Cd 01 : 76’51 1 Eli Green's Cake-Walk

(Guy Deloof)

Django Reinhardt (g) Louis Gasté (g) Eugène d'Hellemmes (b)

Paris, 8 septembre 1937
2 He's Funny That Way 2'38

(Neil Moret/Richard Whiting)

Billie Holiday (voc) Buck Clayton (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Lester Young (ts) Claude Thornhill (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)

New York, 13 septembre 1937
3 Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blue 5'57

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Freddy Jenkins, Wallace Jones (tp) Rex Stewart (ct) Joe “Tricky” Sam Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges(as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Billy Taylor Sr.(b) Sonny Greer (dms)

New York, 20 septembre 1937
4 Eddie's Blues 3'04

(Eddie South)

Eddie South (vln) Django Reinhardt (g)

Paris, 29 septembre 1937
5 Harlem Congo 3'13

(Chick Webb)

Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp) Sandy Williams, Nat Story (tb) Chauncey Haughton (cl, as) Louis Jordan (as) Teddy McRae, Wayman Carver (ts) Tommy Fulford (p) Bobby Johnson (g) Beverly Peer (b) Chick Webb (dms) Charlie Dixon (arr)

New York, 1er novembre 1937
6 Minor’s Swing 3'12

(Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli)

Django Reinhardt (g) Stéphane Grappelli (vln) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Eugène Vées (g) Louis Vola (b)

Paris, 25 novembre 1937
7 Impro 1^er mvt concerto en Ré m de J.S.Bach 3'19 

(Jean-Sebastien Bach)

Eddie South, Stéphane Grappelli (vln) Django Reinhardt (g, arr)

Paris, 25 novembre 1937
8 Gone with The Wind 2'49

(Allie Wrubel/Herbert Magidson)

Art Tatum (p)

New York, 29 novembre 1937
9 Swinging with Django 2'48

(Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli)

Django Reinhardt (g) Stéphane Grappelli (vln) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Eddie South (vln) Eugène Vées (g) Michel Warlop (b)

Paris, 7 décembre 1937
10 Struttin' with Some Barbecue 2'55

(Louis Armstrong)

Louis Armstrong (tp) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Charlie Holmes (as) Bingie Madison (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) Red Callender (b) Paul Barbarin (dms)

Los Angeles, 12 janvier 1938 
11 Dizzy Spells 5'44

(Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton/Teddy Wilson)

Benny Goodman (cl) Teddy Wilson (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Gene Krupa (dms)

Carnegie Hall, New York, 16 janvier 1938
12 Sing Sing Sing 12'08

(Louis Prima)

Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Gordon “Chris” Griffin (tp) Red Ballard, Vernon Brown (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Hymie Schertzer, George Koenig (as) Arthur Rollini, Babe Russin (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Allan Reuss (g) Harry Goodman (b) Gene Krupa (dms) Jimmy Mundi (arr)

Carnegie Hall, New York, 16 janvier 1938
13 Ring Dem Bells 3'20

(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Irving Mills)

Cootie Williams (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Edgar Sampson (bs, arr) Jess Stacy (p) Lionel Hampton (vib, voc) Allan Reuss (g) Billy Taylor Sr.(b) Sonny Greer (dms)

New York, 18 janvier 1938

14 Swinging The Blues 2'45

Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison (tp) Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Eddie Durham (tb) Jack Washington (as, bs) Lester Young, Herschel Evans (ts) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)

New York, 16 février 1938
15 The Flat Foot Floogie 1'46

(Bud Green/Slim Gaillard/Slam Stewart)

Slim Gaillard (g, voc) Slam Stewart (b, voc)

New York, 17 février 1938
16 A Tisket A Tasket 2'37

(Ella Fitzgerald/Van Alexander)

Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp) Sandy Williams, Nat Story, George Matthews (tb) Garvin Bushell (cl, as) Louis Jordan (as) Ted McRae (ts, cl) Wayman Carver (ts, fl) Tommy Fulford (p) Bobby Johnson (g) Beverly Peer (b) Chick Webb (dms) Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Al Feldman (arr)

