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Sonny Rollins For The Holidays: An Amazing Unreleased Recording! (+Bonus)
Coltrane: A Love Supreme, 8— "Psalm" and Its Text
Coltrane: A Love Supreme,7—"Acknowledgement," All Takes
Earl Hines: His Unrecorded Band with Parker and Gillespie, by Leif Bo Petersen,1 (+Bonus)
Sun Ra: Memories from Jim Eigo, and Ra's LP Business
Freddie Keppard: Ken Burns & Wynton Marsalis Got Him All Wrong (+Bonuses)
Mingus, Dolphy, and the Power of the Written Word (+ Bonus)
Ornette Coleman: My Memories of Him, 2—A Day at Brandeis University, 1985
Ornette Coleman: My Memories of Him, 1—University of Rochester, 1970
Coltrane, A Love Supreme, 6—The Last of His Note Pages
Coltrane: A Love Supreme, 5—His Drafts of the Album Notes
Sun Ra: An Unknown Audio Interview, 1965
Rollins and Hawkins: An Astounding Unreleased Track! (+BONUS)
Coltrane: A Love Supreme, 4—Back to His Notes (+Bonus)
Wes Montgomery: Unheard 18-minute Audio Interview with Ira Gitler, + Bonus
Beastie Boys: I Was Asked to Be Their "Expert Witness"
Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Part 3, for his Birthday—Overdubbing
Coleman Hawkins Tribute: My Second Memory of the Village Vanguard (+Bonus)
Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Part 2—Coltrane's Written Plans
Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Part 1—Background Information, and My Personal Memories
Best Jazz Reference Sources, and INDEX to this site! EXPANDED re FILMS, etc.
Every Film of Charlie Parker, 10A: Bonuses for Paying Subscribers
Every Film of Charlie Parker, 10; The TV Host Did Not Insult Bird (But It Was Typical of the Era)
Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker,8: Bird and Diz 1952, Background Info +Bonus
Pete La Roca: He took me on my first trip to the Village Vanguard
King Oliver and Louis Armstrong in 1923, Part 5: "Dipper Mouth Blues" & What is Improvisation?
King Oliver and Louis Armstrong in 1923, Part 4: Who wrote "Dipper Mouth Blues"? +Bonus
Every FIlm Clip of Charlie Parker, 7A—A Few More Silent Seconds from Sweden 1950
Bebop: The Controversy, Part 1: Complex Arrangements (+ Bonus)
Warne Marsh: The Intense Saxophonist in An Unknown 1959 Audio Interview
Lester Young: Transcription of the Astounding "After You've Gone," BONUS For Paying Subscribers
Coltrane Projects That Never Happened, 3B: A documentary film in France, Concluded
Coltrane Projects That Never Happened, 3A: A documentary film in France
Billie Holiday, The Arranger, Part 3: "Them There Eyes" Through the Years
Every Film Clip of Lester Young, Preview 2: He Talks to the Drummer & Jams with Hawkins!,+Bonus
Miles Davis: "Nardis," Part 3 of 3—A Possible Inspiration +Bonus
Every Film Clip of Lester Young, Preview Part 1: He Speaks!—UPDATED,BETTER Video & Audio!!
Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 7: A Tiny Silent Clip +Bonus
Miles Davis: "Nardis," Part 2 of 3
Miles Davis: "Nardis," Part 1 of 3
Tatum: His Dissonant, "Avant-Garde" Side, Part 5: More "Body and Soul" + Bonus
Miles Davis Did Not Exactly "Steal" Tunes, 3: Last One About "Solar"
Art Blakey with Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller: Unknown Silent Footage
Miles Davis Did Not Exactly "Steal" Tunes, 2: More About "Solar" + Bonus
Miles Davis Did Not Exactly "Steal" Tunes, 1: Record Labels, Publishers, and "Solar"
Tatum: His Dissonant, "Avant-Garde" Side, Part 4!: Who Came Before Him,"Body and Soul" + Bonus
Eric Dolphy: An Unknown 1963 Audio Interview about Ornette and more
James P. Johnson: His Brilliance on "If Dreams Come True" + Two Bonuses!
Listing Favorite Records of Lester Young, Miles Davis, Ellington, et al, 1958
Ira Gitler talks About Drums with Tony Williams, Art Blakey,Cozy Cole, & Mel Lewis,AUDIO!;Part 1
Coltrane: A Short Mystery Audio Story About Him—Can you help?
Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 6; Audio from a 1950 TV Show
Coltrane Did Not Want to be a Saint
Tatum: An 8-minute Recently Discovered Trio Recording
Sonny Rollins: A Short Unknown 1957 Audio Interview
Sonny Rollins and Paul Bley: An Astounding Interaction, + 2 Bonuses
Coltrane Projects That Never Happened, 2: Two Reunion Albums with Miles in 1967!
Coltrane Projects That Never Happened, 1: Monk's Music produced by Tom Wilson
Miles Davis Rare Print Interview; also Max Roach + Bonus David Murray; UPDATED
Archie Shepp and Mobilization for Youth, by Pierre Crépon
Andrew Hill: An Unknown Short Audio Interview
Charles Mingus Writes A Letter About His Recordings, Part 2 of 2,+Bonus
Charles Mingus Writes A Letter About His Recordings, Part 1
Frederick Douglass Writes About Minstrelsy, +Bonus
Wayne Shorter's First Recordings—Never Released! Part 3 of 3,+ Bonus
Duke Ellington Talks About Racism in Unknown Short Audio Interview
Wayne Shorter's First Recordings—Never Released! Part 2 of 3, +Bonus
Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 5A; A Better Version of the Silent 1950 Outtakes
Coleman Hawkins: A Silent 1950 Outtake for Paying Subscribers
Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 5; LOTS of 1950 footage,+Bonus
Wayne Shorter's First Recordings—Never Released! Part 1, + BONUS
Listening to King Oliver's and Louis Armstrong's 1923 Recordings, Part 2, + Bonus Photo
HOW TO Share and Support my Work
How Charlie Parker's Relatives Battled Over His Estate (A 1959 Report)
James P. Johnson: A Recently Discovered Recording!
Cecil Taylor's Childhood Activities; + Bonus
Coltrane and Dolphy: Unknown Silent Film Footage, 12 minutes, 1962!
Letter of Recommendation for Ornette Coleman to Mobilization for Youth, + Bonus
Billie Holiday, The Arranger, Part 2: Ellington, Armstrong, and "Them There Eyes"
Billie Holiday, The Arranger! Part 1: Overview
Monk: A Funny "Backstory" About the Time Magazine Article! PHOTO ADDED!,+ Bonus
Chet Baker's Unknown First Audio Interview 1954! + Bonuses for Paying Subscribers
Tatum's Dissonant, "Avant-Garde" Side, Part 3, the 1950s, Summary Conclusions, + Bill Evans BONUS
Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 4; More on the 1950 footage
Gene Krupa Deserves A Close Hearing (+ Paying Subscribers' Bonus)
Listening to King Oliver's and Louis Armstrong's 1923 Recordings, Part 1
Cecil Taylor's First Recorded Interview, 1959! + Bonus
Tatum's Dissonant, "Avant Garde" side, Part 2; Astounding 1940s Recordings
Tatum's Dissonant, "Avant-Garde" Side, Part 1, + Bonuses! (Updated); His Method & His Predecessors