Discography Abbreviations

General Information: In all of the discographies, personnel exceptions are listed only as actual appearances and never as omissions. So, for example, if John Doe performs on trumpet on all of eight tracks of a session except for flugelhorn on the fifth track (track e), the assignments will read: John Doe (t) on a-d, f-h; (fh) on e. If he performs on trumpet on all tracks and additionally flugelhorn on the fifth track, the assignments well read: John Doe (t) on a-h; (fh) on e.

Session takes are assumed to be masters unless otherwise denoted:
alt = alternate
inc = incomplete
reh = rehearsal
bd = breakdown

Issues are listed first by format and then by release date. Within a format, issues with unknown release dates are shown AFTER the most recent of the dated ones. On most of the discographies, if a track or group of tracks has greater than six issues, only three will be shown. A disclosure triangle appears to the left of the third issue. Clicking on the triangle makes ALL issues visible. The format order is as follows:
78
Electrical Transcription
45
EP
LP 10 inch
LP 12 inch
Tape - reel
Tape - cassette
Videotape
CD
DVD
Digital Download

Digital downloads are a new format and conventions for listing them in discographies have yet to be established. One problem with them that should be noted is the lack of catalog numbers. For the time being, I am not including digital downloads that are identical to existing issues with regards to label, title and content. My main source for issues in this format is the iTunes Store.

City Abbreviations (session location):
NY or NYC = New York City, USA
LA = Los Angeles, CA, USA

Country Abbreviations (record label):
Arg. = Argentina
Aus. = Australia
Bra. = Brazil
Can. = Canada
Croat. = Croatia
Dan. = Denmark
Du. = The Netherlands
Eng. = United Kingdom
Eu. = European
Fi. = Finland
Fr. = France
Ger. = Germany
Gr. = Greece
It. = Italy
Jpn. = Japan
Pol. = Poland
Port. = Portugal
Russ. = Russia
Sp. = Spain
Swd. = Sweden
Swi. = Switzerland
Yug. = Yugoslavia

Instrument List In Alphabetical Order

acc	Accordion
acg	Acoustic Guitar
af	Alto Flute
ah	Alto Horn
as	Alto Sax
arr	Arranger
ban	Bandoneon
bj	Banjo
bh	Baritone Horn
bar	Baritone Sax
b	Bass (upright double bass)
bcl	Bass Clarinet
bf	Bass Flute
bg	Bass Guitar
bsx	Bass Sax
btb	Bass Trombone
btp	Bass trumpet
bsn	Bassoon
bo	Bongos
cel	Celeste
cl	Clarinet
clv	Clavinet
con	Conductor
cng	Congas
cbn	Contrabassoon
c	Cornet
dir	Director
d	Drums (set)
eb	Electric Bass
elp	Electric Piano
enh	English horn
eu	Euphonium
fh	Flugelhorn
f	Flute
frh	French Horn
glk	Glockenspiel
g	Guitar (electric or amplified)
hag	Hag'houge
h	Harmonica
hrp	Harp
hps	Harpsichord
kal	Kalimba
kar	Karkaba
key	Keyboards
kor	Kora
ldr	Leader
md	Mandolin
mnz	Manzello
mar	Marimba
mel	Mellophone
mca	Melodica
o	Oboe
or	Organ (Hammond type)
oud	Oud
per	Percussion
p	Piano
pic	Piccolo
pip	Pipa
r	Reeds
sax	Sax
ss	Soprano Sax
spk	Speaking
str	Strings
syn	Synclavier
snt	Synthesizer
tam	Tamborine
tap	Tap Dancer
th	Tenor Horn
ts	Tenor Sax
tim	Timbales
tmp	Timpani
tw	Tin Whistle
tri	Triangle
tb	Trombone
t	Trumpet
tu	Tuba
u	Ukelele
unk	unknown
vtb	Valve Trombone
var	Various Instruments
vib	Vibraphone
vl	Viola
vn	Violin
vc	Violoncello
v	Vocalist
bkv	Vocals
wb	Washboard
w	Whistling
ww	Woodwinds
xal	Xalam
x	Xylophone