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18th Century Ballroom (Nat Adderley, Ray Bryant)
December 30, 1957
31st And State (Wilbur Ware)
October 16, 1957
9 1/2 Street (Kenny Dorham)
March 19, 1961
About A Quarter To Nine (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
ca. February 1957
Abstract Art
between February 8 and March 7, 1957
Active Ingredients (Ernie Henry)
August 30, 1956
Adnerb (Charles Moffett, Sr.)
ca. 1969
Ahmed Muvaffak
January 1968
All By Myself (Irving Berlin)
January 1969
All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
1957
November 3, 1957 - evening
August 29, 1961
All Through The Day (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
1957
As Long As I Live (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
ca. February 1957
Avant Garde Got Soul Too (Codaryl Moffett, Charles Moffett, Sr.)
ca. 1969
Aw C'mon, Hoss (Dick Johnson)
October 30, 1957
Be-Ware (John Jenkins)
October 16, 1957
Beauteous (Paul Chambers)
October 21, 1956
Bees-Ees (Johnny Griffin)
ca. 1956
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
ca. February 1957
Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
October 15, 1957
Bianca (Paul Jeffrey)
1972
Big Six (William Boone, Jr.)
July 2 & 3, 1958
Blue Ching (Kenny Dorham)
March 19, 1961
Blue Jay (John Jenkins)
July 26, 1957
Blue Lament (Kenny Dorham)
March 19, 1961
Blues For Tomorrow (Gigi Gryce)
June 25, 1957
Blues In The Night (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
ca. February 1957
Blues March (Benny Golson)
July 2 & 3, 1958
Blues Strikes Again (Codaryl Moffett, Charles Moffett, Sr.)
ca. 1969
Bobbie Pin (J.R. Monterose)
October 21, 1956
Body And Soul (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
November 18, 1957
Bootin' It (Sonny Clark)
July 21, 1957
July 21, 1957
The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
ca. February 1957
The Boy Next Door (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)
ca. 1956
Brother 'Ball (Richard 'Blue' Mitchell)
July 2 & 3, 1958
Can This Be Love? (Paul James, Kay Swift)
ca. 1955
Can't Help Lovin' That Man (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
1957
Carol (Kenny Drew, Sr.)
March 28, 1957
Catharsis (Johnny Griffin)
February 25, 1958
Checkmate (Ernie Henry)
August 23, 1956
Cherokee (Ray Noble)
February 26 or 27, 1958
Cleo's Chant (Ernie Henry)
August 30, 1956 - Alternate
August 30, 1956
Cliff's Edge (Clifford Jordan)
July 26, 1957
Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
ca. February 1957
Coming On The Hudson (Thelonious Monk)
February 25, 1958
Cotton Tail (Duke Ellington)
ca. 1955
ca. 1955 - Alternate
Crazy Rhythm (Irving Caesar, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Joseph Meyer)
ca. 1955
Crepuscule With Nellie (Thelonious Monk)
June 25, 1957 - Incomplete
June 25, 1957 - Alternate
June 26, 1957 - Alternate
June 26, 1957
Cross "D" Tracks (Kenny Dorham)
March 19, 1961
Dance Of The Infidels (Bud Powell)
April 21, 1957
David The King (Tina Brooks)
March 2, 1961
Decidedly (Gerry Mulligan)
August 13, 1957
August 13, 1957
Dee Boo-Dat
January 1968
Desert Sands (Stuff Smith)
October 16, 1957
Dhyana (Tina Brooks)
March 2, 1961
Dial S For Sonny (Sonny Clark)
July 21, 1957
Diggin' For Diz (Dizzy Gillespie)
July 26, 1957
Do It The Hard Way (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
October 15, 1957
Doggin' Me Blues (Horace Holmes)
September or October 1949
Don't Blame Me (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
January 7, 1958
Don't Take Your Love From Me (Henry Nemo)
ca. 1955
Don't You Know I Care (Duke Ellington, Mack David)
June 15, 1961
Down Through The Years (Clifford Jordan)
June 15, 1961
East Of The Sun (Brooks Bowman)
December 30, 1957
Easy To Love (Cole Porter)
April 21, 1957
Echoes Of You (George Handy)
December 13 & 18, 1956
The End Of A Love Affair (Edward C. Redding)
October 30, 1957
Epistrophy (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke)
June 26, 1957 - Incomplete
June 26, 1957
Extempore (Clifford Jordan)
June 14, 1961
F. U. (Paul Jeffrey)
1972
Farid
January 1968
Fit For A Hanker (Hank Mobley)
April 21, 1957
Flying Fish (Cecil Payne)
late 1969 or early 1970
Folderol (Dick Johnson)
October 30, 1957
Follow Me (Cecil Payne)
late 1969 or early 1970
Fools Rush In (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer)
December 13 & 18, 1956
Four (Eddie Vinson, Miles Davis)
November 3, 1957 - evening
Free Flight (Ernie Henry)
August 23, 1956
Fundamental Frequency (Jean 'Toots' Thielemans)
December 30, 1957
Gaza Strip (Owen Marshall)
November 4, 1956
Get Happy (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
ca. February 1957
November 3, 1957 - evening
November 3, 1957 - evening
The Gift (Charles Moffett, Jr., Charles Moffett, Sr.)
