Scott Joplin- 1. Maple Leaf Rag (3:19) Jelly Roll Morton- 2. Maple Leaf Rag (2:40) Bessie Smith- 3. St. Louis Blues (3:05) 4. Lost Your Head Blues (2:54) King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band 5. Dippermouth Blues (2:32) Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers 6. Black Bottom Stomp (3:09) 7. Dead Man Blues (2:54) 8. Grandpa's Spells (2:52) Jelly Roll Morton 9. King Porter Stomp (2:52) Red Onion Jazz Babies 10. Cake Walking Babies from Home (3:05) Sidney Bichet and His Blue Note Jazz Men 11. Blue Horizon (4:19) James P. Johnson 12. Carolina Shout (2:39) Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five 13. Big Butter and Egg Man from the West (1:30) Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven 14. Potato Head Blues (2:58) 15. Struttin' with Some Barbecue (2:59) 16. Hotter than That (2:59) 17. West End Blues (3:15) Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines 18. Weather Bird (2:41) Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 19. Sweethearts on Parade (3:13) 20. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (2:52) Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra 21. Singin' the Blues (2:58) 22. Riverboat Shuffle (3:07) Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra 23. Four or Five Times (3:14)
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra 1. The Stampede (3:13) 2. Wrappin' It Up (2:41) Red Nichols and His Five Pennies 3. Dinah (3:12) Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 4. Moten Swing (3:19) Fats Waller 5. I Ain't Got Nobody (3:06) Meade "Lux" Lewis 6. Honky Tonk Train Blues (2:57) Benny Goodman Trio 7. Body and Soul (3:27) Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra 8. Body and Soul (2:59) Coleman Hawkins Quartet 9. The Man I Love (5:04) Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 10. He's Funny That Way (2:38) 11. These Foolish Things (3:35) Ella Fitzgerald 12. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (2:44) Art Tatum 13. Willow Weep For Me (2:53) 14. Too Marvelous for Words (2:21) Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 15. Organ Grinder's Swing (2:36) Gene Krupa and His Orchestra 16. Rockin' Chair (3:11) The Chocolate Dandies Featuring Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter [excerpt] 17. I Can't Believe That You're In Love with Me (2:59) Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra 18. When Lights Are Low (2:11) Quintette of the Hot Club of France 19. Dinah (2:32) Count Basie and His Orchestra 20. Doggin' Around (2:57) 21. Taxi War Dance (2:47) Count Basie's Kansas City Seven 22. Lester Leaps In (3:12) Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian and Count Basie 23. I Found a New Baby (2:53) Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian 24. Breakfast Feud [composite] (2:18)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (3:35) Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 2. The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (2:56) 3. Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue (5:56) 4. Ko-Ko (2:40) 5. Concerto for Cootie (3:17) 6. Cotton Tail (3:08) 7. In a Mellotone (3:15) 8. Blue Serge (3:19) Don Byas and Slam Stewart 9. I Got Rhythm (4:54) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 10. I Can't Get Started (3:03) Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintette 11. Shaw 'Nuff (2:55) Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers 12. Koko (2:51) Charlie Parker with Jazz at the Philmarmonic 13. Lady, Be Good (3:02) Charlie Parker Quintet 14. Embraceable You (take #1) [excerpt] (2:06) 15. Embraceable You (take #2) [excerpt] (1:53) 16. Klactoveedsedstene (3:00) Charlie Parker Sextet 17. Crazeology (take #1) (1:01) 18. Crazeology (take #4) (2:55) Charlie Parker All Stars 19. Parker's Mood (3:00) Errol Garner 20. Fantasy on Frankie and Johnny (2:53) Bud Poweel Trio 21. Night in Tunisia (4:13) Dexter Gordon Quartet 22. Bikini (3:34) Tadd Dameron Sextet 23. Lady Bird (2:47)
Miles Davis and His Orchestra 1. Boplicity (2:57) Lennie Tristano Quintet 2. Subconcious Lee (2:44) Gene Norma's "Just Jazz" Freaturing Red Norvo and Stan Getz 3. Body and Soul [excerpt] (3:35) Sarah Vaughan 4. All Alone (2:19) 5. My Funny Valentine (5:48) Thelonious Monk Quartet 6. Misterioso (3:18) 7. Evidence (2:30) Thelonious Monk Quintet 8. Criss Cross (2:54) Thelonious Monk 9. Bag's Groove [solo] (2:48) 10. I Should Care (3:11) Horace Silver Quintet 11. Moon Rays (10:48) Miles Davis with Gil Evan's Orchestra 12. Summertime (3:16) Charles Mingus Quintet 13. Haitian Fight Song (11:51) Modern Jazz Quartet 14. Django (5:22) Sonny Rollins Plus Four 15. Pent-Up House [abridged] (7:27)
Sonny Rollins Quartet 1. Blue 7 (11:08) Wes Montgomery Quartet 2. West Coast Blues [abridged] (5:30) Miles Daveis Sextet 3. So What (8:51) Bill Evans Trio 4. Blue in Green (5:20) Cecil Taylor Unit 5. Enter Evening (10:57) John Coltrane Quartet 6. Alabama (5:09) Ornette Coleman Quartet 7. Lonely Woman (4:54) 8. Congeniality (6:41) Ornette Coleman Double Quartet 9. Free Jazz [excerpt] (10:03) World Saxophone Quartet 10. Steppin' (7:13)