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American jazz trumpeter, born 8 June 1916 in Cleveland, USA, died 1 April 1947 in Chicago, US
Important voice in the formulation of bebop. A big influence on his peers Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie before his death at the age of 30.

ALBUMS


Jimmie Lunceford Orch.* Featuring Freddy Webster* & Kurt Bradford*
Jimmie Lunceford Orch. (The War Years)
LP, Connoisseur Rarities, ,
Big Band/Swing
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
2001, 5x CD, ,
Jump Blues/Swing
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
1941-1945
1996, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Swing/Vocal
Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra
1944-1945
1996, CD, ,
Bop/Swing
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
1941-1942
1993, ,
Big Band/Swing
Earl Hines And His Orchestra
1941
1992, CD, ,
Big Band/Swing
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
1940-1941
1992
Earl Hines And His Orchestra
1937–1939
1990, ,
Big Band/Swing
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man
1986
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
Shorty's Got To Go
1985, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Jukebox Lil, ,
Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
Let It Roll Again
1985, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Jukebox Lil, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
Apollo Jump
1983, Vinyl,
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
Live Sessions 1944 · 1945
1976, LP, Comp, Musidisc, Musidisc
Earl Hines And His Orchestra
The Original Sounds Of The Swing Era Vol. 2
1976, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, RCA International (Camden), RCA International (Camden), ,
Swing
Earl Hines And His Orchestra
The Father Jumps
1975, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, RM, Bluebird (3)
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
Featuring His Greatest Recordings 1934-1942
1975, LP, Comp, MCA Coral, MCA Coral
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Greatest Hits (1945-1950)
1973
Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra
Mr. "B"
1960, Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing/Bop
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie / Saxa-Woogie
1948, Shellac, 10", Decca
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie / Saxa-Woogie
1948
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
Hurry Hurry / I Can't See For Lookin'
1944, Shellac, ,
Vocal/Big Band
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
I Dream A Lot About You / Jeep Rhythm
1944, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Benny Carter And His Orchestra
Hurry, Hurry! / Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
1944
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Brotherly Love / Saxa-Woogie
1941, Shellac, 10", Decca
Earl Hines And His Orchestra
It Had To Be You / Yellow Fire
1941, Shellac, 10", Ind, Bluebird (3)
Earl Hines And His Orchestra
Water Boy / Windy City Jive
1941
Earl Hines And His Orchestra
Good-Night, Sweet Dreams, Good Night / Please Be Kind
1938, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2), ,
Swing
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
LP, Comp, T D RECORDS,
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
Original Sessions 1942/1943
LP, Comp, RE, Musidisc, Musidisc, ,
Big Band/Swing
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra 1941 - 1943
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
(1941-1943) - Instrumentals Never Before On Record
Earl Hines And His Orchestra
1936, 1938 & 1940
,
Big Band/Swing

APPEARANCES +


Louis Jordan
Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954)
2025, 9x CD, Box Set, ,
Jump Blues
Various
Female Blues Singers (Milestones Of Legends)
2018, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Documents, ,
Boogie/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Dixieland/East Coast Blues/Chicago Blues/Jump Blues/Louisiana Blues/Memphis Blues/Piano Blues/Ragtime/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Swing
Jean Frye Sidwell
Portrait Vol.2
2012, XRCD, Album, Comp, Master Music (3)
Earl Hines
Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945
2012, 7xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Num, , Mosaic Records (2)
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
2012, CD,
Various
Les Trompettistes De Miles
2009, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2),
Jimmie Lunceford
Strictly Lunceford
