Various - Encyclopedia Of Jazz On Records - Vol. 3 The Forties / Vol. 4 The Fifties (2xLP, Comp, Gat)3797833985

Released:  1974
Label:        MCA Records
Country:    Australia  
Genre:       Jazz
Style:         Bop, Hard Bop, Big Band, Post Bop, Swing
Format:      2xLP, Comp, Gat

Media Condition:  Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Auto-coupled release.

The contents of this album were assembled in 1956 as a record counterpart to "The Encyclopedia of Jazz", with the collaboration of the author, Leonard Feather, and the publisher, Horizon Press Publishers of 156 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10010.
Other albums in this series are Vol. 1 and 2 (Jazz of the '20s and '30s) on MCA2-4061 and Vol. 5 (Jazz of the'50s and '60s) on MCA2-4063.
Notice: The selections contained in this album have been previously released on the Coral and Vocation labels.

A1 recorded in New York, Dec. 1949
A2 recorded in New York, Feb. 13, 1942.
A3 recorded in Hollywood, Dec. 6, 1940.
A4 recorded Dec. 8, 1943.
A5 recorded in New York, July 2, 1942.
A6 recorded in Chicago Nov. 16, 1943.
B1 recorded in New York, Jan. 21, 1941.
B2 recorded in NewYork, Oct. 4, 1944.
B3 recorded Dec. 12, 1944.
B4 recorded May 2, 1944.
B5 recorded Dec. 26, 1941.
B6 recorded in New York, April 5, 1944.
C1 recorded April 1953.
C2 recorded early 1945.
C3 recorded at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in 1949.
C4 recorded at Gene Norman's Crescendo Club in Hollywood on Jan.21, 1955.
C5 recorded in New York, Feb. 2, 1956.
C6 recorded in New York, Dec. 29, 1953.
C7 recorded in New York, July 23, 1953.
D1 recorded recorded at the Band Box in New York, Mar. 16, 1953.
D2 recorded in Los Angeles, Dec. 15, 1955.
D3 recorded in New Yor, Set. 29, 1955.
D4 recorded in Los Angeles, Sept. 29, 1955. 
D5 recorded at the Hollywood Palladium, September 1953.