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Artist(s) Album
Adams & Pullen Breakthrough
Adams & Pullen Live at the Village Vanguard
Adderley, Cannonball Coast to Coast
Adderley, Cannonball In San Francisco
Adderley, Cannonball Live in New York (sextet)
Adderley, Cannonball Them Dirty Blues
Adderley, Cannonball Things Are Getting Better
Air Air Lore
Akiyoshi & Tabackin Insights
Akiyoshi & Tabackin The Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band
Allen, Henry "Red" 1937-1941 (and his Orchestra)
Allen, Henry "Red" World On A String
Allison, Mose I Don't Worry About a Thing
Allison, Mose Seventh Son
Allison, Mose Your Mind Is On Vacation
Alpert, Herb Whipped Cream & Other Delights (with the Tijuana Brass)
Ammons, Gene Boss Tenors
Anderson, Ray Heads and Tales (Anderson's Alligatory Band)
Armstrong & Ellington The Great Summit/The Master Takes
Armstrong & Hines The Genius of Louis Armstrong, vol. 1, 1923-1933
Armstrong & Oliver Louis Armstrong and King Oliver
Armstrong, Louis 25 Greatest Hit Fives & Hot Sevens
Armstrong, Louis Hello Dolly!
Armstrong, Louis Louis Armstrong (BBC Records)
Armstrong, Louis Louis Armstrong 4: Swing That Music
Armstrong, Louis Portrait os the Artist As a Young Man (1923-34)
Armstrong, Louis The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1930-1956)
Art Ensemble of Chicago Full Force
Art Ensemble of Chicago Live
Baker & Pepper The Route
Baker, Chet Chet Baker Sings
Baker, Chet Chet in Paris, Vol. 2: Everything Happens to Me
Baker, Chet Chet in Paris: The Complete Barclay Recordings of Chet Baker, Vol. 1
Baker, Chet Chet's Choice
Baker, Chet My Funny Valentine
Barnet, Charlie Drop Me Off in Harlem
Basie, Count April in Paris
Basie, Count Count Basie Swings - Joe Williams Sings
Basie, Count Count Basie: 16 Men Swinging
Basie, Count One O'Clock Jump
Basie, Count The Best of Count Basie
Basie, Count The Best of Early Basie
Basie, Count The Complete Live Roulette Recordings
Basie, Count The Original American Decca Recordings
Batiste, Alvin Late
Bechet, Sidney Centenary Celebration-1997: Great Original Performances 1924-1943
Bechet, Sidney Master Takes: Victor Sessions (1932-1943)
Bechet, Sidney Really the Blues
Beck, Jeff Blow By Blow
Beiderbecke, Bix At the Jazz Band Ball
Beiderbecke, Bix Bix Beiderbecke (BBC Records)
Beiderbecke, Bix Bix Lives
Beiderbecke, Bix The Bix Beiderbecke Story: Bix and Tram, Vol. 2
Beiderbecke, Bix Vol. 2:  At the Jazz Band Ball (1927-28)
Bellson, Louie Their Time Was The Greatest
Benson, George Body Talk
Benson, George Breezin'
Benson, George Weekend in L.A.
Blake, Eubie The 86 Years of Eubie Blake
Blake, Ran That Certain Feeling
Blakey, Art A Night in Tunisia
Blakey, Art Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
Blakey, Art Free for All
Blakey, Art Orgy In Rhythm
Blakey, Art The Big Beat
Blakey, Art The Big Beat (with the Jazz Messengers)
Blakey, Art The Jazz Messengers
Blakey, Art Ugetsu
Bley, Carla Escalator Over the Hill
Blythe, Arthur Elaborations
Blythe, Arthur Lenox Avenue Breakdown
Boswell Sisters Everybody Loves My Baby
Braxton, Anthony 6 Monk's Compositions
Braxton, Anthony Dortmund (Quartet-1976)
Braxton, Anthony For Alto
Braxton, Anthony New York Fall 1974
Braxton, Anthony The Montreux/Berlin Concerts
Brown & Roach Alone Together
Brown & Roach Daahoud
Brown & Roach The Quintet, Vol. 1
Brown, Clifford At Basin Street
Brown, Clifford Brown and Roach, Inc.
