| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Le Quintette du Hot Club de France |
Djangology |
Django Reinhardt: The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order |
JSP |
happy birthday Django! |
| Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti |
Doing Things |
78" |
Okeh |
1927 Eddie Lang called "father of jazz guitar" |
| Eddie Lang and His Orchestra v/ Mildred Bailey |
What Kind of Man is You? |
Hoagy Carmichael: First of the Singer Songwriters |
JSP |
1929 |
| Tram, Bix & Lang (Eddie Lang, Bix Beiderbecke and Frank Trumbauer) |
Wringin' and Twistin' |
Bix Beiderbecke Singin' the Blues |
Columbia |
Sept 1927, 78" on Okeh |
| Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra |
Knockin' a Jug |
Hot Fives and Sevens |
JSP |
Mar 1929 |
| Bing Crosby w/ Eddie Lang |
Dinah/Please |
The Big Broadcast of 1932 |
MCA/Universal |
Bing and Lang were close friends |
| Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn |
Guitar Blues |
78" |
Okeh |
Lang recorded blues using the name Blind WIllie Dunn |
| Sidney Bechet Quintet |
Summertime |
78" |
Blue Note |
1939, feat. Teddy Bunn on guitar |
| Le Quintette du Hot Club de France |
Swing '39 |
Django Reinhardt: The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order |
JSP |
my favorite Django composition |
| Le Quintette du Hot Club de France |
Swing Guitars |
The Indispensible Django Reinhardt |
RCA |
1936 |
| Le Quintette du Hot Club de France |
Nuages |
The Indispensible Django Reinhardt |
RCA |
recorded w/o Grappelli during WWII |
| Fud Candrix et son Orchestre feat. Django Reinhardt |
Belleville |
Swing Tanzen Verboten |
Proper UK |
rec. 1943 in occupied Paris |
| Les Paul Trio |
Command Performance |
Command Performance |
otr-cat.com |
1945 radio program for servicemen |
| Bing Crosby w/ Les Paul Trio |
It's Been a Long, Long Time |
Bing! His Legendary Years |
MCA |
Bing gave Les the equipment which allowed him to develop multi-track recordings |
| Les Paul Trio |
How High the Moon |
Bing Crosby Radio Show |
otr-cat.com |
Bing and Les were close friends for many years |
| Les Paul Trio |
Brazil |
Les Paul Show |
otr-cat.com |
legendary 1950 radio program |
| Les Paul and Mary Ford |
Down in Jungle Town |
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise |
Delta |
also from the radio show, used multi-track recording to multiply Les guitar & Mary's voice |
| Benny Goodman Sextet |
Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special) |
Charlie Christian the Original Guitar Hero |
Sony |
rec. 1940 |
| Benny Goodman Sextet |
Solo Flight |
The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian |
Columbia |
1941, Christian often had only a few bars to solo on Goodman recordings, this one track was his opportunity to really shine |
| Benny Goodman Sextet |
Seven Come Eleven |
Charlie Christian the Original Guitar Hero |
Sony |
rec. 1939 |
| Charlie Christian |
Up on Teddy's Hill |
After Hours |
OJC |
seminal 1941 recording at Minton's Playhouse is considered one of the forerunners of bebop, Thelonious Monk on piano & Joe Guy on trumpet |
| Charlie Barnet |
Skyliner |
Hits of '44 |
ASV Living Era |
1944, feat. Barney Kessel guitar |
| Oscar Aleman |
Russian Lullaby |
Swing Guitar Masterpieces |
JSP |
Aleman spent time in Paris and was friends with Django Reinhardt |
| Ella Fitzgerald w/ Oscar Peterson Trio |
These Foolish Things |
Verve Jazz Masters |
Verve |
rec. 1957, Herb Ellis on guitar |
| King Cole Trio |
It's Better To Be By Yourself |
Complete Capitol Recordings |
Mosaic |
rec 1945, Nat King Cole and Oscar Moore were one of the great jazz partnerships |
| Oscar Moore Quartet |
Blues in B Flat |
The Oscar Moore Quartet with Carl Perkins |
VSOP |
rec 1954 |
| Count Basie Orchestra v/ Joe Williams |
The Comeback |
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings |
Polygram |
1955 w/ Freddie Green on guitar |
| Wes Montgomery |
Four on Six |
TV appearance |
|
orig. from 1965 album THe Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery |
| Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd |
One Note Samba |
Jazz Samba |
Polygram |
1962 first bossa nova album in US, only album ever to be billboard #1 in jazz, pop and rock at the same time |
| Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto |
Desafinado |
Getz-Gilberto |
Verve |
1964 |
| Johnny Mathis w/ Al Caiola & Tony Mottola |
My Funny Valentine |
Open Fire, Two Guitars |
SBME Special Markets |
1959 Tony Mottola often worked w/ Sinatra, Caiola worked with everybody |
| Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass |
Don't Be That Way |
Take Love Easy |
Pablo |
1974 |
| Le Quintette du Hot Club de France |
After You've Gone |
The Indispensible Django Reinhardt |
RCA |
1936 |
| Sammy Davis Jr. |
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye |
Sammy Davis Sings Laurindo Almeida Plays |
Collector's Choice |
thank you guitar heroes!! |
