Our shining hour / by Davis, Sammy, 1925-1990

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The jump king of swing.

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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)…”

The Essential big bands.

Table of Contents: “…Air mail special (Lionel Hampton) -- Blue and sentimental (Buddy Rich) -- Boogie blues (Gene Krupa) -- Back beat boogie (Harry James) -- Sweet and lovely (Woody Herman) -- One o'clock jump (Count Basie) -- Jumpin' at the woodside (Buddy Rich) -- It's a blue world (Lionel Hampton) -- Drum boogie (Gene Krupa) -- Everyday I have the blues (Count Basie) -- (By the) sleepy lagoon (Harry James) -- Your father's mustache (Woody Herman).…”
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Flip, flop and fly. by Turner, Joe, 1911-1985

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On the radio : the 1963 Live Guard sessions.

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The best of Newport '57.

Table of Contents: “…James Infirmary (Turk Murphy Band) ; Lady sings the blues (Billie Holiday) ; My funny Valentine (Gerry Mulligan Quartet) ; Doodlin' (Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra) ; I got rhythm (Teddy Wilson Trio) ; Roy's son (Oscar Peterson Trio with Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt, and Jo Jones) ; Swingin' at Newport (Count Basie Orchestra) ; The comeback (Joe Williams and The Count Basie Orchestra) ; Boogie woogie (I may be wrong) (Jimmy Rushing and The Count Basie Orchestra).…”
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Basel 1956.

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Live at Orchestra Hall, Detroit.

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Hit me, Fred : recollections of a side man / by Wesley, Fred

Table of Contents: “…A musical upbringing -- Higher education -- Uncle Sam's army -- James Brown -- California -- James Brown again -- Bootsy's rubber band and Parliament/Funkadelic -- Count Basie -- Hollywood, Hollywood -- Mile high in Denver -- JB horns -- Star time.…”

More dialogues in swing : intimate conversations with the stars of the big band era / by Hall, Fred, 1923-

Table of Contents: “…Kay Starr -- Count Basie -- Steve Allen -- Teddy Wilson -- Alvino Rey, King Sisters -- Herb Jeffries -- Johnny Green -- Les Brown -- The Two Helens [O'Connell and Forrest] -- Harry James -- Tony Bennett.…”

From swing to soul : an illustrated history of African American popular music from 1930 to 1960 / by Barlow, William, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Robert Johnson -- Memphis Minnie -- T-Bone Walker -- Duke Ellington -- Count Basie -- Fats Waller -- Charlie Parker -- Billie Holiday -- Louis Jordan -- Nat King Cole -- Dinah Washington -- Sam Cooke.…”

Basie's best. by Basie, Count, 1904-1984

On jazz : a personal journey / by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…Getting Started -- New Orleans 1976 -- Before Katrina -- Women Of New Orleans -- Finding Fats -- Swing Era Legends -- Louis Armstrong -- Count Basie -- Duke Ellington -- Dizzy And Bird -- The Modern Jazz Quartet -- The "Swing Drummer" -- Jackie McLean And Sonny Rollins -- Oscar Peterson And His Trios -- The Dawn Of Fusion -- A Taste Of Freedom -- Looking Back And Looking Forward.…”
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Breakfast dance and barbecue.

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Born to swing / by Wood, Ean

Table of Contents: “…Taking it from the top -- The Roaring Twenties -- Fletcher Henderson -- White bands of the twenties -- Black bands of the twenties -- Duke Ellington : part one -- Into the thirties -- Stompin' at the Savoy -- Benny Goodman -- The Dorsey Brothers -- Black bands of the thirties -- White bands of the thirties -- Count Basie -- Artie Shaw -- Duke Ellington : part two -- Glenn Miller -- Charlie Barnet -- Woody Herman -- Ride-out.…”

Get happy : the Harold Arlen centennial celebration. by Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986

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Blues & ballads.

Table of Contents: “…Track titles: Ouverture for a Ballad - Pasadena Pancakes - Farewell My Heart, My House - That Degree of Excitement - Moving Out - Free-bop-a-lula - In Their Sleep - One 4 Count (Basie's Blues) - Adjö Adjö - St. Louis Blues.…”
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Blue box 2 the finest in jazz vocalists.

Jazz A-B-Z / by Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Louis Armstrong -- Count Basie -- John Coltrane -- Miles Davis -- Duke Ellington -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Gerry Mulligan -- Abdullah Ibn Buhaina -- Jelly Roll Morton -- King Oliver -- Billie Holiday -- Charles Mingus -- Nat "King" Cole -- Ornette Coleman -- Charlie Parker -- Modern Jazz Quartet -- Sonny Rollins -- Sidney Bechet -- Thelonious Monk -- Eubie Blake -- Sarah Vaughan -- Fats Waller -- Bix Beiderbecke -- Lester Young -- Dizzy Gillespie.…”