ca. 1969
Girl, You Got A Home (Cecil Payne)
late 1969 or early 1970
Gone With The Wind (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
August 23, 1956
Got Good News For Ya, Baby (Horace Holmes)
September or October 1949
Green Stamp Monsta! (Herbie Mann)
May 2, 1957
Happy Hunting Horn (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
October 15, 1957
Here And Now (George Handy)
December 13 & 18, 1956
Hi Groove, Low Feedback (Hank Mobley)
April 21, 1957
Hot Sausage (Jodie Christian)
February 26 or 27, 1958
I Can't Get Started (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
November 3, 1957 - evening
I Could Write A Book (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
October 15, 1957
I Cried For You (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman)
ca. 1956
I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
October 15, 1957
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter)
September 30, 1957
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
August 26, 1969
I Know Love (Cecil Payne)
late 1969 or early 1970
I Love You (Cole Porter)
1976
I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful (Harry Ruskin, Henry Sullivan)
ca. 1955
ca. 1955 - Alternate
I Mean You (Thelonious Monk)
August 12, 1957 - Alternate
August 12, 1957 - Alternate
August 12, 1957
I Only Have Eyes For You (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
ca. February 1957
I Remember You (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
between February 8 and March 7, 1957
August 29, 1961
I Should Care (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
August 30, 1956
If I Had You (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
August 29, 1961 - Alternate
August 29, 1961
I'll Remember April (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
August 22, 1956
November 3, 1957 - evening
August 29, 1961
I'll Take Romance (Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II)
ca. 1955
ca. 1955 - Alternate
Ill Wind (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
ca. February 1957
I'm Going Back To Arkansas (Bill Broonzy)
September 15, 1938
I'm Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer)
1957
Imagination (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
January 7, 1958
Immigration (Paul Jeffrey)
1972
Improvisation (collective improvisation)
1973
Ina (Paul Jeffrey)
1972
Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner, Gerald Marks)
December 2, 1957
Isn't It Romantic (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
December 30, 1957
It Could Happen To You (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
July 21, 1957
It's Bad For Me (Cole Porter)
October 30, 1957
It's Only A Paper Moon (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose)
ca. February 1957
It's So Peaceful In The Country (Alec Wilder)
October 30, 1957
It's Time (Max Roach)
May 18 & 19, 1976
It's You Or No One (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
March 28, 1957
I've Got The World On A String (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
ca. February 1957
September 30, 1957
I've Told Every Little Star (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
1957
J. P. Boogie
September or October 1949
JAMPH (Curtis Fuller)
July 2 & 3, 1958
Jazz-Classic (Kenny Dorham)
December 2, 1957
Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer)
ca. 1955
ca. February 1957
Johnny G. G. (John Hines)
February 25, 1958
Joram (Bill Massey)
August 22, 1956
Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter)
ca. 1955
Ka-link (Philly Joe Jones)
October 21, 1956
Keys Of Wisdom (Walt Dickerson)
1976
Kim (Paul Jeffrey)
1972
The Lady (Owen Marshall)
November 4, 1956 - Alternate
The Lady Is A Tramp (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
ca. 1955
ca. 1955 - Alternate
October 15, 1957
Latin Quarters (John Jenkins)
October 16, 1957
Lee-Antics (Dick Johnson)
October 30, 1957
Let Me Dig It (Bill Broonzy)
September 15, 1938
Let's Fall In Love (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
ca. February 1957
Like Help
ca. 1955
ca. 1955 - Alternate
Like Someone In Love (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
between February 8 and March 7, 1957
between February 8 and March 7, 1957
September 30, 1957
September 30, 1957 - Alternate
Lil' T [aka The Third] (Donald Byrd)
June 25, 1956
October 21, 1956
Little John (John Hines)
