The "Kansas City" sessions / by Young, Lester, 1909-1959

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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: “…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)…”

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

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The Commodore story.

Table of Contents: “…Pt. 1 (jam session) (4:25) ; (You're some) Pretty doll (Fats Waller with Eddie Condon) (2:49) ; (Back home in) Indiana (Don Byas, Slam Stewart) (5:13) ; At a Georgia camp meeting (Sidney Bechet) (3:13) -- A handful of stars: Way down yonder in New Orleans (Lester Young) (2:57) ; Dedication (Coleman Hawkins) (2:55) ; Sugar (that sugar baby o' mine) (Lee Wiley) (4:36) ; Billie's blues (Billie Holiday) (3:07) -- A handful of guest stars: My ideal (Art Tatum with Coleman Hawkins) (3:07) ; Memories of you (Ben Webster with Sid Catlett) (3:37) ; Night and day (Teddy Wilson with Edmond Hall) (2:53) ; Body and soul (Roy Eldridge with Chu Berry) (3:51) ; Smack (Benny Carter with Coleman Hawkins) (2:38) ; The world is waiting for the sunrise (Benny Goodman with Mel Powell) (2:29).…”
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