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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
Lew's Billie Holiday Research Wins ASCAP Award
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
BONUS for paying subscribers--A Remastered version of the same PARKER INTERVIEW