February 26 or 27, 1958
Lollypop (Johnny Griffin)
ca. 1956
Long Ago And Far Away (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin)
1957
The Loop (Dick Johnson)
October 30, 1957
Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
July 21, 1957
August 29, 1961
August 29, 1961
Lover Man (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
August 22, 1956
between February 8 and March 7, 1957
September 30, 1957
Lullaby Of Broadway (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
ca. February 1957
Lullaby Of The Leaves (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young)
October 16, 1957
Make Believe (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
1957
Mama's Little Boy Thinks He's A Man (Clifford Jordan)
May 18 & 19, 1976
Mamma-Daddy (Wilbur Ware)
October 16, 1957
The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
November 18, 1957
Mark V (J.R. Monterose)
October 21, 1956
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Cecil Payne)
late 1969 or early 1970
Mason-Dixon Line (Kenny Dorham)
March 19, 1961
Me 'n Dave (Dick Johnson)
October 30, 1957
Me-Me [aka Prayer To The People] (Clifford Jordan, Hank D. Smith)
May 18 & 19, 1976
Mod House
January 1969
Monk's Mood (Thelonious Monk)
April 16, 1957 - False Start
April 16, 1957
Mosaic (Cedar Walton)
June 15, 1961
My Heart Stood Still (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
ca. 1955
My Ideal (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard Whiting)
September 30, 1957
My One And Only Love (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood)
June 25, 1956
The New Message [aka Little T] (Donald Byrd)
June 25, 1956
June 25, 1956 - Alternate
November 4, 1956
November 4, 1956 - Alternate
April 3, 1957
The Nexus (Walt Dickerson)
July 21, 1975
A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
November 3, 1957 - evening
Nutty (Thelonious Monk)
probably July 1957
Off Minor (Thelonious Monk)
June 26, 1957 - Alternate
June 26, 1957
Old Devil Moon (Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg)
November 3, 1957 - evening
One Flight Down (Cedar Walton)
June 15, 1961
One For Myrtle (Tina Brooks)
March 2, 1961
Orient (Ernie Henry)
August 23, 1956
Osmosis (Osie Johnson)
December 13 & 18, 1956
Ouagoudougou (Clifford Jordan)
spring 1969
Out Of Nowhere (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
August 22, 1956
Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)
ca. February 1957
Paul's Pal (Sonny Rollins)
April 3, 1957
Pink Ice
ca. 1955
ca. 1955 - Alternate
Powerful Paul Robeson (Clifford Jordan, Hank D. Smith)
May 18 & 19, 1976
Princess (John Jenkins)
July 26, 1957
Promenade (William Boone, Jr.)
July 2 & 3, 1958
Quittin' Time (Clifford Jordan)
June 14, 1961
Red Cross (Charlie Parker)
January 1969
Reggie Of Chester (Benny Golson)
November 4, 1956
Remember Me? (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
ca. February 1957
Rhythm-a-ning (Thelonious Monk)
August 12, 1957
Rider Rider Blues (Bill Broonzy)
September 15, 1938
Riff Raff (Wilbur Ware)
ca. 1956
Roccus (Horace Silver)
November 4, 1956 - Alternate
Rodan (Sylvester 'Sonny Red' Kyner)
1972
'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
August 13, 1957
Ruby, My Dear (Thelonious Monk)
June 26, 1957
probably July 1957
Satin Wrap (Johnny Griffin)
ca. 1956
September In The Rain (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
ca. February 1957
Serenade In Blue (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
ca. February 1957
Shoutin' On A Riff (Sonny Clark)
July 21, 1957
Sir John (Richard 'Blue' Mitchell)
July 2 & 3, 1958
Slide Hampton (Cecil Payne)
late 1969 or early 1970
Slow Drag (Archie Shepp)
August 26, 1969
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
1957
Soft Talk (Julian Priester)
July 26, 1957
Soft Winds (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman)
between February 8 and March 7, 1957
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
November 3, 1957 - evening
November 3, 1957 - evening
The Song Is You (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
1957
Sonnymoon For Two (Sonny Rollins)
November 3, 1957 - evening
Sonny's Mood (Sonny Clark)
July 21, 1957
Soon (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
September 30, 1957
Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills)
January 1969
Soul Station (Jean 'Toots' Thielemans)
December 30, 1957
Sound Shine (part 1)
