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speakerspacer (HONEY) IT'S TIGHT LIKE THAT - Tampa Red
speakerspacer (I'M YOUR) HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN - Muddy Waters
speakerspacer (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY - Otis Redding
speakerspacer 12-BAR BLUES PROGRESSION - Demonstration (Mark C. Gridley)
speakerspacer A Night in Tunisia - Charlie Parker
speakerspacer AFRO BLUE - The Derek Trucks Band
speakerspacer AIN'T NO USE TRYIN' TO TELL ON ME (I KNOW SOMETHING ON YOU) - Memphis Minnie
speakerspacer AIR MAIL SPECIAL - Ella Fitzgerald
speakerspacer AIREGIN - Miles Davis’s and the Modern Jazz Giants
speakerspacer ALISEWO - Dembo Konte & Kausu Kuyateh with Mawdo Suso
speakerspacer ALL BLUES - Miles Davis
speakerspacer ALL BLUES - Miles Davis
speakerspacer ALONG CAME BETTY - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
speakerspacer ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
speakerspacer BAG’S GROOVE - Miles Davis’s All Stars
speakerspacer BEULAH LAND - John Davis
speakerspacer BLUE HORIZON - Sidney Bechet
speakerspacer BLUE MONDAY - Fats Domino
speakerspacer Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk
speakerspacer BLUE MONK - Clark Terry & Joe Williams
speakerspacer Blue Notes - Mark Gridley
speakerspacer BLUES - Kronos Quartet
speakerspacer BLUES IN B FLAT - Jamey Aebersold
speakerspacer BO BIDDLEY - Bo Diddley
speakerspacer BOOGIE WOOGIE (I MAY BE WRONG) - Count Basie
speakerspacer BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN - Cream
speakerspacer BRIDGING THE GAP - Nas and Olu Dara
speakerspacer BROKE AND HUNGRY - Blind Lemon Jefferson
speakerspacer C’EST SI BON - Buddy Collette Quintet
speakerspacer CAKE WALKING BABIES FROM HOME  - Red Onion Jazz Babies
speakerspacer CALL IT STORMY MONDAY - T-Bone Walker
speakerspacer CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) - US3
speakerspacer CANTALOUPE ISLAND - Herbie Hancock
speakerspacer Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
speakerspacer Change Of Heart - David Sanborn
speakerspacer CHARLESTON - James P. Johnson
speakerspacer CHEGA DE SAUDADE - Joao Gilberto
speakerspacer Chords and Chord Progressions - Mark Gridley
speakerspacer Comping and Syncopation - Mark Gridley
speakerspacer COSMIC SLOP - Funkadelic
speakerspacer CRAZY ‘BOUT MY BABY - Fats Waller
speakerspacer CROSS ROADS BLUES - Robert Johnson
speakerspacer DIPPER MOUTH BLUES - King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
speakerspacer DIZZY ATMOSPHERE - Dizzy Gillespie &Charlie Parker
speakerspacer DIZZY ATMOSPHERE - Dizzy Gillespie &Charlie Parker
speakerspacer DOGGIN’ AROUND - Count Basie and His Orchestra
speakerspacer DOGGIN’ AROUND - Count Basie and His Orchestra
speakerspacer DON’T BE THAT WAY - Chick Webb & His Orchestra
speakerspacer DON’T BE THAT WAY - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
speakerspacer DON’T LET IT HAPPEN HERE - Charles Mingus Octet
speakerspacer DONNA LEE - Charlie Parker All Stars
speakerspacer DROP DOWN MAMA - Sleepy John Estes
speakerspacer EVERY MORNING  - Keb' Mo'
speakerspacer FLOOD DOWN IN TEXAS - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
speakerspacer FLYING HOME - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
speakerspacer Footprints - Miles Davis Quintet
speakerspacer FOR ALL WE KNOW - Dave Brubeck Quartet
speakerspacer FULL FORCE - Art Ensemble of Chicago
speakerspacer Giant Steps - John Coltrane
speakerspacer GOIN' CRAZY WITH THE BLUES - Mamie Smith
speakerspacer GOOD MORNING BLUES - Leadbelly
speakerspacer GOOD MORNING BLUES - Jimmy Rushing
speakerspacer GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT - Roy Brown
speakerspacer GREAT CAMP MEETING - Joe Williams & Chorus
speakerspacer HACKENSACK - Thelonious Monk Quartet
speakerspacer HACKENSACK - Thelonious Monk Quartet
speakerspacer HONEY BEE - Cassandra Wilson
speakerspacer How High The Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
speakerspacer HOW LONG BLUES - Jimmy and Mama Yancey
speakerspacer I AIN'T SUPERSTITIOUS - Jeff Beck
speakerspacer I FEEL SO GOOD (I WANNA BOOGIE) - Magic Sam
speakerspacer I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE - Nina Simone
speakerspacer I'M GONNA FIND ANOTHER YOU - John Mayer
speakerspacer IN A MELLOW TONE - Marian McPartland/Dizzy Gillespie
speakerspacer IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE - Blind Willie Johnson
speakerspacer I'VE GOT A WOMAN - Ray Charles
speakerspacer Jelly-Roll Blues - Jelly-Roll Morton
speakerspacer JOHNNY B. GOODE - Chuck Berry
speakerspacer JULIE ANN JOHNSON - Hudie (Leadbelly) Leadbetter
speakerspacer Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie
speakerspacer JUMPIN' THE BLUES - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
speakerspacer K.C. BLUES - Charlie Parker & His Orchestra
speakerspacer KANSAS CITY - Lisa Henry
speakerspacer KIM - Charlie Parker Quartet
speakerspacer KOKO - Dizzy Gillespie &Charlie Parker
speakerspacer LINUS & LUCY - Vince Guarlaldi Quartet
speakerspacer Livery Stable Blues - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
