A galaxy of innovators tells this History Of Jazz, from its earliest beginnings in a bygone century, through its many transitions, taking in Ragtime, Swing, BeBop, Hard Bop and Free Jazz, and other strains throughout the development of this vital music. The cast list includes the greatest musical magicians of 20th century, people that created and developed this ever-changing music. Compiled and annotated by Joop Visser, acknowledged Jazz historian. Includes 89 tracks over 4 CDs with a 32 page booklet. DISC ONE Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag / Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag / Kid Ory's Sunshine Orchestra - Ory's Creole Trombone / King Oliver's Creole Jazzband - Dippermouth Blues / New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Tin Roof Blues / Clarence Williams Blue Five - Wild Cat Blues / Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - Black Bottom Stomp / Russell's Hot Six - 29th And Dearborn / Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven - Potato Head Blues / Johnny Dodds - Wolverine Blues / Jimmy Noone's Apex Club Orchestra - Apex Blues / Bunk Johnson's Street Paraders - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor / Bessie Smith - Backwater Blues / Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra - Singing The Blues / Bix Beiderbecke And His Gang - Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down / Joe Venuti's Blue Four - A Mug Of Ale / The Chicago Rhythm Kings - I Found A New Baby / Fats Waller - Handful Of Keys / The Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Basin Street Blues / Don Redman And His Orchestra - Chant Of The Weed / Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Toby / Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestera - Down South Camp Meeting / Red Allen Coleman Hawkins- Jamaica Shout / Benny Carter And His Orchestra - Devil's Holiday / Eddie Condon And His Orchestra - The Eel. DISC TWO Chick Webb And His Orchestra - Stompin' At The Savoy / Art Tatum Liza / Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy - Walkin' And Swingin' / Count Basie And His Orchestra- One O'Clock Jump / Billie Holiday - This Year's Kisses / Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You / Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra - For Dancers Only / Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra - I Can't Get Started / Teddy Wilson Rosetta / Bob Crosby And His Orchestra - South Rampart Street Parade / Benny Goodman And His Orchestra - Don't Be That Way / Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - At The Clambank Carnival / Chu Berry Little Jazz Ensemble - Forty Six West Fifty Two / Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra - Jeep's Blues / Harry James And The Boogie Woogie Trio- Woo Woo / Pee Wee Russell's Rhythmakers Dinah / Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra - Body And Soul / Duke Ellington - Ko-Ko / Charlie Christian - Wholly Cats / Jack Teagarden's Big Eigh Shine / Glenn Miller And His Orchestra - In The Mood / Django Reinhardt Nuages / Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Stardust / Gene Krupa And His Orchestra - Let Me Off Uptown / Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra- Flyin' Home. DISC THREE Lester Young Quartet - Sometimes I'm Happy / Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra - Blowing The Blues Away / Dizzy Gillespie All Stars - Good Bait / Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet - Congo Blues / Charlie Parker's Reboppers - Ko-Ko / Don Byas - Super Session / Jay Jay Johnson's Be-Boppers Jaybird / The Bebop Boys - Webb City / Bud Powell Trio Indiana / Dexter Gordon - The Chase / Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra - Thrivin' On A Riff / Red Rodney's Beboppers- All God's Children Got Rhythm / Ella Fitzgerald - How High The Moon / Fats Navarro Nostalgia / Leo Parker- Wee Dot / Woody Herman And His Orchestra - Four Brothers / Thelonious Monk- Misterioso / Tadd Dameron Sextet - Lady Bird / James Moody's Modernists - Tin Tin Deo / Lennie Tristano Sextette Wow / George Shearing Quintet Conception / Charlie Ventura And His Band - East Of Suez. DISC FOUR Shorty Rogers And His Giants - Over The Rainbow / Stan Getz Quintet - The Song Is You / Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Bernie's Tune / Stan Kenton And His Orchestra - Young Blood / Chet Baker - Quartet - Look For The Silver Lining / Sarah Vaughan - Shulie A Bop / Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet Daahoud / Ben Webster/Art Tatum Quartet - Night And Day / Horace Silver - The Preacher / Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas / Miles Davis Quintet - 'Round About Midnight / Art Pepper- Straight Life / Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Moanin' / Ornette Coleman - The Blessing / John Coltrane Quartet- Giant Steps / Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five / Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.