Xanadu Records Checklist

compiled by François Ziegler & Michael Fitzgerald
October 1997 (last update: October 2003)

with help from Görgen Antonsson, Brian W. Burgess, Jonathan Kutler, Chuck Nessa.

Please note: This is not a sales catalog, it's a research help for discographers.

	ARTIST	TITLE	ORIGIN	REC.
101	David Allyn	Don't Look Back		75
102	Bud Powell	Bud In Paris		59,60
103	Sam Noto	Entrance!		75
104	Paul Chambers Hampton Hawes	The East / West Controversy		57 51
105	Sonny Criss	Saturday Morning		75
106	Earl Hines & Roy Eldridge	At The Village Vanguard		65
107	Joe Guy & Hot Lips Page	Trumpet Battle At Minton's		41
108	Art Pepper	The Early Show		52
109	Tal Farlow	Fuerst Set		56
110	Al Cohn	Play It Now		75
111	Coleman Hawkins	Thanks For The Memory		44
112	Joe Guy Billie Holiday Tab Smith & Willie Smith Art Tatum & Murray McEachern Jack Teagarden	Harlem Odyssey		41 41 41 40 40
113	Barry Harris	Plays Tadd Dameron		75
114	Walter Bishop, Jr.	Bish Bash		64
115	Charles McPherson	Beautiful!		75
116	Jimmy Raney	The Influence		75
117	Art Pepper	The Late Show		52
118	Jimmy Heath	Picture Of Heath		75
119	Tal Farlow	Second Set		56
120	Dexter Gordon Chubby Jackson Fats Navarro	Bebop Revisited Vol 1		47 47,48 48
121	Sonny Clark	The Sonny Clark Memorial Album		54
122	Clifford Brown Charlie Parker Phil Woods	International Jam Sessions		53 50 57
123	Harry Edison Roy Eldridge Hot Lips Page	Sweets, Lips & Lots Of Jazz		41 41 41
124	Dizzy Gillespie J. J. Johnson Aaron Sachs Kai Winding	Bebop Revisited Vol 2		45 45 46 45
125	Kenny Dorham	The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album	= Jaro JAM-5007	60
126	JR Monterose	Straight Ahead	= Jaro JAM-5004	59
127	Sam Noto	Act One		75
128	Mickey Tucker	Triplicity		75
129	Sam Jones	Cello Again		75
130	Barry Harris	Live In Tokyo		76
131	Charles McPherson	Live In Tokyo		76
132	Jimmy Raney	Live In Tokyo		76
133	Sam Most	Mostly Flute		76
134	Teddy Edwards	The Inimitable Teddy Edwards		76
135	Ronnie Cuber	Cuber Libre!		76
136	Al Cohn & Dexter Gordon	True Blue		76
137	Al Cohn & Dexter Gordon	Silver Blue		76
138	Al Cohn	Al Cohn's America		76
139	Dolo Coker	Dolo!		76
140	Jimmy Raney	Solo		76
141	Sam Most	Flute Flight		76
142	Dolo Coker	California Hard		76
143	Mickey Tucker	Sojourn		77
144	Sam Noto	Notes To You		77
145	Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles	Heavy Love		77
146	Wardell Gray	Live In Hollywood		52
147	Earl Coleman	A Song For You		77
148	Art Pepper & Shorty Rogers	Popo		51
149	Charles McPherson	New Horizons		77
150	Sam Jones	Changes And Things		77
151	Warne Marsh	Live In Hollywood		52
152	Frank Butler	The Stepper		77
153	Dolo Coker	Third Down		77
154	Barry Harris	Plays Barry Harris		78
155	Ted Dunbar	Opening Remarks		78
156	Ronnie Cuber	The Eleventh Day Of Aquarius		78
157	Jimmy Rowles	We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together		78
158	Billy Mitchell	The Colossus Of Detroit		78
159	Bob Berg	New Birth		78
160	Sam Most	From The Attic Of My Mind		78
161	Hampton Hawes	The Hampton Hawes Memorial Album		52,56
162	(no leader)	Xanadu At Montreux Vol 1		78
163	(no leader)	Xanadu At Montreux Vol 2		78
164	(no leader)	Xanadu At Montreux Vol 3		78
165	(no leader)	Xanadu At Montreux Vol 4		78
166	Kenny Drew	Home Is Where The Soul Is		78
167	Kenny Drew	For Sure!		78
168	Sam Noto	Noto-Riety		78
169	Frank Butler	Wheelin' And Dealin'		78
170	Charles McPherson	Free Bop!		78
171	Dolo Coker Kenny Drew Barry Harris Duke Jordan Lou Levy Jimmy Rowles Mickey Tucker Cedar Walton	The Piano Players		76 78 75 75 78 77 75 77
172	Tony Fruscella Sam Most Kai Winding	Bebop Revisited Vol 3		52 53 51
173	Sam Most & Joe Farrell	Flute Talk		79
174	Joe Farrell	Skateboard Park		79
175	Earl Coleman	There's Something About An Old Love		79
176	Peter Sprague	Dance Of The Universe		79
177	Barry Harris	Tokyo 1976		76
178	Dolo Coker	All Alone		78
179	Al Cohn	No Problem		79
180	(no leader)	Xanadu In Africa		80
181	Ted Dunbar	Secundum Artem		80
182	Billy Mitchell	De Lawd's Blues		80
183	Peter Sprague	The Path		80
184	Peter Sprague	Bird Raga		80
185	(no leader)	Night Flight To Dakar		80
186	Roy Eldridge	At Jerry Newman's		40
187	Bob Mover	In The True Tradition		81
188	Kenny Barron	At The Piano		80
189	Coleman Hawkins	Dutch Treat		36,37,38
190	Georgie Auld	Homage	= Top Rank RM-333	59
191	Bill Harris	The Bill Harris Memorial Album	= Mode 129	57
192	Pee Wee Russell	Over The Rainbow		58,65
193	Peter Sprague	The Message Sent On The Wind		82
194	Bob Mover	Things Unseen!		81,82
195	Coleman Hawkins	Jazz Tones	(Jazztone)	54
196	Ted Dunbar	Jazz Guitarist		82
197	Bennie Green James Moody	Bebop Revisited Vol 4		50 48,50
198	Wynton Kelly	Blues On Purpose		65
199	Red Norvo	Time In His Hands		45
200	Sonny Criss	The Sonny Criss Memorial Album		47,50,52,65
201	Kenny Barron Al Cohn & Billy Mitchell Dolo Coker Barry Harris Bob Mover Jimmy Raney	Anniversary		81 80 76 82
202	Thelonious Monk	Live At The Village Gate		63
203	Earl Hines	Varieties!		52,54
204	Lucky Thompson	Brown Rose	= Swing LDM 30039	56
205	Conte Candoli & Richie Kamuca Kenny Dorham	Bebop Revisited Vol 5		57 64
206	Al Haig	Live In Hollywood		52
207	Billy Eckstine	I Want To Talk About You		40...42,45
208	Eddie Lockjaw Davis John Hardee Paul Quinichette Frank Socolow	Bebop Revisited Vol 6		47 48 52 45
209	Jimmy Raney & Sonny Clark	Together		54
210	Terry Gibbs	Bopstacle Course		74
211
212
213	Barry Harris	The Bird Of Red And Gold		c.79

