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℗2000
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5 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm)
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Music compiled for the PBS television series, Jazz, directed by Ken Burns
Disc 1. Star dust (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra) -- Soon one mornin' (Death come a-creepin' in my room) (Mississippi Fred McDowell) -- Memphis blues (Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band) -- Livery stable blues (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) -- Charleston (James P. Johnson), etc. Disc 2. It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) ; Echoes of Harlem (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) -- Moten swing (Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra) -- St. Louis blues ; -- Ain't misbehavin' (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra), etc. Disc 3. Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins) -- Cotton tail ; Take the "A" train (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) -- Begin the beguine (Artie Shaw and his Orchestra) -- In the mood (Glenn Miller and his Orchestra), etc. Disc 4. Doodlin' (Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers) -- I get a kick out of you (Clifford Brown and Max Roach) -- St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) -- Django (Modern Jazz Quartet) -- Take five (Dave Brubeck Quartet), etc. Disc 5. Hello, Dolly! (Louis Armstrong) -- Desafinado (Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd) -- In a sentimental mood (John Coltrane and Duke Ellington) -- Tourist point of view (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) -- E.S.P. (Miles Davis Quintet), etc
Program notes by Geoffrey C. Ward in booklet inserted in container
Various artists
Recorded 1917-1995