ADVANCED SEARCH FEATURES HELP YOU FIND EVERYTHING QUICKLY AND EASILY
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Find information on specific recording sessions by any bandleader,
musician or tune.
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Do searches by individual leader, musician or tune to find specific
recording sessions.
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Search
by individual leaders or groups for recordings issued under their
own names.
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Do
multiple searches of up to 3 musicians and 3 tunes simultaneously.
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Search
for any musician playing with a specific bandleader.
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Check
the accuracy of recording information published on album and CD
covers .
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Check
CD re-issues of original LPs to see if they contain additional tracks
and to ensure you’re not purchasing an album you already own.
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Find
other versions or arrangements of tunes by searching all recordings
of any tune.
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Print
up to 50 recording sessions of any search selection at one time,
including indexes.
- CD-ROM
21.0 also contains an extensive bibliography of other sources of jazz
discography, listed alphabetically by author and by musician name.
CD-ROM 21.0 has the same discographical information as the over
247,000 recordings sessions and over 3.9 million musician and
tune entries published on the over 34,000 printed pages.
Content has been progressively updated by future
versions of the CD-ROM.
Comparison Between CD-ROM Versions
Version 3.3 - Originally published in 2002. This version is identical in discographical content to the first 26 book volumes covering band leaders from A-Z.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician Tune
Leaders - 23,000; Sessions - 132,000; Musicians - 700,000; Tunes - 700,000
Version 4.4 - Originally published in 2003. This version substantially updated many key leader sections such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and many others. A Word search was added to the search software to allow searching for any word(s) in all the fields of the database.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune Word Search
Leaders - 27,000; Sessions - 149,000; Musicians - 833,000; Tunes - 832,000
Version 5.0 - Originally published in 2004. This version substantially updated many key leader sections such as Benny Goodman and many others. A Multi-search function was added to allow searching for up to 3 musicians and 3 tunes at the same time.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search Multi-Search
Leaders - 29,000; Sessions - 155,000; Musicians - 900,000; Tunes - 900,000
Version 6.0 - Originally published in 2005. This version substantially updated many leader sessions. Overall date search added to search features.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 31,000; Sessions - 160,000; Musicians - 950,000; Tunes - 950,000
Version 7.0 - Originally published in 2006. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 10,000 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 32,000; Sessions - 170,000; Musicians - 995,000; Tunes - 997,000
Version 8.0 - Originally published in 2007. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added almost another 10,000 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 34,100; Sessions - 179,000; Musicians - 1,013,000; Tunes - 1,054,000
Version 9.0 - Originally published in 2008. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 7000 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 36,000; Sessions - 186,600; Musicians - 1,060,460; Tunes - 1,119,812
Version 10.0 - Originally published in 2009. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 4000 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 37,200; Sessions - 190,600; Musicians - 1,083,000; Tunes - 1,152,600
Version 11.0 - Originally published in 2010. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 5000 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 38,500; Sessions - 195,400; Musicians - 1,111,000; Tunes - 1,192,200
Version 12.0 - Originally published in 2011. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 5000 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 38,800; Sessions - 200,300; Musicians - 1,137,000; Tunes - 1,232,000
Version 13.0 - Originally published in 2012. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 7000 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 41,000; Sessions - 207,000; Musicians - 1,170,000; Tunes - 1,287,000
Version 14.0 - Originally published in 2013. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 5500 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 42,800; Sessions - 212,500; Musicians - 1,210,000; Tunes - 1,300,000
Version 15.0 - Originally published in 2014. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 4500 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 43,800; Sessions - 217,000; Musicians - 1,240,000; Tunes - 1,374,000
Version 16.0 - Originally published in 2015. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 6000 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 45,200; Sessions - 223,000; Musicians - 1,279,000; Tunes - 1,422,800
Version 17.0 - Originally published in 2016. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 5700 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 46,500; Sessions - 228,700; Musicians - 1,312,700; Tunes - 1,466,600
Version 18.0 - Originally published in 2017. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 4300 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 47,370; Sessions - 233,001; Musicians - 1,338,329; Tunes - 1,500,001
Version 19.0 - Originally published in 2018. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 5400 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 48,621; Sessions - 238,400; Musicians - 1,370,600; Tunes - 1,542,700
Version 20.0 - Originally published in 2019. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 4400 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 49,852; Sessions - 242,727; Musicians - 1,397,593; Tunes - 1,581,979
Version 21.0 - Originally published in 2020. This version substantially updated many more leader sessions and added another 4571 recording sessions.
Searches included: Leader, Session, Musician, Tune, Word Search, Multi-Search Overall Date Search
Leaders - 51,152; Sessions - 247,298; Musicians - 1,423,691; Tunes - 1,620,521
For
an abbreviated summary of leaders on the CD-ROM Version 21.0,
view the BOOKS page.
For a more complete list of musicians and tunes, click on the
MUSICIAN INDEX and TUNE INDEX buttons in the header bar at the left
of this page.
Scroll
down for more details and to see sample screens of the CD-ROM.
Minimum
System Requirements
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PC
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Mac
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CD-ROM Version 18.0, 19.0, 20.0 & 21.0 |
Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 |
OS X 10.8 and above |
Hard Drive Space |
600 MB |
600 MB |
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