3001	Sam Most & Joe Farrell	Flute Talk	≠ 173	79
5001	(Various)	Four Decades Of Jazz	(sampler)

XCD-	ARTIST	TITLE	ORIGIN	REC.
1220	Barry Harris	The Bird Of Red And Gold	= 213	c.79
1221	Al Cohn & Dexter Gordon	True Blue	= 136	76
1222	Bud Powell	Bud In Paris	= 102	59,60
1223	Art Pepper & Shorty Rogers	Popo	= 148	51
1224	Wynton Kelly	Blues On Purpose	= 198	65
1225	Red Garland	Keystones!		77
1226	Georgie Auld	Homage	= 190	59
1227	Joe Farrell	Skateboard Park	= 174	79
1228	Jimmy Raney & Sonny Clark	Together	= 209	54
1229	Dolo Coker	California Hard	= 142	76
1230	Charles McPherson	Beautiful!	≠ 115	75
1231
1232	(Various)	International Jam Sessions	= 122	50,53,57
1233	JR Monterose	Straight Ahead	= 126	59
1234	Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles	Heavy Love	= 145	77
1235	Kenny Dorham	The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album	= 125	60
1236
1237	Sam Most	Mostly Flute	= 133	76
1238
1239	Kenny Drew	Home Is Where The Soul Is	= 166	78

Label established in 1975 by Don Schlitten, formerly a producer for Prestige Records.
A number of Xanadu albums have also been reissued on CD by EPM, Prevue, and Crown (Japan).

Bibliography:
The first 60 issues are documented in Ralph Laing & Chris Sheridan, Jazz Records: The Specialist Labels, JazzMedia ApS, Copenhagen, 1981 (in print).

Dates in dark red denote reissued material. Everything in green cells needs confirmation.

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