New York, 2 mai 1938
17 I Ain't Got Nobody 3'48

(Spencer Williams/Roger Graham)

Count Basie (p) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)

New York, 3 juin 1938 
18 My Own Blues 2'48

(Herman Chittison)

Herman Chittison (p)

Paris, 17 juin 1938
19 Begin The Beguine 3'12

(Cole Porter)

Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen (tp) George Arus, Ted Vesely, Barry Rogers (tb) Artie Shaw (cl, dir) Leslie Robinson, Hank Freeman (as) Ronnie Perry, Tony Pastor (ts) Lester Burness (p) Al Avola (g) Sid Weiss (b) Cliff Leeman (dms) Jerry Gray (arr)

New York, 24 juillet 1938
20 Battle of Swing 2'54

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam”Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Billy Taylor Sr. (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

New York, 2 septembre 1958
21 Mess-A-Stomp 3'03

(Mary Lou Williams)

Harry Lawson, Clarence Trice, Earl Thomson (tp) Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells (tb) John Harrington (cl, as, bs) John Williams (as, bs) Earl Miller (as) Dick Wilson (ts) Mary Lou Williams (p, arr) Ted Robinson (g) Booker Collins (b) Ben Thigpen (dms) Andy Kirk (dir)

New York, 8 septembre 1938

 

CD 12 : 77’50

(Clara Smith)

Charlie Spivak, Yank Lawson, Max Kaminsky (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb, dir, arr) Buddy Morrow, Les Jenkins (tb) Johnny Mince (cl, as) Fred Stulce, Hymie Schertzer (as) Arthur “Skeets” Herfurt, Dean Kincaid (ts) Howard Smith (p) Carmen Mastren (g) Gene Traxler (b) Moe Purtill (dms)

New York, 16 septembre 1938
2 With Plenty of Money & You 2'10

(Harry Warren/Al Dubin)

Nat King Cole (p) Oscar Moore (g) Wesley Prince (b)

Los Angeles, octobre 1938
3 Doin' The New Low-Down 2'26

(Jimmy McHugh)

Bobby Hackett (ct) Brad Gowans (tb, as) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Ernie Caceres (ts) Dave Bowman (p) Eddie Condon (g) Clyde Newcombe (b) Andy Picard (dms)

New York, 4 novembre 1938
4 Really The Blues 3'36

(Milton Mezzrow)

Tommy Ladnier (tp) Sidney Bechet (cl, ss) Mezz Mezzrow (cl, ts) Cliff Jackson (p) Teddy Bunn (g) Elmer James (b) Manzie Johnson (dms)

New York, 28 novembre 1938 
5 Jumpin' at The Woodside 3'02

(William Basie)

Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Shad Collins (tp) Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Dickie Wells (tb) Lester Young, Herschel Evans (ts) Jack Washington (bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)

New York, 5 janvier 1939
6 Passionette 2'43

(Willie Smith)

Willie “The Lion” Smith (p)

New York, 10 janvier 1939
7 Floyd's Guitar Blues 3'05

(Floyd Smith)

Harry Lawson, Clarence Trice, Earl Thompson (tp) Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells (tb) John Harrington (cl, as, bs) Earl Miller (as) Don Byas, Dick Wilson (ts) Mary Lou Williams (p) Floyd Smith (g) Booker Collins (b) Ben Thigpen (dms) Andy Kirk (dir)

New York, 16 mars 1939
8 Two against One 2'56

(Nathaniel Cole)

Nat King Cole (p, cel) Oscar Moore (g) Wesley Prince (b)

Los Angeles, avril 1939
9 Wizzin' The Wizz 2'22

(Lionel Hampton)

Chu Berry (ts) Lionel Hampton, Clyde Hart (p) Allan Reuss (g) Milton Hinton (b) Cozy Cole (dms)

New York, 5 avril 1939
10 Solid Old Man 3'02

(Rex Stewart)

