The next step /

Table of Contents: “…Taking a Chance on Love (06:32) -- Stonewall Blues (05:24) -- Easter Parade (05:40) -- Bongo's Waltz (05:00) -- I Didn't Know Until You Told Me (Love Say Hello to Me) (05:08) -- The Quilt (05:35) -- Clear Blue Lou (07:04) -- I Should Care (06:06) -- Theme for Lester Young (Goodbye Pork Pie Hat) (05:28) -- Like Someone in Love (06:18) -- I'll Always Be in Love With You (06:09) -- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (06:19) -- Little Waltz (04:09).…”
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Charlie Parker. by Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

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Bird : the original recordings of Charlie Parker /

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One night stand - the Town Hall concert 1947.

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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)…”

A jazz romance : a night in with Verve.

Table of Contents: “…(Roy Eldridge) ; How deep is the ocean (Ella Fitzgerald) ; I got lost in her arms (Billy Eckstine) ; Star dust (Illinois Jacquet) ; Just for a thrill (Ray Brown/Milt Jackson) ; Spring will be a little late this year (Abbey Lincoln) ; Alone together (Chet Baker) ; It's the talk of the town (Lester Young) --…”
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Jazz style in Kansas City and the Southwest. by Russell, Ross

Table of Contents: “…The Count Basie Orchestra -- 15. Lester Young -- 16. Andy Kirk and the Clouds of Joy -- 17. …”
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Poncho Sanchez. by Sanchez, Poncho

Table of Contents: “…Gillespie (4:06) -- Alafia / Charlie Otwell (5:52) -- Watermelon man / Herbie Hancock (3:42) -- Yesterdays / Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach (4:52) -- Sonando / Pete Terrace (6:16) -- Jumpin' with Symphony Sid / Lester Young (4:19) -- Cold duck time / Eddie Harris (5:30) -- Lover, come back to me! …”
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Peacemeal /

Table of Contents: “…Thumb under : no. 90 from Mikrokosmos / Béla Bartók (3:11) -- Lester leaps in / Lester Young (3:22) -- Village joke : no. 130 from Mikrokosmos / Bartók (4:05) -- Something to sing (4:09) ; Peacemeal (7:05) / Dick Katz -- Body and soul / Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green (5:04) -- Peasant dance : no. 128 from Mikrokosmos / Bartók (4:56) -- Fourth dimension / Lee Konitz (4:34) -- Second thoughts / Katz (3 :06) -- Subconscious-Lee / Konitz (4:13) -- Lester leaps in : take 4 / Young (3:18) -- Body and soul : take 3 / Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green (6:30) -- Subconscious-Lee : take 6 / Konitz (5:51).…”
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A night at Kimball's East / by Sanchez, Poncho

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Count Basie at Newport / by Basie, Count, 1904-1984

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Count Basie. by Basie, Count, 1904-1984

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Count Basie at Newport / by Basie, Count, 1904-1984

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Jazz.

The jazz giants play George Gershwin : 's wonderful. by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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Pablo original jazz classics sampler.

Table of Contents: “…I've got you under my skin (Ella Fitzgerald ; Nelson Riddle Orchestra) (3:14) -- A foggy day (Lester Young) (5: 26) -- Stella by starlight (Milt Jackson ; Oscar Peterson ; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen ; Mickey Roker) (6:50) -- Li'l Darlin' (Count Basie) (4:32) -- In a sentimental mood (Buddy DeFranco) (4:09) -- Ev'ry time we say goodbye (John Coltrane) (4:48) -- Willow weep for me (Joe Pass) (4:05) - - Calidoscopico (Dizzy Gillespie ; Machito) (5:05) -- I ain't got nothin' but the blues (Sarah Vaughan) (4:33) -- On a clear day (Oscar Peterson ; Joe Pass ; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) (7:44) -- See see rider (Duke Ellington ; Ray Brown) (3:04) -- Javilla (Louis Bellson ; Walfredo de los Reyes) (5:45) -- Oh lady, be good! …”
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A jazz odyssey / by Peterson, Oscar, 1925-2007