Brown, Clifford Jazz Immortal
Brown, Clifford Memorial Album
Brown, Clifford More Study in Brown
Brown, Clifford Study in Brown
Brown, Clifford The Beginning and the End
Brubeck, Dave Brubeck Time
Brubeck, Dave Dave Brubeck's All-Time Greatest Hits
Bryon, Don Tuskegee Experiments
Burton & Corea Crystal Silence (Gary Burton, Chick Corea)
Byard, Jaki The Jaki Byard Experience
Caine, Uri The Goldberg Variations
Calloway, Cab Are You Hep to the Jive?
Calloway, Cab Cab Calloway (1939-1940)
Carter, Benny All of Me
Carter, Betty Feed the Fire
Carter, James Conversin' With The Elders
Carter, Woods My Man Benny, My Man Phil
Catherine, Philip Live at the Village Vanguard
Chaloff, Serge Blue Serge
Cherry, Don El Corazon (with Ed Blackwell)
Christian, Charlie 1939-41:  Genius of Electric Guitar
Christy, June Something Cool
Clark, Sonny Cool Struttin'
Clark, Sonny Leapin' and Lopin'
Clarke, Stanley School Days
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orch. Groove Shop
Clooney, Rosemary Sings the Music of Cole Porter
Cole & Shearing Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
Cole, Nat "King" Complete After Midnight Sessions
Cole, Nat "King" Jazz Encounters
Cole, Nat "King" Trio Jumpin At Capitol
Cole, Nat "King" Trio Live at the Circle Room
Cole, Natalie Unforgetable
Coleman & Hayden Soapsuds Soapsuds
Coleman, Ornette At the "Golden Circle" in Stockholm, vol. 1
Coleman, Ornette Dancing in Your Head
Coleman, Ornette Ornette!
Coleman, Ornette Sound Museum:  Hidden Man
Coleman, Ornette This Is Our Music
Coleman, Steve ? and Five Elements, The Ascension to Light, 1999
Coltrane, John Ascension
Coltrane, John Ballads
Coltrane, John Coltrane Jazz
Coltrane, John Coltrane Plays the Blues
Coltrane, John Crescent
Coltrane, John Live at Birdland
Coltrane, John Love Supreme
Coltrane, John Mainstream 1958
Coltrane, John Ole Coltrane
Coltrane, John The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
Coltrane, John The Complete Vanguard Sessions
Condon, Eddie Dixieland All Stars
Condon, Eddie The Chronological Eddie Condon 1944-46
Condon, Spanier & Freeman At the Jazz Band Ball
Connick, Harry, Jr. When Harry Met Sally
Crosby, Bob South Rampart Street Parade
Crusaders, The Scratch
Daniels, Eddie Beautiful Love
Davis, Eddie Lockjaw All of Me
Davis, Miles A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Davis, Miles Bag's Groove
Davis, Miles E.S.P.
Davis, Miles Four & More
Davis, Miles Get Up with It
Davis, Miles Miles and Coltrane
Davis, Miles My Funny Valentine
Davis, Miles Seven Steps to Heaven
Davis, Miles Walkin'
Davis, Miles Workin'
Davison, Wild Bill Pretty Wild/With Strings Attached
Dearie, Blossom Blossom Dearie
DeJohnette, Jack Album Album
Desmond, Paul Easy Living
Dickenson, Vic Vic Dickenson Septet
Dirty Dozen Brass Band Voodoo
Dodds, Baby Baby Dodds
Dodds, Johnnie Blue Clarinet Stomp
Dodds, Johnnie His Best Recordings 1923-1940
Dolphy, Eric At the Five Spot, Vol. 2
Dolphy, Eric Copenhagen Concert
Dolphy, Eric Far Cry with Booker Little
Donaldson, Lou Lush Life
Dorham, Kenny Una Mas
Eldridge, O'Day & Krupa Uptown
Eldridge, Roy Montreux 1977
Ellington, Duke And His Mother Called Him Bill
Ellington, Duke Duke Ellington - 1940
Ellington, Duke Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1
Ellington, Duke Fargo ND, November 7, 1940
Ellington, Duke Pure Gold
Ellington, Duke Rockin's in Rhythm, Duke Ellington and the Jungle Bank, Vol. 3, 1929-1931
Ellington, Duke Seventieth Birthday Concert
Ellington, Duke Solos, Duets and Trios (featuring Jimmy Blanton)
Ellington, Duke Such Sweet Thunder
Ellington, Duke The Best of Early Ellington
Ellington, Duke The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
Ellington, Duke The Golden Duke
Enriquez, Bobby Prodigious Piano
Eps & Alden Keepin' Time
Evans, Bill At the Village Vanguard
Evans, Bill Intuition
Evans, Bill The Final Vanguard Sessions
Evans, Bill The Village Vanguard Sessions
Evans, Bill Undercurrent
Evans, Gil New Bottle, Old Wine
Farmer, Art Blame It on My Youth
Farmer, Art Modern Art
Favre, Pierre Window Steps
Ferguson, Maynard The Birdland Dream Band
Fitzgerald, Ella 75th Birthday
Fitzgerald, Ella Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie!
