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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction : reminiscing in tempo | |
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| Armstrong and Ellington | |
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| Portrait of the artist as a young man | |
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| Introduction to Satchmo : my life in New Orleans | |
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| A sixty-fifth birthday interview | |
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| Chicago concert | |
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| Satchmo and the critics | |
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| V.S.O.P. | |
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| Review of Louis Armstrong : an American genius | |
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| Review of Louis Armstrong : an extravagant life | |
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| Louis and Duke : the great summit | |
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| Ellington at Philharmonic Hall | |
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| Billy Strayhorn in concert | |
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| Early Ellington | |
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| The Ellington era | |
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| Ellington : 1927-40 | |
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| Ellington : 1944-46 | |
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| Far east suite | |
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| "... and his mother called him Bill" | |
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| Seventieth birthday concert | |
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| Ellington at the Whitney | |
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| Concert of sacred music | |
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| Profiles and portraits | |
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| James Reese Europe | |
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| Paul Whiteman | |
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| Hot Lips Page | |
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| Eddie Condon | |
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| Earl Hines | |
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| Roy Eldridge : "little jazz" | |
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| Roy Eldridge : "little jazz" for the ages | |
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| Bunny Berigan | |
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| Lionel Hampton | |
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| Jo Jones | |
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| Milt Hinton | |
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| Vic Dickenson | |
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| Dizy Gillespie | |
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| Clark Terry | |
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| Billy Taylor | |
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| Miles Davis | |
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| Miles in motion | |
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| Charles Mingus | |
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| Gene Ammons | |
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| Dinah Washington | |
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| Bill Evans | |
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| Paul Desmond | |
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| Bob Brookmeyer | |
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| Dick Wellstood | |
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| Ornette Coleman | |
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| Charlie Haden | |
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| Freddie Hubbard | |
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| Warren Vache | |
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| Liner notes | |
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| Ma Rainey | |
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| Benny Goodman and Jack Teagarden | |
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| Fats Waller | |
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| Art Tatum | |
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| Hot Lips Page : after hours in Harlem | |
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| Coleman Hawkins | |
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| Ben Webster | |
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| Jack Teagarden | |
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| Pee Wee Russell | |
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| Bobby Hackett | |
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| Ella Fitzgerald | |
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| Lester Young | |
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| Charlie Parker | |
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| Thelonious Monk | |
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| Sarah Vaughan | |
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| Sonny Stitt | |
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| Dexter Gordon | |
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| Jimmy Rowles/Stan Getz | |
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| John Coltrane | |
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| Tommy Flanagan | |
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| Martial Solal | |
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| Ruby Braff/Dick Hyman | |
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| Dick Hyman | |
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| Dave McKenna | |
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| Svend Asmussen | |
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| Joe Lovano | |
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| Record reviews | |
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| Bessie Smith : the world's greatest blues singer | |
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| The original dixieland jazz band | |
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| The Chicagoans (1928-1930) | |
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| Earl Hines : a monday date / quintessential recording session | |
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| Art Tatum : piano starts here | |
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| Jimmie Lunceford : Lunceford special | |
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| Count Basie : Basie's beat | |
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| Thad Jones - Mel Lewis live at the Village Vanguard | |
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| Benny Carter : the king | |
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| Lester Young : the pres/pres | |
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| Dexter Gordon : the panther | |
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| Lee Konitz : duets | |
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| Houston Person : trust in me | |
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| Barry Harris : magnificent | |
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| Jaki Byard : solo piano | |
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| Wes Montgomery : down here on the ground | |
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| Caught in the act | |
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| Erroll Garner at the Village Gate | |
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| Erroll Garner at Carnegie Hall | |
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| Bud Powell | |
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| Bill Evans | |
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| Cecil Taylor | |
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| Harry Edison | |
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| Dizzy Gillespie | |
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| Miles Davis | |
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| "Jazz at the Philharmonic" | |
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| Phil Woods | |
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| Ira Sullivan/Sonny Stitt | |
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| Joe Turner | |
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| Ornette Coleman | |
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| Ornette Coleman at the Village Vanguard | |
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| Mary Lou Williams/Cecil Taylor | |
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| Festivals and events | |
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| Newport 1960 | |
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| One night in Birdland | |
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| Lester leaps in | |
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| Eubie Blake in session | |
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| Jazz goes to Washington | |
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| Swinging at the White House | |
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| The blues comes to Ann Arbor | |
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| Breakfast with champions | |
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| Woody's fortieth | |
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| Trumpet encounter | |
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| Return to Birdland | |
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| Recording jazz | |
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| Recorded jazz | |
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| Discography : the thankless science | |
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| The Commodore story | |
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| The Hot Record society | |
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| The birth of Blue Note | |
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| Notes on keynote sessions | |
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| Review of The essential jazz records, volume I : ragtime to swing | |
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| A new standard for reissues | |
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| The outreach of jazz | |
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| Hot chocolates | |
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| Jazz and dance | |
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| Jazz on film | |
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| Jazz and television | |
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| Not by choice | |
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| Cats and categories | |
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| The Conover controversy | |
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| Integrating jazz | |
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| "Titans of the tenor sax" | |
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| In defense of "commercialism" | |