Provides examples of the roots, the earliest recordings, and many major styles that developed later.  Provides a starting point for the essential collection of jazz recordings.

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Disc 1
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African Retentions Sequence (See Jazz Styles pages 4042 for explanation.)
1. Street Cries of Charleston [0:30] African American male street vendor. (excerpt)
2. Porgy and Bess: Fisherman, Strawberry, Devil Crab [0:49] 1958. Miles Davis instrumentally imitating the cry of an African American male street vendor, accompanied by Gil Evans Orchestra. (excerpt)
3. Hunters Dance excerpt [0:38] West African field recording. (excerpt)
4. One Day (excerpt) [0:30] 1951. The Angelic Gospel Singers and The Dixie Hummingbirds.
5. One O Clock Jump (excerpt) [0:33] 1942. Count Basie.
6. Birdland (excerpt) [0:25] 1977. Weather Report, with Josef Zawinul, Wayne Shorter & Jaco Pastorius. p1977
7. Dixie Jazz Band One-Step [2:35] 1917. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
8. Wolverine Blues [3:19] 1927. Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds & Baby Dodds.
9. Singing the Blues [2:58] 1927. Frankie Trumbauer featuring Bix Beiderbecke.
10. West End Blues [3:14] 1928. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five featuring Earl Hines.
11. You Got to Be Modernistic [3:11] 1930. James P. Johnson.
12. Seven Come Eleven [2:48] 1939. Benny Goodman Sextet featuring Charlie Christian and Lionel Hampton.
13. After You have Gone [2:36] 1941. Roy Eldridge with The Gene Krupa Orchestra.
14. Cottontail [3:06] 1940. Duke Ellington featuring Ben Webster.
15. Prelude to a Kiss [4:39] 1957. Duke Ellington featuring Johnny Hodges.
16. Harlem Airshaft [2:57] 1940. Duke Ellington featuring Cootie Williams and Barney Bigard.
17. Transblucency [2:57] 1946. Duke Ellington, Lawrence Brown,Jimmy Hamilton, Kay Davis & Oscar Pettiford.
18. Taxi War Dance [2:49] 1939. Count Basie featuring Lester Young.
19. Shaw Nuff [3:01] 1945. Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintette featuring Charlie Parker.
20. Things to Come [2:45] 1946. Dizzy Gillespie
21. Four Brothers [2:48] 1947. Woody Hermans Thundering Herd featuring Stan Getz, Zoot Sims,Herbie Steward & Serge Chaloff.
22. Misterioso [3:20] 1948. Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson.
23. My Lady [3:17] 1952. Stan Kenton Orchestra featuring Lee Konitz.
24. Senor Blues [7:00] 1956. Horace Silver Quintet featuring Hank Mobley & Donald Byrd.
25. Cranky Spanky [4:46] 1957. Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers featuring Jackie McLean.
26. Flamenco Sketches [9:25] 1959. Miles Davis Sextet featuring John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley.
Disc 2
1. No Figs [2:51] 1950. Metronome All Stars featuring Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Stan Getz.
2. Blue Rondo a la Turk [6:48] 1959. Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond.
3. Fables of Faubus [8:13] 1959. Charles Mingus.
4. Solar [8:52] 1961. Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian.
5. The Promise [8:06] 1963. John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones.
6. Ghosts: First Variation [5:13] 1964. Albert Ayler, Gary Peacock & Sunny Murray.
7. Maiden Voyage [7:53] 1965. Herbie Hancock featuring Freddie Hubbard.
8. Civilization Day [6:04] 1971. Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden & Billy Higgins p1972
9. Masqualero [8:52] 1967. Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Tony Williams.
10. Steps [5:03] 1968. Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous & Roy Haynes.
11. Surucucu [4:18] 1972. Weather Report, featuring Josef Zawinul, Wayne Shorter,Miroslav Vitous, Dom Um Romao & Eric Gravatt. p1972
12. Chameleon (excerpt) [6:46] 1974. Herbie Hancock, Benny Maupin, Paul Jackson,Bill Summers & Harvey Mason. p1973

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