Louis ArmstrongPerhaps the most important American musician of the 20th century. A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3CcAD_seww&feature=related

Dinahhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAbbJBaJZ3E&feature=related

Paris Blueshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIHLJbttzGs&feature=related

Dixie Music Manhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ncqw2PYvEs&feature=related

Billy Holiday http://www.billie-holiday.net/v

(born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959). Nicknamed Lady Day by her sometime collaborator Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style — strongly inspired by instrumentalists — pioneered a new way of manipulating wording and tempo, and also popularized a more personal and intimate approach to singing. Critic John Bush wrote that she “changed the art of American pop vocals forever.” She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably “God Bless the Child”, “Don’t Explain”, and “Lady Sings the Blues”. Thrown out of her parents’ home in Baltimore after becoming pregnant at thirteen, Billie’s mother, Sadie Fagan, moved to Philadelphia where Billie was born. Mother and child eventually settled in a poor section of Baltimore. Her parents married when she was three, but they soon divorced, leaving her to be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. At the age of 10, she reported that she had been raped. That claim, combined with her frequent truancy, resulted in her being sent to The House of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic reform school, in 1925. It was only through the assistance of a family friend that she was released two years later. Scared by these experiences, Holiday moved to New York City with her mother in 1928. In 1929 Holiday’s mother discovered a neighbor, Wilbert Rich, in the act of raping her daughter; Rich was sentenced to three months in jail. According to Billie Holiday’s own account, she was recruited by a brothel, worked as a prostitute in 1930, and was eventually imprisoned for a short time for solicitation. It was in Harlem in the early 1930s that she started singing for tips in various night clubs. According to legend, penniless and facing eviction, she sang “Travelin All Alone” in a local club and reduced the audience to tears. She later worked at various clubs for tips, ultimately landing at Pod’s and Jerry’s, a well known Harlem jazz club. Her early work history is hard to verify, though accounts say she was working at a club named Monette’s in 1933 when she was discovered by talent scout John Hammond. Hammond arranged for Holiday to make her recording debut on a 1933 Benny Goodman date, and Goodman was also on hand in 1935, when she continued her recording career with a group led by pianist Teddy Wilson. Their first collaboration

included “What A Little Moonlight Can Do” and “Miss Brown To You”, which helped to establish Billie Holiday as a major vocalist. She began recording under her own name a year later, producing a series of extraordinary performances with groups comprising the Swing Era’s finest musicians.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVGU2H0hytQ

Billie Holiday and Lester Young: Fine and Mellowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtgUbJN8oPE&feature=related

Billie Holiday & Count Basie - God Bless The Childhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IYTx60s07A&feature=related

Love Me or Leave Mehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwp-UVOFTU8&feature=related

The Very Thought of Youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgnaxC8HS3o&feature=related

I Love You Porgyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpxfZKeqw48&feature=related

Strange Fruithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs&feature=related

Night and Dayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36cFvHQkXNI&feature=related

Aint Nobodys Businesshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBtN8h85F-I&feature=related

Nina SimoneI love you Porgyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISyfTkUHDjQ&feature=related

Summertimehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM_Nb6dpnys&feature=related

Love Me Or Leave Mehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-QY-H2ekZo&feature=related

John Hammond: The Birth of Swing feat. Ben Websterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCb7rU4JTyQ&feature=related

Ben Webster, One of the three great early sax players.How Long Has Thing Been Going On - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoYc4XV7M8o&feature=related

Lester Younghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IyuG_2jXsE&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EYOdIr-HE&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ogRiaWXaU&feature=related

Jitterbug Jamhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmXxpCTpK3E&feature=related

Coleman Hawkins.Body and Soul 1939http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s04lbnu3T8&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btAyKq3T-Ag&feature=related

Old Folkshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQVVLAO-9LU&feature=related

One O’Clock Jumphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xQEUTaV2JE&feature=related

Cannonball Adderley Introduction to Bop - Round Midnight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d50kGmSY2Gw&feature=related

Mercy, mercy, mercyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRrFWp4DUho&feature=related

Work Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBxAC4ywaJ4&feature=related

Bill EvansCome Rain Or Come Shine (1965)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzFoZ-I6O-4&feature=related

“I Loves You Porgy” Solo - NYC 1969http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBqdxjHg4C0&feature=related

Some Other Timehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK1aFadJWgk&feature=related

Bill Evans 1966 Interviewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYXB6pQvJcg&feature=related

We Will Meet Againhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiN5DsOdM38&feature=related

My Foolish Hearthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2LFVWBmoiw&feature=related

Waltz For Debbyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3GSrCmzC8&feature=related

Summertime (1965)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p_dHE5hQIA&feature=related

Summertime, by George Gershwinhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QzbbhJkCq4

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstronghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yKgAEkCKxY&feature=related

Billy Hollidayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ENPQzlUpY&feature=related

Nina Simonehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM_Nb6dpnys

Ray Charleshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uS7q7gnG10&feature=related

Dinah Washington Blue Gardenia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4E8Y-nYQHs&feature=related What a difference day makeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POfy0KodUpc Cry Me a Riverhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot6w_zugGFM&feature=related

Esther PhillipsWhat a difference a day makes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CAeDN9er8&feature=related

Use Mehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow2PzF1L-LY&feature=related

Ray CharlesOh What A Beautiful Morninhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO_hiihnkA4&feature=related

Oh Beautiful Americahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCEOgMAgmv4&feature=related

Georgahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thls_tMuFkc&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8IqkRbxcTA&feature=related

Song for youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGc0OoZEsM&feature=related

Nat King ColeUnforgetable http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8tRTZIx298

Natalie & Nat King Cole - Unforgetablehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GVKbhYrcGM

When I Fall In Lovehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHOHskOB0cM&feature=related