January 1968
Spadesville (Kenny Dorham)
March 19, 1961
Specific Gravity (Ernie Henry)
September 30, 1957
Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (Frank Loesser)
June 25, 1956
Stand By (Benny Golson)
November 4, 1956 - Alternate
Stella By Starlight (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
between February 8 and March 7, 1957
October 30, 1957
Stix' Trix (Wilbur Campbell)
February 25, 1958
Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
ca. February 1957
Straight No Chaser (Thelonious Monk)
August 12, 1957 - Alternate
August 12, 1957
Stranger In Paradise (George 'Chet' Forrest, Robert Craig Wright, Alexander Borodin)
March 2, 1961
Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
ca. 1955
Striver's Row (Sonny Rollins)
November 3, 1957 - evening
November 3, 1957 - evening
Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Lillian Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye)
December 30, 1957
Sunny Monday (John Hines)
February 26 or 27, 1958
Sunrise In Mexico (Kenny Dorham)
June 14, 1961
Superbass [aka ? BeWare] (Wilbur Ware)
January 1969
Sweet And Lovely (Gus Arnheim, Jules Lemare, Harry Tobias)
August 13, 1957
Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard)
August 22, 1956
Sweet Lorraine (Mitchell Parish, Cliff Burwell)
September 30, 1957
Swim, Jim (George Handy)
December 13 & 18, 1956
Symphony For .... (Wilbur Ware)
January 1969
Tails And Limas
September or October 1949
Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche)
December 13 & 18, 1956
Talkin' About (Tina Brooks)
March 2, 1961
Tell Us Only The Beautiful Things (Walt Dickerson)
July 21, 1975
Tenderly (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)
July 26, 1957
Teri's Tune (Teri Thornton)
February 26 or 27, 1958
That Moment Of Glance
January 1968
That Old Black Magic (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
ca. February 1957
There Will Never Be Another You (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
July 2 & 3, 1958
These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey)
ca. 1956
This Is New (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin)
March 28, 1957
Thou Swell (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
between February 8 and March 7, 1957
Time After Time (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
April 21, 1957
Trinkle, Tinkle (Thelonious Monk)
probably July 1957
Un Croque Monsieur (Poem: For Losers) (Archie Shepp)
August 26, 1969
[unknown titles] (Composer Unknown)
ca. 1970
Vienna (Clifford Jordan)
spring 1969
The Waiting Game (Tina Brooks)
March 2, 1961
The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
1957
Wee-Jay (J.R. Monterose)
October 21, 1956 - Alternate
October 21, 1956
Well, You Needn't (Thelonious Monk)
June 26, 1957 - Incomplete
June 26, 1957
What Is A Man? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
October 15, 1957
What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter)
November 3, 1957 - evening
What Would It Be Without You (Cal Massey)
August 26, 1969
What's New (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
February 25, 1958
When Your Lover Has Gone (Einar A. Swan)
ca. 1955
Where's Your Overcoat, Boy? (Richard Evans)
February 26 or 27, 1958
Why Cry? (George Handy)
December 13 & 18, 1956
Why Do I Love You (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
1957
April 3, 1957
Windmill (Kenny Dorham)
June 15, 1961
Woody 'n You (Dizzy Gillespie)
November 3, 1957 - evening
February 26 or 27, 1958
World Wide Boots (Phil Woods)
May 2, 1957
W.P.A. Rag (Bill Broonzy)
September 15, 1938
Yelrihs (Charles Moffett, Sr.)
ca. 1969
Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
ca. 1956
1957
1976
You And The Night And The Music (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
August 29, 1961
You Go To My Head (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
ca. 1955
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer)
ca. February 1957
You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn)
August 29, 1961
You'll Never Know (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
ca. February 1957
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Al Dubin, Harry Warren)
ca. February 1957
You're My Everything (Harry Warren, Mort Dixon, Joe Young)
ca. February 1957
You're My Thrill (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney)
March 28, 1957