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VARIOUS Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of America's Music (2000 UK 94-track 5-CD compilation box set – Ken Burns takes a retrospective look at jazz, from its early beginnings up until the present. Includes a superb 44-page history booklet, all housedin a nice fold-out digipak picture sleeve. The packaging shows little of its age & the discs are Near Mint) Tracklisting & Info: 1-1 Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra– Star Dust 1-2 Mississippi Fred McDowell– Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In My Room) 1-3 Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band– Memphis Blues 1-4 Original Dixieland Jazz Band– Livery Stable Blues 1-5 James P. Johnson– Charleston 1-6 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band– Chimes Blues 1-7 Bessie Smith– Back Water Blues 1-8 Jelly Roll Morton– The Pearls 1-9 Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers– Dead Man Blues 1-10 Clarence Williams' Blue Five– Wild Cat Blues 1-11 Clarence Williams' Blue Five– Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) 1-12 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra– Sugar Foot Stomp 1-13 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five– Heebie Jeebies 1-14 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven– Potato Head Blues 1-15 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five– West End Blues 1-16 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Mooche 1-17 Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians– East St. Louis Toodle-Oo 1-18 Duke Ellington– Black Beauty 1-19 The Jungle Band – Mood Indigo 1-20 Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra– There Ain't No Sweet Man 1-21 Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra– Singin' The Blues 1-22 Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra– Riverboat Shuffle 1-23 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra– Hotter Than 'Ell 1-24 Ethel Waters– I Got Rhythm 2-1 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't 2-2 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Echoes Of Harlem 2-3 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra– Moten Swing 2-4 Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra– St. Louis Blues 2-5 Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra– Ain't Misbehavin' 2-6 Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra– For Dancers Only 2-7 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra– King Porter Stomp 2-8 Benny Goodman Sextet– Rose Room 2-9 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra– Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) 2-10 Count Basie And His Orchestra– Jumpin' At The Woodside 2-11 Count Basie And His Orchestra– Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today 2-12 Count Basie's Kansas City Seven– Lester Leaps In 2-13 Jones-Smith Incorporated– Oh, Lady, Be Good! 2-14 Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra– Without Your Love 2-15 Billie Holiday– Strange Fruit 2-16 Billie Holiday With Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra– God Bless Child 2-17 Art Tatum– Three Little Words 2-18 Pete Johnson & "Big" Joe Turner– Rebecca 2-19 Chick Webb And His Orchestra– Harlem Congo 2-20 Chick Webb And His Orchestra– A-Tisket A-Tasket 2-21 Django Reinhardt & Quintette Du Hot Club De France– Shine 2-22 Noble Sissle And His Orchestra– Dear Old Southland 3-1 Coleman Hawkins– Body And Soul 3-2 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Cotton Tail 3-3 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Take The "A" Train 3-4 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra– Begin The Beguine 3-5 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra– In The Mood 3-6 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra– Well, Git It! 3-7 Billie Holiday With Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra– Solitude 3-8 Gene Krupa And His Orchestra– Drum Boogie 3-9 Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet– Salt Peanuts 3-10 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet– Groovin' High 3-11 Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers– Ko-Ko 3-12 The Charlie Parker Quintet– Scrapple From The Apple 3-13 The Charlie Parker Quintet– Embraceable You 3-14 The Bud Powell Trio– Get Happy 3-15 Thelonious Monk– Epistrophy 3-16 Thelonious Monk– Straight, No Chaser 3-17 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra– Manteca 3-18 The Miles Davis Nonet– Moon Dreams 3-19 Charlie Parker– Just Friends 3-20 Louis Armstrong– Rockin' Chair 3-21 Sarah Vaughan And Her Trio– They Can't Take That Away From Me 3-22 Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan– Walkin' Shoes 3-23 Billie Holiday– Fine And Mellow 4-1 Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers– Doodlin' 4-2 Clifford Brown & Max Roach– I Get A Kick Out Of You 4-3 Sonny Rollins– St. Thomas 4-4 The Modern Jazz Quartet– Django 4-5 The Dave Brubeck Quartet– Take Five 4-6 The Miles Davis Sextet– So What 4-7 The John Coltrane Quartet– Giant Steps 4-8 Cecil Taylor Trio– Rick Kick Shaw 4-9 Ornette Coleman– Chronology 4-10 Charles Mingus– Original Faubus Fables 4-11 The John Coltrane Quartet– Acknowledgment [From A Love Supreme] 5-1 Louis Armstrong– Hello, Dolly! 5-2 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd– Desafinado 5-3 John Coltrane & Duke Ellington– In A Sentimental Mood 5-4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Tourist Point Of View 5-5 The Miles Davis Quintet– E.S.P. 5-6 Miles Davis– Spanish Key (Single Version) 5-7 Weather Report– Birdland 5-8 Grover Washington, Jr.– Mister Magic 5-9 Herbie Hancock– Rockit 5-10 Ron Carter & M.C. Solaar– Un Ange En Danger 5-11 Dexter Gordon– Tanya 5-12 Wynton Marsalis– Soon All Will Know 5-13 Cassandra Wilson– Death Letter 5-14 The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra– Take The "A" Train Year of Release – 2000 Format – CD Album Box Set Record Label – Columbia Catalogue No – 549352-2 Country of Origin – United Kingdom