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Decca Records. "As Long as I Live" by Bud Freeman and The Summa Cum Laude Orchestra. "Happy as the Day is Long" by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra.

On the Continental label - "Bouncy" and "Blue at Dawn" by Timmie [sic] [Timme?] Rosenkrantz and His Barons. Red Norvo - vibraharp; Ch. Venturo - tenor sax; O.J. Hardwick - alto sax; J.A. Bothwell - alto sax; H.H. Carney Jr. - baritone sax; J.H. Jones - piano; Spec's Powell - drums; J. O. Levy - bass. Both sides composed by Rosenkrantz, Jones and Cavanaugh

Columbia Records. "Celery Stalks at Midnight" and "Down the Road a Piece" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra, featuring Ray McKinley.

Collection provides information on jazz music in Montreal from the 1930s through the 1960s. The collection complements other fonds and collections housed in the Concordia University Archives and Concordia University Library, Special Collections.

The collection includes swizzle sticks and other memorabilia from Montreal jazz night clubs such as Rockhead's Paradise, the Rainbow Bar Café, and Dinty Moore's. It also contains sound recordings, photographs of Rockhead's Paradise and owner Rufus Rockhead, sheet music, videotape copies of televisions shows on jazz musicians Oliver Jones, Paul Bley, and Oscar Peterson, and a copy of the book Montreal Confidential by Al Palmer.

Bluebird. "Cuddle Up, Huddle Up" and "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" by Benny Carter and his Orchestra.

Savoy Records. "Don't Blame Me" and "Goof Square" by J. J. Johnson Orchestra.

RCA Victor. "Don't You Think I Oughta Know" by Bill Johnson and his Musical Notes, vocal refrain by Gus Gordon and Quartet. "Shorty's Got to Go" by Bill Johnson and his Musical Notes.

Capitol Records. "Ensenada" and "Little Boy Bop Go Blow Your Top" by Dave Barbour and his Orchestra.

Columbia Records. "Estrellita" and "La Golondrina" by Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra.

Capitol Records. "Godchild" and "Jeru" by Miles Davis and His Orchestra.

Savoy Records. "Goin' to Mintons" by Fats Navarro & Leo Parker. "Half-Nelson" by Miles Davis & Charlie Parker.

Savoy Records. "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Blue Skies" by Ben Webster with Johnny Guarnieri - piano; Oscar Pettiford - bass; David Booth - drums.

Mercury. "Idaho" and "Red Top" by Gene Ammons and his Sextet.

Savoy Records. "I'll Always Love You Just the Same" and "Romance Without Finance" by Tiny Grimes Quintette.

Columbia Records. "I'm So Right Tonight" and "I Wish I Didn't Love You So", vocals by Dinah Shore and orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke.

RCA Victor. "I'm Sorry I Didn't Say I'm Sorry" and "What Did He Say" by Deep River Boys.

RCA Victor. "It's Dawn Again" and "The Next Time I Care, I'll Be Careful" by Shep Fields and his New Music. Vocal refrain in "The Next Time I Care, I'll Be Careful" by Meredith Blake.

Keynote Recordings. "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" by Ted Nash Quintet featuring Marie Bryant. "The Girl in my Dreams Tries to Look Like You" by Ted Nash Quintet.