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This label is devoted to the great jazz musicians of the past, from Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Django Reinhardt.

Album Title	Catalogue No.
ALMANAC SINGERS: Talking Union (1941-1942)	8.120567
ALMANAC SINGERS: The Sea, The Soil And The Struggle (1941-1942)	8.120733
ARMSTRONG, Louis: Heebie Jeebies (1925-1930) (Louis Armstrong, Vol. 1)	8.120541
ARMSTRONG, Louis: Jeepers Creepers (1938-1939) (Louis Armstrong, Vol. 5)	8.120815
ARMSTRONG, Louis: Rhythm Saved The World (1934-1936) (Louis Armstrong, Vol. 3)	8.120676
ARMSTRONG, Louis: Sing It, Satchmo (1945-1955) (Louis Armstrong, Vol. 8)	8.120818
ARMSTRONG, Louis: Stop Playing Those Blues (1946-1947) (Louis Armstrong, Vol. 7)	8.120817
ARMSTRONG, Louis: You Rascal, You (1939-1941) (Louis Armstrong, Vol. 6)	8.120816
BASIE, Count: Circus In Rhythm (Radio Transcriptions and Service V-Discs, 1944-1945) (Basie, Vol. 4)	8.120820
BASIE, Count: Coming Out Party (1940 - 1942)	8.120819
BASIE, Count: One O'Clock Jump (1936-1939)	8.120662
BECHET, Sidney: Blackstick (1938-1950)	8.120616
BECHET, Sidney: House Party (1943-1952)	8.120741
BECHET, Sidney: Shake It And Break It (1938-1941)	8.120699
BECHET, Sidney: Spreadin' Joy (1940-1950)	8.120531
BEIDERBECKE, Bix: Bix Lives! (1926-1930)	8.120712
BEIDERBECKE, Bix: Riverboat Shuffle (1924-1929)	8.120584
CARMICHAEL, Hoagy: Mr Music Master (1928-1947)	8.120574
CARMICHAEL, Hoagy: Riverboat Shuffle (1927-1938)	8.120767
CROSBY, Bob and BOB CATS: Palesteena (1937-1940)	8.120681
DAVIS, Miles: Boplicity (1949-1953)	8.120772
DAVIS, Miles: Early Milestones (1945-1949)	8.120607
DORSEY BROTHERS: Stop, Look And Listen (1932-1935)	8.120762
DORSEY, Jimmy: Dorsey Dervish (1936-1940)	8.120625
DORSEY, Tommy: Music Maestro, Please (1935-1939)	8.120580

Album Title	Catalogue No.
DORSEY, Tommy: Swing High (1936-1940)	8.120632
ECKSTINE, Billy: My Foolish Heart (1945-1951)	8.120655
ECKSTINE, Billy: Yours To Command (1950-1952)	8.120687
ELLINGTON, Duke: Air Conditioned Jungle (1945) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 10)	8.120810
ELLINGTON, Duke: Black, Brown and Beige (1943-1945) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 9)	8.120809
ELLINGTON, Duke: Blue Abandon (1946) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 12)	8.120812
ELLINGTON, Duke: Braggin' In Brass (1938) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 5)	8.120706
ELLINGTON, Duke: Cotton Club Stomp (1927-1931) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 1)	8.120509
ELLINGTON, Duke: Cotton Tail (1940) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 7)	8.120738
ELLINGTON, Duke: Echoes of Harlem (1936-1938) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 4)	8.120682
ELLINGTON, Duke: Jam-A-Ditty (1946-1947) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 13)	8.120813
ELLINGTON, Duke: Jump For Joy (1941-1942) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 8)	8.120743
ELLINGTON, Duke: Love you Madly (1947-1953) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 14)	8.120814
ELLINGTON, Duke: Reminiscing in Tempo (1932-1935) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 3)	8.120589
ELLINGTON, Duke: Time's A-Wastin' (1945-1946) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 11)	8.120811
FITZGERALD, Ella: A-Tisket, A-Tasket (1936-1941)	8.120540
FITZGERALD, Ella: Ella And Company (1943-1951)	8.120765
FITZGERALD, Ella: It's the Way That You Do It (1936-1939)	8.120611
GARNER, Erroll: Standards (1945-1949)	8.120661
GARNER, Erroll: Yesterdays (1944-1949)	8.120528
GILLESPIE, Dizzy: Dizzy Atmosphere (1946-1952)	8.120708
GILLESPIE, Dizzy: Groovin' High (1942-1949)	8.120582
GOODMAN, Benny: Bumblebee Stomp (1937-1939)	8.120677
GOODMAN, Benny: Jam Session (1936-1939)	8.120605
GOODMAN, Benny: Sing, Sing, Sing (1937-1940)	8.120768

