The Musician: Many Things Was He
1. The Early Bird: Out of Nowhere (1920-1939)
2. Kansas City Roots: The Jay McShann Band (1939-1942)
3. Out of the Apple: On the Road with Hines, Eckstine, and Others (Late 1942-Fall 1944)
4. Fifty-second Street Scene
Part One: The Sideman (Fall 1944-Early 1945)
5. Fifty-second Street Scene
Part Two: Bird and Diz (March-November 1945)
6. So What, Horace Greeley? The Western Venture (December 1945-February 1946)
7. On the Coast: A Purgatorial Period (February 1946-March 1947)
Part One: Chasin' the Bird (April-September 1947)
Part Two: Bird Feathers (October-December 1947)
Part Three: Merry-Go-Round (January-September 1948)
11. The Royal Roost: Live Recordings (September 1948-March 1949)
12. A European Jaunt: The Paris Festival (Spring 1949)
13. The String Group: Lullabies of Birdland (June-December 1949).