4. Les années 40.

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

Nat King Cole: From the Very Beginning (MCA, 1936-1941).
Nat Cole: Meets the Master Saxes (Phoenix Jazz/Spotlite (Angl.), 1942-1943).

The Metronome All-Stars: The Metronome All-Star Bands (Bluebird/RCA, 1937-1949).

Cab Calloway: 16 Cab Calloway Classics (RCA (Fr.), 1939-1941).

Benny Carter: Benny Carter 1928-1952 (Jazz Tribune No. 4) (RCA (Fr.), 1928-1952).

Sidney Bechet: In Memoriam (Riverside, 1940).

Horace Henderson: 1940 (Tax (Suède), 1940).

Harlan Leonard and his Rockets: Treasury of Jazz No. 68 (RCA Victor (Fr.), 1940).

Kid Rena: Kid Rena's Delta Jazz Band (Riverside, 1940).

Variés: New Orleans Jazz (Decca).

Jay McShann Orchestra featuring Charlie Parker: Early Bird (Spotlite (Angl.)/RCA (Fr.), 1940-1943).

Art Tatum: Masterpieces (MCA, 1940-1944).
Art Tatum: Art Tatum is Art: The Trio 1944 (Musidisc (Fr.), 1944).

Benny Goodman: Solid Gold Instrumental Hits (Columbia, 1940-1945).

Artie Shaw: The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions (Bluebird/RCA, 1940-1945).

Duke Ellington: 1940 (The Smithsonian Collection, 1940).
Duke Ellington: 1941 (The Smithsonian Collection, 1941-1942).
Duke Ellington: The Indispensable Duke Ellington and the Small Groups Vol. 9/10 (1940-1946) (Jazz Tribune No. 60) (RCA (Fr.), 1940-1946).

Art Hodes: The Jazz Record Story Volume One / Volume Two (Jazzology, 1940-1946).

Django Reinhardt: Djangologie 11 (1940) (Pathé, 1940).
Django Reinhardt: Djangologie 12 (1940-1941) (Pathé, 1940-1941).
Django Reinhardt: Djangologie 13 (1942-1943) (Pathé, 1942-1943).
Django Reinhardt: Djangologie 14 (1943-1946) (Pathé, 1943-1946).

Stephane Grappelly: I Got Rhythm (London (Eur.)).

Charley Christian, Dizzy Gillespie: Jazz Immortal / After Hours (Esoteric / Counterpoint, 1941).

Edmond Hall: Jazz Classics: Celestial Express (Blue Note, 1941-1944).

Pee Wee Russell: The Pied Piper of Jazz (Commodore, 1941-1944).

Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra: Apollo Jump (Affinity (Angl.), 1941-1946).

Claude Thornhill: The Memorable Claude Thornhill (Columbia, 1941-1947).

Bunk Johnson: Bunk Johnson and his Superior Jazz Band (Good Time Jazz, 1942).
Bunk Johnson: Early Bunk 1942-43 (DAN (Jap.), 1942-1943).

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

Variés: Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 10: Swing Exercise (Capitol, 1942-1945).

Count Basie: Vol. V - 1942, 1944/1946: Avenue C (CBS (Eur.), 1942-1946).

Charlie Barnet: The Best of Charlie Barnet (MCA, 1942-1946).

Lionel Hampton: The Best of Lionel Hampton (MCA, 1942-1950).

Louis Jordan: The Best of Louis Jordan (MCA).

Wild Bill Davison & his Commodores, George Brunis & his Jazz Band: Jazz A-Plenty (Commodore, 1943).

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

George Lewis and his New Orleans Stompers: Volume Two (Blue Note, 1943).

Stuff Smith: The 1943 Trio (Circle, 1943).

DeParis Brothers, Edmond Hall: Jimmy Ryan's and the Uptown Cafe Society (Commodore, 1943-1944).

Benny Carter, Cootie Williams: Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 11: Big Band Bounce (Capitol, 1943-1946).

Roy Eldridge: Tippin' Out (Affinity, 1943-1946).

Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young: Classic Tenors (Contact / Flying Dutchman, 1943).
Coleman Hawkins: Jazz Legacy 6: Bean's Talking Again (Vogue, 1944-1949).
Coleman Hawkins: Bean and the Boys (Prestige, 1944-1949).
Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra: Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 5: Hollywood Stampede (Capitol, 1945).

Lester Young: 'Pres' at his Very Best (EmArcy, 1943-1944).
Lester Young: Master Takes (Savoy, 1944-1949).
Lester Young: The Aladdin Sessions (Blue Note, 1945-1948).

Esquire All Stars: The Famous Esquire Jazz Concert 1945 (Music For Pleasure (Fr./All.), 1944).

Cootie Williams: Echoes of Harlem (Affinity (Angl.), 1944).

Variés: The Changing Face of Harlem: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1944).

Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band: 1944/45 (Good Time Jazz, 1944-1945).

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

Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic: 1940s (Verve (Jap.), 1944-1947).

Charlie Parker: Bird/The Savoy Recordings (Master Takes) (Savoy, 1944-1948).
Charlie Parker: The Very Best of Bird (Warner Bros., 1946-1947).

Variés: Giants of Traditional Jazz: Sidney Bechet, Mutt Carey, Wild Bill Davison, Edmond Hall, Ben Pollack (Savoy, 1944-1952).

Billy Eckstine: Blowing the Blues Away (Swingtime (It.), 1944-1953).
Billy Eckstine: Mister B and the Band: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1945-1947).

Don Byas: 1945 (Alamac/Musidisc (Fr.), 1945).

Bunk Johnson: Bunk Johnson's Brass and Dance Band (Storyville (Dan.), 1945).

