Earl Hines - Selected Discography

Selected Discography

(It would seem that Hines' first-ever recording was on October 3, 1923.) Records commercially available as new, as of March 2012 are shown in bold.

The 1930s, classic jazz and the swing era:

• Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines: inc. "Weatherbird", "Muggles", "Tight Like This", "West End Blues" : Columbia 1928: reissued many times inc. as The Smithsonian Collection MLP 2012
• Jimmie Noone & Earl Hines: "At the Apex Club": Decca 1928: reissued
• Earl Hines Solo: 14 of his own compositions: QRS & OKeh: 1928/9: reissued many times (see below)
• Earl Hines Collection: Piano Solos 1928-40: OKeh/Brunswick/Bluebird: Collectors Classics
• That's a Plenty, Quadromania series 1928-1947 Membran, four CDs, 2006, an easily available collection
• Deep Forest, ca. 1932-1933: HEP
• 'Swingin' Down, 1932-1934: HEP
• Harlem Lament, 1933-1934, 1937-1938: Columbia
• Earl Hines - South Side Swing 1934-1935: Decca
• Earl Hines - The Grand Terrace Band: RCA Victor Vintage Series

Swing to bebop transition years, 1939-1945:
(Big bands were particularly affected by the 1942-1944 American Federation of Musicians recording ban which also curtailed the recording of early bebop)

• The Indispensable Earl Hines: Vols 1, 2, 1939-1940, Jazz Tribune/BMG
• The Indispensable Earl Hines: Vols 3, 4, 1939-1942, 1945, Jazz Tribune/BMG
• Earl Hines & The Duke's Men: (with Ellington side-men)(1st 1944: reissued Delmark 1994
• Piano man: Earl Hines, his piano and his orchestra: 1939-1942, RCA Bluebird
• The Indispensable Earl Hines: Vols. 5, 6, 1944, 1964, 1966, Jazz Tribune/BMG
• Earl Fatha Hines and His Orchestra: 1945-1951, Limelight 15 766
• Classics, 1947-1949 (includes Eddie South) Classics Records

After 1948 - and therefore after Big Band era:

• Louis Armstrong All Stars: Live in Zurich 18 October 1949: Montreux Jazz Label
• Louis Armstrong & The All Stars: Decca 1950 & 1951: reissued
• Earl Hines: Paris One Night Stand: Verve/Emarcy France 1957
• The Real Earl Hines: (1st "Rediscovery" concert at Little Theatre, NY, 1964) Focus & Collectibles Jazz Classics: reissued
• Earl Hines: The Legendary Little Theatre Concert (2nd "Rediscovery" concert): Muse 1964
• Earl Hines: Blues in Thirds: solo: Black Lion 1965
• Earl Hines: '65 Solo - The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions: Black & Blue 1965
• Earl Hines: Fatha's Hands - Americans Swinging in Paris EMI 1965
• Earl Hines: Hine's Tune: (live in France with Ben Webster, Don Byas, Roy Eldridge, Stuff Smith, Jimmy Woode & Kenny Clarke): Wotre Music/Esoldun 1965: reissued
• Once Upon a Time (with Ellington side-men): Verve 1966
• Jazz from a Swinging Era (with All-Star group in Paris): Fontana 1967
• Earl Hines & Jimmy Rushing: Blues & Things 1967
• Earl Hines: At Home: solo: : Delmark 1969
• Earl Hines: My Tribute to Louis: solo: Audiophile 1971 (recorded two weeks after Armstrong's death)
• Earl Hines plays Duke Ellington: vols 1 & 2: solo: New World 1971-1975
• Earl Hines: Hines plays Hines: The Australian Sessions: solo: Swaggie 1972
• Earl Hines & Jaki Byard: Duet!: Verve/MPS 1972
• Earl Hines: Tour de Force & Tour de Force Encore: solo: Black Lion 1972
• Earl Hines: Live at the New School: solo: Chiarascuro 1973
• Earl Hines: A Monday Date: reissues of Hines' 15 1928/1929 QRS & OKEH solo recordings: Milestone 1973
• Earl Hines: The Quintessential Recording Session: solo: Chiaroscuro 1973 (remakes of his eight 1928 solo QRS piano recordings)
• Earl Hines: The Quintessential Continued: solo: Chiaroscuro 1973 (remakes of his seven 1928/9 solo OKEH piano recordings)
• Earl Hines/Stephane Grappelli duets, The Giants: Black Lion Records 1974
• Earl Hines/Joe Venuti duets: Hot Sonatas: Chiaroscuro 1975
• Earl 'Fatha' Hines: The Father of Modern Jazz Piano (five LPs boxed): three LPs solo (on Schiedmeyer grand) and two LPs with Budd Johnson, Bill Pemberton, Oliver Jackson: MF Productions 1977
• Earl Hines: In New Orleans: solo: Chiarascuro 1977
• An Evening With Earl Hines: with Tiny Grimes, Hank Young, Bert Dahlander and Marva Josie: Vogue VDJ-534, 1977
• Earl 'Fatha' Hines plays Hits he Missed: (inc Monk, Zawinul, Silver): Direct to Disc M & K RealTime 1978

(It would seem that Hines' last-ever recording was on December 29, 1981.)

On anthologies:

• The Complete Master Jazz Piano Series: 13 Hines solo numbers: MD4 140 (with Jay McShann, Teddy Wilson, Cliff Smalls, etc.) 1969-1972