ROUTE 66http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYApJtsyd0&feature=related

Nat King Cole Oscar Peterson Trio & Coleman Hawkinshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ayQq5AQxF0&feature=related

Clifford BrownJoy Springhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJcuwurIwhQ

Donna Lee, his last recordinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVzU1yvFCh8&feature=related

Armstrong Hawkins Charles Coltrain Parker Webster Vaughn Brown Davis Monk Blakey Evans Young Simone

NIGHT IN TUNISIAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkFjsy0MMB4&feature=related

Dizzy Gillespie : Night in Tunisiahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHgLuw6SR5s&feature=related

Bud Powell: A Night In Tunisiahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GECOc5y1EI&feature=related

Miles Davis & Charlie Parker “A night in Tunisia”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2wSBQ6_S7U&feature=related

Lee MorganI Remember Cliffordhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbrxLz20JY&feature=related

Art Blakey and The Jazz MessengersMoaninhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrixa8mKcF8&feature=related

Dat Derehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGDTGBHM9M&feature=related

Oscar Petersonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkQNti8_EU&feature=related

Take the “A” Train (Duke Ellington)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipXlVNQ-n5w&feature=related

“C” Jam Blueshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4wOUdSpM60&feature=related

Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson: comparison, commentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaqAgK7Qfeg&feature=related

Bud PowellI Remember Cliffordhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtku-nO6A7E&feature=related

Jor-Duhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_6ySNp9F2w&feature=related

Anthropologyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDfdIf7Yi8M&feature=related

Miles DavisBlue in Green, Bill Evens piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPL7BExSQU

Kind of Blue, second most popular in jazz polls all timehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBpLKm8vw4MSo Whathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKSFUN2zqzA&feature=related

Tutuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqrAwEz4QxI&feature=related

Time After Time, Cindy Lauperhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY-VHuM0TJc&feature=related

Miles Davis John Coltranehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-fsn7JD6Kw&feature=related

John ColtraneAfro Bluehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOYynQ-_Hw&feature=related

Alabamahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j_TDoOPnIA&feature=related

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartmanmy one and only lovehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecrE80rnjhw

Lush Lifehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d6_LUDa_Zw&feature=related

Every Time We Say Goodbyehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tjlz3DYmTw&feature=related

Dave BrubeckTake Five (1961), most popular jass poll song of all timehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNrmYRiX_o&feature=related

Blue Rondo A La Turkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc34Uj8wlmE&feature=related

Thelonious MonkRuby, My Dearhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFNGppc9pJ8

Epistrophyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2s6LZUdYaU&feature=related

Charlie Parker & Dizzy GillespieHot Househttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clp9AeBdgL0&feature=related

Charlie Parker & Coleman Hawkinshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8z_nf5WC40&feature=related

Charlie ParkerGroovin’ Highhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukL3TDV6XRg

Ko Kohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgS9BxQGb5U&feature=related

Duke Ellingtonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-0Q6Mc1dU&feature=related

C Jam Blues (1942)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GVKbhYrcGM

tMood Indigo, Louis Armstrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBeu9K2F2vA&feature=related

Sophisticated Ladyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brqxEdwsTQs&feature=related

It don’t mean a thing (1943)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg&feature=related

Sam CookeYou Send Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqzv1ZS6uZs

A Change Is Gonna Come http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-NH5gA4JP8

Dixie Hummingbirdshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffAzq86sJ1Q&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1x6DH6hdDw&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NJ_LV8MmU&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abkn2HPwEXg&feature=related

T-Bone Walkerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqK6PBq-hAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2T42SehZWA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLJQ1AQ4xDk&feature=related

Lightnin’ Hopkinshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNDJF4azgog&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3SXKLas-ko&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d49m6G9vOrI&feature=related

Muddy Waters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHowqKYSXNIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjPezeHN9Hc&feature=related

John Lee Hookerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOyj4ciJk34&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvka3SSv9Y&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRbtVpMn43I&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSnQ0bdHW0s&feature=related

Cross Road Blues, by Robert Johnsonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A&feature=related

Creamhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNCbHVTsH3s&feature=related

Eric Clapton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-twOjwBORwg&feature=related

Charles BrownDriftinhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQddiBz0Px8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ_3qZ6S4-U&feature=related

Merry Christmas Babyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0pjd3jbWiA

Don’t Drive Me Away/Bad Bad whiskey - 1975http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHixz8rYj7s&feature=related

I’m Gonna Push On - 1975http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPA4ySXpiG4&feature=related

Black Nighthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSx9V4ftX8k&feature=related

BB Kinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ny5ajCn0xw

Tracy Chapman & BB King The Thrill Has Gonehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTKd7vSJPk4&feature=related

B.B. King on Ralph Gleason’s Jazz Casual 1968http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBWcSc3nPow&feature=related

Marvin Gaye“What’s Going On / What’s Happening Brother”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s&feature=related

Mercy Mercy Mehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XpUacV-TE&feature=related

American National Anthemhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A&feature=related

Marvin & Nona Gaye - National Anthem (Nba Allstar-Game 2004)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvxefSebjYE&feature=related

American National Anthem - 1979http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPevEQ5NFlk&feature=related

Aretha FranlkinNessun Dorma http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUvJZ26shqc&feature=related

Amazing Gracehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDLNiraIz7w

Big Mama Thornton ft. Buddy GuyHound Doghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUAg1_A7IE&feature=fvw

Art Blakey & the Jazz MessengersMoaninhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4noNAphDFA8

Blues Marchhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjMJNygpX9U&feature=related

Lester Left Townhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMNNIoQaK3Q&feature=related

Dina Washington Brubeck Hartman Elington Peterson King Cole Goodman Ella BB King Muddy Watters Aretha Hooker Charles Brown T Bone Walker