Annotation

Disc 58 is supposed to contain recordings of Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang but due to a manufacturing error it is an identical copy of disc 69.

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100‐CD set.
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FIXME: Has this been available only as part of the 500‐CD set? (Ignore re‐sellers! It’s out of print, apparently.)

Annotation last modified on 2021-06-23 16:37 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1: Original Dixieland Jass Band
CD 2: Original Dixieland Jass Band
CD 3: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
CD 4: King Oliver’s Jazz Band
CD 5: Friars Society Orchestra
CD 6: New Orleans Rhythm Kings
CD 7: New Orleans Jazz (1924‐25)
CD 8: Jelly Roll Morton Groups (1923‐26)
CD 9: Jelly Roll Morton (1926‐27)
CD 10: Jelly Roll Morton (1928‐29)
CD 11: Louis Armstrong (1924 Vol. 1)
CD 12: Louis Armstrong (1924 Vol. 2)
CD 13: Louis Armstrong (1925 Vol. 1)
CD 14: Louis Armstrong (1925 Vol. 2)
CD 15: The Wolverine Orchestra
CD 16: The Bucktown Five
CD 17: Kansas City Jazz
CD 18: Bennie Moten (1926‐27)
CD 19: Sidney Bechet with Clarence Williams (1923)
CD 20: Adrian Rollini Groups (1924‐27)
CD 21: Duke Ellington (1924‐27)
CD 22: Duke Ellington (1927)
CD 23: Clarence Williams (1927)
CD 24: Clarence Williams (1927‐28)
CD 25: Original Memphis Five Groups (1921‐25)
CD 26: Bennie Moten (1928‐29)
CD 27: Bennie Moten (1929‐30)
CD 28: Bennie Moten (1930‐32)
CD 29: Johnny Dodds Group Recordings (1926)
CD 30: Johnny Dodds Group Recordings (1926‐27)
CD 31: Louis Armstrong (1925‐26)
CD 32: Louis Armstrong (1926‐27)
CD 33: King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators (1926‐27)
CD 34: King Oliver in New York (1927‐28)
CD 35: King Oliver in New York (1928)
CD 36: King Oliver (1929‐30)
CD 37: King Oliver (1930‐31)
CD 38: Chicago Style (1927‐30)
CD 39: Louis Armstrong (1927)
CD 40: Louis Armstrong (1928)
CD 41: Jimmie Noone (1928)
CD 42: Jimmie Noone (1929)
CD 43: Jabbo Smith Rhythm Aces
CD 44: Harlem Orchestras (1927‐31)
CD 45: The Goofus Five (1924‐25)
CD 46: The Goofus Five (1926‐27)
CD 47: Luis Russell (1926‐29)
CD 48: Luis Russell & Henry “Red” Allen (1929)
CD 49: Luis Russell & Henry “Red” Allen (1929‐30)
CD 50: Luis Russell, Henry “Red” Allen & The Blues Singers
CD 51: Earl Hines
CD 52: Duke Ellington (1928)
CD 53: Duke Ellington (1929)
CD 54: Duke Ellington (1930)
CD 55: Charlie Johnson
CD 56: Duke Ellington (1931‐32)
CD 57: Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang (1926‐28)
CD 58: Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang (1928‐31)
CD 59: Eddie Lang
CD 60: Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson
CD 61: Frank Teschemacher, Eddie Condon (1927‐28)
CD 62: Frank Teschemacher, Eddie Condon (1928‐30)
CD 63: Miff Mole (1926‐27)
CD 64: Miff Mole (1927‐29)
CD 65: Red Nichols (1926‐27)
CD 66: Red Nichols (1927)
CD 67: McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (1928‐29)
CD 68: McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (1929‐30)
CD 69: Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer 1927
CD 70: Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer (1927‐28)
CD 71: Andy Kirk (1929‐31)
CD 72: Chicago South Side (1928‐31)
CD 73: Harlem meets Chicago Jazz (1929‐32)
CD 74: Harlem meets Chicago Jazz (1932)
CD 75: The Missourians (1927‐30), Alphonso Trent (1928‐33)
CD 76: Cab Calloway
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1Gotta Darn Good Reason (For Bein’ Good)
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1930-07-24)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1930-07-24)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-07-24)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-07-24) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-07-24)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-07-24)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (on 1930-07-24) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-07-24)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1930-07-24)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-07-24)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra23:13
2St. Louis Blues
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1930-07-24)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1930-07-24)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-07-24)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-07-24) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-07-24)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-07-24)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (on 1930-07-24) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-07-24)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1930-07-24)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-07-24)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1930-07-24)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra32:56
3Sweet Jenny Lee
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1930-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1930-10-14)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-10-14)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-10-14), Walter Thomas (on 1930-10-14) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-10-14)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-10-14)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-10-14) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-10-14)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-10-14)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:07
4Happy Feet
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1930-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1930-10-14)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-10-14)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-10-14), Walter Thomas (on 1930-10-14) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-10-14)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-10-14)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-10-14) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-10-14)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-10-14)
recording of:
Happy Feet (on 1930-10-14)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1930)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra22:37
5Is That Religion?
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1930-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1930-12-23)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-12-23)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-12-23), Walter Thomas (on 1930-12-23) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-12-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-12-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-12-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-12-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-12-23)
