 | Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture by Katrina Hazzard-Gordon
Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $4.73 A wonderful book on the dancing done in jook joints . . a look at the less-public cultural-history of blues and jazz dance.
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 | Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance (Folklore and Society) by Jacqui Malone
Buy new: $15.60 / Used from: $6.99 An extremely well-researched overview of black dance from its beginnings in Africa to the modern day.
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 | Hot Jazz and Jazz Dance: Roger Pryor Dodge: Collected Writings, 1929-1964 by Roger Pryor Dodge
Buy used from: $7.73 A compliation of essays on hot jazz and black dance written by critic and dance R.P. Dodge.
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 | Black Dance: From 1619 to Today by Lynne Fauley Emery
Buy used from: $3.99 A good and comprehensive chronological guide.
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 | The Bubber Miley Era: 1924-1929 by Duke Ellington
Buy used from: $7.90 Early Ellington at his best . . his hot jazz and "jungle music" recordings.
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 | The Sidney Bechet Story by Sidney Bechet
Buy new: $25.98 / Used from: $13.99 A great, comprehensive (and cheap!) Bechet box set.
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 | Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sidney Bechet by Sidney Bechet
Buy used from: $2.10 A great sampler of Bechet's more well-known recordings.
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 | Big T by Jack Teagarden
Buy new: $25.98 / Used from: $14.55 A great Jack Teagarden box set.
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 | The Hot Fives & Sevens by Louis Armstrong
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $17.12 The Armstrong hot 5 and 7 recordings simply embody what hot jazz was . . seminal and influential recordings.
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 | Plays W.C. Handy by Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars
Buy used from: $87.99 Some of Satch's best recordings were of composer W.C. Handy's music . . this is a great compilation of just that.
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 | Louis Armstrong and King Oliver by Louis Armstrong and King Oliver
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.33 Oliver . . . the king of New Orleans Jazz was responsible for bringing Louis Armstrong to Chicago, and was a major influence on early jazz.
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 | Complete RCA Victor Recordings by Louis Armstrong
Buy used from: $40.98 A great collection of some of Satch's best, including many alternate takes and things you won't find on standard Armstrong compilations.
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 | The Legendary Tenor Saxophonists: 1922-1940 by Various Artists
Buy used from: $39.95 A great and very danceable compilation of early tenor sax recordings.
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 | Live at the Crescendo, Vol. 2 by Earl Hines
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.45 An amazing live concert recording or raucous and masterful hot jazz.
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 | 1927 by Johnny Dodds
Buy used from: $52.00 Johnny Dodds, one of the greatest early clarinetists, this CD is full of jems
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 | 1926 by Johnny Dodds
More, earlier Dodds.
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 | Empty Bed Blues by Bessie Smith
Buy used from: $17.58 A great compilation of
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 | Birth of the Hot by Jelly Roll Morton
Buy used from: $7.47 Early Jelly Roll at his best.
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 | Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940 by Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
Buy used from: $5.26 Famous gypsy guitarist Django Reinhard and Violinist Grappelli tear it up. Recordings both hot and jumping, to sweet and melodic.
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 | Tidal Wave by Fletcher Henderson
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $4.22 Great dose of Henderson's hot recordings . . it'll send your feet a-tappin'
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 | McKinney's Cotton Pickers 1928/1930 by McKinney Cotton Pickers
Buy used from: $29.99 Often overlooked, the Cottonpickers knew hot.
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 | One O'Clock Jump by Count Basie Orchestra
Buy used from: $0.01 The Basie Orchestra's classic 1937 album. HOT!
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 | Non-Stop Flight by Artie Shaw
Buy used from: $11.99 Great early Shaw, both hot and blue.
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| The 1930's: The Small Combos by Various Artists
Buy used from: $2.39 One of my recent favorite compilations, wonderful brassy blues and steaming hot jazz.
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 | Masters Of Jazz, Vol. 1: Traditional Jazz Classics by Various Artists
Buy used from: $4.08 Great sampler of important early jazz recordings . . great place to get started.
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