Earl Hines / discography

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This discography is an overview of the published records of the jazz musician Earl Hines (1903–1983). It includes his albums under his own name (section 1) , a selection of publications on shellac records (section 2) , his participation as (guest) soloist in further productions (section 3) and compilations (section 4) . According to the discographer Tom Lord , he was involved in 385 recording sessions between 1923 and 1981.

Albums under your own name

This section lists the LPs released by Earl Hines in chronological order by year of release, supplemented by some posthumous albums. The shellac era and related compilations are dealt with in separate sections.

  • Earl Hines and the All Stars ( Mercury , 1950)
  • Earl Hines ( Columbia , 1951)
  • Fats Waller Songs ( Brunswick , 1952)
  • Fatha Plays Fats ( Fantasy , 1956)
  • Solo (America, 1956)
  • Oh, "Father"! (Epic, 1956)
  • The Incomparable Earl "Fatha" Hines (Tops, 1957)
  • The Earl Hines Trio (Epic, 1958)
  • Paris One Night Stand ( Philips , 1958)
  • Earl's Pearls ( MGM , 1960)
  • A Monday Date (Riverside, 1961)
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines ( Capitol , 1963)
  • Spontaneous Explorations (Contact, 1964)
  • Up to Date with Earl Hines ( RCA Victor , 1965)
  • Paris Session (Ducretet Thomson / Columbia, 1965)
  • The Real Earl Hines Recorded Live! in concert (Focus, 1965)
  • Grand Reunion (Limelight, 1965), with Coleman Hawkins , Roy Eldridge
  • Once Upon a Time ( Impulse ! , 1966)
  • Stride Right with Johnny Hodges ( Verve , 1966)
  • Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines (Contact, 1966)
  • Dinah (RCA Victor, 1966)
  • The Great Earl Hines ( Polydor , 1966)
  • Blues in Thirds ( Fontana , 1966)
  • Jazz Meanz Hines! (Fontana, 1967)
  • Three Faces Of Earl Hines (Jazzology, 1967)
  • Swing's Our Thing (Verve, 1968), with Johnny Hodges
  • "Fatha" Blows Best ( Decca , 1968)
  • Blues & Things with Jimmy Rushing (Master Jazz, 1968)
  • The Incomparable Earl "Fatha" Hines (Fantasy, 1968)
  • A Night At Johnnie's (Black & Blue, 1969), with Budd Johnson
  • Earl Hines at Home ( Delmark , 1969)
  • Earl Fatha Hines (Everest, 1970)
  • The Quintessential Recording Session (Halycon, 1970)
  • Fatha & His Flock on Tour (MPS, 1970)
  • Live at the Overseas Press Club (Chiaroscuro, 1970), with Maxine Sullivan
  • All Star Jazz Session (Springboard, 1970)
  • Tea for Two (Black Lion, 1971)
  • Earl Hines in Paris (America, 1971)
  • Earl Hines at Home (Delmark, 1971)
  • Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington (Master Jazz, 1971)
  • Hines Does Hoagy (Audiophile, 1971)
  • My Tribute to Louis - Piano Solos By Earl Hines (Audiophile, 1971)
  • Comes in Cell Phone (Audiophile, 1971)
  • Hines Plays Hines (Swaggie, 1972)
  • Earl Hines (GNP Crescendo, 1972)
  • Tour de Force (Black Lion, 1972)
  • Earl Hines ▪ Jonah Jones ▪ Buddy Tate ▪ Cozy Cole : Back on the Street (Chiaroscuro, 1972)
  • The Mighty Fatha ( Flying Dutchman , 1973)
  • Plays Gershwin (Diques Festival, 1973)
  • Quintessential Continued (Chiaroscuro, 1973)
  • Earl Hines at Sundown (Black and Blue, 1974)
  • It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing! with Paul Gonsalves (Black Lion, 1974)
  • Earl Hines Plays Cole Porter (Swaggie, 1974)
  • Hines '74 (Black & Blue, 1974)
  • Quintessential '74 (Chiaroscuro, 1974)
  • Another Monday Date (Prestige, 1974)