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Bird lives : the high life and hard times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker / by Russell, Ross

Table of Contents: “…Part I -- Part II -- Part III -- Part IV -- 'Transcription of a Bird solo' -- 'Bird at 14 months' -- 'Bird on a pony, before the move from the suburbs' -- 'Charlie strung out on a 'burn', 1945' -- 'Charlie in sunglasses performing with the Earl Fatha' Hines Orchestra, 1943' -- 'Dizzy Gillespie' -- 'Photo of Charlie used for publicity' -- 'Doris and Charlie, Birdland, 1950' -- 'Charlie and Chan Richardson, Birdland, 1950' -- 'Charlie after his stay at Camarillo State Hospital, Hollywood, 1947' -- 'Charlie with his quintet, 1947' -- 'Charlie performing with strings, Birdland, 1950' -- 'Picture of Charlie's talented hands' -- 'Charlie in Sweden, 1950' -- 'Charlie jamming with Swedish musicians, 1950' -- 'Jam session with Mingus, Monk, and Haynes, Greenwich Village, ca. 1953' -- 'Bird' -- 'Lester Young' -- 'Charlie and Red Rodney, Kansas City, 1951' -- 'Billy Eckstine and Bird' -- 'Jay McShann in Kansas City' -- 'Erroll Garner, The Haig Club, Hollywood, 1947' -- 'Howard McGhee and his trumpet' -- 'Max Roach, Chicago, ca. 1948' -- 'Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Berg's, December 1945' -- 'Candid shot of Charlie, ca. 1947' -- 'Charlie eating at a Hollywood garden party, 1951' -- 'A 'very played out Bird', Hollywood, 1952' -- 'Charlie in his coffin, Harlem, 1955' -- 'Hand-written contract between Charlie and Dial Records, February 26, 1946' -- 'Another hand-written contract with Dial Records, April 3, 1946' -- 'Another transcription of a Bird solo'.…”
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The jazz tradition / by Williams, Martin, 1924-1992

Table of Contents: “…Duke Ellington: form beyond form -- 11. Count Basie and Lester Young: style beyond swing -- 12. Charlie Parker: the burden of innovation -- 13. …”
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Jazz makers : vanguards of sound / by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…The pioneers: Scott Joplin ; Jelly Roll Morton ; King Oliver ; Louis Armstrong ; Sidney Bechet ; Bix Beiderbecke ; Bessie Smith ; More pioneers to remember -- Swing bands and soloists: Fletcher Henderson ; Duke Ellington ; Cab Calloway ; Benny Goodman ; Artie Shaw ; Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey ; Count Basie ; Ella Fitzgerald ; Billie Holiday ; Lester Young ; Coleman Hawkins ; More swing bandleaders and soloists to remember -- The piano giants: Albert Ammons ; Fats Waller ; Earl "Fatha" Hines ; Mary Lou Williams ; Teddy Wilson ; Art Tatum ; Oscar Peterson ; More piano giants to remember -- Birth of bebop, the modern jazz revolution: Dizzy Gillespie ; Charlie Parker ; Miles Davis ; Bud Powell ; Thelonious Monk ; Art Blakey ; Charles Mingus ; Sarah Vaughan ; More modern jazz pioneers to remember -- Cool jazz, hard bop, and fusion: John Coltrane ; Sonny Rollins ; Gerry Mulligan ; Stan Getz ; Ornette Coleman ; Bill Evans ; Herbie Hancock ; Chick Corea ; John McLaughlin ; Anthony Braxton ; More cool, hard bop and fusion players to remember -- A century of jazz: David Murray ; Michael Brecker ; Jan Garbarek ; Wynton Marsalis ; Geri Allen ; Joshua Redman ; More contemporary jazz players to remember.…”
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