Physical Description:1 sound disc (75:21 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. --sound discsound recordingsound recording].
Publisher:[New York] : Verve ; Willowdale, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by Universal Music, p2000.
General Note: LSC $21.08Program notes by Ken Burns inserted in container.Consists of previously released material."... music featured in the PBS television series"--P. [2] of insert.Compact disc.
Formatted Contents Note: Star dust (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra) -- Dead man blues (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) -- Dear old southland (Noble Sissle and his orchestra, featuring Sidney Bechet) -- Singin' the blues (Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra, featuring Bix Beiderbecke) -- St. Louis blues (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra) -- The mooche (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) -- Hotter than 'ell (Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra) -- King Porter stomp (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) -- Begin the beguine (Artie Shaw and his orchestra) -- Cotton tail (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) -- Jumpin' at the Woodside (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Solitude (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his orchestra) -- Groovin' high (Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, featuring Charlie Parker) -- Straight, no chaser (Thelonius Monk) -- They can't take that away from me (Sarah Vaughan and her trio) -- Take five (45-RPM version) (the Dave Brubeck Quartet) -- Doodlin' (Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers) -- Giant steps (John Coltrane Quartet) -- So what (Miles Davis Sextet) -- Take the "A" train (the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra)
Participant or Performer Note: Various performers.