Album Title	Catalogue No.
GUTHRIE, Woody: Pastures of Plenty (1940-1947)	8.120742
HAMPTON, Lionel: Air Mail Special (1937-1946)	8.120651
HAMPTON, Lionel: Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop (1941-1951)	8.120766
HAWKINS, Coleman: Bean At The Met (1943-1945)	8.120744
HAWKINS, Coleman: Body and Soul (1933-1949)	8.120532
HAWKINS, Coleman: Hawk In the 30s (1933-1939)	8.120626
HERMAN, Woody: Get Your Boots Laced Papa! (1938-1943)	8.120658
HERMAN, Woody: Thundering Herd (The) (1945-1947)	8.120739
HINES, Earl: The Earl (1928-1941)	8.120581
HOLIDAY, Billie: Easy Living (1935-1939)	8.120545
HOLIDAY, Billie: Trav'lin' Light (1940-1944)	8.120701
HOLIDAY, Billie: You're My Thrill (1944-1949)	8.120750
INTRODUCING DUKE ELLINGTON	8.103008
INTRODUCING ELLA FITZGERALD	8.103009
INTRODUCING LOUIS ARMSTRONG	8.103007
JAMES, Harry: Concerto for Trumpet (1939-1941)	8.120618
JAZZ FOR YOU - CHILL WITH ELLINGTON (1932-1951)	8.120894
JAZZ LEGENDS - Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller	8.102002
KENTON, Stan: MacGregor Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (1941)	8.120517
KENTON, Stan: MacGregor Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (1941-1942)	8.120518
KENTON, Stan: MacGregor Transcriptions, Vol. 3 (1941-1943)	8.120684
KENTON, Stan: MacGregor Transcriptions, Vol. 4 (1944)	8.120703
KENTON, Stan: MacGregor Transcriptions, Vol. 5 (1944-1945)	8.120714
KING COLE TRIO: Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (1938)	8.120512
KING COLE TRIO: Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (1939)	8.120521

Album Title	Catalogue No.
KING COLE TRIO: Transcriptions, Vol. 3 (1939)	8.120629
KING COLE TRIO: Transcriptions, Vol. 4 (1939-1940)	8.120685
KING COLE TRIO: Transcriptions, Vol. 5 (1940)	8.120705
KRUPA, Gene: Let Me Off Uptown (1939-1945)	8.120749
KRUPA, Gene: Wire Brush Stomp (1935-1940)	8.120657
LEADBELLY: Rock Island Line (1935-1941)	8.120675
LEWIS, Ted: Is Everybody Happy? (1923-1931)	8.120770
MILLER, Glenn: Glen Island Special (1938-1942)	8.120746
MILLER, Glenn: Oh, So Good (1939-1943)	8.120573
MONK, Thelonious: Let's Cool One (1950-1952)	8.120673
MONK, Thelonious: Monk's Moods (1944-1948)	8.120588
MORTON, Jelly-Roll: Mr. Jelly Lord (1924-1930)	8.120824
NAT KING COLE TRIO: Transcriptions and Early Recordings, Vol. 6 (1941-1943)	8.120727
OLIVER, Joe King: Oh, Play That Thing! (1923)	8.120666
ORY, Kid: Creole Classics (1944-1947)	8.120587
ORY, Kid: Ory's Creole Trombone (1945-1953)	8.120769
PARKER, Charlie: Mellow Bird (1949-1952)	8.120700
PARKER, Charlie: Ornithology (1945-1947)	8.120571
REINHARDT, Django: Americans in Paris (1935-1937) (Reinhardt, Vol. 7)	8.120734
REINHARDT, Django: Americans in Paris (1938-1945) (Reinhardt, Vol. 8)	8.120740
REINHARDT, Django: Belleville (1940-1942) (Reinhardt, Vol. 10)	8.120822
REINHARDT, Django: Django Reinhardt (1938-1939) (Reinhardt, Vol. 2)	8.120575
REINHARDT, Django: Djangology (1934-1935) (Reinhardt, Vol. 1)	8.120515
REINHARDT, Django: H. C. Q. Strut (1938-1939) (Reinhardt, Vol. 5)	8.120707
REINHARDT, Django: Nuages (1940) (Reinhardt, Vol. 6)	8.120726

Album Title	Catalogue No.
REINHARDT, Django: Swing Guitars (1936-1937) (Reinhardt, Vol. 3)	8.120686
REINHARDT, Django: Swingin' with Django (1937) (Reinhardt, Vol. 4)	8.120698
REINHARDT, Django: With Vocals (1933-1941) (Reinhardt, Vol. 9)	8.120821
SEEGER, Pete: If I Had a Hammer (1944-1950)	8.120737
SHAW, Artie: Begin the Beguine (1936-1939)	8.120615
SHAW, Artie: Concertos for Clarinet (1937-1940)	8.120802
SHEARING, George: Lullaby of Birdland (1947-1952)	8.120823
SHILKRET, Nathaniel: Skyscrapers Symphonic Jazz (1928-1932)	8.120644
SMITH, Bessie: Downhearted Blues (1923-1924)	8.120660
SMITH, Bessie: Empty Bed Blues (1927-1928)	8.120725
SMITH, Bessie: I've Got What It Takes (1929-1933)	8.120732
SMITH, Bessie: Preachin' the Blues (1925-1927)	8.120702
SMITH, Bessie: St. Louis Blues (1924-25)	8.120691
TATUM, Art: Fine And Dandy (1937-1944)	8.120730
TEAGARDEN, Jack: It's Time for T (1929-1953)	8.120825
THEMES OF THE BIG BANDS: Here's That Band Again (1934-1947)	8.120619
THEMES OF THE BIG BANDS: Let's Dance! (1934-1947)	8.120536
VAUGHAN, Sarah: Interlude (1944-1947)	8.120572
VAUGHAN, Sarah: Trouble Is A Man (1946-1948)	8.120763
VENUTI, Joe: Stringing the Blues (1926-1931)	8.120614
WALLER, Fats: A Handful of Fats - Classic Hits (1929-1942)	8.120760
WALLER, Fats: Transcriptions (1935)	8.120577
WALLER, Fats: Transcriptions (1939)	8.120692
WILSON, Teddy: Blues in C-Sharp Minor (1935-1937)	8.120665
WILSON, Teddy: I Want to Be Happy (1944-1947)	8.120538

Album Title	Catalogue No.
YOUNG, Lester: Lester Leaps Again (1942-1944)	8.120764