Ken Burns jazz : the story of America's music.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Burns, Ken, 1953- producer.

Columbia Records, Inc., publisher.

Legacy Recordings, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz.

Jazz vocals.

Genre:

Jazz.

Physical Description:

5 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Jazz : the story of America's music

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Columbia/Legacy, [2000]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

audio file

CD audio

Contents:

disc 1. Star dust (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra) (3:33)

Soon one mornin' (death come a-creepin' in my room) (Mississippi Fred McDowell) (3:12)

Memphis blues (Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band) (2:36)

Livery stable blues (3:05)

Charleston (James P. Johnson) (1:49)

Chimes blues (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) (2:51)

Back water blues (Bessie Smith) (3:17)

The pearls (Jelly Roll Morton) (2:48)

Dead man blues (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) (3:13)

Wild cat blues (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) (2:59)

Cake walkin' babies (from home) (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) (2:55)

Sugar foot stomp (Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra) (2:49)

Heebie jeebies (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five) (2:52)

Potato head blues (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven) (2:55)

West End blues (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five) (3:18)

The mooche (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) (3:13)

East St. Louis toodle-oo (Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians) (2:52)

Black beauty (Duke Ellington) (3:01)

Mood indigo (the Jungle Ban) (2:56)

There ain't no sweet man (worth the salt of my tears) (Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra ; featuring Bix Beiderbecke) (3:29)

Singin' the blues (3:00) ; Riverboat shuffle (3:08) (Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra ; featuring Bix Beiderbecke)

Hotter than 'ell (Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra) (2:51)

I got rhythm (Ethel Waters) (3:03).

disc 2. It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) (3:08) ; Echoes of Harlem (2:59) (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra)

Moten swing (Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra) (3:22)

St. Louis blues (3:00) ; Ain't misbehavin' (3:11) (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra)

For dancers only (Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra) (2:36)

King Porter stomp (Benny Goodman and his Orchestra) (3:08)

Rose room (the Benny Goodman Sextet) (2:47)

Sing, sing, sing (with a swing) (Benny Goodman and his Orchestra) (8:37)

Jumpin' at the woodside (3:07) ; Sent for you yesterday and here you come today (2:55) (Count Basie and his Orchestra)

Lester leaps in (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven) (3:13)

Oh, lady, be good! (Jones-Smith Incorporated) (3:05)

Without your love (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) (2:51)

Strange fruit (Billie Holiday) (3:10)

God bless the child (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra) (2:53)

Three little words (Art Tatum) (2:24)

Rebecca (Pete Johnson and "Big" Joe Turner) (2:40)

Harlem Congo (Chick Webb and his Orchestra) (3:14)

A-tisket a-tasket (Chick Webb and his Orchestra ; featuring Ella Fitzgerlad) (2:36)

Shine (Django Reinhardt & Le Quartet du Hot Club de France) (2:55)

Dear old Southland (Noble Sissle and his Orchestra) (2:34).

disc 3. Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins) (3:00)

Cotton tail (3:10) ; Take the "A" train (2:54) (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra)

Begin the beguine (Artie Shaw and his Orchestra) (3:13)

In the mood (Glenn Miller and his Orchestra) (3:33)

Well, git it! (Tommy Dorsey and his Orcehstra) (3:00)

Solitude (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra) (3:12)

Drum boogie (Gene Krupa and his Orchestra) (3:06)

Salt peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie and his All Star Quintet) (3:12)

Groovin' high (Dizzy Gillespie Sextet) (2:39)

Ko-ko (Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers) (3:12)

Scrapple from the apple (2:56) ; Embraceable you (3:42) (Charlie Parker Quintet)

Get happy (Bud Powell Trio) (2:50)

Epistrophy (3:05) ; Straight, no chaser (2:55) (Thelonious Monk) (2:55)

Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra) (3:05)

Moon dreams (Miles Davis Nonet) (3:18)

Just friends (Charlie Parker) (3:30)

Rockin' chair (Louis Armstrong) (3:03)

They can't take that away from me (Sarah Vaughan and her Trio) (2:40)

Walkin' shoes (Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan) (3:09)

Fine and mellow (Billie Holliday) (8:00).

disc 4. Doodlin' (Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers) (6:44)

I get a kick out of you (Clifford Brown and Max Roach) (7:40)

St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) (6:41)

Django (the Modern Jazz Quartet) (7:02)

Take five (the Dave Brubeck Quartet) (5:22)

So what (Miles Davis Sextet) (9:22)

Giant steps (John Coltrane Quartet) (4:43)

Rick Kick Shaw (Cecil Taylor Trio) (6:03)

Chronology (Ornette Coleman) (6:03)

Original Faubus Fables (Charles Mingus) (9:04)

Acknowledgment (from a love supreme) (John Coltrane Quartet) (7:47).

disc 5. Hello, Dolly! (Louis Armstrong) (2:23)

Desafinado (Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd) (5:49)

In a sentimental mood (John Coltrane and Duke Ellington) (4:14)

Tourist point of view (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) (5:07)

E.S.P. (the Miles Davis Quintet) (5:30)

Spanish key (single version) (Miles Davis) (2:49)

Birdland (Weather Report) (5:57)

Mister Magic (Grover Washington Jr.) (9:02)

Rockit (Herbie Hancock) (3:55)

Un ange en danger (Ron Carter and M.C. Solaar) (3:49)

Tanya (Dexter Gordon) (7:24)

Soon all will know (Wynton Marsalis) (3:35)

Death letter (Cassandra Wilson) (4:13)

Take the "A" train (the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) (5:34).

Participant:

Various performers.

Notes:

Title from container.

OCLC:

950544232

Publisher Number:

888751473126

7464614322

88875147312 Columbia/Legacy (container)

C5K 61432 Columbia/Legacy (discs)

CK 61433--CK 61437 Columbia/Legacy (discs)