This is a glossary of abbreviations used to identify sources referenced in the discography. Please bear in mind that most of Dan Skea’s research took place between 2018 and 2001. Some of the online resources cited may no longer exist and many of the people Dan interviewed are now deceased.
Code | Source Name |
| AAD | Albert Ayler Discography (Jeff Schwartz) |
| ADD | Art Davis Discography (Michael Fitzgerald) |
| AHD | Andrew Hill Discography (Marcel Safier) |
| AJ | Album Jacket |
| AJ-IJS | Album Jacket found at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers |
| ARD | Argo Discography (Michael Fitzgerald) |
| ASC | Acoustic Sounds Catalog |
| ATD | Atlantic Discography (Michel Ruppli) |
| AMG | All Music Guide |
| BB | Bob Brookmeyer |
| BC | Bill Crow |
| BK | Bielefelder Katalog |
| BSB | Bob Sunenblick |
| BTD | Bethlehem Discography |
| BGD | Bennie Green Discography (Dirk Ludigkeit) |
| BJJD | Boogaloo Joe Jones Discography (Douglas Payne) |
| BLD | Booker Little Discography (Alan Saul) |
| BND | Blue Note Discography (Cuscuna/Ruppli) |
| BP | Bob Porter |
| BPZ | Bucky Pizzarelli |
| BRX | Bruyninckx |
| BU | Bertrand Uberall |
| BVP | Billy Ver Planck |
| BW | Bob Weinstock |
| CA | Chris Albertson |
| CBD | Chet Baker Discography (Harvey Bloomfield) |
| CCD | Criss Cross Discography (web) |
| CDJ | CD Jacket |
| CDN | CDNow Website |
| CDU | CD Universe Website |
| CFD | Curtis Fuller Discography (Michael Fitzgerald) |
| CMD | Charles Mingus Discography (Esa Onttonen) |
| CRD | Chess Records Discography (Michel Ruppli) |
| CRZ | Crazeology Playlist |
| CT | Creed Taylor |
| CTL | Creed Taylor’s Log (hand-written) |
| CVD | Clef/Verve Discography (Ruppli) |
| DK | Dick Katz |
| DLD | Debut Label Discography (Uwe Weiler) |
| DPD | Duke Pearson Discography (Michael Fitzgerald) |
| DP | Douglas Payne Web Site |
| DS | Don Schlitten |
| DTJ | Double Time Jazz (website) |
| DW | David Wild Web Site |
| EDD | Eric Dolphy Discography (Alan Saul) |
| FHD | Freddie Hubbard Discography (Jason Santiago) |
| FWS | Fantasy Website |
| GMD | Gary McFarland Discography (Douglas Payne) |
| GSD | Gabor Szabo Discography (Douglas Payne) |
| HGD | Henry Grime Discography (Michael Fitzgerald) |
| HHD | Herbie Hancock Discography (Chris Genzel) |
| HJ | Hank Jones |
| IG | Ira Gitler |
| JCD | John Coltrane Discography (David Wild) |
| JEP | Jepsen |
| KBD | Kenny Barron Discography (Michael Fitzgerald) |
| LG | Leonard Gaskin |
| LKD | Lee Konitz Discography (Stepen Miner) |
| LMD | Lee Morgan Discography (Masaya Matsumura) |
| LOC | Library of Congress (courtesy Bertrand Uberall) |
| LP | Lewis Porter (“John Coltrane”) |
| MDD | Miles Davis Discography (Peter Losin) |
| MFL | Mark Feldman |
| MFZ | Michael Fitzgerald |
| MFW | Michael Fitzgerald Website |
| MLD | Mercury Label Discography (Michel Ruppli) |
| MR | Michel Ruppli |
| MWD | Mal Waldron Discography (Anders Mathiesen) |
| OC | Ozzie Cadena |
| OND | Oliver Nelson Discography (Douglas Payne) |
| PCJR | Port Classical & Jazz Records |
| PRD | Prestige Discography (Ruppli- 2nd edition) |
| PRM | Public Radio Music Source |
| PU | Phil Urso |
| PW | Phil Woods |
| RH | Red Holloway |
| RMC | Reservoir Music Catalog |
| RP1 | Ruppli’s Prestige Discography (1st edition) |
| RRD | Rene Rosnes Discography (Michael Fitzgerald) |
| RRW | Rhino Records Website |
| RWD | Reggie Workman Discography (Rick Lopez) |
| SCD | Sonny Clark Discography (Walter Gross) |
| SRD | Sam Rivers Discography (Rick Lopez) |
| SSD | Shirley Scott Discography (Douglas Payne) |
| SVD | Savoy Discography (Ruppli) |
| TCD | Teddy Charles Discography (Noal Cohen) |
| TF | Thomas Fitterling (“Monk”) |
| TFD | Tony Fruscella Discography (Jonathan Kutler) |
| TL | Tom Lord Discography |
| TMD | Thelonious Monk Discography (Howard Mansfield) |
| TOW | Tower Records Website |
| TUN | Tunes Website |
| UBL | Ultimate Band List |
| UW | Uwe Weiler |
| VB | Vinnie Burke |
| WDD | Walt Dickerson Discography (Peter Losin) |
| WSD | Woody Shaw Discography (Michael Fitzgerald) |
| 52ST | 52nd Street Reviews (website) |