Collector's Checklist

BOOKS: ELLINGTON - HERMAN

list compiled by Music Librarian CHRISTOPHER POPA

DUKE ELLINGTON

X   G.E. Lambert, Kings of Jazz: Duke Ellington (Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Company,

       1970).

    Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington (1970).

X  ---, as above except rptd. pb (n.p.: DaCapo Press, 2000).

X   Bill Gutman, Duke: The Musical Life of Duke Ellington (New York City: Random House,

       1977).

    Duke Ellington, Music Is My Mistress (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1973).

X   ---, as above except rptd. pb (n.p.: DaCapo Press, Inc., n.d.).

X   Mercer Ellington with Stanley Dance, Duke Ellington in Person: An Intimate Memoir

       (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978).

X   ---, as above except rptd. pb (New York City: DaCapo Press, 1979).

X   Don George, Sweet Man: The Real Duke Ellington (New York City: G.P. Putnam's

       Sons, 1981).

X   Dr. Klaus Stratemann, Duke Ellington: Day By Day and Film By Film (Copenhagen,

       Denmark, JazzMedia, 1992).

X   John Edward Hasse, Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington (New

       York City: Simon & Schuster, 1993).

X   Mark Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader (New York City: Oxford University Press, 1993.

       pb

X   Dempsey J. Travis, The Duke Ellington Primer (Chicago: Urban Research Press, Inc.,

       1996).  inscribed

X   Stuart Nicholson, Reminiscing in Tempo: A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Boston: Northern

       University Press, 1999).

X   ---, as above except pb (London: Pan Books, 1999).

X   A.H. Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World: A Biography (New York City: Schirmer

       Books, 1999). 

X   ---, as above except advance proof.

ZIGGY ELMAN

     see also Garrod and Korst under  "Sonny Dunham"

SKINNAY ENNIS

x   Charles Garrod, Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Record Club,

       1994).

SHEP FIELDS

x   Charles Garrod, Shep Fields and His Orchestra (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Record Club,

       1987).

RALPH FLANAGAN

X   Charles Garrod, Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Record Club,

       1985).

    ---, as above but rev. ed. (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Record Club, 1990).

    ---, as above but rev. ed. (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Record Club, 2000).

X   J.E. Knox, The Ralph Flanagan Discography (Portland, OR: Joyce Record Club,

       2004).

TED FIO RITO

x   Charles Garrod, Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra / Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orchestra

       (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Record Club, 1988).

CHUCK FOSTER

X   Charles Garrod, Chuck Foster and His Orchestra (Portland, OR: Joyce Record Club,

       1992).

JAN GARBER

X   Charles Garrod, Jan Garber and His Orchestra (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Record Club,

       1992).

DIZZY GILLESPIE

    Ernie Edwards Jr., George I. Hall and Bill Korst, Dizzy Gillespie Big Bands (Whittier, CA:

       Erngeobil Publications, 1966?).

X  Alyn Shipton, Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie (New York City: Oxford University

       Press, 1999).

X  ---, as above except advanced uncorrected reading copy.

X  Ken Vail, Ken Vail's Jazz Itineraries 1: Dizzy Gillespie: The Bebop Years 1937-1952

       (Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2003).

BENNY GOODMAN

X   Benny Goodman and Irving Kolodin, The Kingdom of Swing (New York City: Stackpole

       Sons, 1939).

x   ---, as above except rptd. (New York City: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1961).

X   ---, as above except "Armed Services Edition" (New York City: Editions for the Armed

       Services, Inc., n.d.).

    D. Russell Connor, BG - Off the Record: A Bio-Discography of Benny Goodman

       (Fairless Hills, PA: Gaildonna Publishers, 1958).

X D. Russell Connor and Warren Hicks, BG - On the Record: A Bio-Discography of Benny

       Goodman (New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1969).

X Benny: King of Swing: A pictorial biography based on Benny Goodman's own archives

       (New York City: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1979).

