4. Les Années 40

Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Allen Eager et Kai Winding au Royal Roost, 1948. 

Kid Rena / Bunk Johnson: Prelude to the Revival Vol. II (American Music, 1940-1942). 

Various: The John Reid Collection From the Arkansas Arts Center: New Orleans Jazz 1940-1944 (American Music, 1940-1944). 

Hot Lips Page: The Chrono(lo)gical Hot Lips Page and his Band 1938-1940 (Classics, 1938-1940). 

Harlan Leonard: The Chrono(lo)gical Harlan Leonard and his Rockets 1940 (Classics, 1940). 

Horace Henderson / Fletcher Henderson: The Chrono(lo)gical Horace Henderson & his Orch. 1940 / Fletcher Henderson & his Orch. 1941 (Classics, 1940/1941). 

Sidney Bechet: The Victor Sessions: Master Takes (Bluebird, 1932-1943). 

Duke Ellington: Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webester Band (RCA Bluebird, 1940-1942). 

Duke Ellington: The Indispensable Duke Ellington and the Small Groups Vol. 9/10 (1940-1946) (RCA, 1940-1946). 

Joe Bushkin: The Chronological Joe Bushkin 1940-1946 (Classics, 1940-1946). Écouter.

Art Hodes: The Jazz Record Story (Jazzology, 1940-1947). 

Django Reinhardt: Volume 2: Paris and London 1937-1948 (JSP, 1937-1948). 

Louis Armstrong: C'est Ci Bon: Satchmo in the Forties (Proper, 1940-1949). 

Nat "King" Cole: Cool Cole: The King Cole Trio Story (Proper, 1940-50). 

Cootie Williams: Sextet & Big Band (EPM, 1941-1944). 

Edmond Hall: Profoundly Blue (Blue Note, 1941-1944). 

Pee Wee Russell: Jazz Original (Commodore, 1938-1945). 

Louis Jordan: Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five (JSP, 1938-1950). Écouter : CD A, CD B, CD C, CD D, CD E.

Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra: Apollo Jump (Proper, 1941-1951). 

Joe Marsala: The Chronogical Joe Marsala 1936-1942 (Classics, 1936-1942). 

Bunk Johnson: Bunk Johnson and his Superior Jazz Band (Good Time Jazz, 1942). 

Bunk Johnson: In San Francisco (American Music, 1943-1944). 

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band: The 1942 Series (Good Time Jazz, 1942). 

Lionel Hampton: The Lionel Hampton Story (Proper, 1937-1949). 

Lester Young: The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions Vol. 1 1936-1942 / Vol. 2 1942-1944 / Vol. 3 1944-1946 / Vol. 4 1946-1949 (Blue Moon). 

Duke Ellington: The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 (Prestige, 1943). 

George Lewis and his New Orleans Stompers: 1943 (The Complete Climax Recording Sessions) (American Music, 1943). 

Wild Bill Davison: The Commodore Master Takes (GRP Commodore, 1943-1946). 

Mel Powell: Piano Prodigy (Ocium, 1943-1948). 

Jay McShann and his Orchestra: Jumpin' the Blues (Proper, 1940-1951). 

Metronome All Stars / Esquire All Stars: Summit Meetings (Frémeaux & Associés, 1939-1950). 

Various: Esquire All-American Jazz Concert (EPM, 1944). 

Barney Bigard: The Chronogical Barney Bigard 1944 (Classics, 1944). Écouter.

Eddie Heywood & his Orchestra; Edmond Hall Sextet with Eddie Heywood: Jazz at the Cafe Society, N.Y. in the 40's (Commodore, 1944). 

Kid Ory: Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 1944/45 (The Legendary Crescent Recording Sessions) (Good Time Jazz / G.H.B., 1944-1945). 

Ben Webster / Don Byas: Giants of the Tenor Sax (Commodore, 1944-1945). 

Don Byas: Complete American Small Group Recordings (Definitive, 1944-1946). 

Sid Catlett: The Chronogical Sid Catlett 1944-1946 (Classics, 1944-1946). Écouter.

Various (Tiny Grimes, John Hardee, Ike Quebec, Benny Morton, Jimmy Hamilton): The Blue Note Swingtets (Blue Note, 1944-1946). 

Billy Eckstine: The Legendary Big Band (Savoy Jazz, 1944-1947). 

Jazz at the Philharmonic: Best of the 1940s Concerts (Verve, 1944-1949). 

Illinois Jacquet: The Illinois Jacquet Story (Proper, 1944-1951). 