recording of:
Is That Religion? (on 1930-12-23)
writer:
Mitchell Parish (in 1933) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1933)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:54
6Some Of These Days
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1930-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1930-12-23)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-12-23)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-12-23), Walter Thomas (on 1930-12-23) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-12-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-12-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-12-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-12-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-12-23)
recording of:
Some of These Days (on 1930-12-23)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:57
7Nobody’s Sweetheart Now
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1930-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1930-12-23)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-12-23)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-12-23), Walter Thomas (on 1930-12-23) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-12-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-12-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-12-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-12-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-12-23)
recording of:
Nobody’s Sweetheart (on 1930-12-23)
lyricist:
Ernie Erdman and Gus Kahn
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter) and Elmer Schoebel
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:20
8St. James Infirmary
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1930-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1930-12-23)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1930-12-23)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-12-23), Walter Thomas (on 1930-12-23) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-12-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1930-12-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1930-12-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1930-12-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1930-12-23)
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement) (on 1930-12-23)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joe Primrose
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited
arrangement of:
St. James Infirmary
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:06
9Minnie The Moocher
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-03-03)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-03)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-03-03) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-03)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-03)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-03) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-03)
lead vocals:
Cab Calloway
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher (on 1931-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
publisher:
Big Bad Voodoo Music
is based on:
Willie the Weeper
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra33:14
10Doin’ The Rumba
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-03-03)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-03)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-03-03) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-03)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-03)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-03) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-03)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-03-03)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:58
11Mood Indigo
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-03-09)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-09)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-03-09) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-03-09)
recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song) (on 1931-03-09)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music, Indigo Mood Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:28
12Farewell Blues
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-03-09)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-09)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-03-09) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-03-09)
recording of:
Farewell Blues (on 1931-03-09)
composer:
Leon Rappolo (until 1922), Paul Mares (until 1922) and Elmer Schoebel (until 1922)
publisher:
Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co Ltd. and Lawrence Wright
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:39
13I’m Crazy ’Bout My Baby
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-03-09)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-09)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-03-09) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-03-09)
recording of:
I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby (and My Baby’s Crazy ’bout Me) (on 1931-03-09)
lyricist:
Alexander Hill (20th century US jazz pianist)
composer:
Fats Waller
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:37
14Creole Love Song
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-05-06)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-05-06)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-05-06)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-05-06) and Arville Harris (on 1931-05-06)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-05-06) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-05-06)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-05-06) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-05-06)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-05-06)
recording of:
Creole Love Call (on 1931-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:57
15The Levee Low‐Down
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-05-06)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-05-06)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-05-06)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-05-06) and Arville Harris (on 1931-05-06)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-05-06) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-05-06)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-05-06) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-05-06)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-05-06)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:00
