I hope to build this list up to 100 clips. Some of the early stuff is simply piano rolls or recordings fronted by a still image. But still ...
Aphabetical surname order.
Louis Armstrong - when The Saints Go Marching In Distracting video but great improv..
Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump sample.
George Benson - Here Comes The Sun. And displaying serious guitar chops playing Take Five. And giving On Broadway a deep funk.
Eubie Blake plays Black Keys on Parade and Lovie Joe. Newport 1960.
Charlie Christian - Stompin' at the Savoy.
Duke Ellington at The Cotton Club.- Jungle nights in Harlem, Saratoga Swing, Haunted Nights. -
Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong - Umbrella Man.
Benny Goodman Orchestra - Sing, Sing, Sing. A big band classic with Gene on drums and harry on trumpet. And an even better arrangement and audio vesion here.
Lionel Hampton - Tom Tom solo. He's playing a show off party piece here. His better known vibe work here - Flying Home.
Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra - The Stampede. 78 r.p.m. This is also notable for featuring the Victrola disc player.
James P. Johnson plays Bleeding Hearted Blues. Piano roll.
Etta Jones - Crazy he Calls Me.
Scott Joplin plays Maple Leaf Rag. Piano roll cut by Joplin, perhaps the playback tempo is a bit too andante.
Jelly Roll Morton plays and sings Mamie's Blues. 78 r.p.m.
Mark Murphy - On Green Doolphin Street. Way out there. But he still has the instrument @ 76. His Eleanor Rigby from the 1970s is the best jazz version I ever heard.
Original Dixieland Jass Band - Livery Stable Blues.
Django Reinhardt - Sweet Geogia Brown.
Joe Williams with Count Basie - Well Alright, Okay, You Win. Cookin! Not jazz, but Here's To Life. And What a wonderful World.
Teddy Wilson - Love
Under consideration for inclusion:
Paul Whiteman
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You missed the greatest of the Jazz Greats! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W405HKUwvaE
;-)
Posted by: Phillip Molly Malone | Wednesday, 03 June 2009 at 09:39
Well, my list is just getting started.
Nice to hear from you, Molly.
Posted by: Bob Meade | Thursday, 04 June 2009 at 11:29