Otto (cor) Gene Englund (tu) Art Pepper, Bud Shank (as) Bart Caldarell,
Bob Cooper (ts) Bob Gioga (bs,b-cl) Stan Kenton (p, dir) Laurindo Almeida (g) Don Bagley (b) Shelly Manne (dms) Carlos Vidal
(congas) Pete Rugolo (arr)
Hollywood, 5 février 1950
22 Blues Up & Down 2'38
(Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt)
Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt Band
Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 5 mars 1950
23 Deception 2'45
(Miles Davis)
Miles Davis & His Orchestra
Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Gunther Schuller (cor) John Barber (tu) Lee Konitz (as) Gerry Mulligan (bs) Al McKibbon
(b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 9 mars 1950
24 The Lady in Red 3'13
(Mort Dixon/Allie Wrubel)
Stan Getz Quartet
Stan Getz (ts) Tony Aless (p) Percy Heath (b) Don Lamond (dms)
New York, 14 avril 1950
CD 24 : 76’49
1 Mean to Me 2'53
(Fred E. Ahlert/Roy Turk)
Sarah Vaughan with George Treadwell & His All Stars
Sarah Vaughan (voc) Miles Davis (tp) Bennie Green (tb) Tony Scott (cl) Budd Johnson (ts) Jimmy Jones (p)
Mundell Lowe (g) Billy Taylor Sr. (b) J.C. Heard (dms)
New York, 19 mai 1950
2 Neenah 3'25
(Lester Young)
Lester Young Quartet
Lester Young (ts) John Lewis (p) Joe Shulman (b) Bill Clark (dms)
New York, juin 1950
3 Bloomdido 3'24
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Curly Russell (b)
Buddy Rich (dms)
New York, 6 juin 1950
4 Mohawk 3'34
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Curly Russell (b) Buddy Rich (dms)
New York, 6 juin 1950
5 Night & Day 2'57
(Cole Porter)
Zoot Sims Quartet
Zoot Sims (ts) Gerald Wiggins (p) Pierre Michelot (b) Kenny Clarke (dms)
Paris, 16 juin 1950
6 C'est si bon 3'01
(Sam Theard)
Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver’s Orchestra
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Melvin “Red” Solomon, Bernie Privin, Paul Webster (tp) Morton Bullman (tb) Hymie Schertzer, Milt
Yaner (as) Art Drelinger, Bill Holcomb (ts) Earl Hines (p) Everett Barksdale (g) George Duvivier (b) Johnny Blowers (dms) Sy
Oliver (dir, arr)
New York, 26 juin 1950
7 Tea for Two 3'29
(Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (dms)
New York, 1er Juin ou juillet 1950
8 You Rascal You 3'03
(Sam Theard)
Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan with His Tympany Five
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) Aaron Izenhall (tp) Louis Jordan (as, voc) Josh Jackson (ts) Bill Doggett (p) Bill Jennings (g) Bob
Bushnell (b) Joe Morris (dms)
New York, 23 août 1950
9 Someone to Watch Over Me 3'13
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Ellis Larkins (p)
New York, 12 septembre 1950
10 Move 1'48
(Denzil Best)
Red Norvo Trio
Red Norvo (vib) Tal Farlow (g) Charles Mingus (b)
Chicago, 13 octobre 1950
11 I Remember Harlem 2'51
(Roy Eldridge)
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge (tp) Benny Vasseur (tb) Albert Ferreri (ts) William Boucaya (bs) Raymond Fol (p) Barney Spieler (b) Robert Barnet
(dms)
Paris, 28 octobre 1950
12 Penthouse Serenade 2'55
(Val Burton)
Erroll Garner Trio
Erroll Garner (p) John Simmons (b) Shadow Wilson (dms)
New York, 11 janvier 1951
13 Down 2'50
(Miles Davis)
Miles Davis Sextet
Miles Davis (tp) Bennie Green (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Roy Haynes (dms)
New York, 17 janvier 1951
14 I Know 2'30
(Miles Davis)
Sonny Rollins Quartet
Sonny Rollins (ts) Miles Davis (p) Percy Heath (b) Roy Haynes (dms)
New York, 17 janvier 1951
15 Au Privave 2’42
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker & His Orchestra
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Teddy Kotick (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 17 janvier 1951
16 K.C. Blues 3’24
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker & His Orchestra
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Teddy Kotick (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 17 janvier 1951
17 Local 802 Blues 2'38
(George Shearing)
Metronome All Stars
Miles Davis (tp) Kai Winding (tb) John LaPorta (cl) Lee Konitz (as) Stan Getz (ts) Serge Chaloff (bs) George Shearing (p, arr)
Terry Gibbs (vib) Billy Bauer (g) Eddie Safranski (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 23 janvier 1951
18 Split Kick 2'51
(Horace Silver)
Stan Getz Quartet
Stan Getz (ts) Horace Silver (p) Joe Calloway (b) Walter Bolden (dms)
New York, 23 janvier 1951
19 Oblivion 2'08
(Bud Powell)
Bud Powell
Bud Powell (p)
New York, février 1951
20 Dusk in Sandy 2'12
(Bud Powell)
Bud Powell
Bud Powell (p)
New York, février 1951
21 Birk's Work 3'06
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Kenny Burrell (g) Percy Heath (b) Kansas Field (dms)
Detroit, Michigan, 1er mars 1951
22 Ezz-Thetics 2'51
(George Russell)
Lee Konitz Sextet
Miles Davis (tp) Lee Konitz (as) Sal Mosca (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 8 mars 1951
23 Odjenar 2'51
(George Russell)