16Blues In My Heart
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-05-06)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-05-06)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-05-06)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-05-06) and Arville Harris (on 1931-05-06)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-05-06) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-05-06)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-05-06) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-05-06)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-05-06)
recording of:
Blues in My Heart (on 1931-05-06)
writer:
Irving Mills
composer:
Benny Carter
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:57
17Black Rhythm
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-06-11)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-06-11)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-06-11)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-06-11) and Arville Harris (on 1931-06-11)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-06-11) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-06-11)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-06-11) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-06-11)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-06-11)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:15
18Six Or Seven Times
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-06-11)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-06-11)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-06-11)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-06-11) and Arville Harris (on 1931-06-11)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-06-11) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-06-11)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-06-11) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-06-11)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-06-11)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:23
19It Looks Like Susie
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-07-09)
double bass:
Jimmy Smith (Cotton Club bassist) (on 1931-07-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-07-09)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-07-09)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1931-07-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-07-09) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-07-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-07-09), Edwin Swayze (on 1931-07-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-07-09)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1931-07-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-07-09)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:57
20Sweet Georgia Brown
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:38
21Basin Street Blues
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-07-09)
double bass:
Jimmy Smith (Cotton Club bassist) (on 1931-07-09)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-07-09)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-07-09)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1931-07-09)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-07-09) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-07-09)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-07-09), Edwin Swayze (on 1931-07-09) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-07-09)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1931-07-09)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-07-09)
recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1931-07-09)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:59
22Bugle Call Rag
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-09-23)
double bass:
Jimmy Smith (Cotton Club bassist) (on 1931-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-09-23)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-09-23)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1931-09-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-09-23) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-09-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-09-23), Edwin Swayze (on 1931-09-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-09-23)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1931-09-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-09-23)
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag (on 1931-09-23)
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra2:33
23You Rascal, You
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-09-23)
double bass:
Jimmy Smith (Cotton Club bassist) (on 1931-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-09-23)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-09-23)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1931-09-23)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-09-23) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-09-23)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-09-23), Edwin Swayze (on 1931-09-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-09-23)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1931-09-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1931-09-23)
recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (on 1931-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:17
CD 77: California Ramblers featuring Adrian Rollini (1923–1927)
CD 78: New York Jazz Groups (1924‐30)
CD 79: Fats Waller (1927‐31)
CD 80: James P. Johnson (1927‐30)
CD 81: Benny Goodman (1927‐29)
CD 82: Benny Goodman (1929‐33)
CD 83: Jack Teagarden (1928‐29)
CD 84: Jack Teagarden (1930‐31)
CD 85: Fletcher Henderson (1923‐24)
CD 86: Fletcher Henderson (1925‐26)
CD 87: Fletcher Henderson (1927)
CD 88: Fletcher Henderson (1928‐31)
CD 89: Fletcher Henderson (1931)
CD 90: Tommy Ladnier, Lovie Austin, Ollie Powers
CD 91: Louis Armstrong And The Blues Singers (1924‐25)
CD 92: Louis Armstrong And The Blues Singers (1925‐26)
CD 93: Louis Armstrong And The Blues Singers (1926‐27)
CD 94: Johnny Dodds (1927)
CD 95: Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman (1931‐33)
CD 96: Louis Armstrong (1929)
CD 97: Louis Armstrong (1930)
CD 98: Louis Armstrong (1931)
CD 99: Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer (1928‐29)
CD 100: Bix Beiderbecke (1930 Plus)

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part of:The Encyclopedia of Jazz: The World's Greatest Jazz Collection (number: 1) (order: 1)
reviews:http://www.lesliegerber.net/2012/01/the-encyclopedia-of-jazz/ [info]
standalone website:http://www.jazz500.com/ [info] (ended)