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(HONEY) IT'S TIGHT LIKE THAT - Tampa Red

(I'M YOUR) HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN - Muddy Waters

(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY - Otis Redding

12-BAR BLUES PROGRESSION - Demonstration (Mark C. Gridley)

A Night in Tunisia - Charlie Parker

AFRO BLUE - The Derek Trucks Band

AIN'T NO USE TRYIN' TO TELL ON ME (I KNOW SOMETHING ON YOU) - Memphis Minnie

AIR MAIL SPECIAL - Ella Fitzgerald

AIREGIN - Miles Davis’s and the Modern Jazz Giants

ALISEWO - Dembo Konte & Kausu Kuyateh with Mawdo Suso

All Blues - Miles Davis

ALL BLUES - Miles Davis

ALONG CAME BETTY - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra

BAG’S GROOVE - Miles Davis’s All Stars

BEULAH LAND - John Davis

BLUE HORIZON - Sidney Bechet

BLUE MONDAY - Fats Domino

Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk

BLUE MONK - Clark Terry & Joe Williams

Blue Notes - Mark Gridley

BLUES - Kronos Quartet

BLUES IN B FLAT - Jamey Aebersold

BO BIDDLEY - Bo Diddley

BOOGIE WOOGIE (I MAY BE WRONG) - Count Basie

BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN - Cream

BRIDGING THE GAP - Nas and Olu Dara

BROKE AND HUNGRY - Blind Lemon Jefferson

C’EST SI BON - Buddy Collette Quintet

CAKE WALKING BABIES FROM HOME - Red Onion Jazz Babies

CALL IT STORMY MONDAY - T-Bone Walker

CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) - US3

CANTALOUPE ISLAND - Herbie Hancock

Chameleon - Herbie Hancock

Change Of Heart - David Sanborn

CHARLESTON - James P. Johnson

CHEGA DE SAUDADE - Joao Gilberto

Chords and Chord Progressions - Mark Gridley

Comping and Syncopation - Mark Gridley

COSMIC SLOP - Funkadelic

CRAZY ‘BOUT MY BABY - Fats Waller

CROSS ROADS BLUES - Robert Johnson

DIPPER MOUTH BLUES - King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

DIZZY ATMOSPHERE - Dizzy Gillespie &Charlie Parker

DOGGIN’ AROUND - Count Basie and His Orchestra

DON’T BE THAT WAY - Chick Webb & His Orchestra

DON’T BE THAT WAY - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

DON’T LET IT HAPPEN HERE - Charles Mingus Octet

DONNA LEE - Charlie Parker All Stars

DROP DOWN MAMA - Sleepy John Estes

EVERY MORNING - Keb' Mo'

