The American Jazz Quintet formed in New Orleans in the late 1950's, and were the first group there to record modern jazz. Members were Harold Battiste, tenor, Alvin Battiste, clarinet, Ellis Marsalis, piano, Ed Blackwell, drums, and Richard Payne, bass.
| I Got Shoes The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz (rec. 1959, rel. 1991) |
| Valse De Battiste The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz |
| Apartment 11 The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz |
| Wade In The Water The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz |
| Carrie Mae The American Jazz Quintet - S/T (c. 1962) |
| Tribute The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz |
| Capetown The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz |
| Fourth Month The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz |
| Never More The American Jazz Quintet - S/T |
| Harold's Church The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz |
| Monkey Do The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz |
| Punchin' The American Jazz Quintet - Gulf Coast Jazz |
| end of the first hour |
| Funnybird Song Rudiger Krause - A Guitar Named Carla (2015) |
| Round Ginkie Gary Windo - Anglo-American (2004) |
| Samurai Hee-Haw John Abercrombie/Marc Johnson/Peter Erskine - S/T (1989) |
| Jesus Christ Superstar Paul Desmond w/The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Only Recorded Performance (1972) |
| Express Yourself Kahil El'Zabar - Kahil El'Zabar's America The Beautiful (2020) |
| I'll Follow The Sun Don Byron - Romance With The Unseen (1999) |
| Lift Those Voices Nduduzo Makhathini/Umgidi Trio/One Voice Vocal Ensemble - Inner Dimensions (2020) |
| side 4 Roland Kirk - The Case of the 3-Sided Dream in Audio Colour (c. 1975) |
| Planet Earth Sun Ra & His Solar Orchestra - Visits Planet Earth (late 1950's) |
| Frankiphone Blues Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - Zulu Records ep (1969) |
| Blues For Alto Bobby Walton - The Year Of The Rabbit (1987) |
| Sepia Panorama Duke Ellington - At Fargo 1940 |
| Funnybird Song Carla Bley - Dinner Music (1976) |
| bonus track in the on-demand version of the show. Darn It! is various artists performing the songs of Paul Haines. |
| Funnybird Song Paul Haines & John Oswald - Darn It! (1994) |
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