  • Earl Hines / Budd Johnson: The Dirty Old Men (Black and Blue, 1974)
  • Earl Hines At The New School Vol 2 (Chiaroscuro, 1974)
  • Earl Hines in New Orleans Vol. 1 (Up, 1975)
  • Tour de Force Encore (Black Lion, 1975)
  • Earl Hines in New Orleans Vol. 2 (1975)
  • Duet! (MPS, 1975), with Jaki Byard
  • West Side Story (Black Lion, 1975)
  • At the Village Vanguard with Roy Eldridge (Xanadu, 1975)
  • Fireworks (RCA, 1975)
  • Earl Hines / Barney Bigard : Giants in Nice (RCA, 1975)
  • Earl Hines at Club Hangover Vol. 5 (Storyville, 1955, ed. 1976)
  • Hot Sonatas with Joe Venuti (Chiaroscuro, 1976)
  • Live at Buffalo (Improv, 1976)
  • Earl Hines at Saralee’s (Fairmont, 1976)
  • Joe Venuti & Earl Hines: Hot Sonatas (Chiaroscuro, 1976)
  • Earl Hines in New Orleans (Chiaroscuro, 1977), with Wallace Davenport , Orange Kellin
  • Lionel Hampton Presents Earl Hines (Who's Who in Jazz, 1977)
  • The Giants (Black Lion, 1977) with Stéphane Grappelli
  • An Evening with Earl Hines (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
  • Earl Hines Quartet ( Chiaroscuro , 1977)
  • Live at the New School (Chiaroscuro, 1973, ed. 1977)
  • Solo Walk in Tokyo (Denon, 1972, ed. 1977)
  • Swingin 'Away (Black Lion, 1973, ed. 1977)
  • Jazz Is His Old Lady ... and My Old Man (Catalyst, 1977), with Marva Josie
  • The Father Of Modern Jazz Piano (MF, 1977)
  • One for My Baby (Black Lion, 1974, ed. 1978)
  • The Dirty Old Men (Black and Blue, 1978)
  • Earl Fatha Hines and His All Stars Featuring Muggsy Spanier : At The Crescendo Volume 2 (GNP Crescendo, rec. 1956, ed. 1978)
  • We Love You Fats (Doctor Jazz, 1978), with Teresa Brewer
  • Partners in Jazz ( MPS , 1978), with Jaki Byard
  • "Fatha" (M&K Realtime Records, 1978)
  • Earl Hines and Harry Edison: Earl Meets Harry (Black & Blue, 1978)
  • Linger Awhile (Bluebird, 1979)
  • Earl Meets Sweets and Jaws (Ex Libris, 1979), with Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Harry Sweets Edison
  • The Indispensable Earl Hines Vol. 1 and 2 (RCA, 1979)
  • The Indispensable Earl Hines Vol. 3 and 4 (RCA, 1981)
  • Deep Forest (Black Lion, 1982)
  • Earl Hines with Marva Josie and The 150 Band: Fatha's Birthday (VDO, 1982)
  • The Legendary Little Theater Concert of 1964 Vols. 1 & 2 (Muse, 1983)
  • Texas Ruby Red (Black Lion, 1983)
  • Fatha (Quicksilver, 1983)
  • Live and in Living Jazz (Quicksilver, 1972, ed. 1983)
  • Master of Jazz Vol. 2 (Storyville, 1974, ed. 1984)
  • Earl Hines and His Esquire All Stars Featuring Dicky Wells (Storyville, 1985)
  • Varieties! (Xanadu, 1985)
  • Earl's Backroom and Cozy's Caravan (Felsted, 1986)
  • Hine's Tunes (France's Concert, 1965, ed. 1987)
  • Live at the Village Vanguard (Columbia, 1988)
  • Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington (New World, 1971, ed. 1988)
  • Earl Hines / Ray Nance : Mostly Fats (Doctor Jazz, ed. 1989)
  • Live in Orange (Black and Blue, 1974, ed. 1989)
  • Reunion in Brussels (Red Baron, 1965, ed. 1992)
  • Earl Hines and the Duke's Men (Delmark, 1994)
  • Live Aalborg Denmark 1965 (Storyville, 1965, ed. 1994)
  • Grand Reunion (Verve, 1995)
  • Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington Volume Two (1997)
  • An Evening with Earl Hines & Nils-Bertil Dahlander (Dragon, 1965, ed. 2000)
  • Live at Ratso’s (Storyville, 1976, ed. 2000)
  • At the Party (Delmark, 1970, ed. 2001)
  • Earl Hines with the Alex Welsh Band (Jazzology, 1965, ed. 2005)

