Audio[selected and annotated by Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams.
Contents:
Volume I. Changes ; Lonely melody / Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Copenhagen ; Henderson stomp ; Hop off ; New King Porter stomp ; Down South camp meetin' / Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
Put it there ; Stop kidding / McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Ol' man river / Luis Russell and his Orchestra
Starvation blues / Jesse Stone and his Blue Serenaders
Market Street stomp / Missourians
Casa Loma stomp / Casa Loma Orchestra
Toby ; Moten swing / Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
Madhouse ; Fat babes ; Rock and rye ; Grand Terrace shuffle / Earl Hines and his Orchestra
Stomping at the Savoy / Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
Don't be that way / Chick Webb and his Orchestra. Volume II. That naughty waltz ; Harlem Congo / Chick Webb and his Orchestra
Mood indigo ; Stratosphere ; Stomp it off ; Organ grinder's swing ; Uptown blues / Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra
Sometimes I'm happy ; King Porter ; Sing, sing, sing ; Ridin' high ; Mission to Moscow / Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
Big Jim blues / Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy
Song of India ; Well, git it! ; On the sunny side of the street ; Opus no. one / Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
One o'clock jump ; Sent for you yesterday ; Jumpin' at the Woodside / Count Basie and his Orchestra. Volume III. Volcano ; 9:20 special ; Shiny stockings / Count Basie and his Orchestra
Cherokee ; Skyliner / Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra
Begin the beguine ; Rose room ; Star dust / Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
I got rhythm ; In the mood ; A string of pearls / Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
The mole ; Friar Rock / Harry James and his Orchestra
Shufflebug shuffle / Benny Carter and his Orchestra
Tuxedo Junction ; Midnight stroll / Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra
A gypsy without a song ; Take the "A" train ; Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' ; Perdido / Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. Volume IV. The "C" jam blues ; Main stem ; Happy go lucky local / Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
Leap frog / Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
Till Tom special ; Flying home / Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra
Down under ; Apple honey ; Bijou (Rhumba a la jazz) ; Four brothers / Woody Herman and his Orchestra
Cool breeze / Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra
A night in Tunisia (interlude) ; Boyd meets Stravinsky / Boyd Raeburn and his Orchestra
Our delight ; Things to come / Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra
Robbins nest ; Donna Lee / Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra
Elevation / Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra
What's new? / Stan Kenton and his Orchestra.