Red Norvo: Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session (Dial/Spotlite (Angl.), 1945).

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

Ike Quebec, Jimmy Hamilton, John Hardee, Benny Morton: Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note, 1945-1946).

Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow: Blues With Bechet (Concert Hall/Guilde du Jazz (Fr.), 1945-1947).

Dexter Gordon: Long Tall Dexter: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1945-1947).
Dexter Gordon: The Chase (Spotlite, 1947).

Woody Herman: The Thundering Herds (Columbia, 1945-1947).
Woody Herman and his Orchestra: Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 9: Early Autumn (Capitol, 1948-1950).

Dizzy Gillespie: In the Beginning (Prestige, 1945-1946).
Dizzy Gillespie: Vol. 1/2 (1946-1949) (Jazz Tribune No. 2) (RCA (Fr.), 1946-1949).

Wooden Joe Nicholas: Wooden Joe's New Orleans Band 1945-1949 (Storyville (Dan.), 1945-1949).

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

Charlie Ventura: Euphoria (Savoy, 1945-1948).
Charlie Ventura: Gene Norman Presents A Charlie Ventura Concert (Decca, 1949).
Charlie Ventura and his Band: In Concert (GNP Crescendo, 1949).

Illinois Jacquet: The Complete Illinois Jacquet Sessions 1945-50 (Mosaic, 1945-1950).

The Metronome All Stars, The International Jazzmen, The Just Jazz All Stars: Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 6: All Star Sessions (Capitol, 1945-1952).

Slim Gaillard & Friends: Chicken Rhythm (Polydor (Angl.)/Storyville (Dan.), 1945-1946). 
Slim Gaillard: Opera in Vout (Verve (Fr.), 1946-1956).

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

Ivie Anderson, Helen Humes: Black and White Masters (Storyville (Dan.)).

Variés: Rent Party Piano (Rent Party Piano).

Baby Dodds Trio: Jazz à la Créole (G.H.B., 1946-1947).
Baby Dodds: Talking and Drum Solos (Folkways, 1946).

Dodo Marmarosa: Dodo Marmarosa (The Dial Masters) / Dodo's Dance (Spotlite, 1946-1947).

Howard McGhee: Trumpet at Tempo (Spotlite, 1946-1947).

Django Reinhardt: Djangologie 15 (1946-1947) (Pathé, 1946-1947).

Fats Navarro: Fat Girl: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1946-1947).
Fats Navarro: Prime Source (Blue Note, 1947-1949).

Lennie Tristano: The Rarest Trio/Quartet Sessions 1946/1947 (Raretone (It.), 1946-1947).
Lennie Tristano, Buddy DeFranco: Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 14: Crosscurrents (Capitol, 1949).

George Van Eps: Jump Presents: George Van Eps and the Eddie Miller-George Van Eps-Stan Wrightsman Trio (Jump, 1946-1949).

Variés: The Jazz Scene (Clef/Verve, 1946-1949).

Variés: Swing Sessions 10: 1946 à 1950 (Pathé, 1946-1950).

Charles Mingus: The Young Rebel (Swingtime (It.), 1946-1952).

Variés: The Bebop Boys (Savoy, 1946-1953).

J.J. Johnson: Mad Be Bop (Savoy, 1946-1954).

Louis Armstrong: Pops (Bluebird/RCA, 1946-1956).
Louis Armstrong: At Town Hall: The Complete Town Hall Concert 17 May 1947 (Jazz Tribune No. 43) (RCA (Fr.), 1947).
Louis Armstrong and The All Stars: Satchmo at Symphony Hall (Decca, 1947).

Variés: Brothers and Other Mothers: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1946-1950).
Variés: Brothers and Other Mothers Vol. 2 (Savoy, 1947-1956).

Arnett Cobb: Jazz Legacy 66: The Complete Apollo Sessions (Vogue (Fr.), 1947).

Erroll Garner: Play, Piano, Play (The Dial Masters) (Spotlite (Angl.), 1947).

Mel Powell: The Unavailable Mel Powell (Pausa, 1947-1948).

Jay McShann: The Band That Jumps the Blues! (Black Lion (Angl.), 1947-1949).

Thelonious Monk: The Complete Genius (Blue Note, 1947-1952).

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie: BeBop's Heartbeat (Savoy, 1945-1947).
Charlie Parker: Bird at the Roost: The Savoy Years (The Complete Royal Roost Performances Volume One) (Savoy, 1948-1949).
Charlie Parker: Bird at the Roost: The Savoy Years (The Complete Royal Roost Performances Volume Two) (Savoy, 1949).
Charlie Parker: Bird at the Roost: The Savoy Years (The Complete Royal Roost Performances Volume Three) (Savoy, 1949).
Charlie Parker: One Night in Birdland (Columbia, 1950).
Charlie Parker: Summit Meeting at Birdland: Charlie Parker and the All-Stars Live (Columbia, 1951-1953).

George Shearing: So Rare (Savoy, 1947-1949).
George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland (Verve, 1949-1954).

Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet: Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 15: Bebop Spoken Here (Capitol, 1944-1949).

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

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

Dave Brubeck: Dave Brubeck Octet (Fantasy / Original Jazz Classics, 1946-1949).

Lee Konitz: Subconscious-Lee (Prestige / Original Jazz Classics, 1949-1950).

Charlie Parker: The Verve Years (1948-1950) (Verve, 1948-1950).

Bud Powell: The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1949-1951).
Bud Powell: The Genius of Bud Powell (Verve, 1949-1951).

Sonny Stitt: Genesis (Prestige, 1949-1951).

Buck Clayton: Buck's Mood (Vogue (Fr.), 1949-1953).

Wardell Gray: Central Avenue (Prestige, 1949-1953).