- Fats Waller, “Handful of Keys” (Proper, 2004; tracks recorded 1922-43)
- King Oliver, “King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band: The Complete Set” (Challenge, 1997; tracks recorded 1923)
- Louis Armstrong, “The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings” (Sony, 2006; tracks recorded 1925-29)
- Louis Armstrong, “The Complete RCA Victor Recordings” (RCA, 2001; tracks recorded 1932-33 and 1946-47)
- Louis Armstrong, “Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy” (Columbia, 1954)
- Fletcher Henderson, “Tidal Wave” (Verve, 1994; tracks recorded 1931-1934)
- Bessie Smith, “The Essential Bessie Smith” (Sony, 1997; tracks recorded 1923-33)
- Bix Beiderbecke, “The Bix Beiderbecke Story” (Proper, 2003; tracks recorded 1924-30)
- Django Reinhardt, “The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order” (JSP, 2000; tracks recorded 1934-39)
- Jelly Roll Morton, “Jelly Roll Morton: 1926-1930” (JSP, 2000)
- Sidney Bechet, “The Sidney Bechet Story” (Proper, 2001; tracks recorded 1923-50)
- Duke Ellington, “The OKeh Ellington” (Sony, 1991—tracks recorded 1927-31)
- Duke Ellington, “Golden Greats” (Disky, 2002; tracks recorded 1927-48)
- Duke Ellington, “Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band” (RCA, 2003; tracks recorded 1940-42)
- Duke Ellington, “Ellington at Newport 1956” (Sony, 1999)
- Duke Ellington, “Money Jungle” (Blue Note Records, 1962)
- Coleman Hawkins, “The Essential Sides Remastered, 1929-39” (JSP, 2006)
- Coleman Hawkins, “The Bebop Years” (Proper, 2001; tracks recorded 1939-49)
- Billie Holiday, “Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles” (Sony, 2007; tracks recorded 1933-44)
- Teddy Wilson, “The Noble Art of Teddy Wilson” (ASV Living Era, 2002; tracks recorded 1933-46)
- Lester Young, “The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-40” (Mosaic, 2008; available direct through Mosaic)
- Lester Young, “Kansas City Swing” (Definitive, 2004; tracks recorded 1938-44)
- Count Basie, “The Complete Decca Recordings” (Verve, 1992; tracks recorded 1937-39)
- Count Basie, “The Complete Atomic Basie” (Blue Note, 1994; tracks recorded 1958)
- Benny Goodman, “At Carnegie Hall—1938—Complete” (Columbia, 1999)
- John Kirby Sextet, “Night Whispers: 1938-46” (Jazz Legends, 2005)
- Chick Webb, “Stomping at the Savoy” (Proper, 2006; tracks recorded 1931-39)
- Benny Carter, “3, 4, 5: The Verve Small Group Sessions” (Polygram, 1991; tracks recorded 1954)
- Charlie Christian, “The Genius of the Electric Guitar” (Definitive, 2005; tracks recorded 1939-41)
- James P. Johnson, “The Original James P. Johnson: 1942-1945 Piano Solos” (Smithsonian Folkways, 1996)
- The Nat King Cole Trio, “The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classsics, Vol. 1, 1942-1946” (Blue Note, 1995)
- Charlie Parker, “The Complete Savoy and Dial Sessions” (Uptown Jazz, 2005; tracks recorded 1944-48)
- Charlie Parker, “Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve” (Polygram, 1988; tracks recorded 1946-54)
- Charlie Parker, “Best of the Complete Live Performances on Savoy” (Savoy, 2002; tracks recorded 1948-49)
- Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, “Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945” (Uptown Jazz, 2005)
- Dizzy Gillespie, “The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, 1947-49” (RCA, 1995)
- Thelonious Monk, “Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1” (Blue Note, 2001; tracks recorded 1947)
- Thelonious Monk, “Live at the It Club, 1964” (Sony, 1998)
- Thelonious Monk, “Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane: The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings” (Riverside, 2006)
- Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh, “Intuition” (Blue Note, 1996; tracks recorded 1949 and 1956)
- Miles Davis, “The Complete Birth of the Cool” (Blue Note, 1998; tracks recorded 1948-50)
- Miles Davis, “Bags’ Groove” (Prestige, 1954)
- Miles Davis, “Kind of Blue” (Sony, 1959)
- Miles Davis, “Highlights from the Plugged Nickel” (Sony, 1995; tracks recorded 1965)
- Miles Davis, “Bitches Brew” (Columbia, 1969)
- Bud Powell, “The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1” (Blue Note, 2001; tracks recorded 1949-1951), Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 2001; tracks recorded 1953)
- Gerry Mulligan, “The Original Quartet with Chet Baker” (Blue Note, 1998; tracks recorded 1952-53)
- Modern Jazz Quartet, “Django” (Prestige, 1953)
- Art Tatum, “The Best of the Pablo Solo Masterpieces” (Pablo, 2003; tracks recorded 1953-56)
- Clifford Brown and Max Roach, “Clifford Brown & Max Roach” (EmArcy, 1954)
- Sarah Vaughan, “Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown” (EmArcy, 1954).