Recordings of Earl Hines on shellac records

Title (A-side) Title (B-side) Lebel / number Release
57 varieties I Ain't Got Nobody and Nobody Cares for Me Okeh 41175 1929
Jimmy Dorsey : Oodles of Noodles EarlHines: Down Among the Shetering Palms Brunswick 1381 1932
Buck Washington : Old Fashioned Love Earl Hines: A Monday Date Parlophone A 3989 1934
The Father's Getaway Reminiscing at Blue Note Blue Note 5 1939
Rosetta Glad Rag Doll Bluebird B-10555 1940
Child of a Disordered Brain Body and Soul Bluebird B-10642 1940
Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines: Weather Bird Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Muggles Parlophone A7379 1942
Cozy Cole All Stars Featuring Earl Hines: Thru 'for the Night Cozy Cole All Stars Featuring Earl Hines: Father Cooperates Keynote Records 1301 1944
Charley Shavers Quintet Featuring Earl Hines: Stardust Charley Shavers Quintet Featuring Earl Hines: Curry in a Hurry Keynote Recordings 1305 1944
Stowaway Panther rag Hot Record Society 1011 1945
Earl Hines, Paul Baron and His Orchestra: Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues / Paul Baron's Sextet Bugle Call Rag Muggsy Spanier and His V-Disc All Stars: That's a Plenty V-Disc 424 1945
Just Too Soon Chicago high life HRS 1012 1946
Fine and dandy Boogie Woogie on the St-Louis Blues Royal Jazz RJ 722 1949
Honeysuckle Rose Singin 'for My French Brothers Royal Jazz RJ 723 1949
Keyboard capers Sweet honey babe MGM Records MGM 6049 1950
Rosetta 'Deed I Do Columbia 39260 1951

Recordings by Earl Hines and His Orchestra, see:

Recordings of Earl Hines in early Louis Armstrong groups :

Albums as a soloist in other productions (selection)

album Artist rec Label Remarks
Louis Armstrong And His All Stars Louis Amstrong and The All Stars (Hot Five) 1947 Frémeaux et Associés
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Philadelphia, Aug 7 & 9, 1949 Louis Amstrong and The All Stars (Hot Five) 1949 Jazz connoisseur
Eddie Condon Jam Session Eddie Condon 1949 Queen Eddie Condon's Floor Show (NBC), with Wild Bill Davison , Louis Armstrong , Cutty Cutshall , Jack Teagarden , Peanuts Hucko , Ernie Caceres , Joe Bushkin , Earl Hines, Horace Henderson , Eddie Condon, Jack Lesberg , George Wettling , Billie Holiday
The Complete 1951 Pasadena Concerts Louis Amstrong 1951 Decca
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five with Earl Hines Louis Amstrong 1954 Odeon
Spaniards in Chicago Muggsy Spaniards 1957 VRM with Jimmy Archey , Darnell Howard , Pops Foster , Earl Watkins
At the Olympia Theater, Paris Jack Teagarden / Earl Hines All Stars 1957 Magic Max Kaminsky , Jack Teagarden, Peanuts Hucko , Earl Hines, Jack Lesberg, Cozy Cole
Swingin 'the' 20s Benny Carter Quartet with Earl Hines 1958 Contemporary Benny Carter, Earl Hines, Leroy Vinnegar , Shelly Manne
Livin 'with the blues Barbara Dane Acc by Earl Hines and His Orchestra 1959 Dot records Barbara Dane with Benny Carter, Herbie Harper or John Haliburton (tb), Plas Johnson , Earl Hines, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne
At the Monterey Jazz Festival Jimmy Witherspoon 1959 Hifi jazz / fantasy with Roy Eldridge , Woody Herman , Coleman Hawkins , Ben Webster , Earl Hines, Vernon Alley , Mel Lewis
Reef tide Coleman Hawkins with the Earl Hines Trio 1965 Pumpkin with George Tucker , Oliver Jackso
The jazz piano VA 1965 RCA Victor Sessions with Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Billy Taylor, Willie The Lion Smith , George Wein , Mary Lou Williams , Larry Gales , Ben Riley
Piano Summit Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson , John Lewis , Lennie Tristano , Bill Evans , Jaki Byard 1986 Philiology with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Alan Dawson
Three Shades of Blue Johnny Hodges 1970 Flying Dutchman Big Band
Timex All Star Swing Festival VA 1972 Timex Bobby Hackett , Max Kaminsky, Doc Severinsen , Dizzy Gillespie , Tyree Glenn , Barney Bigard , Earl Hines, Arvell Shaw , Barrett Deems , Ella Fitzgerald |
This Is Marva Josie Marva Josie Acc by Earl "Fatha" Hines and His Orchestra 1973 Thimble Big Band
A Buck Clayton Jam Session, Vol. 1 Buck Clayton 1974 Chairoscuro with Joe Newman , Doc Cheatham , Urbie Green , Earl Warren , Budd Johnson , Zoot Sims , Joe Temperley , Earl Hines, Milt Hinton , Gus Johnson , Buck Clayton (arr)
Tribute to Louis Armstrong VA 1975 RCA Earl Hines with Wallace Davenport , Vic Dickenson , Barney Bigard, Maxim Saury , James Leary , Cozy Cole
Eric and Earl Eric Schneider 1979 Gatemouth with Duke Groner, Barrett Deems

Compilations (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 15, 2020)