Fitzgerald, Ella Compact Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald, Ella Complete Ella in Berlin
Fitzgerald, Ella Ella at the Opera House
Fitzgerald, Ella Ella` in Rome: The Birthday Concert
Fitzgerald, Ella For the Love of Ella
Fitzgerald, Ella Gershwin Songbook
Fitzgerald, Ella Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
Fitzgerald, Ella The Complete Songbooks (1956-1964)
Flanagan, Tommy Jazz Poet
Fontana, Carl The Great Fontana
Freeman, Chico No Time Left
Freeman, Chico Spirit Sensitive
Frisell, Bill This Land
Frisell, Bill Where in the World?
Frishberg, Dave Can't Take You Nowhere
Gaillard, Slim Slim's Jam
Garbarek, Jan Twelve Moons
Garland, Red Groovy
Garner, Erroll Body and Soul
Garrett, Kenny Songbook
Getz, Stan For Musician's Only
Getz, Stan Jazz Samba
Getz, Stan Stan Getz & Bill Evans
Gilberto, Astrud Look at the Rainbow
Gilberto, Joao Amoroso/Brasil
Gillespie & Eldridge Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge
Gillespie, Dizzy Dizziest
Gillespie, Dizzy In the Beginning
Gillespie, Dizzy Sonny Side Up
Gillespie, Dizzy The Chronological Dizzy Gillespie 1945-1946
Gillespie, Dizzy The Original Dizzy Gillespie Big Band: In Concert
Giuffre, Jimmy The Complete 1947-1953 Small Group Sessions, Vol. 1
Golson, Benny Groovin' with Golson
Goodman, Benny B.G. in Hi-Fi
Goodman, Benny Live at Carnegie Hall: 1938 Complete
Goodman, Benny Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (1939-1941)
Goodman, Benny The Benny Goodman Story
Goodman, Benny The Birth of Swing
Goodman, Benny The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings (1935-1939)
Gordon, Dexter Bouncin' with Dex
Gordon, Dexter Homecoming, Live at the Village Vanguard
Grapelli, Stephane Young Django
Gray, Glen Best of the Big Bands: Glen Gray
Green, Grant Feelin' the Spirit
Green, Grant Solid
Griffin, Johnny A Blowin' Session
Griffin, Johnny Tough Tenor Favorites
Guaraldi, Vince A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Haden & Jones Steal Away (Charlie Haden & Hank Jones)
Haden, Charlie Ballad of the Fallen
Haden, Charlie Nocturne (2000)
Hamilton, Chico Man From Two Worlds
Hamilton, Jimmy Sweet But Hot
Hamilton, Scott Scott Hamilton and Warren Vache with Scott's Band in NYC
Hamlisch, Marvin The Sting
Hampton, Lionel All Star Sessioins Volume 2:  Hot Mallets
Hampton, Lionel Midnight Sun
Hampton, Lionel The Complete Lionel Hampton, 1937-1941
Hancock, Herbie Empyrean Isles
Hancock, Herbie Speak Like a Child
Hancock, Herbie The Prisoner
Handy, John Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1965
Hargrove, Roy The Vibe
Hawkins, Coleman Coleman Hawkins, 1943-1944
Hawkins, Coleman The Hawk Flies High
Hawkins, Coleman The Ultimate Coleman Hawkins Selected by Sonny Rollins
Hemphill, Julius Dogon A.D.
