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Miles Davis: UNKNOWN First Recorded Interview—1951! (UPDATED)

Coltrane: The Origin of "Impressions," Part 4 (Last)—& Bonus Tracks for Paying Subscribers

Louis Armstrong: Some History of His Intro to West End Blues—& a Bonus for Paying Subscribers

Coltrane and "Big Nick" Nicholas—New information!

Lester Young: An Astounding Unreleased Solo, 1938

Miles Davis: An UNKNOWN 1955 Radio Interview

Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 3; 1950 footage

Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 2; Audio from TV

Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 1—Paying Subscribers bonus

Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, Part 1—UPDATED;Silent Color Clip 1949

BILLIE HOLIDAY The Improviser, Part 3: "All of Me"

Coltrane: The Origin of "Impressions," Part 3--with Bonus Audio for Paying Subscribers

Coltrane: The Origin of "Impressions," Part 2

Coltrane: The Origin of "Impressions," Part 1

Billie Holiday: There was Never a Federal Campaign against "Strange Fruit"—Finale, Part 4 of 4

Walter Page: What Made His Bass Playing Notable?

Coltrane: The Origin of “Big Nick”

Coltrane: The Origin of "Spiritual"

About Updates to My Posts—with an update to Billie Holiday "Strange Fruit," Part 3 (+Bonus)

Billie Holiday: There was Never a Federal Campaign against "Strange Fruit"--Part 3 of 4, UPDATED

Billie Holiday: There was Never a Federal Campaign against "Strange Fruit"--Part 2 of 4

Billie Holiday: There was Never a Federal Campaign against "Strange Fruit"--Part 1 of 4; Award Winner

Lew's Billie Holiday Research Wins ASCAP Award

Lester Young’s Draft Status, Residences, Wife’s Name, and More, in 1940--with Bonus Images For Paying Subscribers

MILES’S VOICE, PART TWO—He did Not ruin his own voice

The Politics of Swing Era “All-American” Jazz Lists

BILLIE HOLIDAY The Improviser, Part 2: "Georgia"

For Paid Subscribers--COMPLETE copy of the Monk article

BILLIE HOLIDAY The Improviser, Part 1: Overview, & "Embraceable You"

Roy Eldridge: Amazing Solo on "I Surrender Dear" 1940

BONUS: The Rarest Article About Monk, Upgraded--for Paid Subscribers

Billie Holiday: Problems with the documentary "Billie" (2020)

Miles Davis's Affectionate Behavior Toward His Musicians--in Photos and Audio

Lester Young and Gjon Mili-- and their cats!--BONUS for paid subscribers

Lester Young in the film Jammin' The Blues--by way of Buster Keaton!

Some Origins of Dolphy’s Style

Why Did Jelly Roll Morton Claim to Be Older?

Pharoah Sanders Before and After Coltrane (In Memoriam)

Lester Young Planned to Join Ellington!

Monk: An Audible And Funny Mishap On A Famous Recording!

Monk's 1951 Arrest as reported in Melody Maker magazine--for Paid Subscribers

MONK DID NOT “TAKE THE RAP” FOR BUD POWELL

How to follow Lew's activities

MILES’S VOICE, PART ONE

BONUS for paying subscribers--A Remastered version of the same PARKER INTERVIEW

A NEVER heard audio interview with Charlie Parker!!

An Introduction to this Essay Series