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Stardust – Louis Armstrong 03:35
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Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' in My Room) – Mississippi Fred McDowell 03:13
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Memphis Blues – Jim Europe's Infantry Band 02:38
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Livery Stable Blues – Original Dixieland Jazz Band 03:07
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Chimes Blues – King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band 02:51
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Backwater Blues – Bessie Smith 03:18
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Dead Man Blues – Jelly Roll Morton 03:15
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Wild Cat Blues – Clarence Williams' Blue Five 03:01
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Cake Walking Babies from Home – Clarence Williams' Blue Five 02:56
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Heebie Jeebies – Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five 02:53
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West End Blues – Louis Armstrong 03:19
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There Ain't No Sweet Man (Worth the Salt of My Tears) – Paul Whiteman 03:30
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Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) – Frankie Trumbauer 03:01
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Hotter Than 'Ell – Fletcher Henderson 02:56
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I Got Rhythm – Ethel Waters 03:04

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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington 03:11
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Echoes of Harlem – Duke Ellington 03:02
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Moten Swing – Bennie Moten & the Kansas City Orchestra 03:25
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St. Louis Blues – Louis Armstrong 03:03
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Ain't Misbehavin' – Louis Armstrong 03:14
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For Dancers Only – Jimmie Lunceford 02:40
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Oh, Lady Be Good – Jones-Smith, Inc. 02:43
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Without Your Love – Billie Holiday 03:11
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Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday 02:49
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God Bless the Child – Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Eddie Heywood 08:40
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Body and Soul – Coleman Hawkins 03:04
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Take the "A" Train – Duke Ellington 02:57
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Begin the Beguine – Artie Shaw 03:16
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Well, Git It! – Tommy Dorsey 03:03
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Solitude – Eddie Heywood, Billie Holiday, Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra 03:16
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They Can't Take That Away from Me – Sarah Vaughan 02:43
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Doodlin' – Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers 06:46
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I Get a Kick Out of You – Max ******, Clifford Brown 07:42
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Chronology – Ornette Coleman 06:07
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Hello, Dolly! – Louis Armstrong 02:24
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Desafinado – Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd 05:50
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Spanish Key [Single Version] – Miles Davis 02:51
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Un Ange en Danger – MC Solaar, Ron Carter 03:50
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Tanya – Dexter Gordon 07:26
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Soon All Will Know – Wynton Marsalis 03:36
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Death Letter – Cassandra Wilson 04:14
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Take the "A" Train – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra 05:34

In conjunction with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' ten-part 2000 PBS special, Columbia/Legacy and Verve teamed up to issue a special series of reissues covering much of the history of 20th century jazz. The central release of this program is the five-CD box set Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music, its 94 selections covering the history of 20th century jazz, from 1917 to the mid-'90s. Chronologically, the set is very skewed toward the first 50 years of that time span; there is only just under a CD's worth of music dating from after the mid-'60s. What's here is a very good range of classic jazz from throughout the decades, touching upon performances, many acknowledged classics, from many of the music's giants: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and up to Wynton Marsalis and Cassandra Wilson. There are just a few dubious inclusions (Grover Washington, Jr.'s "Mister Magic," for instance), and as music it's nearly wall-to-wall excellence. As far as core classics of the jazz repertoire, there are quite a few: Armstrong's "West End Blues," Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)," Count Basie's "Lester Leaps In," Holiday's "Strange Fruit," Ellington's "Take the 'A' Train," Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts," Monk's "Straight, No Chaser," Davis' "So What," Dave Brubeck's "Take Five," Coltrane's "Giant Steps," Weather Report's "Birdland," and Hancock's "Rockit." As education, if you didn't know much about jazz before hearing this box, you'll have been exposed to a good deal of its major touchstones after digesting it. Just don't be under the impression that it covers all of the main mileposts, or even that it gives you all of the key launching pads from which to explore further. Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Genre: Vocal, Jazz
Subgenre: Bop, Soul Jazz/Groove, Hard Bop, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Free Jazz, Cool, Big Band/Swing, Vocal/Standards
Category Standards, Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Cool
Label: SONY
Release Date: November 14, 2000
Artist: Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music

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