Rex Stewart (ct) Barney Bigard (cl, dms) Django Reinhardt (g) Billy Taylor Sr.(b)

Paris, 5 avril 1939
11 Tea for Two 2'33

(Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar)

Art Tatum (p)

Los Angeles, 12 avril 1939
12 Strange Fruit 3'08

(Allan Lewis)

Billie Holiday (voc) Frankie Newton (tp) Tab Smith (ss, as, dir) Keneth Hollon, Stanley Payne (ts) Sonny White (p) Jimmy McLin (g) Johnny Williams (b) Eddie Dougherty (dms)

New York, 20 avril 1939 
13 Grand Terrace Shuffle 2'39

(Budd Johnson)

Walter Fuller, Milton Fletcher, Ed Sims (tp) George Dixon (tp, as) Ed Burke, John Ewing, Joe McLewis (tb) Omer Simeon (cl, bs) Leroy Harris (as) Budd Johnson (cl, as, ts, bs) Robert Crowder (ts) Earl Hines (p) Claude Roberts (g) Quinn Wilson (b) Alvin Burroughs (dms)

New York, 12 juillet 1939
14 Tuxedo Junction 3'16

(Julian Dash/Erskine Hawkins/William Johnson)

Erskine Hawkins (tp, dir) William “Dud” Bascomb, Sammy Lowe, Marcellus Green (tp) Ed Sims, Bob Range (tb) William Johnson (as, arr) Jimmy Mitchell (as) Julian Dash (ts) Haywood Henry (bs) Avery Parrish (p) William McLemore (g) Leemie Stanfield (b) James Morrison (dms)

New York, 18 juillet 1939
15 In The Mood 3'33

(Joe Garland/Andy Razaf)

Dale “Mickey” McMickle, Leigh Knowles, Clyde Hurley (tp) Glenn Miller (tb, dir) Al Mastren Paul Tanner (tb) Wilbur Schwartz (cl, as) Hal McIntyre (as) Hal Tennyson (as, bs) Tex Beneke, Al Klink (ts) Chummy McGregor (p) Dick Fisher (g) Rollie Bundock (b) Maurice Purtill (dms)

New York, 1er août 1939
16 I'm Crazy about My Baby 2'44

(Thomas Waller/Alexander Hill)

John Hamilton (tp) Gene Cedric (ts) Fats Waller (p, voc) John Smith (g) Cedric Wallace (b) Slick Jones (dms)

New York, 7 août 1939
17 The Sergeant Was Shy 2'41

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwick (as) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Billy Taylor Sr. (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

New York, 28 août 1939
18 Oh! Didn't He Ramble? 2'58

(William Christopher Handy/George Crandall)

Sidney De Paris (tp) Claude Jones (tb, voc) Albert Nicholas (cl) Sidney Bechet (ss) Happy Caldwell (ts) Jelly Roll Morton (p, voc) Lawrence “Larry” Lucie (g) Wellman Braud (b) Zutty Singleton (dms)

New York, 14 septembre 1939 
19 I Got Rhythm 5'58

(George & Ira Gershwin)

Jerry Jerome (ts) Frankie Hines (p) Charlie Christian (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) inconnu (dms)

Harlem Breakfast Club, Minneapolis, 24 septembre 1939
20 Body & Soul 3'00

(John W. Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour/Frank Eyton)

Tommy Lindsay, Joe Guy (tp) Earl Hardy (tb) Jackie Fields, Eustis Moore (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Gene Rodgers (p) William Oscar Smith (b) Arthur Herbert (dms)

New York, 11 octobre 1939
21 Grievin' 2'48

(Billy Strayhorn/Duke Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwick (as) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

New York, 14 octobre 1939
22 Rosetta 3'04

(Earl Hines/Jimmy Woode)

Earl Hines (p)

Chicago, 21 octobre 1939
23 The Munson Street Breakdown 3'14

(Lionel Hampton)

Ziggy Elman (tp) Toots Mondello (cl, as) Ben Webster, Jerry Jerome (ts) Lionel Hampton (p, vib) Clyde Hart (p) Al Casey (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Slick Jones (dms)

