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• Ella Fitzgerald
• Christmas & Hits Duos
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• Highlights from the History of R&B (1925-1942)
• 2008
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• Billie Holiday
• Essentials (Deluxe Edition)
• 2008
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

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• Radio Jazz: Best Broadcasts 1937-53
• 2008
• Sax (Tenor), Soloist

• Count Basie
• Combos Anthology, 1936-1956
• 2008
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• Count Basie
• Legendary Radio Broadcasts
• 2008
• Sax (Tenor), Orchestra

• Count Basie
• Combos Anthology, 1936-1956
• 2008
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• Various Artists
• Coffret Jazz in Paris
• 2008
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• Billie Holiday
• Definitive Collection (Verve)
• 2008
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• Buddy Rich
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• Anthology 1947-1956
• 2008
• Reeds

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• Nellie's Nightmare
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• Buddy Rich
• Quiet Riot
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• Buddy Rich
• Jam Session Blues
• 2008
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• Lester Young
• Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young with Count Basie (1936-1940)
• 2008
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• History of Rhythm & Blues
• 2008
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• Various Artists
• Up Jumped the Devil: American Devil Songs 1920's - 1950's
• 2008
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• Lester Young
• Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young with Count Basie (1936-1940)
• 2008
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• Billie Holiday
• Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959
• 2007
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• Various Artists
• Jazz Guitar (Golden Stars)
• 2007
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• Roy Haynes
• Life in Time: The Roy Haynes Story (Bonus DVD)
• 2007
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• Barney Kessel
• Blues for a Playboy
• 2007
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• I'm Beginning to See the Light: Dance Hits from the Second World War
• 2007
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• Billie Holiday
• Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles
• 2007
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• Various Artists
• Listening to Jazz
• 2007
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• Norman Granz Presents Improvisation
• 2007
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• Jazz in Paris: 100's Most Beautiful Melodies
• 2007
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• Oscar Peterson
• Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 16
• 2007
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• Jimmy Rushing
• Anthology 1937-1955
• 2007
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• Oscar Peterson
• Ad Lib Blues
• 2007
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• Various Artists
• This Is Jazz (Cleopatra)
• 2007
• Leader, Sax (Tenor)

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• Soul, Sound & Sax
• 2007
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• Various Artists
• How Low Can You Go? Anthology of the String Bass (1925-1941) (Box Set)
• 2006
• Clarinet

• Benny Goodman
• Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
• 2006
• Soloist

• Oscar Peterson
• Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 15: JATP Lausanne 1953
• 2006
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• Benny Goodman
• Complete Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert 1938
• 2006
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• Various Artists
• Cafe Jazz (Savoy)
• 2006
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• Billie Holiday
• Very Best of Billie Holiday (Music Brokers)
• 2006
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• God Bless the Child: The Very Best of Billie Holiday
• 2006
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• Count Basie
• One O'Clock Jump: The Very Best of Count Basie (Legacy)
• 2006
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• Various Artists
• Golden Years of Jazz 1917-1939
• 2006
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• Golden Years of Jazz 1948-1955
• 2006
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• Various Artists
• Golden Years of Jazz 1940-1947
• 2006
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• Jazz Cats Sax (Box Set)
• 2006
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• Oscar Peterson
• I Got Rhythm (Pulse)
• 2006
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• Billie Holiday
• Essentials
• 2006
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• Lester Young
• Lester Leaps In (Passport)
• 2006
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• Various Artists
• Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? The Songs of Harry Revel & Mack Gordon
• 2006
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• Miles Davis
• European Tour '56
• 2006
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• Drum Monsters
• 2006
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• Count Basie
• Stages
• 2005
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• Billie Holiday
• Ultimate Collection (Video)
• 2005
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• Billie Holiday
• Gold
• 2005
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• Count Basie
• Basically Basie
• 2005
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Oscar Peterson
• Songbooks Etcetera
• 2005
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• Count Basie
• Centennial Anthology
• 2005
• Sax (Tenor), Soloist

• Billy Eckstine
• Early Mr. B: 1940-1953
• 2005
• Sax (Tenor)