Henderson & Redman Developing an American Orchestra: 1923-1927
Henderson, Eddie Heritage
Henderson, Fletcher Building an American Orchestra
Henderson, Fletcher The Fletcher Henderson Story
Henderson, Joe Black Miracle
Henderson, Joe In 'N Out
Henderson, Joe Mode for Joe
Henderson, Joe Page One
Henderson, Joe So Near, So Far
Herman, Woody Blues on Parade
Herman, Woody The Three Herds
Herman, Woody This is Jazz
Hines, Earl "Fatha" ? Plays Duke Ellington
Hines, Earl "Fatha" An Introduction to Earl Hines/His Best Recordings 1927-1942
Hines, Earl "Fatha" Another Monday Date
Hines, Earl "Fatha" Earl Hines: Piano Man
Hines, Earl "Fatha" Live At The New School/I've Got the World On A String
Hines, Earl "Fatha" Spontaneous Explorations
Hinton, Milt Old Man Time
Hodges, Johnny Passion Flower
Holiday, Billie Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box
Holiday, Billie Body and Soul
Holiday, Billie Greatest Hits (1933-42)
Holiday, Billie Lady Day:  Best of Verve Years
Holiday, Billie Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday (1933-1945)
Holiday, Billie Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1934-1944)
Holiday, Billie Lady Day's 25 Greatest 1933-44
Holiday, Billie Lady in Satin
Holiday, Billie Lady Sings the Blues
Holiday, Billie The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 1
Holiday, Billie The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 2
Holiday, Billie The Complete Decca Recordings
Holiday, Billie The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 3
Holland, Dave Prime Directive
Holland, Dave Razors Edge
Holland, Dave Seeds of Time
Horne, Lena An Evening with
Hubbard, Freddie Straight Life
Ibrahim, Abdullah African River
Ibrahim, Abdullah Water from an Ancient Well
Jackson, Milt Bags Meets Wes
Jamal, Ahmad Ahnad's Blues
Jamal, Ahmad Trio Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961
James, Henry Yes, Indeed!
Jarrett & Peacock & DeJohnette Tribute
Jarrett, Keith At the Blue Note: the Complete Recordings
Jarrett, Keith My Song
Jobim, Antio Carlos Wave
Johnson, Bunk The King of the Blues
Johnson, James P. Running Wild (1921-1926)
Johnson, James P. Snowy Morning Blues
Johnson, Lonnie Steppin' On The Blues
Johnson, Marc Right Brain Patrol
Jones, Elvin Mr. Jones
Jones, Hank Tiptoe Tapdance
Jones, Higgins & Holland The Oracle
Jones, Jo Essential Jo Jones
Jones, Norah Come Away With Me
Joplin, Scott Scott Joplin - 1916
Joplin, Scott The Elite Syncopations
Jordan, Louis Let the Good Times Roll: The Anthology 1938-1953
Jordan, Louis The Best of Louis Jordan
Jordan, Sheila One for Junior
Jordan, Sheila Portrait of Sheila
Jordan, Sheila Sheila
Kenton, Stan Adventures in Jazz
Kenton, Stan Kenton in Hi-Fi
Kenton, Stan Retrospective
Kessel, Barney The Poll Winners Straight Ahead
King Pleasure Moody's Mood for Love
Kirby, John John Kirby 1938-1939
Kirby, John John Kirby and His Orchestra 1941-1943
Kirby, John, Sextet Biggest Band in the Land
Kirk, Rahsaan Roland Bright Moments
Kirk, Rahsaan Roland Rahsann - The Complete Mercury Recordings
Kirk, Rahsaan Roland We Free Kings
Konitz, Lee Subconscious Lee
Krall, Diana Live in Paris
Krall, Diana The Look of Love
Krupa, Gene Uptown
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross The Best of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross The Swingers!