2007, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)
Various
Jazz In The Charts 80/100 (Dream 1945 (2))
2006, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Documents,
Sarah Vaughan
Young Sassy
2006, 4x CD Slim box, ,
Vocal/Swing/Bop/Big Band
Benny Carter
The Music Master
2006, 4x CD Slimline, ,
Swing/Big Band
Bud Powell
Budd's Bubble
2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Quadromania, ,
Bop
Bud Powell
Genius Of The Be Bop Piano: 1944-1951
2004, CD, Comp, Jazz Legends, ,
Bop
Georgie Auld
1940-1945
2003, CD, ,
Swing
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Gospel Of The Blues
2003, CD, ,
Gospel
Billy Eckstine
The Legendary Big Band
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Savoy Jazz
Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan 1938 - 1950
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Swing
Dizzy Gillespie
The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950
2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2), ,
Bop/Swing
Various
Classic Jazz: The Forties
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
Bud Powell
Tempus Fugue-It
2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2), Proper Records (2), Proper Records (2), Proper Records (2), Proper Records (2), ,
Bop
Bud Powell
Blue Garden Blues
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Proper Records (2), ,
Bop
Bud Powell
New York 1944-1949
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés
Sarah Vaughan
The Best Of Sarah Vaughan
2000, CD,
Sarah Vaughan
Ken Burns Jazz
2000, CD,
Sarah Vaughan
New York 1944 - 1948
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Bop/Vocal/Cool Jazz
Billie Holiday
1942-1950: As Time Goes By
1999, CD, Comp, Giants Of Jazz,
Benny Carter, Cootie Williams
Echoes Of Harlem Big Bands: The Complete Capitol Sessions
1999, CD, Comp, Definitive Records (2)
Duke Ellington
Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete)
1999
Sam Price*
1942-1945
1999, CD, ,
Swing
Bud Powell
1945-1947
1998, CD, Comp, Classics (11)
Oscar Pettiford
Bass Hits
1998, CD, Comp, Mono, Topaz Jazz
Sarah Vaughan
1944-1946
1997, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Bop/Vocal
Sonny Boy Williams, Yack Taylor, Nora Lee King
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1940-1947 & The Remaining Titles of Yack Taylor, Nora Lee King 1941-1942
1997, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),
Bud Powell
Early Buds
1997, CD, Comp, Mono, Topaz Jazz, ,
Bop
Billie Holiday
The Complete Commodore Recordings
1997, 2x CD, ,
Swing
Various
Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions
1997, 12x CD, Box Set, ,
Swing/Jump Blues/Ragtime
Jimmie Lunceford
Jazz & Blues Collection
1996, CD, Comp, RM, Editions Atlas, ,
Swing/Big Band
Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
1996, CD, Comp, LaserLight Digital,
Dizzy Gillespie
Volume 5 - 1945 - Complementary Works
1996, CD, Comp, Média 7, ,
Bop
Various
Roots Of Rhythm & Blues 1939-1945
1996
Louis Jordan
Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 18
1995, CD, Comp, Editions Atlas, ,
Jump Blues/Swing
Various
The Best Of AFRS Jubilee, Volume 2 - No. 116 & 191
1995, CD, Comp, RST Records
Dizzy Gillespie
Volume 4 - 1943-1944 - Complete Edition
1995, CD, Comp, Média 7,
Various
Swing Into Bop
1995, CD, Comp, Mono, Topaz Jazz,
Billie Holiday
1944
1995, ,
Vocal
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel 1938/1943
1994, CD, ,
Gospel
Various
The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Volume III
1990, 20xLP + Box, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Mosaic Records (2)
Georgie Auld And His Orchestra
Handicap
1990, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Musicraft, ,
Big Band/Swing
Earl Hines
Piano Man
1989
Dizzy Gillespie
The Most Important Recordings Of Dizzy Gillespie
1989, 2x Vinyl, ,
Swing/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Earl 'Fatha' Hines And His Orchestra*
Harlem Lament
1989, CD, ,
Swing/Big Band
Sarah Vaughan
It's You Or No One
1988, CD, ,
Swing/Big Band/Vocal/Bop/Ballad
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
1986, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Bop
Various
Bebop Revisited, Vol.6
1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Xanadu Records
Billie Holiday
Lady Day
1986, 7xLP, Comp + Box, Comp, Giants Of Jazz, Giants Of Jazz, Giants Of Jazz, Giants Of Jazz, Giants Of Jazz, Lotus, Lotus, Lotus,
Billie Holiday
Lady Day's Immortal Performances 1939-1944
1986, Vinyl,
Sam Price And His Texas Blusicians
Do You Dig My Jive
1985, LP, Comp, Mono, "Whiskey, Women, And ..."
