Track List:

1-1    Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra–    Star Dust 3:33
1-2    Mississippi Fred McDowell–    Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In My Room) 3:12
1-3    Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band*–    Memphis Blues 2:36
1-4    Original Dixieland Jazz Band–    Livery Stable Blues 3:05
1-5    James P. Johnson–    Charleston 1:49
1-6    King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band–    Chimes Blues 2:51
1-7    Bessie Smith–    Back Water Blues 3:17
1-8    Jelly Roll Morton–    The Pearls 2:48
1-9    Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers–    Dead Man Blues 3:13
1-10    Clarence Williams' Blue Five–    Wild Cat Blues 2:59
1-11    Clarence Williams' Blue Five–    Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) 2:55
1-12    Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra–    Sugar Foot Stomp 2:49
1-13    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five–    Heebie Jeebies 2:52
1-14    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven–    Potato Head Blues 2:55
1-15    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five–    West End Blues 3:18
1-16    Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–    The Mooche 3:13
1-17    Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians*–    East St. Louis Toodle-Oo 2:52
1-18    Duke Ellington–    Black Beauty 3:01
1-19    The Jungle Band (2)–    Mood Indigo 2:56
1-20    Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra–    There Ain't No Sweet Man (Worth The Salt Of My Tears) 3:29
1-21    Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra–    Singin' The Blues 3:00
1-22    Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra–    Riverboat Shuffle 3:08
1-23    Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra–    Hotter Than 'Ell 2:51
1-24    Ethel Waters–    I Got Rhythm 3:03
2-1    Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–    It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 3:08
2-2    Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–    Echoes Of Harlem 2:59
2-3    Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra–    Moten Swing 3:22
2-4    Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra–    St. Louis Blues 3:00
2-5    Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra–    Ain't Misbehavin' 3:11
2-6    Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra–    For Dancers Only 2:36
2-7    Benny Goodman And His Orchestra–    King Porter Stomp 3:08
2-8    Benny Goodman Sextet–    Rose Room 2:47
2-9    Benny Goodman And His Orchestra–    Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) 8:37
2-10    Count Basie And His Orchestra–    Jumpin' At The Woodside 3:07
2-11    Count Basie And His Orchestra–    Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today 2:55
2-12    Count Basie's Kansas City Seven–    Lester Leaps In 3:13
2-13    Jones-Smith Incorporated–    Oh, Lady, Be Good! 3:05
2-14    Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra–    Without Your Love 2:51
2-15    Billie Holiday–    Strange Fruit 3:10
2-16    Billie Holiday With Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra–    God Bless The Child 2:53
2-17    Art Tatum–    Three Little Words 2:24
2-18    Pete Johnson & "Big" Joe Turner–    Rebecca 2:40
2-19    Chick Webb And His Orchestra–    Harlem Congo 3:14
2-20    Chick Webb And His Orchestra–    A-Tisket A-Tasket 2:36
2-21    Django Reinhardt & Quintette Du Hot Club De France–    Shine 2:55
2-22    Noble Sissle And His Orchestra–    Dear Old Southland 2:34
3-1    Coleman Hawkins–    Body And Soul 3:00
3-2    Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–    Cotton Tail 3:10
3-3    Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–    Take The "A" Train 2:54
3-4    Artie Shaw And His Orchestra–    Begin The Beguine 3:13
3-5    Glenn Miller And His Orchestra–    In The Mood 3:33
3-6    Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra–    Well, Git It! 3:00
3-7    Billie Holiday With Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra–    Solitude 3:12
3-8    Gene Krupa And His Orchestra–    Drum Boogie 3:06
3-9    Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet–    Salt Peanuts 3:12
3-10    Dizzy Gillespie Sextet–    Groovin' High 2:39
3-11    Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers–    Ko-Ko 3:12
3-12    The Charlie Parker Quintet–    Scrapple From The Apple 2:56
3-13    The Charlie Parker Quintet–    Embraceable You 3:42
3-14    The Bud Powell Trio–    Get Happy 2:50
3-15    Thelonious Monk–    Epistrophy 3:05
3-16    Thelonious Monk–    Straight, No Chaser 2:55
3-17    Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra–    Manteca 3:05
3-18    The Miles Davis Nonet–    Moon Dreams 3:18
3-19    Charlie Parker–    Just Friends 3:30
3-20    Louis Armstrong–    Rockin' Chair 3:03
3-21    Sarah Vaughan And Her Trio–    They Can't Take That Away From Me 2:40
3-22    Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan–    Walkin' Shoes 3:09
3-23    Billie Holiday–    Fine And Mellow 8:00
4-1    Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers–    Doodlin' 6:44
4-2    Clifford Brown & Max Roach–    I Get A Kick Out Of You 7:40
4-3    Sonny Rollins–    St. Thomas 6:41
4-4    The Modern Jazz Quartet–    Django 7:02
4-5    The Dave Brubeck Quartet–    Take Five 5:22
4-6    The Miles Davis Sextet–    So What 9:22
4-7    The John Coltrane Quartet–    Giant Steps 4:43
4-8    Cecil Taylor Trio–    Rick Kick Shaw 6:03
4-9    Ornette Coleman–    Chronology 6:03
4-10    Charles Mingus–    Original Faubus Fables 9:04
4-11    The John Coltrane Quartet–    Acknowledgment [From A Love Supreme] 7:47
5-1    Louis Armstrong–    Hello, Dolly! 2:23
5-2    Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd–    Desafinado 5:49
5-3    John Coltrane & Duke Ellington–    In A Sentimental Mood 4:14
5-4    Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–    Tourist Point Of View 5:07
5-5    The Miles Davis Quintet–    E.S.P. 5:30
5-6    Miles Davis–    Spanish Key (Single Version) 2:49
5-7    Weather Report–    Birdland 5:57
5-8    Grover Washington, Jr.–    Mister Magic 9:02
5-9    Herbie Hancock–    Rockit 3:55
5-10    Ron Carter & M.C. Solaar–    Un Ange En Danger 3:49
5-11    Dexter Gordon–    Tanya 7:24
5-12    Wynton Marsalis–    Soon All Will Know 3:35
5-13    Cassandra Wilson–    Death Letter 4:13
5-14    The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra–    Take The "A" Train 5:34