Compact discs; analog recording.

LIBRARY LACKS: Program notes.

Program notes by Dick Katz and Martin Williams, biographical notes by Francis Davis, and bibliography (71 p., illus., 23 cm.)

CONTENTS, v.1: Mamanita; Pearls (Jelly Roll Morton). Snowy morning blues; Mule walk (James P. Johnson). Echoes of spring (Willie "the Lion" Smith). Honeysuckle Rose; Keepin' out of mischief now; Carolina shout (Fats Waller). Blues in thirds; I ain't got nobody; Fifty-seven varieties; Chimes in blues (Earl Hines). Smoke gets in your eyes; Rosetta; These foolish things (Teddy Wilson). State Street special (Jimmy Yancey). Honky tonk train blues (Meade "Lux" Lewis). Climbin' and screamin' (Pete Johnson). After hours (Avery Parrish with Erskine Hawkins). Trio blues (Count Basie). Between sets (Billy Kyle)

CONTENTS, v.2: Nicole (Mary Lou Williams). Get happy; Aunt Hagar's blues; Have you met Miss Jones?; Jitterbug waltz; Sweet Lorraine (Art Tatum). Clothed woman; Reflections in D (Duke Ellington). Ec-Stacy (Jess Stacy). Man I love; Blues in my shower (King Cole Trio). Back home again in Indiana; Play piano play; This can't be love (Erroll Garner). New York City blues (Jimmy Jones). Somebody loves me; Tempus fugit; Polkadots and moonbeams; Un poco loco (Bud Powell Trio). I can't get started (Lennie Tristano Trio)

CONTENTS, v.3: Mellow mood (Dodo Marmarosa Trio). Between the devil and deep blue sea (Ellis Larkins). I wished on the moon (Dave McKenna). Autumn in New York (Al Haig). Night and day (Oscar Peterson Trio). Peacocks (Jimmy Rowles). Smoke gets in your eyes (Thelonious Monk Quintet). Honeysuckle Rose; 'Round midnight (Thelonious Monk). Celia (Phineas Newborn, Jr.). Sweet stuff (Horace Silver). Somebody loves me (Martial Solal Trio). House party starting (Herbie Nichols Trio). It's me, oh Lord; Oh! what a beautiful morning (Hank Jones). Lady bird (Tommy Flanagan and Hank Jones). Relaxin' at Camarillo (Tommy Flanagan Trio)

CONTENTS, v.4: Delaunay's dilemma (John Lewis). Nobody knows the trouble I've seen (Randy Weston). Changes (Ray Bryant). Autumn leaves; Waltz for Debbie (Bill Evans Trio). I loves you Porgy (Bill Evans). Passion dance (McCoy Tyner). Matrix (Chick Corea). In front (Keith Jarrett). Sorcerer (Herbie Hancock)

Recorded 1924-1978, principally in New York City.

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