| Other author/creator | Burns, Ken, 1953- |
| Other author/creator | Ward, Geoffrey C. |
| Other author/creator | Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971. |
| Other author/creator | McDowell, Fred. |
| Other author/creator | Europe, James Reese, 1881-1919. |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955. |
| Other author/creator | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. |
| Other author/creator | Moten, Benny, 1916-1977 |
| Other author/creator | Hawkins, Coleman. |
| Other author/creator | Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004. |
| Other author/creator | Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944. |
| Other author/creator | Silver, Horace. |
| Other author/creator | Brown, Clifford. |
| Other author/creator | Roach, Max, 1924-2007. |
| Other author/creator | Rollins, Sonny. |
| Other author/creator | Brubeck, Dave. |
| Other author/creator | Getz, Stan, 1927-1991. |
| Other author/creator | Byrd, Charlie, 1925-1999. |
| Other author/creator | Coltrane, John, 1926-1967. |
| Other author/creator | Davis, Miles. |
| Other author/creator | Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Band. |
| Other author/creator | Original Dixieland Jazz Band. |
| Other author/creator | Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra. |
| Other author/creator | Jazz Messengers. |
| Portion of title |
Jazz |
| Portion of title |
Story of America's music |
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Disc 1. Star dust (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra) -- Soon one mornin' (Death come a-creepin' in my room) (Mississippi Fred McDowell) -- Memphis blues (Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band) -- Livery stable blues (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) -- Charleston (James P. Johnson) -- Chimes blues (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) -- Back water blues (Bessie Smith) -- The Pearls ( Jelly Roll Morton) -- Dead man blues (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) -- Wild cat blues (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) -- Cake walkin' babies (from home) (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) -- (Sugar foot stomp (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra) -- Heebie Jeebies (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven) -- West end blues (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven) -- The Mooche ( Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra -- East St. Louis toodle-oo (Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians) -- Mood indigo (The Jungle Band) -- There aint no sweet man (worth the salt of my tears) (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra) -- Singin' the blues (Frankie Trumbaurer and His orchesrta featuriong Bix Bolderbecke) -- Riverboat Shuffle ( Frankie Trumbaurer and His orchesrta featuriong Bix Bolderbecke) -- Hotter than 'ell (Fletcher Hernderson and his orchestra) -- I got rhythm (Ethel Waters). |
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Disc 2. It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) ; Echoes of Harlem (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) -- Moten swing (Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra) -- St. Louis blues ; Ain't misbehavin' (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra) -- For dancers only (Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra) -- King Porter stomp (Benny Goodman and his orchestra -- Rose room ( The Benny Goodman Sextet) Sing, sing, sing (with a swing) ( Benny Goodman and hi orchestra) -- Jumpin' at the woodside ; Sent for you yesterday and here you come today (Count Basie and his orchestra) --Lester Leaps ( Count Bassie's Kansas City Seven) -- Without your love (Billie Holliday and her orchestra) -- Strange fruit (Billie Holiday) -- God bless the child (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his orchestra) -- Three little words (Art Tatum) -- Rebecca (Pete Johnson and "Big" Joe Turner -- Harlem congo; A-tiskett a-tasket (Chick Webb and his orchestra) -- Shine (Django Reinhardt and Le Quartet) -- Dear old southland (Noble Sissle and his orchestra). |
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Disc 3. Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins) -- Cotton tail ; Take the "A" train (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) -- Begin the beguine (Artie Shaw and his Orchestra) -- In the mood (Glenn Miller and his Orchestra) -- Well, get it! (Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) -- Solitude (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his orchestra) -- Drum boogie (Gene Krupa and his orchestra) -- Salt peanuts ( Dizzy Gillespie and his all star quintet) -- Groovin' high ( Dizzy Gillespie sextet) -- Ko-Ko (Charlie Parker's Re-boppers) -- Scrapple for the apple; Embraceable you (Charlie Parker quintet) -- Get happy (Bud Powell trio) -- Epistrophy ; Straight, no chaser (Thelonius Monk) -- Manteca (Dizzy Gilespie and his orchestra) -- Moon dreams (Miles Davis Nonet) -- Just friends (Charlie Parker) -- Rockin' chair (Louis Armstrong) -- They can't take that away from me (Sarah Vaughan and her trio) -- Walkin' shoes (Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan) -- Fine and mellow ( Billie Holiday). |
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Disc 4. Doodlin' (Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers) -- I get a kick out of you (Clifford Brown and Max Roach) -- St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) -- Django (Modern Jazz Quartet) -- Take five (Dave Brubeck Quartet) -- So what (Miles Davis sextet) -- Giant steps ; Acknowledement (from A love supreme) (John Coltrane quartet) -- Rick kick shaw (Cecil Taylor trio) -- Chronology (Ornette Coleman) -- Original faubus fables (Charles Mingus). |
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Disc 5. Hello, Dolly! (Louis Armstrong) -- Desafinado (Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd) -- In a sentimental mood (John Coltrane and Duke Ellington) -- Tourist point of view (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) -- E.S.P. (Miles Davis Quintet) -- Spanish key (single version) (Miles Davis) -- Birdland (Weather Report) -- Mister music (Grover Washington, Jr.) -- Rockit (Herbie Hancock) -- Un ange en danger (Ron Carter and M.C. Solaar) -- Tanya (Dexter Gordon) -- Soon all will know (Wynton Marsalis) -- Death letter (Cassandra Wilson) -- Take the "A" train (The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra). |
| General note | Music compiled for the PBS television series, Jazz, directed by Ken Burns. |
| General note | Program notes by Geoffrey C. Ward in booklet inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Various artists. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded 1917-1995. |
| UPC |
074646143222 |
| Publisher number | CSK 61432 Columbia/Legacy |
| Publisher number | C5K 61432 Columbia/Legacy |
| Publisher number | 61432-2 Columbia/Legacy |
