Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (2000)

About this title: 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 ... read more

Tracks:

1. Stardust [Carmichael/Parish]
2. Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' in My Room) [McDowell]
3. Memphis Blues [Handy/Norton]
4. Livery Stable Blues [Lee/Lopez/Nunez]
5. Charleston (South Carolina) [Johnson/Mack]
6. Chimes Blues [Oliver]
7. Backwater Blues [Smith]
8. The Pearls [Morton]
9. Dead Man Blues [Morton]
10. Wild Cat Blues [Waller/Williams]
11. Cake Walking Babies from Home [Smith/Troy/Williams]
12. Sugar Foot Stomp [Armstrong/King Oliv]
13. Heebie Jeebies [Atkins]
14. Potato Head Blues [Armstrong]
15. West End Blues [King Oliver/William]
16. The Mooche [Ellington/Mills]
17. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo [Ellington/Miley]
18. Black Beauty [Ellington]
19. Mood Indigo [Bigard/Ellington/Mi]
20. There Ain't No Sweet Man (Worth the Salt of My Tears) [Fisher]
21. Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) [Conrad/Lewis/Robins]
22. Riverboat Shuffle [Carmichael]
23. Hotter Than 'Ell [Henderson]
24. I Got Rhythm [Gershwin/Gershwin]
25. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [Ellington/Mills]
26. Echoes of Harlem [Ellington]
27. Moten Swing [Moten]
28. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
29. Ain't Misbehavin' [Razaf/Waller/Brooks]
30. For Dancers Only [Oliver/Raye/Schoen]
31. King Porter Stomp [Morton]
32. Rose Room [Hickman/Williams]
33. Sing, Sing, Sing [Prima]
34. Jumpin' at the Woodside [Basie]
35. Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today) [Basie/Durham/Rushin]
36. Lester Leaps In [Young]
37. Oh, Lady Be Good [Gershwin/Gershwin]
38. Without Your Love [Lange/Stryker]
39. Strange Fruit [Allan]
40. God Bless the Child [Herzog/Holiday]
41. Three Little Words [Kalmar/Ruby]
42. Rebecca [Turner]
43. Harlem Congo [White]
44. A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Fitzgerald/Alexande]
45. Shine [Brown/Dabney/Mack]
46. Dear Old Southland [Creamer/Layton]
47. Body and Soul [Eyton/Green/Heyman/]
48. Cotton Tail [Ellington]
49. Take the "A" Train [Strayhorn]
50. Begin the Beguine [Porter]
51. In the Mood [Garland/Razaf]
52. Well, Git It! [Oliver]
53. Solitude [Ellington/DeLange]
54. Drum Boogie [Eldridge/Krupa]
55. Salt Peanuts [Clarke/Gillespie]
56. Groovin' High [Gillespie/Paparelli]
57. Koko [Parker]
58. Scrapple from the Apple [Parker]
59. Embraceable You [Gershwin/Gershwin]
60. Get Happy [Arlen/Koehler]
61. Epistrophy [Clarke/Monk]
62. Straight, No Chaser [Monk]
63. Manteca [Fuller/Gillespie/Po]
64. Moon Dreams [MacGregor/Mercer]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.