The world of Count Basie / by Dance, Stanley

Table of Contents: “…Count Basie (bandleader and piano) -- Jimmy Rushing (vocalist) -- Lester "Prez" Young (tenor saxophone and clarinet) -- Buck Clayton (trumpet and arranger) -- Jo Jones (drums) -- Eddie Durham (trombone, guitar, and arranger) -- Earle Warren (alto saxophone) -- Dicky Wells (trombone and arranger) -- Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet) -- Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone and clarinet) -- Helen Humes (vocalist) -- Snooky Young (trumpet) -- Joe Newman (trumpet) -- Preston Love (alto saxophone) -- Marshall Royal (alto saxophone and clarinet) -- Lockjaw Davis (tenor saxophone) -- Frank Wess (flute, saxophones, and arranger) -- Frank Foster (tenor saxophone and arranger) -- Joe Williams (vocalist) -- Al Grey (trombone) -- Sonny Cohn (trumpet) -- Eric Dixon (tenor saxophone, flute, and arranger) -- Bobby Plater (alto saxophone and arranger) -- Richard Boone (trombone and vocal) -- Nat Pierce (bandleader, piano, and arranger) -- Jay McShann (bandleader, piano, and vocal) -- Gene Ramey (bass) -- Gus Johnson, Jr. …”

Honkers and shouters : the golden years of rhythm and blues / by Shaw, Arnold

Table of Contents: “…Louis Jimmy -- Robert Johnson -- Champion Jack Dupree -- Memphis Slim -- Joe Turner -- Pete Johnson -- Jimmy Rushing -- Pine Top Smith -- Jimmy Yancey -- Meade Lux Lewis -- Albert Ammons -- Count Basie -- Billie Holiday -- Slim & Slam -- Lionel Hampton -- Lucky Millinder -- Erskine Hawkins -- Cab Calloway -- Louis Jordan -- Berle Adams -- Cecil Grant -- Charles Brown -- Lowell Fulson -- Ivory Joe Hunter -- Amos Milburn -- Roy Brown -- Roy Milton -- T-Bone Walker -- Lester Sill -- Eddie Durham -- Charlie Christian -- Les Hite -- Freddie Slack -- Leon and Otisi Rene -- Loe Liggins -- Eli Oberstein -- The Mississippi Sheiks -- Joe Davis -- Una Mae Carlisle -- The Five Red Caps -- Savannah Churchill -- The Four Tunes -- Pete Johnson -- Herb Abramson -- The Ravens -- Sonny Til & the Orioles -- The Five Royales -- Bobby Freeman -- The Larks -- Mahalia Jackson -- Wynonie Harris -- Bobby Shad -- Sally Martin -- Dinah Washington -- Clyde Otis -- Fred Norman -- Gatemouth Moore -- Leon Rene -- Johnny Otis -- Paul Williams -- Big Jay McNeely -- Illinois Jacquet -- Earl Bostic -- Bill Diggett -- Clifford Scott -- Maxwell Davis -- Rudi Pompanelli -- Sam "The Man" Taylor -- Sam Butera -- King Curtis --…”