FLOOD DOWN IN TEXAS - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

FLYING HOME - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra

Footprints - Miles Davis Quintet

FOR ALL WE KNOW - Dave Brubeck Quartet

FULL FORCE - Art Ensemble of Chicago

Giant Steps - John Coltrane

GOIN' CRAZY WITH THE BLUES - Mamie Smith

GOOD MORNING BLUES - Leadbelly

GOOD MORNING BLUES - Jimmy Rushing

GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT - Roy Brown

GREAT CAMP MEETING - Joe Williams & Chorus

HACKENSACK - Thelonious Monk Quartet

HONEY BEE - Cassandra Wilson

How High The Moon - Ella Fitzgerald

HOW LONG BLUES - Jimmy and Mama Yancey

I AIN'T SUPERSTITIOUS - Jeff Beck

I FEEL SO GOOD (I WANNA BOOGIE) - Magic Sam

I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE - Nina Simone

I'M GONNA FIND ANOTHER YOU - John Mayer

IN A MELLOW TONE - Marian McPartland/Dizzy Gillespie

IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE - Blind Willie Johnson

I'VE GOT A WOMAN - Ray Charles

Jelly-Roll Blues - Jelly-Roll Morton

JOHNNY B. GOODE - Chuck Berry

JULIE ANN JOHNSON - Hudie (Leadbelly) Leadbetter

Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie

JUMPIN' THE BLUES - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

K.C. BLUES - Charlie Parker & His Orchestra

KANSAS CITY - Lisa Henry

KIM - Charlie Parker Quartet

KOKO - Dizzy Gillespie &Charlie Parker

LINUS & LUCY - Vince Guarlaldi Quartet

Livery Stable Blues - Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman

LOVE IN VAIN - The Rolling Stones

Main Stem - Duke Ellington

MALCOLM MAKES HAJJ - Terence Blanchard Quintet

MANTECA - Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra

MAPLE LEAF RAG - Scott Joplin

MINNIE THE MOOCHER - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

MONK’S POINT - Thelonious Monk

MOOD INDIGO - Duke Ellington

MOTEN SWING - Bennie Moten

MR. JOHNSON'S BLUES - Lonnie Johnson

MUMBLES - Clark Terry & the Oscar Peterson Trio

MY FAVORITE THINGS - John Coltrane Quartet

MY REVERIE - Melba Liston with Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra

NO MORE, MY LORD - Tangle Eye and a group of prisoners

NOW'S THE TIME - Charlie Parker

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? - Chris Thomas King

O DEATH - Bessie Jones

OH, DIDN’T HE RAMBLE - Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band

ONE O’CLOCK JUMP - Count Basie and His Orchestra

ORNITHOLOGY - Charlie Parker Septet

ORY’S CREOLE TROMBONE - Ory’s Sunshine Orchestra

PanaMonk - Danilo Perez

PARCHMAN FARM - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

PEA PATCH JIG - Robert Winans

Pitch Bends - Mark Gridley

PONY BLUES - Charley Patton

QUEEN BEE - Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate

Rhythm Section Roles - Mark Gridley

ROYAL GARDEN BLUES - Louis Armstrong and his All Stars

Salsa Caliente - Tito Puente and his Latin Ensemble

SALT PEANUTS - Dizzy Gillespie &Charlie Parker

SHAW ‘NUFF - Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet

SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY - Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines

SING SING SING - Gene Krupa

SING SING SING - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra

SING SING SING -

Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman

Singin' The Blues - Bix Beiderbecke

SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD - Missisippi Sheiks

SNAKE RAG - King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

SNATCH IT BACK AND HOLD IT - Junior Wells

SO WHAT - Miles Davis Quintet

SO WHAT - Miles Davis Sextet

SO WHAT - Herbie Hancock Quintet

Something's Coming - DIVA

SPOONFUL - Howlin' Wolf

ST. LOUIS BLUES - Bessie Smith

St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins

STAR SPANGLED BANNER - Dizzy Gillespie

STATEBORO BLUES - The Allman Brothers Band

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT - Nat “King” Cole Trio

Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday

SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES - Bob Dylan

Swing Eighth Notes - Mark Gridley

Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet

TAKE FIVE - Dave Brubeck Quartet

TAKE THE ‘A’ TRAIN - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

TEA FOR TWO - Art Tatum

TEA FOR TWO - Clora Bryant Quartet

The Entertainer - John Arpin

THE ENTERTAINER - Scott Joplin

THE LADY WHO SWINGS THE BAND - Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy & Mary Lou Williams

THE RIGHT TIME - Ray Charles & His Orchestra with the Raelettes

THE THRILL IS GONE - B.B. King

THINK OF ONE - Wynton Marsalis Quintet

THREE PIECES FOR BLUES BAND, ETC. (1960) - Siegal-Schwall Band

TIPITINA - Professor Longhair

TONIGHT SHOW THEME - Doc Sererinsen & Tonight Show Orchestra

TWELFTH STREET RAG - Willie The Lion Smith

WALK RIGHT IN - Cannon's Jug Stompers

Walkin' - Miles Davis

WALKING THE 12-BAR BLUES - Demonstration (Mark C. Gridley)

WANG DANG DOODLE - Koko Taylor

WEST END BLUES - Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five

WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra

WILD PARTY - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra

WOKE UP THIS MORNING - A3

WOLVERINE BLUES - Jelly Roll Morton

Working Man Blues - Louis Armstrong