Various
The Great Big Bands (L'Age d'Or Des Grands Orchestres Américains)
1982, 2xLP, Comp, RE, Disques Festival
Various
The Great Big Bands
1982, Box Set, 3x Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing
Lucky Millinder's Orch.* With Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Lucky Days 1941-1945
1980, Vinyl, ,
Jump Blues
Billie Holiday = ビリー・ホリデイ*
The Greatest Interpretations Of Billie Holiday - Alternate Choices - Complete Edition = 奇妙な果実~別テイク集
1979, Vinyl, ,
Vocal/Swing
Big Maybelle, Little Esther*, Albinia Jones, Miss Rhapsody, Linda Hopkins
Ladies Sing The Blues
1979, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Jazz In Revolution: The Big Bands In The 1940s
1977, LP, Comp, Mono, Gat, New World Records, ,
Big Band/Swing/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie
The Development Of An American Artist
1977, 2xLP, Album, Comp, Smithsonian Collection, Columbia Special Products, ,
Bop/Swing/Big Band
Various
Tea Pad Songs Volume One
1976, Vinyl, ,
Big Band
Various
Tea Pad Songs Volume Two
1976, Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra*
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
1975, LP, Comp, DJM Records (2), ,
Big Band/Swing
Benny Carter
Benny Carter In Hollywood 1943-46
1975, Vinyl, ,
Swing
Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra*
The Great Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
1974, LP, Comp, Durium, ,
Swing
Jimmie Lunceford
The Greatest Jazz Band
1974, LP, Album, Quad, Olympic Records (4), ,
Swing
Various
Singin' The Blues
1974, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Piano Blues
Billie Holiday
The Greatest Interpretations Of Billie Holiday - Complete Edition
1974
Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
1972, Vinyl PR, ,
Swing
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
1970, Vinyl Simulated Stereo, ,
Soul-Jazz/Easy Listening
Frank Sinatra
The Sinatra Touch
1968, 6x Vinyl Duophonic, Box Set, ,
Vocal/Swing
Glen Campbell
A New Place In The Sun
1968
Various
The Golden Book Of Classic Swing - Volume 2
1963, 3xLP, Comp, Brunswick, ,
Big Band/Swing
Etta Jones
Hollar!
1963, Vinyl,
Billy Eckstine
The Great Mr. B And His All Star Band
1952, 10", Album, DeLuxe (2)
Sarah Vaughan
I Could Make You Love Me / My Kinda Love
1946, Shellac, 10", Musicraft
Sarah Vaughan
If You Could See Me Now / You're Not The Kind
1946, Shellac, 10", Musicraft, ,
Swing/Vocal
Billy Eckstein* With DeLuxe All Star Band / The Four Blues
I Got A Date With Rhythm / I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
1945, Shellac, 10", DeLuxe (2), ,
Rhythm & Blues/Gospel
Georgie Auld And His Orchestra
Co-Pilot / I'll Never Be The Same
1945, Shellac, 10", Guild Records (2), ,
Big Band/Vocal
Frankie Socolow And His Duke Quintette*
The Man I Love / Reverse The Charges
1945, Shellac, 10", Duke (8), ,
Bop
Various
The History Of Jazz Vol. 4 - This Modern Age
1945, ,
Swing
Billy Eckstein*, DeLuxe All Star Band
Good Jelly Blues / I Stay In The Mood For You
1944
Sonny Boy Williams And His Orchestra
Rubber Bounce / Reverse The Charges
1943, Shellac, 10", Decca
Billy Eckstine / Dick Haymes
You Call It Madness
2xCD, Comp, RM, History, ,
Big Band/Ballad/Vocal/Swing
Billy Eckstine And His Famous Orchestra*
Blowing The Blues Away / Good Jelly Blues
Shellac, 10", Jazz Selection, ,
Big Band
Billy Eckstine And His Famous Orchestra*
I Got A Date With Rhythm / Opus X
Shellac, 10", Jazz Selection
Benny Carter & His Orchestra*
Benny Carter & His Orchestra
Jimmie Lunceford
4 - 'Blues In The Night' 1938-1942
Earl Hines
Earl Hines 1928-38
Billy Eckstine And His Famous Orchestra*
I Stay In The Mood For You / I Want To Talk About You
Shellac,
Earl Hines
The Indispensable - 1940-1942 Volume 3
Vinyl, ,
Swing
Various
Jazz Autour De Minuit