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The best of early Basie / by Basie, Count, 1904-1984

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The complete Decca recordings / by Basie, Count, 1904-1984

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The early swing era, 1930 to 1941 / by Oliphant, Dave

Table of Contents: “…NAME BLACK BANDS: Fletcher Henderson -- Bennie Moten and Count Basie -- Duke Ellington -- Jimmie Lunceford -- NAME WHITE BANDS: Benny Goodman -- Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey -- Artie Shaw -- Glenn Miller -- OTHER BLACK BANDS: Louis Armstrongo -- Luis Russell -- Chick Webb -- Earl "Fatha" Hines -- Cab Calloway -- Andy Kirk -- Lionel Hampton -- Erskine Hawkins -- Boots Douglas -- Oran "Hot Lips" Page -- Benny Carter -- Jay McShann -- OTHER WHITE BANDS: Paul Whiteman -- Casa Loma Orchestra -- Bunny Berigan -- The Bob Crosby Orchestra -- Charlie Barnet -- Gene Krupa -- Harry James -- THE SMALL SWING GROUPS: Coleman Hawkins -- Jack Teagarden -- Billie Holiday -- Lester Young -- Fats Waller -- Milton Brown -- Summa Cum Lade, et al. -- Roy Eldridge and Buster Smith.…”

The Smithsonian collection of classic jazz.

Table of Contents: “…-- Willow weep for me / Ann Ronell (Art Tatum) -- Too marvelous for words / Richard Whiting (Art Tatum) -- Organ grinder's swing / Will Hudson (Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra) -- Rockin Chair / Hoagy Carmichael (Gene Krupa and his orchestra) -- I can't believe that you're in love with me / Jimmy McHugh (The Chocolate Dandies, featuring Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter) -- When lights are low / Benny Carter (Lionel Hampton and his orchestra) -- Dinah / Henry Akst (Quintette of the Hot Club of France) -- Doggin' around / Herschel Evans and Edgar W. Battle (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Taxi war dance / Count Basie and Lester Young (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Lester leaps in / Lester Young (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven) -- I found a new baby / Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams (Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian and Count Basie) -- Breakfast Feud / Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian)…”

Come in and hear the truth : jazz and race on 52nd Street / by Burke, Patrick Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…First for the musicians, then for the world: the birth of Swing Street -- Let's have a jubilee: 52nd Street goes commercial -- Here comes the man with the jive: Stuff Smith -- A little law and order in my music: the John Kirby Sextet and Maxine Sullivan -- Swingin' down that lane: 52nd Street at the height of the swing era -- Making it into the big time: Count Basie, Joe Marsala, and "mixed" bands -- This conglomeration of colors: bebop comes to Swing Street -- Apples and oranges: 52nd street and the jazz war.…”

Sing, sing, sing by Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986

Table of Contents: “…[et al] -- Down south camp meeting / Fletcher Henderson -- Bugle call rag / Jack Pettis, Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel -- Goodnight my love / Harry Revel, Mack Gordon -- He ain't got rhythm / Irving Berlin -- I want to be happy / Youmans, Caesar -- Roll 'em / Mary Lou Williams -- Thanks for the memory / Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin -- Don't be that way / Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman -- One o'clock jump / Count Basie -- Ti-pi-tin / Maria Grever -- Sing, sing, sing / Louis Prima -- Goodbye / Gordon Jenkins.…”

Big band jazz in black West Virginia, 1930-1942 / by Wilkinson, Christopher, 1946-

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Benny Goodman.

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When Malindy sings jazz vocalists, 1938-1961.

A & R pioneers : architects of American roots music on record / by Ward, Brian, 1961-, Huber, Patrick

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