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Review 1
This 5-CD box set represents most of the music featured in the PBS television series. Included in this set is a comprehensive overview of the music, from ragtime to swing, and from bebop to fusion; nearly 100 songs - among the best and most important jazz recordings ever made; an essay by award-winning writer and long-time Burns collector, Geoffrey C. Ward; detailed annotations and discography by producer Michael Cuscuna and jazz historian Loren Schoenberg. These CDs have been digitally remastered, utilizing 24-bit HDCD sound technology. |
Review 2
Disc: 1 1. Star Dust - Armstrong 2. Soon One Mornin' - Mississippi 3. Memphis Blues - Lieut. Jim Europe's Band 4. Livery Stable Blues - Original Dixieland Jazz Band 5. Charleston - James P. Johnson 6. Chimes Blues - King Oliver 7. Back Water Blues - Bessie Smith 8. The Pearls - Jelly Roll Morton 9. Dead Man Blues - Jelly Roll Morton's 10. Wild Cat Blues - Clarence WilliamsFive 11. Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) - Clarence Williams Five 12. Sugar Foot Stomp - Fletcher Henderson 13. Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong 14. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong 15. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong 16. The Mooche - Duke Ellington 17. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - Duke Ellington 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 Orchestra 21. Singin' The Blues - Frankie Trumbauer Orch 22. Riverboat Shuffle - Frankie Trumbauer Orch 23. Hotter Than 'Ell - Frankie Trumbauer Orch 24. I Got Rhythm - Ethel Waters
Disc: 2 1. It Don't Mean a Thing - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 2. Echoes of Harlem - Duke Ellington 3. Moten Swing - Benny Moten's Orchestra 4. St. Louis blues - Louis Armstrong 5. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong 6. For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford 7. King Porter Stomp - Benny goodman 8. Rose Room - The Benny Goodman 9. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) - Benny Goodman 10. Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie 11. Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today - Count Basie 12. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie 13. Oh, Lady, Be Good! - Jones-Smith 14. Without Your Love - Billie Holiday 15. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday 16. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday 17. Three Little Words - Art Tatum 18. Rebecca - Pete Johnson 19. Harlem Congo - Chick Webb 20. A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Chick Webb 21. Shine - Django Reinhardt 22. Dear Old Southland - Noble Sissle Orchestra
Disc: 3 1. Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins 2. Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington 3. Take the 'A' Train - Duke Ellington 4. Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw 5. In The Mood - Glenn Miller 6. Well, Git It! - Tommy Dorsey 7. Solitude - Billie Holiday Orchestra 8. Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa 9. Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie 10. Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie 11. Ko-ko - Charlie Parker 12. Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker 13. Enbraceable You - Charlie Parker 14. Get Happy - Bud Powell 15. Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk 16. Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk 17. Manteca - Dizzy Gillespiea 18. Moon Dreams - Miles Davis 19. Just Friends - Charlie Parker 20. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong 21. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Sarah Vaughan 22. Walkin' Shoes - Baker & Mulligan 23. Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday
Disc: 4 1. Doodlin' - Horace Silver 2. I Get A Kick Out of You - C. Brown & Max Roach 3. St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins 4. Django - Modern Jazz Quartet 5. Take Five - Dave Brubeck 6. So What - Miles Davis 7. Giant Steps - John Coltrane 8. Rick Kick Shaw - Cecil Taylor 9. Chronology - Ornette Coleman 10. Original Faubus Fables - Charles Mingus 11. Acknowledgment - John Coltrane
Disc: 5 1. Hello, Dolly! - Armstrong 2. Desafinado - Stan Getz 3. In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington 4. Tourist Point of View - Duke Ellington 5. E.S.P. - The Miles Davis 6. Spanish Key (single version) - Miles Davis 7. Birdland - Weather Report 8. Mister Magic - Grover Washington 9. Rockit - Herbie Hancock 10. Un Ange en Danger - 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 Orch |
Players
Alejandro "Alex" Acuņa, Arturo Ayala, Paul Barbarin, Danny Barcelona, Art Blakey, Jimmy Carroll, Denis Charles, etc |
Tracks
Disc: 1
1. Star Dust - Armstrong
2. Soon One Mornin' - Mississippi
3. Memphis Blues - Lieut. Jim Europe's Band
4. Livery Stable Blues - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
5. Charleston - James P. Johnson
6. Chimes Blues - King Oliver
7. Back Water Blues - Bessie Smith
8. The Pearls - Jelly Roll Morton
9. Dead Man Blues - Jelly Roll Morton's
10. Wild Cat Blues - Clarence WilliamsFive
11. Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) - Clarence Williams Five
12. Sugar Foot Stomp - Fletcher Henderson
13. Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong
14. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong
15. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong
16. The Mooche - Duke Ellington
17. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - Duke Ellington
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 Orchestra
21. Singin' The Blues - Frankie Trumbauer Orch
22. Riverboat Shuffle - Frankie Trumbauer Orch
23. Hotter Than 'Ell - Frankie Trumbauer Orch
24. I Got Rhythm - Ethel Waters
Disc: 2
1. It Don't Mean a Thing - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2. Echoes of Harlem - Duke Ellington
3. Moten Swing - Benny Moten's Orchestra
4. St. Louis blues - Louis Armstrong
5. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong
6. For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford
7. King Porter Stomp - Benny goodman
8. Rose Room - The Benny Goodman
9. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) - Benny Goodman
10. Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie
11. Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today - Count Basie
12. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie
13. Oh, Lady, Be Good! - Jones-Smith
14. Without Your Love - Billie Holiday
15. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
16. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
17. Three Little Words - Art Tatum
18. Rebecca - Pete Johnson
19. Harlem Congo - Chick Webb
20. A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Chick Webb
21. Shine - Django Reinhardt
22. Dear Old Southland - Noble Sissle Orchestra
Disc: 3
1. Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins
2. Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington
3. Take the 'A' Train - Duke Ellington
4. Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw
5. In The Mood - Glenn Miller
6. Well, Git It! - Tommy Dorsey
7. Solitude - Billie Holiday Orchestra
8. Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa
9. Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie
10. Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie
11. Ko-ko - Charlie Parker
12. Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker
13. Enbraceable You - Charlie Parker
14. Get Happy - Bud Powell
15. Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk
16. Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
17. Manteca - Dizzy Gillespiea
18. Moon Dreams - Miles Davis
19. Just Friends - Charlie Parker
20. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong
21. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Sarah Vaughan
22. Walkin' Shoes - Baker & Mulligan
23. Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday
Disc: 4
1. Doodlin' - Horace Silver
2. I Get A Kick Out of You - C. Brown & Max Roach
3. St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
4. Django - Modern Jazz Quartet
5. Take Five - Dave Brubeck
6. So What - Miles Davis
7. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
8. Rick Kick Shaw - Cecil Taylor
9. Chronology - Ornette Coleman
10. Original Faubus Fables - Charles Mingus
11. Acknowledgment - John Coltrane
Disc: 5
1. Hello, Dolly! - Armstrong
2. Desafinado - Stan Getz
3. In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington
4. Tourist Point of View - Duke Ellington
5. E.S.P. - The Miles Davis
6. Spanish Key (single version) - Miles Davis
7. Birdland - Weather Report
8. Mister Magic - Grover Washington
9. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
10. Un Ange en Danger - 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 Orch |
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