New York, 30 octobre 1939
24 Clarinet Blues 3'16

(Jess Stacy)

Billy Butterfield (tp) Les Jenkins (tb) Irving Fazola (cl) Eddie Miller (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Sid Weiss (b) Don Carter (dms)

New York, 30 novembre 1939 
25 Gone with What Wind 3'22

(William Basie/Benny Goodman)

Benny Goodman (cl, dir) Count Basie (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Charlie Christian (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Nick Fatool (dms)

New York, 7 février 1940
CD 13 : 77’05
1 Ko-Ko 2'38

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Chicago, 6 mars 1940 
2 Concerto for Cootie 3’15

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Chicago, 15 mars 1940
3 Tickle Toe 2'37

(Lester Young)

Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Al Killian (tp) Dan Minor, Dickie Wells, Vic Dickenson (tb) Earl Warren (as) Lester Young, Buddy Tate (ts) Jack Washington (as,b-sx) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)

New York, 19 mars 1940
4 China Boy 3'53

(Phil Boutleje)

Muggsy Spanier (ct) Sidney Bechet (ss) Carmen Mastren (g) Wellman Braud (b)

New York, 28 mars 1940
5 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3'17

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as,b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Hollywood, 4 mai 1940
6 Cotton Tail 3'09

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as,b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Hollywood, 4 mai 1940
7 Night Hop 3'04

(Benny Carter)

Bill Coleman, Shad Collins, Russell Smith (tp) Sandy Williams, Milton Robinson (tb) Benny Carter (as, arr) Carl Frye, George Dorsey (as) Stafford “Pazzuza” Simon, Sammy Davis (ts) Sonny White (p) Ulysses Livingstone (g) Hayes Alvis (b) Keg Purnell (dms)

New York, 20 mai 1940
8 I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 4'12

(Jimmy McHugh)

Roy Eldridge (tp) Benny Carter (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Bernard Addison (g) John Kirby (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)

New York, 25 mai 1940
9 Down in Honky Tonk Town 3'00

(Chris Smith/Charles McCarron)

Louis Armstrong (tp) Claude Jones (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl, ss) Luis Russell (p) Bernard Addison (g) Wellman Braud (b) Zutty Singleton (dms)

New York, 27 mai 1940
10 Dusk 3'18

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as,b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Chicago, 28 mai 1940
11 After Hours 3'18

(Erskine Hawkins)

Erskine Hawkins (tp, dir) James Harris, Sam Lowe, Marcellus Green (tp) Edward Sims, Robert Range (tb) William Johnson, Jimmy Mitchell (as) Julian Dash, Paul Bascomb (ts) Haywood Henry (bs) Avery Parrish (p) William McLemore (g) Leemie Stanfield (b) James Morrison (dms)

New York, 10 juin 1940
12 Rock Island 2'33

(Huddie Ledbetter)

Huddie Leadbelly (voc) Henry Owens (voc ten) William Landford (vac ten) Bill Johnson (voc bar) Arlandus Wilson (voc bass)

New York, 14 juin 1940
13 I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 2'52

(Victor Young/Ned Washington/Bing Crosby)

Mario Bauza, Lammar Wright, Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Quentin Jackson, Tyree Glenn, Keg Johnson (tb) Jerry Blake (cl, as) Hilton Jefferson (as) Andrew Brown (as, bs) Chu Berry, Walter “Foots” Thomas (ts) Benny Payne (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hinton (b) Cozy Cole (dms)

Chicago, 27 juin 1940
14 Blue Because of You 2'56

(Charles Carpenter/Louis Dunlap/Quinn Wilson)

Nat King Cole (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Oscar Moore(g) Wesley Prince (b) Al Spieldock (dms)

Hollywood, 17 juillet 1940
15 Begin The Beguine 3'52

(Cole Porter)

Art Tatum (p)

Los Angeles, 26 juillet 1940
16 St. Louis Blues 2'28 

(William Christopher Handy)

Art Tatum (p)