• Count Basie
• Centennial Anthology
• 2005
• Saxophone

• Oscar Peterson
• Jazz Biography Series
• 2005
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• Lester Young
• Blue Lester: The One and Only Lester Young
• 2005
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• Billy Eckstine
• One for My Baby
• 2005
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• Count Basie
• At Last... Swing!
• 2005
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• Count Basie
• Away from Base
• 2005
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• Various Artists
• Kansas City Jazz
• 2005
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Christmas Anthology: 1930-1950
• 2005
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• Count Basie
• Start of a Jazz Legend, Vol. 1: 1937-1939
• 2005
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• Billie Holiday
• Billie Holiday Collection (Columbia/Legacy)
• 2005
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• Helen Humes
• Knockin' Myself Out: 1927-1951
• 2005
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• Various Artists
• Jazz in Paris, Vol. 1: Champs-Élysées 1917-1949
• 2005
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• Billie Holiday
• Ultimate Collection
• 2005
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• Various Artists
• Singin' the Blues
• 2005
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• Charlie Parker
• Retrospective 1940-1953
• 2005
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• Jazz at the Philharmonic
• First Ten Years
• 2005
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• Various Artists
• Sound of Jazz: Complete Edition
• 2005
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• Various Artists
• 50 Sublimes Chanteuses de Jazz: 1940-1953
• 2005
• Sax (Tenor)

• Movie Soundtrack
• Billy Crystal Presents: The Milt Gabler Story (CD/DVD)
• 2005
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Sensitive Billie Holiday 1940-1949
• 2005
• Sax (Tenor)

• The Metronome All-Stars
• Classic Recordings 1939-1953
• 2005
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• Complete Studio Master Takes (Sextet & Septet)
• 2005
• Sax (Tenor)

• Count Basie
• NEA Jazz Masters
• 2005
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• Complete Studio Master Takes (Sextet & Septet)
• 2005
• Clarinet

• Billie Holiday
• Trios
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• Great Performances
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Charlie Christian
• Guitar & Bass
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billy Eckstine
• Proper Introduction to Billy Eckstine: Ballads, Blues and Bebop
• 2004
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• Lester Young
• Vol. 1: 1936-1942
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Lester Young
• Vol. 2: 1942-1944
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Lester Young
• Vol. 6: Rare Items
• 2004
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• Lester Young
• Vol. 4: 1946-1949
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Lester Young
• Vol. 3: 1944-1946
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Lester Young
• Vol. 5: 1949-1951
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Royal Roost Sessions 1948-49
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• Complete Alternates, Vol. 1
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Royal Roost Sessions 1948-49
• 2004
• Soloist

• Lester Young
• Complete Alternates, Vol. 2
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Lester Young
• Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions Studio Recordings, Vol. 1
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Lester Young
• Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions Studio Recordings, Vol. 2
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Various Artists
• Arranger's Touch
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Dicky Wells
• Mr. Bones 1931/1944
• 2004
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Best of BD Jazz
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Champagne Lounge
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Dicky Wells
• Mr. Bones 1931/1944
• 2004
• Soloist

• Lester Young
• Jammin' the Blues (DVD)
• 2004
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• Various Artists
• Petit Dictionnaire: Du Jazz Classique en 80 Musiciens
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Count Basie
• One O'Clock Jump (ASV/Living Era)
• 2004
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Count Basie
• Let's Jump
• 2004
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• Count Basie
• One O'Clock Jump (ASV/Living Era)
• 2004
• Soloist

• Buck Clayton
• Swingin' With Buck
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Jimmy Rushing
• Goin' to Chicago: The Best of Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie and His Orchestra
• 2004
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• Kansas City Swing
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Lester Young
• Be-Bop Days
• 2004
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• Various Artists
• Happy Birthday Newport: 50 Swinging Years
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Robert Johnson Classics: Hellhound on My Trail
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Roy Eldridge
• Little Jazz: Trumpet Giant
• 2004
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• Billie Holiday
• BD Jazz
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• BD Jazz
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• BD Jazz
• 2004
• Soloist

• Billie Holiday
• Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 1-3
• 2004
• Clarinet

• Teddy Wilson
• Elegant Mr. Wilson 1933/1945
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 1-3
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Ella, Sassy and Billie Sing the Blues
• 2004
• Saxophone

• Count Basie
• Swinging the Blues: 1930-1939
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Moanin' Low
• 2004
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Count Basie
• Alternative Takes, Vol. 6: 1944-1952
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Charlie Shavers
• Famous Jazz Party - 1958
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• First Ladies of Song (ASV/Living Era)
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Good Morning Blues: The Complete Columbia Recordings (1933-1950)
• 2004
• Clarinet

