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DISC 1:
1. Stardust - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
2. Soon One Mornin' (Death Come a-Creepin' in My Room) - Mississippi Fred McDowell
3. Memphis Blues - Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Band
4. Livery Stable Blues - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
5. Charleston - James P. Johnson
6. Chimes Blues - King Oliver & His Creole Jazz Band
7. Back Water Blues - Bessie Smith
8. Pearls, The - Jelly Roll Morton
9. Dead Man Blues - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
10. Wild Cat Blues - Clarence Williams' Blue Five
11. Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) - Clarence Williams' Blue Five
12. Sugar Foot Stomp - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
13. Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
14. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
15. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
16. Mooche, The - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
17. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
18. Black Beauty - Duke Ellington
19. Mood Indigo - The Jungle Band
20. There Ain't No Sweet Man (Worth the Salt of My Tears) - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
21. Singin' the Blues - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra
22. Riverboat Shuffle - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra
23. Hotter Than 'Ell - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
24. I Got Rhythm - Ethel Waters
DISC 2:
1. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2. Echoes of Harlem - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
3. Moten Swing - Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
4. St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
5. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
6. For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
7. King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
8. Rose Room - Benny Goodman Sextet
9. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
10. Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie & His Orchestra
11. Sent For You Yesterday and Here You Come Today - Count Basie & His Orchestra
12. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
13. Oh, Lady Be Good - Jones-Smith Inc.
14. Without Your Love - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
15. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
16. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday/Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra
17. Three Little Words - Art Tatum
18. Rebecca - Pete Johnson/Big Joe Turner
19. Harlem Congo - Chick Webb & His Orchestra
20. A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Chick Webb & His Orchestra/Ella Fitzgerald
21. Shine - Django Reinhardt & Le Quartet Du Hot Club De France
22. Dear Old Southland - Noble Sissle & His Orchestra
DISC 3:
1. Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins
2. Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
3. Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
4. Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
5. In the Mood - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
6. Well, Git It! - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
7. Solitude - Billie Holiday/Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra
8. Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
9. Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet
10. Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
11. Ko-Ko - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers
12. Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker Quintet
13. Embraceable You - Charlie Parker Quintet
14. Get Happy - Bud Powell Trio
15. Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk
16. Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
17. Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie
18. Moon Dreams - The Miles Davis Nonet
19. Just Friends - Charlie Parker
20. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong
21. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio
22. Walkin' Shoes - Chet Baker/Gerry Mulligan
23. Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday
DISC 4:
1. Doodlin' - Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers
2. I Get a Kick Out of You - Clifford Brown/Max Roach
3. St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
4. Django - Modern Jazz Quartet
5. Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet
6. So What - Miles Davis Sextet
7. Giant Steps - John Coltrane Quartet
8. Rick Kick Shaw - Cecil Taylor Trio
9. Chronology - Ornette Coleman
10. Original Faubus Fables - Charles Mingus
11. Acknowledgement - John Coltrane Quartet (from "A Love Supreme")
DISC 5:
1. Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong
2. Desafinado - Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd
3. In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington/John Coltrane
4. Tourist Point of View - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
5. E.S.P. - Miles Davis Quintet
6. Spanish Key - Miles Davis (single version)
7. Birdland - Weather Report
8. Mister Magic - Grover Washington Jr.
9. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
10. Un Ange en Danger - MC Solaar/Ron Carter
11. Tanya - Dexter Gordon
12. Soon All Will Know - Wynton Marsalis
13. Death Letter - Cassandra Wilson
14. Take the "A" Train - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
| Details | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Compilation producers include: Ken Burns, Steve Berkowitz, Sarah Botstein, Michael Cuscuna, Peter Miller.
Includes liner notes by Geoffrey C. Ward, Michael Cuscuna, and Loren Schoenberg.
Digitally remastered by Seth Foster and Mark Wilder (Sony Studios, New York, New York) and Kevin Reeves (Universal Mastering Studios-East, Edison, New Jersey).
This is part of the Columbia/Legacy Ken Burns JAZZ series.
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is renowned for the thoughtful approach he takes to big subjects (baseball, the Civil War, etc.). Jazz fans are fortunate to have someone as intellectually curious as Burns to chronicle the music. As expected, he takes the historian's view that's needed to really cover the story of jazz's development. The fact that a five-disc box can barely scratch the surface speaks more about jazz's rich legacy than it does about any shortcomings of this impressive soundtrack to Burns' work.
The discs are divided up chronologically, moving from the Dixieland sound of Louis Armstrong and King Oliver to the big bands of Duke Ellington, on to the bop innovations of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. If this set is lacking in its representation of more "modern" jazz variants (free jazz and beyond), it's only because the 1920s and '30s material that gives the box much of its heft is such an endangered species in need of careful attention. The jazz innovations of the latter 20th century are well catalogued elsewhere, but the nearly lost world of pre-swing is what this box illuminates best.
Industry Reviews
...Gathers many of the 20th century's greatest recordings...that belong in any library....providing as richly rewarding an overview of jazz...as any available... - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (12/01/2000)
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