Lee Konitz Sextet
Miles Davis (tp) Lee Konitz (as) Sal Mosca (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 8 mars 1951
24 Anthropology 5’00
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker & The All Stars
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (dms)
Birdland, New York, 31 mars 1951
25 Body & Soul 3'34
(John W. Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour/Frank Eyton)
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus (b) Spaulding Givens (p)
Los Angeles, avril 1951
CD 25 : 77’36
1 A Night in Tunisia 4’13
(John Birks Gillespie/Frank Paparelli)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 1er mai 1951
2 It Could Happen To You 2’21
(Johnny Burke/Jimmy VanHeusen)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 1er mai 1951
3 Un Poco Loco 4’43
(Bud Powell)
Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 1er mai 1951
4 Straight No Chaser 2'54
(Thelonious Monk)
Thelonious Monk Quintet
Sahib Shihab (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Milt Jackson (vib) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (dms)
New York, 23 juillet 1951
5 Smada 2'45
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Billy Strayhorn)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Harold “Shorty” Baker, Nelson Williams, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance (tp) Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson (tb) Jimmy
Hamilton (cl, ts) Russell Procope (as, cl) Willie Smith (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, b-cl) Billy Strayhorn (p)
Wendell Marshall (b) Louie Bellson (dms) Duke Ellington (dir)
New York, 7 août 1951
6 Potter's Luck 2'39
(Horace Silver)
Stan Getz Quintet
Stan Getz (ts) Horace Silver (p) Jimmy Raney (g) Leonard Gaskin (b) Roy Haynes (dms)
New York, 15 août 1951
7 D & E 2'55
(John Lewis)
Milt Jackson Quartet
John Lewis (p) Milt Jackson (vib) Ray Brown (b) Kenny Clarke (dms)
New York, 24 août 1951
8 Buzzy 4'27
(Charlie Parker)
Hampton Hawes Trio
Hampton Hawes (p) Harper Cosby (b) Lawrence Marable (dms)
The Haig Club, Los Angeles, 22 septembre 1951
9 Conception 4'01
(George Shearing)
Miles Davis Sextet
Miles Davis (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sonny Rollins (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Blakey (dms)
New York, 5 octobre 1951
10 Popo 3'01
(Milton Rajonsky)
Shorty Rogers & His Giants
Shorty Rogers (tp, arr) John Graas (cor) Gene Englund (tuba) Art Pepper (as) Jimmy Giuffre (ts) Hampton Hawes (p) Don
Bagley (b) Shelly Manne (dms)
Hollywood, 8 octobre 1951
11 Parker 51 6'03
(Jimmy Raney)
Stan Getz Quintet
Stan Getz (ts) Al Haig (p) Jimmy Raney (g) Teddy Kotick (b) Tiny Kahn (dms)
Storyville Club, Boston, 28 octobre 1951
12 A Tone Parallel To Harlem 13'44
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Cat Anderson (tp) Juan Tizol, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl)
Russell Procope (as, cl) Willie Smith (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, b-cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Wendell Marshall
(b) Louie Bellson (dms)
New York, 7 décembre 1952
13 Time On My Hands 2'40
(Vincent Youmans/Harold Adamson/Mack Gordon)
Sonny Rollins Quartet
Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (dms)
New York, 17 décembre 1951
14 Jazz et Jazz 2'58
(André Hodeir)
André Hodeir
Bernard Peiffer (p) support électroacoustique réalisé dans le Studio de Musique Concrète de Paris; Roger Guérin (tp) Jean
Barraqué (piano préparé), Emmanuel Soudieux (b) Richie Frost (dms)
Paris, 1951/1952
15 Rough Ridin' 3'13
(Ella Fitzgerald/Hank Jones)
Ella Fitzgerald with Ray Brown’s Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Hank Jones (p) Bill Doggett (org) Ray Brown (b) Rudy Taylor (dms) Dick Jacobs (perc) Ray Charles singers
New York, 4 janvier 1952
16 It Don't Mean A Thing 2'18
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Irving Mills)
Shelly Manne
Conte Candoli, Shorty Rogers (tp) Jimmy Giuffre (ts) Bob Gordon (bs) Frank Patchen (p) Joe Mondragon (b) Shelly Manne (dms,
voc)
Los Angeles, 7 janvier 1952
17 Petite Fleur 3'10
(Sidney Bechet)
Sidney Bechet & His All Stars
Sidney Bechet (ss) Guy Longnon (tp) Jean-Louis Durand (tb) Charlie Lewis (p) Alf Masselier (b) Armand Molinetti (dms)
Paris, 21 janvier 1952
18 Lover Man 2'18
(Ram Ramirez/James Davis/Jimmy Sherman)
Wardell Gray
Art Farmer (tp) Wardell Gray (ts) Hampton Hawes (p) Harper Crosby (b) Lawrence Marable (dms) Robert Collier (cgas)
Los Angeles, 21 janvier 1952
19 Farmer's Market 2'45
(Wardell Gray)
Wardell Gray
Art Farmer (tp) Wardell Gray (ts) Hampton Hawes (p) Harper Crosby (b) Lawrence Marable (dms) Robert Collier (cgas)
Los Angeles, 21 janvier 1952
20 Begin The Beguine 3'11
(Cole Porter)
Charlie Parker Quintet
Benny Harris (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Teddy Kotick (b) Max Roach (dms) Jose Mangual (bgos) Luis Miranda
(cgas)
New York, 23 janvier 1952