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Dizzy Gillespie 'For Musicians Only' (Verve France)

This one is very enjoyable too...

Have edited my post!

If those Classics are manufactured in the U.S.A. their release will run against the US copyright laws, or am I wrong?

Lester Young 'In Washington, D.C., Vol. 1' (Pablo)

Don't think this one was posted before...

Excellent pianist! Met him during my first visit to New York back in 1965. He was moonlighting as a male nurse in a NY hospital at the time!

Les Trésors du Jazz 1955 (Le Chant du Monde) Glad I managed to get the full series (and its superb selection of recordings) before the format was changed...

It was! #814! Don't think this one showed up here before...

Count Basie 'This and That' (Swing House)

Duke Ellington!! He used the two bass configuration in the '30s and the '40s

The image shows on my computer, twice... Here's another one from a different source

Have to agree - once more - with Paul Secor's assessment of the blues books situation. And second BBS's recommendation of Demetre and Chauvard's 'Voyage au Pays du Blues'! Fascinating. The two were old friends who introduced me to most of the blues masters when I was still in highschool... Another good introduction to the albums of the blues singers is Frank Scott's 'The Down Home Guide to the Blues' which seems easy (and cheap) to find: http://www.amazon.com/The-Down-Home-Guide-Blues/dp/1556521308 Paul Oiver is a must read but you should also look for his JSP compilation 'The Meaning of the Blues':

Lucky Thompson (Vogue JazzLegacy)