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• Disc 1. Star dust (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra) (3:33)
• Soon one mornin' (Death come a-creepin' in my room) (Mississippi Fred McDowell) (3:12)
• Memphis blues (Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band) (2:36)
• Livery stable blues (The Original Dixieland Jazz Band) (3:05)
• Charleston (James P. Johnson) (1:49)
• Chimes blues (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) (2:51)
• Back water blues (Bessie Smith) (3:17)
• The pearls (Jelly Roll Morton) (2:48)
• Dead man blues (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) (3:13)
• Wild cat blues (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) (2:59)
• Cake walkin' babies : from home (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) (2:55)
• Sugar foot stomp (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra) (2:49)
• Heebie jeebies (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five) (2:52)
• Potato head blues (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven) (2:55)
• West End blues (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five) (3:18)
• The mooche (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (3:13)
• East St. Louis toodle-oo (Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians) (2:52)
• Black beauty (Duke Ellington) (3:01)
• Mood indigo (The Jungle Band) (2:56)
• There ain't no sweet man : worth the salt of my tears (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra) (3:29)

• Singin' the blues (Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderdecke) (3:00)
• Riverboat shuffle (Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra) (3:08)
• Hotter than 'ell (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra) (2:51)
• I got rhythm (Ethel Waters) (3:03).
• Disc 2. It don't mean a thing : if it ain't got that swing (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (3:08)
• Echoes of Harlem (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (2:59)
• Moten swing (Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra) (3:22)
• St. Louis blues (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra) (3:00)
• Ain't misbehavin' (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra) (3:11)
• For dancers only (Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra) (2:36)
• King Porter stomp (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) (3:08)
• Rose room (The Benny Goodman Sextet) (2:47)
• Sing, sing, sing : with a swing (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) (8:37)
• Jumpin' at The Woodside (Count Basie and His Orchestra) (3:07)
• Sent for you yesterday and here you come today (Count Basie and His Orchestra) (2:55)
• Lester leaps in (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven) (3:13)
• Oh, lady, be good! Jones-Smith Incorporated) (3:05)
• Without your love (Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra) (2:51)
• Strange fruit (Billie Holiday) (3:10)
• God bless the child (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra) (2:53)
• Three little words (Art Tatum) (2:24)
• Rebecca (Pete Johnson and "Big" Joe Turner) (2:40)
• Harlem congo (Chick Webb and His Orchestra) (3:14)
• A-tisket a-tasket (Chick Webb and His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald) (2:36)
• Shine (Django Reinhardt and Le Quartet du Hot Club de France(2:55)
• Dear old southland (Noble Sissie and His Orchestra) (2:34).
• Disc 3. Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins) (3:00)
• Cotton tail (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (3:10)
• Take the "A" train (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (2:54)
• Begin the beguine (Artie Shaw and His Orchestra) (3:13)
• In the mood (Glenn Miller and His Orchestra) (3:33)
• Well, git it! (Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra) (3:00)
• Solitude (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra) (3:12)
• Drum boogie (Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) (3:06)
• Salt peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie and His All Star Quintet) (3:12)
• Groovin' high (Dizzy Gillespie Sextet) (2:39)
• Ko-Ko (Charlie Parker's Re-boppers) (3:12)
• Scrapple from the apple (Charlie Parker Quintet) (2:56)
• Embraceable you (Charlie Parker Quintet) (3:42)
• Get happy (Bud Powell Trio) (2:50)
• Epistrophy (Thelonious Monk) (3:05)
• Straight, no chaser (Thelonious Monk) (2:55)
• Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra) (3:05)
• Moon dreams (Miles Davis Nonet) (3:18)
• Just friends (Charlie Parker) (3:30)
• Rockin' chair (Louis Armstrong) (3:03)
• They can't take that away from me (Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio) (2:40)
• Walkin' shoes (Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan) (3:09)
• Fine and mellow (Billie Holiday) (8:00).
• Disc 4. Doodlin' (Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers) (6:44)
• I get a kick out of you (Clifford Brown and Max Roach) (7:40)
• St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) (6:41)
• Django (The Modern Jazz Quartet) (7:02)
• Take five (The Dave Brubeck Quartet) (5:22)
• So what (Miles Davis Sextet) (9:22)
• Giant steps (John Coletrane Quartet) (4:43)
• Rick Kick Shaw (Cecil Taylor Trio) (6:03)
• Chronology (Ornette Coleman) (6:03)
• Original Faubus Fables (Charles Mingus) (9:04)
• Acknowledgement : from a love supreme (John Coletrane Quartet)(7:47).
• Disc 5. Hello, Dolly! (Louis Armstrong) (2:23)
• Desafinado (Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd) (5:49)
• In a sentimental mood (John Coltrane and Duke Ellington) (4:14)
• Tourist point of view (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (5:07)
• E.S.P. (The Miles Davis Quintet) (5:30)
• Spanish key (Miles Davis) (2:49)
• Birdland (Weather Report) (5:57)
• Mister magic (Grover Washington, Jr.) (9:02)
• Rockit (Herbie Hancock) (3:55)
• Un ange en danger (Ron Carter and M.C. Solaar) (3:49)
• Tanya (Dexter Gordon) (7:24)
• Soon all will know (Wyntn Marsalis) (3:35)
• Death letter (Cassandra Wilson) (4:13)
• Take the "A" train (Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) (5:34).

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Contributors:

Burns, Ken, 1953-

Ward, Geoffrey C.

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

McDowell, Fred

Europe, James Reese, 1881-1919

Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937

Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941

Williams, Clarence, 1893-1965

Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967

Beiderbecke, Bix, 1903-1931

Trumbauer, Frank

Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977

Moten, Bennie, 1894-1935

Lunceford, Jimmie

Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986

Basie, Count, 1904-1984

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

Heywood, Eddie, 1915-1989

Tatum, Art, 1909-1956

Johnson, Pete, 1904-1967

Turner, Joe, 1907-1990

Webb, Chick

Fitzgerald, Ella

Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953

Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975

Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993

Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

Powell, Bud

Monk, Thelonious

Davis, Miles

Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990

Baker, Chet

Mulligan, Gerry

Silver, Horace, 1928-2014

Brown, Clifford

Roach, Max, 1924-2007

Rollins, Sonny

Brubeck, Dave

Coltrane, John, 1926-1967

Taylor, Cecil, 1929-2018

Coleman, Ornette

Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979

Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Band

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Jungle Band (Jazz ensemble)

Washingtonians (Musical group)

Jones-Smith Incorporated (Musical group)

Weather Report (Musical group)

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Works:

Jazz (Television program)

Subjects:

Jazz

Television music

Performers:

Various artists.

General Notes:

Music compiled for the PBS television series, Jazz, directed by Ken Burns.
Recorded 1917-1995.
Program notes by Geoffrey C. Ward in booklet inserted in container.
Copy 2 from the collection of Lou Robin.

Physical Description:

5 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 86851- 86855

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 074646143222
Publisher Number, Columbia/Legacy: CSK 61432
Publisher Number, Columbia/Legacy: C5K 61432
Publisher Number, Columbia/Legacy: 61432-2

OCLC Numbers:

796800817
45588616 [Invalid]