• Lester Young
• 1951-1952
• 2004
• Main Performer

• Billie Holiday
• Good Morning Blues: The Complete Columbia Recordings (1933-1950)
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• NEA Jazz Masters
• 2004
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Hot Trains Daybreak
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Jazz Cats: Felix & Other Cats
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Arranger's Touch: Meet the Band
• 2004
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Blue Billie (Saga)
• 2003
• Reeds, Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Happy Billie
• 2003
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Smo-o-oth Vintage Jazz: 1935-1952
• 2003
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Count Basie
• Quintessence New York - Chicago - Hollywood, Vol. 2: 1942-1952
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Lullaby of Birdland (Giant Steps)
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Just Jazz: Jazz from the Heart
• 2003
• Photography

• Various Artists
• Boppers and the Blues
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Kansas City Jazz: 30's and 40's (Acrobat)
• 2003
• Clarinet, Tenor (Vocal)

• Various Artists
• 50 Sublimes Chanteurs de Jazz: 1940-53
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Jumpin' at the Woodside
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• How Am I to Know
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• All of Me (International Music)
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Body and Soul (International Music)
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• On the Sentimental Side (International Music)
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor), Clarinet

• Billie Holiday
• April in My Heart
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Me, Myself and I (International Music)
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Mood That I'm In
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 1937-1946
• 2003
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor), Soloist

• Various Artists
• Yule Be Miserable
• 2003
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Count Basie
• America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Movie Soundtrack
• Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Piano Blues
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Early Lady Day: 1933-1937
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Lotta Sax Appeal: A Saxophone Retrospective
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Legendary Male Vocalists of Jazz: 1925-1940
• 2003
• Clarinet (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Lotta Sax Appeal: A Saxophone Retrospective
• 2003
• Clarinet

• Jimmy McHugh
• I Feel a Song Coming On: The Songs of Jimmy McHugh
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• 1927-1941: Legendary Jazz Guitarists
• 2003
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• Kansas City Sax: Complete Kansas City Master Takes
• 2003
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Jazz of the Beat Generation
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Love Songs, Vol. 2
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• 1936-1948: The President of the Tenor Sax
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Legendary Tenor Saxophonists: 1922-1940
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Trombones on Parade
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• John Lewis
• Complete Verve Studio Sessions With Lester Young
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Hot Jazz (Fremeaux & Associes)
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 2
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 4
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 3
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Teddy Wilson
• Portrait 10
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Stan Getz
• Rare Live
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Tenor Sax Story, Vol. 2
• 2003
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• George Gershwin
• Essential George Gershwin
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• Timeless Lester Young
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Ella Fitzgerald
• How High the Moon (TIM)
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Benny Goodman
• Carnegie Hall Concert (First Part)
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Teddy Wilson
• Tea for Two, Vol. 3
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Teddy Wilson
• Just a Mood, Vol. 5
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Jazz Reference: Best Of
• 2003
• Soloist, Sax (Tenor), Clarinet

• Various Artists
• Finest Vintage Jazz
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor), Clarinet

• Teddy Wilson
• Jumpin' for Joy, Vol. 7
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Teddy Wilson
• That Old Feeling, Vol. 6
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Teddy Wilson
• Fine and Dandy, Vol. 4
• 2003
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• Lester Rides Again
• 2002
• Main Performer

• Benny Goodman
• Famous Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert 1938
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Helen Humes
• Blue and Sentimental
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Charlie Shavers
• It Feels Good
• 2002
• Clarinet

• Lester Young
• Lester Young: Portrait
• 2002
• Clarinet, Arranger

• Charlie Shavers
• It Feels Good
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• Lester Young: Portrait
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor), Vocals

• Billie Holiday
• Billie Holiday: Portrait
• 2002
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Billie's Blues (Past Perfect)
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Ella Fitzgerald: Portrait
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Benny Goodman
• Alternative Takes, Vol. 2: 1937-1938
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Teddy Wilson
• Noble Art of Teddy Wilson (ASV)
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lester Young
• 1947-1951
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Jazz Singing
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Very Best of Big Band Swingin' Jive
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Nat King Cole
• Definitive Nat "King" Cole
• 2002
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• Count Basie
• Basie Swings
• 2002
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• Charlie Christian
• Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Box Set)
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Savoy 60th Anniversary: Timeless
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Incomparable, Vol. 4
• 2002
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Incomparable, Vol. 2
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Incomparable, Vol. 5
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Billie Holiday
• Incomparable, Vol. 3
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Bebop, Vol. 3
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Bebop, Vol. 2
• 2002
• Sax (Tenor)

• Various Artists
• Bebop, Vol. 1
• 2002
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