Bunk's Brass Band and Dance Band: Bunk's Brass Band and 1945 Sessions (American Music, 1945). 

Mary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite (Smithsonian Folkways, 1945). 

Sidney Bechet & Mezz Mezzrow: The King Jazz Records Story (Storyville, 1945-1947). 

Boyd Raeburn: Jewells (Savoy, 1945-1949). 

Wooden Joe Nicholas: Wooden Joe Nicholas (American Music, 1945-1949). 

Charlie Parker: A Studio Chronicle (JSP, 1940-1948). 

Woody Herman: The Woody Herman Story (Proper, 1939-1949). 

Dizzy Gillespie: Odyssey 1945-1952 (Savoy Jazz, 1945-1952). 

Charlie Mingus: The Young Rebel (Proper, 1945-1953). 

Ella Fitzgerald: Lullabies of Birdland (Decca/Verve, 1945-1955). 

Baby Dodds: 1946 / Live (Blu Jazz, 1946). 

Fats Navarro: The Fats Navarro Story (Proper, 1945-1950). 

Dexter Gordon: Settin' the Pace (Proper, 1943-1952). 

Wardell Gray: The Wardell Gray Story (Proper, 1945-1952). 

Luckey Roberts & Ralph Sutton: The Circle Recordings (Solo Art, 1946-1952). 

Kenny Clarke: Klook's the Man (Proper, 1938-1956). 

Gil Evans featuring Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra: The Real Birth of the Cool: Studio Recordings (The Jazz Factory, 1941-47). 

Erroll Garner: The Quintessence New York-Hollywood 1944-1947 (Frémeaux & Associés, 1944-1947). 

Papa Mutt Carey: Portrait of a New Orleans Master (Upbeat Jazz, 1945-1947). 

Howard McGhee: On Dial – The Complete Sessions : Trumpet at Tempo (Spotlite Jazz) / Trumpet at Tempo : The Complete Dial Sessions, 1946-1947 (Jazz Classics, 1945-1947). 

Dodo Marmarosa: A Proper Introduction to Dodo Marmarosa: Dodo's Dance (Proper, 1946-1948?). 

J.J. Johnson: Origins: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy Jazz, 1946-1954). 

Allen Eager: An Ace Face: The Adventures of Allen Eager (The Gray Boys Series Volume 1) (Giant Steps Recordings, 1946-1956). 

Stan Hasselgard: California Sessions (Dragon, 1947-1948). 

Dizzy Gillespie: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1937-1949). 

Leo Parker: The Chronogical Leo Parker 1947-1950 (Classics, 1947-1950). Écouter.

Bud Powell: Tempus Fugue-It (Proper, 1944-1950). 

Thelonious Monk: The Complete Blue Note Recordings (Blue Note, 1947-1958). 

Ray Nance: The Complete 1940-1949 Non-Ducal Violin Recordings: When We're Alone (AB Fable, 1940-1949). 

Benny Goodman: Undercurrent Blues (Capitol Jazz, 1947-1949). 

Charlie Parker: The Complete Live Performances on Savoy (Savoy Jazz, 1947-1950). 

George Shearing: From Battersea to Broadway (Proper, 1939-1951). 

Machito and his Afro-Cuban Salseros: Mucho Macho (Pablo, 1948-1949). 

Charlie Barnet: The Capitol Big Band Sessions (Capitol Jazz, 1948-1950). Écouter.

Brew Moore: The Kerouac Connection: The Adventures of Brew Moore (The Gray Boys Series Volume 2) (Giant Steps Recordings, 1948-1958). 

Big Eye Louis Nelson: 1949 Sessions & Live at Luthjens (American Music, 1949). 

Tiny Bradshaw: Breaking Up the House (Proper, 1934-1951). 

Charlie Ventura: Bop For the People (Proper, 1945-1951). 

Lee Konitz: Indian Summer (ZYX Music/Original Jazz Standards, 1949-1951). 

Oscar Peterson: Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951 (Verve/Hip-O-Select, 1949-1951). 

Flip Phillips: Flippin' the Blues Vol. II - 1949-1951 (Ocium, 1949-1951). 

Lennie Tristano: Intuition (Proper, 1945-1952). 

Sonny Stitt: Sax o' Bebop (Proper, 1946-1952). 

Charlie Parker: Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes (Verve, 1947-1952). 

Buck Clayton: Buck Special (Vogue, 1949-1953). 

Tony Parenti: Tony Parenti and his New Orleanians (Jazzology, 1949).