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• 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).