Die große musikalische Erfindung des 20. Jahrhunderts – Jazz – ist ewig jungendlich und schafft beständig aufs Neue schöne, sensible und brilliante Musik. Er bringt außergewöhnlich fortschrittliche und talentierte Künstler hervor. Diese Sammlung zeigt die besten Leistungen der einflussreichsten Künstler und erneuert und erweitert die Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz von 1973.

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CD 1

01. Maple Leaf Rag (Dick Hyman)
02. In Gloryland (Bunk’s Brass Band)
03. Livery Stable Blues (Original Dixieland Jazz Band)
04. Dipper Mouth Blues (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band)
05. The Stampede (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
06. Black Bottom Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers)
07. Singin’ The Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) (Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra)
08. Back Water Blues (Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson)
09. Black And Tan Fantasy (Duke Ellington And His Orchestra)
10. From Monday On (Bix Beiderbecke & Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
11. West End Blues (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five)
12. Weather Bird (Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines)
13. That’s a Serious Thing (Eddie Condon’s Hot Shots)
14. Handful of Riffs (Eddie Lang and Lonnie Johnson)
15.You’ve Got to Be Modernistic (James P. Johnson)
16. Moten Swing (Bennie Moten and His Kansas City Orchestra)
17. Everybody Loves My Baby (The Boswell Sisters)
18. Maple Leaf Rag (Sidney Bechet)
19. Dinah (Fats Waller and His Rhythm)
20. Swing That Music (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra)
21. Honky Tonk Train Blues (Meade “Lux” Lewis)
22. Mean To Me (Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)
23. For Dancers Only (Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra)
24. One O’Clock Jump (Count Basie and His Orchestra)
25. Harlem Congo (Chick Webb and His Orchestra)

CD 2

01. Minor Swing (Quintette du Hot Club de France)
02. Mary’s Idea (Mary Lou Williams with Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy)
03. When Lights Are Low (Lionel Hampton)
04. Body and Soul (Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra)
05. Honeysuckle Rose (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
06. Tiger Rag (Art Tatum)
07. Ko–Ko (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
08. Hard Times (Topsy Turvy) (Cab Calloway and His Orchestra)
09. I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me (The Chocolate Dandies)
10. Stardust (Artie Shaw and His Orchestra)
11. Let Me Off Uptown (Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)
12. Shaw ’Nuff (Dizzy Gillespie’s All-Star Quintette)
13. Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra)
14. Virgo from The Zodiac Suite (Mary Lou Williams)
15. Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon)
16. I Want to Be Happy (Lester Young – Buddy Rich Trio)
17. Indiana (Bud Powell)
18. Embraceable You (Charlie Parker Quintet)
19. Four Brothers (Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
20. Misterioso (Thelonious Monk Quartet)
21. Lady Bird (Tadd Dameron Sextet)
22. Tanga (Machito and His Afro–Cuban Orchestra)
23. September in the Rain (The George Shearing Quintet)
24. WOW (Lennie Tristano Sextet)

CD 3

01. Boplicity (Miles Davis Nonet)
02. The Golden Bullet (Count Basie Octet)
03. Popo (Shorty Rogers and His Giants)
04. Walkin’ Shoes The Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker)
05. 23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West (Stan Kenton)
06. Daahoud (Clifford Brown – Max Roach Quintet)
07. Django (The Modern Jazz Quartet)
08. The Preacher (Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers)
09. I’ll Remember April (Erroll Garner Trio)
10. Jonaleh (The Chico Hamilton Quintet)
11. Tricrotism (Lucky Thompson Trio)
12. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins)
13. Call For All Demons (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
14. When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Nat “King” Cole and His Trio)
15. Stompin’ at the Savoy (Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald)
16. Blues in the Closet (Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson)
17. Ol’ Man River (Oscar Peterson Trio)
18. Summertime (Miles Davis: Orchestra Under the Direction of Gil Evans)

CD 4

01. Moanin’ (Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers)
02. Meet B. B. (Count Basie and His Orchestra)
03. So What (Miles Davis Sextet)
04. Giant Steps (John Coltrane Quartet)
05. Better Git It in Your Soul (Charles Mingus)
06. Blue Rondo à la Turk (The Dave Brubeck Quartet)
07. Ramblin’ (Ornette Coleman Quartet)
08. Work Song (Cannonball Adderley)
09. Wrap your Troubles In Dreams (Sarah Vaughan)
10. My Favorite Things, Part 1 (Single Version) (John Coltrane Quartet)
11. Waltz For Debby (Bill Evans)
12. ’Round Midnight (George Russell Sextet)
13. Cotton Tail (Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington Orchestra)

CD 5

01. One by One (Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers)
02. The Girl From Ipanema (Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto)
03. A Love Supreme Part I: Acknowledgement (John Coltrane Quartet)
04. E.S.P. (Miles Davis Quintet)
05. Haig & Haig (Clark Terry – Bob Brookmeyer Quintet)
06. King of the Road (Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery)
07. Isfahan (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
08. The New National Anthem (from A Genuine Tong Funeral) (Gary Burton)
09. Matrix (Chick Corea)
10. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (Miles Davis)
11. Celestial Terrestrial Commuters (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
12. Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock)
13. Long Yellow Road (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band)
14. Jitney No. 2 (Cecil Taylor)
15. Bright Size Life (Pat Metheny)

CD 6

01. Maple Leaf Rag (Anthony Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams)
02. Birdland (Weather Report)
03. My Song (Keith Jarrett)
04. Iya (Irakere)
05. Bush Magic (Art Ensemble of Chicago)
06. Steppin’ (World Saxophone Quartet)
07. The Glide Was in the Ride (Steve Coleman Group)
08. Manenberg (Revisited) (Abdullah Ibrahim)
09. Nothing Personal (Michael Brecker)
10. Airegin (Tito Puente)
11. Down the Avenue (Wynton Marsalis Septet)
12. Ting Ning (Nguyên Lê)
13. Kilayim (Masada)
14. Hey–Hee–Hi–Ho (Medeski Martin & Wood)
15. Neutralisme (Martial Solal and Johnny Griffin)
16. Suspended Night Variation VIII (Tomasz Stan’k)