speakerspacer Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman
speakerspacer LOVE IN VAIN - The Rolling Stones
speakerspacer Main Stem - Duke Ellington
speakerspacer MALCOLM MAKES HAJJ - Terence Blanchard Quintet
speakerspacer MANTECA - Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
speakerspacer MAPLE LEAF RAG - Scott Joplin
speakerspacer MINNIE THE MOOCHER - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
speakerspacer MONK’S POINT - Thelonious Monk
speakerspacer MOOD INDIGO - Duke Ellington
speakerspacer MOTEN SWING - Bennie Moten
speakerspacer MR. JOHNSON'S BLUES - Lonnie Johnson
speakerspacer MUMBLES - Clark Terry & the Oscar Peterson Trio
speakerspacer MY FAVORITE THINGS - John Coltrane Quartet
speakerspacer MY REVERIE - Melba Liston with Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
speakerspacer NO MORE, MY LORD - Tangle Eye and a group of prisoners
speakerspacer NOW'S THE TIME - Charlie Parker
speakerspacer O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? - Chris Thomas King
speakerspacer O DEATH  - Bessie Jones
speakerspacer OH, DIDN’T HE RAMBLE - Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band
speakerspacer OH, DIDN’T HE RAMBLE - Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band
speakerspacer ONE O’CLOCK JUMP - Count Basie and His Orchestra
speakerspacer ORNITHOLOGY - Charlie Parker Septet
speakerspacer ORNITHOLOGY - Charlie Parker Septet
speakerspacer ORY’S CREOLE TROMBONE - Ory’s Sunshine Orchestra
speakerspacer PanaMonk - Danilo Perez
speakerspacer PARCHMAN FARM - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
speakerspacer PEA PATCH JIG - Robert Winans
speakerspacer Pitch Bends - Mark Gridley
speakerspacer PONY BLUES - Charley Patton
speakerspacer QUEEN BEE  - Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate
speakerspacer Rhythm Section Roles - Mark Gridley
speakerspacer ROYAL GARDEN BLUES - Louis Armstrong and his All Stars
speakerspacer Salsa Caliente - Tito Puente and his Latin Ensemble
speakerspacer SALT PEANUTS - Dizzy Gillespie &Charlie Parker
speakerspacer SHAW ‘NUFF - Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet
speakerspacer SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY - Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines
speakerspacer SING SING SING - Gene Krupa
speakerspacer SING SING SING - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
speakerspacer SING SING SING - 
speakerspacer Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman
speakerspacer Singin' The Blues - Bix Beiderbecke
speakerspacer SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD - Missisippi Sheiks
speakerspacer SNAKE RAG - King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
speakerspacer SNATCH IT BACK AND HOLD IT - Junior Wells
speakerspacer SO WHAT - Miles Davis Quintet
speakerspacer SO WHAT - Miles Davis Sextet
speakerspacer SO WHAT - Herbie Hancock Quintet
speakerspacer Something's Coming - DIVA
speakerspacer SPOONFUL - Howlin' Wolf
speakerspacer ST. LOUIS BLUES - Bessie Smith
speakerspacer St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
speakerspacer STAR SPANGLED BANNER - Dizzy Gillespie
speakerspacer STATEBORO BLUES - The Allman Brothers Band
speakerspacer STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT - Nat “King” Cole Trio
speakerspacer Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
speakerspacer SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES - Bob Dylan
speakerspacer Swing Eighth Notes - Mark Gridley
speakerspacer Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
speakerspacer TAKE FIVE - Dave Brubeck Quartet
speakerspacer TAKE THE ‘A’ TRAIN - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
speakerspacer TAKE THE ‘A’ TRAIN - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
speakerspacer TEA FOR TWO - Art Tatum
speakerspacer TEA FOR TWO - Clora Bryant Quartet
speakerspacer The Entertainer - John Arpin
speakerspacer THE ENTERTAINER - Scott Joplin
speakerspacer THE LADY WHO SWINGS THE BAND - Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy & Mary Lou Williams
speakerspacer THE RIGHT TIME - Ray Charles & His Orchestra with the Raelettes
speakerspacer THE THRILL IS GONE - B.B. King
speakerspacer THINK OF ONE - Wynton Marsalis Quintet
speakerspacer THREE PIECES FOR BLUES BAND, ETC. (1960)  - Siegal-Schwall Band
speakerspacer TIPITINA - Professor Longhair
speakerspacer TONIGHT SHOW THEME - Doc Sererinsen & Tonight Show Orchestra
speakerspacer TWELFTH STREET RAG - Willie The Lion Smith
speakerspacer WALK RIGHT IN  - Cannon's Jug Stompers
speakerspacer Walkin' - Miles Davis
speakerspacer WALKING THE 12-BAR BLUES - Demonstration (Mark C. Gridley)
speakerspacer WANG DANG DOODLE - Koko Taylor
speakerspacer WEST END BLUES - Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
speakerspacer WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
speakerspacer WILD PARTY - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
speakerspacer WOKE UP THIS MORNING - A3
speakerspacer WOLVERINE BLUES - Jelly Roll Morton
speakerspacer Working Man Blues - Louis Armstrong
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