- Charles Mingus, “Mingus at the Bohemia (Debut, 1955).
- Charles Mingus, “Mingus Ah Um” (Columbia, 1959).
- Charles Mingus Sextet, “Cornell 1964” (Blue Note, 2007).
- Ella Fitzgerald, “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook” (Verve, 1956).
- Sonny Rollins, “Saxophone Colossus” (Prestige, 1956).
- Sonny Rollins, “Night at the Village Vanguard” (Blue Note, 1957).
- Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins, “Sonny Meets Hawk!” (RCA, 1963).
- Tito Puente, “King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente” (RCA, 2002; tracks recorded 1956-60).
- Sun Ra, “Greatest Hits—Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel” (Evidence, 2000; tracks recorded 1956-73).
- Abbey Lincoln, “That’s Him” (Riverside, 1957).
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, “Moanin’” (Blue Note, 1958).
- Ahmad Jamal Trio, “Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961” (Verve, 1998).
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet, “Time Out” (Sony, 1959).
- Jimmy Witherspoon, “The ’Spoon Concerts” (Fantasy, 1989; tracks recorded 1959).
- Ornette Coleman, “Beauty Is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings” (Atlantic, 1993; tracks recorded 1959-61).
- Ornette Coleman, “Dancing in Your Head” (Horizon, 1973).
- Freddie Hubbard, “Open Sesame” (Blue Note, 1960).
- Jimmy Smith, “Back at the Chicken Shack” (Blue Note, 2007; tracks recorded in 1960).
- Dinah Washington, “First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story” (Polygram, 1993; tracks recorded 1943-61).
- John Coltrane, “My Favorite Things” (Atlantic, 1960).
- John Coltrane, “The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings” (GRP, 1997; tracks recorded 1961).
- John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme” (Impulse!, 1964).
- John Coltrane, “Ascension” (Impulse!, 1965).
- Eric Dolphy, “Out There” (New Jazz, 1960).
- Eric Dolphy, “Out to Lunch!” (Blue Note, 1964).
- Bill Evans, “The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961” (Riverside, 2005).
- Jackie McLean, “A Fickle Sonance” (Blue Note, 1961).
- Stan Getz and João Gilberto, “Getz/Gilberto” (Verve, 1963).
- Dexter Gordon, “Our Man in Paris” (Blue Note, 1963).
- Andrew Hill, “Smokestack” (Blue Note, 1963).
- Lee Morgan, “The Sidewinder” (Blue Note, 1963).
- Albert Ayler, “Spiritual Unity” (ESP, 1964).
- Archie Shepp, “Four for Trane” (Impulse!, 1964).
- Horace Silver, “Song for My Father” (Blue Note, 1964).
- Wes Montgomery, “Smokin’ at the Half Note” (Verve, 2005; tracks recorded 1965).
- Cecil Taylor, “Conquistador!” (Blue Note, 1966).
- Betty Carter, “Betty Carter’s Finest Hour” (Verve, 2003; tracks recorded 1958-92).
- Frank Sinatra, “Sinatra at the Sands with Count Basie & the Orchestra” (Reprise, 1966).
- Frank Sinatra, “The Capitol Years” (Capitol, 1990; tracks recorded 1953-62).
- Nina Simone, “Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone, 1967-1972” (RCA, 1998).
- Pharoah Sanders, “Karma” (Impulse!, 1969).
- Chick Corea, “Return to Forever” (ECM, 1972).
- Keith Jarrett, “The Köln Concert, 1975” (ECM, 1999).
- World Saxophone Quartet, “World Saxophone Quartet Plays Duke Ellington” (Nonesuch, 1986).
- Charlie Haden and Hank Jones, “Steal Away” (Polygram, 1995).
- Joshua Redman Quartet, “Spirit of the Moment: Live at the Village Vanguard” (Warner Bros., 1995).
- Cassandra Wilson, “Traveling Miles” (Blue Note, 1999).
- Wynton Marsalis Septet, “Live at the Village Vanguard” (Sony, 1999).
- The Bill Charlap Trio, “Live at the Village Vanguard” (Blue Note, 2007).
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