Los Angeles, 16 juillet 1940 
17 In a Mellotone 3'16

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Chicago, 5 septembre 1940
18 Warm Valley 3'13

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Chicago, 5 septembre 1940
19 Blues in Thirds 2'55

(Earl Hines)

Sidney Bechet (cl) Earl Hines (p) Baby Dodds (dms)

Chicago, 6 septembre 1940
20 Yancey's Bugle Call 2'40

(Jimmy Yancey)

Jimmy Yancey (p)

Chicago, 6 septembre 1940
21 Mr JB Blues 3'02

(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Jimmy Blanton)

Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Blanton (b)

Chicago, 1^er octobre 1940
22 Pitter Panther Patter 3'06

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Blanton (b)

Chicago, 1^er octobre 1940
23 Nuages 3'15

(Django Reinhardt)

Django Reinhardt (g) Hubert Rostaing, Alix Combelle (cl) Joseph Reinhardt (g)

Tony Rovira (b) Pierre Fouad (dms)

Paris, 13 décembre 1940

(Nathaniel Cole)

Nat King Cole (p) Oscar Moore (g) Wesley Prince (b)

Los Angeles, février 1941
CD 14 : 76’43
1 Profoundly Blue 4’06

(Edmond Hall)

Edmond Hall (cl) Meade Lux Lewis (cel) Charlie Christian (g) Israel Crosby (b)

New York, 5 février 1941
2 Take The “A” Train 2’52

(Billy Strayhorn)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Hollywood, 15 février 1941
3 John Hardy’s Wife 3’27

(Edward Kennedy & Mercer Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Hollywood, 15 février 1941
4 Jonah Joins The Cab 2’32

(Cab Calloway)

Jonah Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Lammar Wright (tp) Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson, Keg Johnson (tb) Jerry Blake (cl, as) Hilton Jefferson (as) Andrew Brown (as, bs) Chu Berry, Walter “Foots” Thomas (ts) Benny Payne (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hinton (b) Cozy Cole (dms) Cab Calloway (voc) Andy Gibson (arr)

New York, 5 mars 1941
5 All of Me 2’56

(Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons)

Billie Holiday (voc) Shad Collins (tp) Eddie Barefield, Leslie Johnakins (as) Lester Young (ts) Eddie Heywood Sr. (p) John Collins (g) Ted Sturgis (b) Kenny Clarke (dms)

New York, 5 mars 1941
6 Dexter Blue 2’58

(Jay McShann)

Harold Bruce, Buddy Anderson, Orville Minor (tp) Taswell Baird (tb) John Jackson (as) Charlie Parker (as) Harold Ferguson, Bob Mabane (ts) Jay McShann (p) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (dms) William J.Scott (arr)

Dallas, Texas, 30 avril 1941
7 Swing To Bop 6’39

(Eddie Durham/Edgar Battle)

Joe Guy (tp) Kenny Kersey (p) Charlie Christian (g) Nick Fenton (b) Kenny Clarke (dms)

Minton’s, New York, 12 mai 1941
8 Are You Sticking 3’01

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence

Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx)

Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy

Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Hollywood, 12 juin 1941 
9 The Giddybug Gallop 3’31

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as,b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Hollywood, 12 juin 1941 
10 All Too Soon 3'26

(Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Mildred Bailey (voc) Herman Chittison (p) Dave Barbour (g) Frenchy Cavette (b) Jimmy Hoskins (dms)

New York, 13 juin 1941
11 Foot Pedal Boogie 2'27

(Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson)

Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson (p) Jimmy Hoskins (dms)

New York, 17 juin 1941
12 Clementine 2’55

(Billy Strayhorn)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Hollywood, 2 juillet 1941
13 Menelik The Lion of Judas 3’18

(Rex Stewart)

Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dms)

Hollywood, 3 juillet 1941
14 Festival Swing 1942 7’21

(Alix Combelle/Hubert Rostaing)