Lang, Eddie Jazz Guitar
Lateef, Yusef Eastern Sounds
Lateef, Yusef The Yusef Lateef Anthology
Lavano, Joe Rush Hour
Lee, Peggy Spotlight on Peggy Lee
Lewis & Lunceford Stomp It Off (George Lewis & Jimmie Lunceford)
Lewis, George Homage to Charles Parker
Lewis, John Evolution
Lewis, Ramsey Sun Goddess
Lewis, Ramsey The In Crowd
Lincoln, Abbey Straight Ahead
Lincoln, Abbey You Gotta Pat the Band
Lloyd, Charles Forest Flower/Soundtrack
Lunceford, Jimmie The Quintessence
Machito Kenya
Machito Mucho Macho Machito
Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire
Mangelsdorff, Albert Three Originals
Mangione, Chuck Feels So Good
Mangione, Chuck The Best of Chuck Mangione
Marsala, Joe Joe Marsala 1936-1942
Marsalis, Branford Bloomington
Marsalis, Branford Requiem
Marsalis, Wynton Black Codes (from the Underground)
Marsalis, Wynton Blood on the Fields
Marsalis, Wynton Blue Interlude
Marsalis, Wynton In This House, on This Morning
Marsalis, Wynton J Mood
Marsalis, Wynton Live at Blues Alley
Martino, Pat All Sides Now
McFerrin, Bobby Spontaneous Inventions
McLaughlin, John My Goal's Beyond
McLean, Jackie Jacknife
McRae, Carmen Sings Great American Songwriters
McRae, Carmen Sings Monk
McRae, Carmen The Greatest of Carmen McRae
McRae, Carter Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets
Melford, Myra The Same River, Twice
Mendes, Sergio Fool on the Hill
Methany, Pat Letter from Home
Methany, Pat Still Life
Metheny, Pat 80/81
Metheny, Pat Bright Size Life
Metheny, Pat Pat Methany Group
Miller, Glenn Greatest Hits - Glenn Miller
Mingus, Charles Changes I & II
Mingus, Charles Charles "Baron" Mingus, West Coast 1945-1949
Mingus, Charles Let My Children Hear Music
Mingus, Charles Passions of a Man (an Anthology)
Mingus, Charles Present Charles Mingus
Mingus, Charles The Great Paris Concert of 1964
Mingus, Charles Thirteen Pictures
Mingus, Dolphy The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workship/Stormy Weather
Mitchell, Joni Hejira
Modern Jazz Quartet Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli
Modern Jazz Quartet Fontessa
Monk, Thelonious Best of the Blue Note Years
Monk, Thelonious Big Band and Quartet in Concert
Monk, Thelonious Brilliance
Monk, Thelonious Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings, 1962-1968
Monk, Thelonious Monk's Dream
Monk, Thelonious Pure Monk
Monk, Thelonious The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
Monk, Thelonious Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
Monk, Thelonious Underground
Montgomery, Wes Smokin at the Half Note
Montgomery, Wes So Much Guitar
Montgomery, Wes While We're Young
Moody, James Young At Heart
Moran, Jason Black Stars (2001)
Morath, Max The World of Scott Joplin
Moreira, Airto Virgin Land
Morgan, Lee The Procrastinator
Morton, Jelly Roll Classic Sides (1926-1930)
Morton, Jelly Roll Jelly Roll Morton
Morton, Jelly Roll Jelly Roll Morton Centennial: His Complete Victor Recordings
Morton, Jelly Roll Jelly Roll Morton, 1923-1924
Morton, Jelly Roll Kansas City Stomp
Morton, Jelly Roll Piano Solos (1923-1926)
Morton, Jelly Roll The Original Mr. Jelly Lord 1923-41
Morton, Jelly Roll Winin' Boy Blues
Moten, Bennie Basie Beginnings
Mulligan, Gerry California Concerts, Vol. 2
Murray, David Ballads for Bass Clarinet
Murray, David Big Band
Navarro, Fats Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron
Navarro, Fats The Complete Fats Navarro on Capitol
Nelson, Oliver Three Dimensions: The Dedication Series, Vol. 3
New Directions New Directions (1999)
Nichols, Herbie The Art of Herbie Nichols
Nichols, Red Rhythm of the Day
Noone, Jimmie His Best Recordings 1923-1940
Norvo & Bailey Red Norvo Featuring Mildred Bailey
Norvo, Red Dance of the Octopus
O'Day, Anita Anita
O'Day, Anita Anita Sings the Most
Oliver, Joe "King" King Oliver, Vol. 1, 1923-1929
Oliver, Joe "King" King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band:  The Complete Set
Oliver, Joe "King" King Oliver's Jazz Band, 1923
Oliver, Joe "King" Sugar Foot Stomp