CD 1
1. Star Dust (78rpm Version) Louis Armstrong His Orchestra2. Soon One Mornin' (death Come A-creepin' In My Room) Mississippi Fred Mcdowell3. Memphis Blues Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry (hell Fighters) Band4. Livery Stable Blues Original Dixieland Jazz Band5. Charleston James P. Johnson6. Chimes Blues King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band7. Backwater Blues (78rpm Version) Bessie Smith8. The Pearls Jelly Roll Morton9. Dead Man Blues Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers10. Wild Cat Blues Clarence Williams' Blue Five (featuring Sidney Bechet)11. Cake Walking Babies (from Home) Clarence Williams' Blue Five12. Sugar Foot Stomp Fletcher Henderson His Orchestra13. Heebie Jeebies Louis Armstrong His Hot Five14. Potato Head Blues (78rpm Version) Louis Armstrong His Hot Seven15. West End Blues Louis Armstrong His Hot Five16. The Mooche (78rpm Version) Duke Ellington And His Orchestra17. East St. Louis Toodle-oo Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians18. Black Beauty Duke Ellington19. Mood Indigo The Jungle Band20. There Ain't No Sweet Man (worth The Salt Of My Tears) Paul Whiteman His Orchestra 21. Singin' The Blues Frankie Trumbauer His Orchestra (featuring Bix Beiderbecke)21. Riverboat Shuffle Frank Trumbauer His Orchestra; Featuring Bix Beiderbecke22. Hotter Than 'ell Fletcher Henderson His Orchestra23. I Got Rhythm Ethel Waters
CD 2
1. It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing) Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 2. Echoes Of Harlem Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 3. Moten Swing Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 4. St. Louis Blues Louis Armstrong 5. Ain't Misbehavin' Louis Armstrong His Orchestra 6. For Dancers Only Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra 7. King Porter Stomp Benny Goodman And His Orchestra 8. Rose Room Benny Goodman Sextet;charlie Christian 9. Sing Sing Sing (with A Swing) Benny Goodman And His Orchestra 10. Jumpin' At The Woodside Count Basie And His Orchestra 11. Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today Count Basie And His Orchestra 12. Lester Leaps In Count Basie His Orchestra; With Lester Young 13. Oh Lady Be Good! Jones-smith Incorporated;count Basie 14. Without Your Love Billie Holiday Her Orchestra 15. Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 16. God Bless The Child Billie Holiday Her Orchestra 17. Three Little Words Art Tatum 18. Rebecca Pete Johnson;joe Turner 19. Harlem Congo Chuck Webb 20. A-tisket A-tasket (excerpt) Chuck Webb And His Orchestra 21. Shine Django Reinhardt 22. Dear Old Southland Noble Sissle His Orchestra
CD 3
1. Body And Soul Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra 2. Cotton Tail Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 3. Take The a Train (1986 Remastered) Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra 4. Begin The Beguine Artie Shaw And His Orchestra 5. In The Mood Glenn Miller And His Orchestra 6. Well Git It! Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra 7. Solitude (78rpm Version) Billie Holiday Her Orchestra 8. Drum Boogie Gene Krupa And His Orchestra 9. Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet 10. Groovin' High Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 11. Ko-ko Charlie Parker's Re-boppers 12. Scrapple From The Apple Charlie Parker Quintet 13. Embraceable You Charlie Parker Quintet 14. Get Happy Bud Powell Trio 15. Epistrophy Thelonious Monk 16. Straight No Chaser Thelonious Monk 17. Manteca Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra 18. Moon Dreams The Miles Davis Nonet 19. Just Friends Charlie Parker 20. Rockin' Chair Louis Armstrong 21. They Can't Take That Away From Me Sarah Vaughan Her Trio 22. Walkin' Shoes Chet Baker;gerry Mulligan 23. Fine And Mellow Billie Holiday
CD 4
1. Doodlin' Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers 2. I Get A Kick Out Of You Clifford Brown;max Roach 3. St. Thomas Sonny Rollins 4. Django Modern Jazz Quartet 5. Take Five The Dave Brubeck Quartet 6. So What Miles Davis 7. Giant Steps John Coltrane 8. Rick Kick Shaw Cecil Taylor 9. Chronology Ornette Coleman10. Original Faubus Fables Charles Mingus 11. Acknowledgement [from A Love Supreme] John Coltrane
CD 5
1. Hello Dolly! Louis Armstrong 2. Desafinado Stan Getz 3. In A Sentimental Mood John Coltrane;duke Ellington 4. Tourist Point Of View Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 5. E.s.p. Miles Davis 6. Spanish Key Miles Davis 7. Birdland Weather Report 8. Mister Magic Grover Washington Jr. 9. Rockit Herbie Hancock 10. Un Ange En Danger Ron Carter 11. Tanya Dexter Gordon 12. Soon All Will Know Wynton Marsalis 13. Death Letter Cassandra Wilson 14. Take The a Train Jazz At Lincoln Center