Hubert Rostaing (arr, cl) Gus Viseur (acc) Alix Combelle (ts, arr) Aimé Barelli (tp) Michel Warlop (vln) Dany Kane (hca) Django Reinhardt (g, arr) Alex Renard (tp) Alex Caturegli (tp) Guy Paquinet (tb) Maurice Gladieu (tb) Christian Wagner (as) Georges Jacquemont (ts) Noël Chiboust (ts) Paul Collot (p) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Eugène Vées (g) Emmanuel Soudieux (b) Armand Molinetti (dms) André Lluis (cl) Harry Kett (g) Lucien Gallopain (g) Maurice Speilleux (b) Christian Bellest (tp) Charles Suire (tp) Jean Lemay (tp) Jean-Louis Jeanson (tb) Pierre Delhoumeau, Charles Lisée (cl, as) Gaston Etienne (cl, ts) Henri Gauthier (p) Tony Rovira (b) Jerry Mengo (dms) Charles Hary (ts) Armand Molinetti (dms) Willy Kett (vib) Pierre Fouad (dms)

Paris, 26 septembre 1941

(Tab Smith/George Frazier)

Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Al Killian (tp) Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, Ed Cuffee (tb) Earl Warren (as) Don Byas, Buddy Tate (ts) Jack Washington (bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms), Jimmy Rushing (voc)

New York, 17 novembre 1941
16 Blues in The Night 5'19

(Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen)

Snooky Young, Paul Webster, Gerald Wilson (tp) Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Trummy Young (tb) Willie Smith (cl, as, voc) Earl Carruthers (cl, as, bs) Dan Grissom (cl, as) Joe Thomas (cl, ts) Jimmie Lunceford (as, dir) Ted Buckner (as) Edwin Wilcox (p) Al Norris (g) Moses Allen (b) Jimmy Crawford (dms) orch. (voc)

New York, 22 décembre 1941
17 St. Louis Blues 2'43

(William Christopher Handy)

Charlie Shavers (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Russell Procope (as) Billy Kyle (p) John Kirby (b) Specs Powell (dms)

New York, 11 février 1942
18 The Jitterbug Waltz 3'19

(Thomas Waller)

John Hamilton, Joe Thomas, Nathaniel Williams (tp) Herb Flemming, George Wilson (tb) George James, Jackie Fields (as) Gene Sedric (cl, ts) Bob Carroll (ts) Fats Waller (org) Al Casey (g) Cedric Wallace (b) Arthur Trappier (dms)

New York, 16 mars 1942 
19 Stormy Monday Blues 3'06

(Earl Hines/Billy Eckstine/Robert Crowder)

Harry “Pee Wee”Jackson, Maurice McConnell, Jesse Miller (tp) George Dixon (tp, as) George Hunt, Joe McLewis, Gerald Valentine (tb) Leroy Harris, Scoops Carey (cl, as) Willie Randall, Budd Johnson, Robert Crowder (ts) Earl Hines (p, dir) Clifton “Skeeter” Best (g) Truck Parham (b) Rudolph Taylor (dms) Billy Eckstine (voc)

New York, 19 mars 1942
20 Second Balcony Jump 3’01

(Gerald Valentine)

Harry “Pee Wee”Jackson, Maurice McConnell, Jesse Miller (tp) George Dixon (tp, as) George Hunt, Joe McLewis, Gerald Valentine (tb) Leroy Harris, Scoops Carey (cl, as) Willie Randall, Budd Johnson, Robert Crowder (ts) Earl Hines (p, dir) Clifton “Skeeter” Best (g) Truck Parham (b) Rudolph Taylor (dms)

New York 19 mars 1942
21 Flying Home 3'07

(Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton/Sid Robin)

Eddie “Gogo” Hutchinson, Ernie Royal, Mannie Klein, Jack Trainor (tp) Fred Beckett, Luther "Sonny" Craven, Harry Sloan (tb) Ray Perry, Marshall Royal (as) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Jack McVea (bs) Milt Buckner (p) Lionel Hampton (vib, dir, arr) Irving Ashby (g) Vernon Alley (b) Lee Young (dms)

New York, 26 mai 1942