X ---, as above except rptd. pb (New York City: DaCapo Press, n.d.).

X  D. Russell Connor, The Record of a Legend . . . . . Benny Goodman (New York City:

       Let's Dance Corporation, 1984).

X  D. Russell Connor, Benny Goodman: Listen to His Legacy (Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow

       Press, Inc., 1988).

X  D. Russell Connor, Benny Goodman: Wrappin' It Up (Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow

       Press, Inc., 1996).

X  James Lincoln Collier, Benny Goodman and the Swing Era (New York City: Oxford

       University Press, 1989).

X  ---, as above except rptd. pb (New York City: Oxford University Press, 1991).

X  Ross Firestone, Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life & Times of Benny Goodman (New York

       City: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993).

X  Jonah Winter, Once Upon a Time in Chicago: The Story of Benny Goodman (New York

       City: Hyperion Books for Children, 2000).

GLEN GRAY

X   Charles Garrod and Bill Korst, Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (Zephyrhills, FL:

       Joyce Record Club, 1987).

JERRY GRAY

X   Chris Popa, Jerry Gray and His Orchestra (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Music, 1984).

x   Chris Popa and Charles Garrod, Jerry Gray and His Orchestra (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce

       Music, 1989).

LIONEL HAMPTON

X   Lionel Hampton with James Haskins, Hamp: An Autobiography (New York City: Warner

       Books, Inc., 1989).

ERSKINE HAWKINS

    Ernie Edwards Jr., George I. Hall and Bill Korst, Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra /

       Horace Henderson and His Orchestra (Whittier, CA: Erngeobil Publications, 1965).

x   Charles Garrod, Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Record

       Club, 1992).

HORACE HEIDT

X   Charles Garrod, Horace Heidt and His Orchestra (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Record Club,

       1993).

HORACE HENDERSON

X   Walter C. Allen, Hendersonia: The Music of Fletcher Henderson and His Musicians

       (Highland Park, NJ: Walter C. Allen, 1973).

X   Jeffrey Magee, The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz

       (New York City: Oxford University Press, 2005).

X   ---, as above except uncorrected advance reading copy.

      see also Edwards, Hall and Korst under "Erskine Hawkins"

WOODY HERMAN

    Ernie Edwards Jr., George I. Hall and Bill Korst, Woody Herman, Volume 3 (1959-1965)

       (Whittier, CA: Erngeobil Publications, 1965).

X   Ernie Edwards Jr., Woody Herman and the Swingin' Herd 1959 - 1966 (Whittier, CA:

       Erngeobil Publications, Feb. 1966).

X   Ernie Edwards Jr., George I. Hall and Bill Korst, Woody Herman Alumni, Volume One

       (Whittier, CA: Erngeobil Publications, 1969).

X   James A. Treichel, Woody Herman and the Second Herd (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Music,

       1978).

X   Charles Garrod, Woody Herman and His Orchestra: Volume One, 1936-1947

       (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Music, 1985).

x   Charles Garrod, Woody Herman and His Orchestra: Volume Two, 1948-1957

       (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Music, 1986).

x   Charles Garrod, Woody Herman and His Orchestra: Volume Three, 1958-1987

       (Zephyrhills, FL: Joyce Music, 1988).

X   Steve Voce, Jazz Masters Series; Woody Herman (London: Apollo Press Limited, 1986).

X   Woody Herman and Stuart Troup, The Woodchopper's Ball: The Autobiography of

       Woody Herman (New York City: E.P. Dutton, 1990).

X   Dexter Morrill, Woody Herman: A Guide to the Big Band Recordings, 1936-1987

       (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990).

X   Robert C. Kriebel, Blue Flame: Woody Herman's Life in Music (West Lafayette, IN:

       Purdue Research Foundation, 1995).

X   Gene Lees, Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman (New York City: Oxford

       University Press, 1995).

X   William D. Clancy with Audree Coke Kenton, Woody Herman: Chronicles of the Herds

       (New York City: Schirmer Books, 1995).

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