100 YEARS OF JAZZ RECORDS ON ONE CD-ROM

ADVANCED SEARCH FEATURES HELP YOU FIND EVERYTHING QUICKLY AND EASILY

• Find information on specific recording sessions by any bandleader, musician or tune.
• Do searches by individual leader, musician or tune to find specific recording sessions.
• Search by individual leaders or groups for recordings issued under their own names.
• Do multiple searches of up to 3 musicians and 3 tunes simultaneously.
• Search for any musician playing with a specific bandleader.
• Check the accuracy of recording information published on album and CD covers .
• 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.
• Find other versions or arrangements of tunes by searching all recordings of any tune.
• Print up to 50 recording sessions of any search selection at one time, including indexes.
• CD-ROM 8.0 also contains an extensive bibliography of other sources of jazz discography, listed alphabetically by author and by musician name.

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

Note: All screens shown here were created in 1024 x 768 mode.
If your computer is running in 800 x 600 mode, the screen will have a slightly different appearance but the discographical information will be unchanged

The Tool Bar is organized into five color-coded main sections:

When the "Leader Index" button is selected the following screen appears, providing the overall leader picture allowing you to navigate quickly among the 32,000 leaders included in this version of the CD-ROM. Specific leaders can be quickly located by entering the leader's name in a pop-up dialogue box.

When a particular leader is selected, you need only press ENTER or click with the mouse to access the "Leader Detail" section. The screen below then appears. In this example, Art Pepper is the selected leader. The first recording session in the Art Pepper leader section appears at the top of the screen. Subsequent Art Pepper sessions follow in chronological order.

A complete sessions index can be accessed by selecting the "Session Index" button.

The following screen then appears:

This screen can be easily navigated by mouse or keyboard to find the desired session. Once the session is selected, press ENTER or click the mouse to re-enter the "Leader Detail" section. The desired session will appear at the top of the screen.

A complete musician index can be accessed by selecting the "Musician Index" button. The following screen then appears, showing the selected musician name, instrument(s) played and number of sessions in which he/she appears:

The musician index can be easily navigated by mouse or keyboard to find the desired musician. Once the musician is selected, press ENTER or click the mouse to enter the "Musician Detail" section shown below. This screen is similar to the "Leader Detail" screen above, except that it contains all the sessions in which the musician appeared.

A complete tune name index can be accessed by selecting the "Tune Index" button.
The following screen then appears, showing the tune name and the number of sessions it appears in:

This screen can be easily navigated by mouse or keyboard to find the desired tune. Once the tune is selected, press ENTER or click the mouse to enter the "Tune Detail" section shown below. This screen is similar to the "Leader Detail" screen, except it shows all sessions at which the tune was recorded.

By clicking on the "Multi-search" button the following dialog box will appear.
This box allows you to search multiple musician and tune names (up to 3 of each).

After your selection has been made the following session(s) details will appear on-screen:

In addition to the Multi-Search there is also a word search in CD-ROM Version 8.0 that allows you to search every field in the database with the following dialog box:

CD-ROM 8.0 allows you to search the whole database by date with the following dialog box: