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Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz: CD 5427

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  1. Maple Leaf Rag (3:19)
    Scott Joplin, piano
  2. Maple Leaf Rag (2:40)
    Jelly Roll Morton, piano
  3. St. Louis Blues (3:05)
    Bessie Smith
  4. Lost Your Head Blues (2:54)
    Bessie Smith
  5. Dippermouth Blues (2:32)
    King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
  6. Black Bottom Stomp (3:09)
    Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
  7. Dead Man Blues (2:54)
    Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
  8. Grandpa's Spells (2:52)
    Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
  9. King Porter Stomp (2:52)
    Jelly Roll Morton
  10. The Cake Walking Babies from Home (3:05)
    Red Onion Jazz Babies
  11. Blue Horizon (4:19)
    Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazz Men
  12. Carolina Shout (2:39)
    James Price Johnson
  13. Big Butter and Egg Man from the West (2:57)
    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
  14. Potato Head Blues (2:58)
    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
  15. Struttin' With Some Barbecue (2:59)
    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
  16. Hotter Than That (2:59)
    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
  17. West End Blues (3:15)
    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
  18. Weather Bird (2:41)
    Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  19. Sweethearts on Parade (3:13)
    Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
  20. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (2:52)
    Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
  21. Singin' the Blues (2:58)
    Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
  22. Riverboat Shuffle (3:07)
    Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
  23. Four or Five Times (3:14)
    Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra

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  1. The Stampede (3:13)
    Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
  2. Wrappin' It Up (2:41)
    Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
  3. Dinah (3:12)
    Red Nichols And His Five Pennies
  4. Moten Swing (3:19)
    Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
  5. I Ain't Got Nobody (3:06)
    Fats Waller
  6. Honky Tonk Train Blues (2:57)
    Meade "Lux" Lewis
  7. Body And Soul (3:27)
    Benny Goodman Trio
  8. Body And Soul (2:59)
    Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra
  9. The Man I Love (5:04)
    Coleman Hawkins Quartet
  10. He's Funny That Way (2:38)
    Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra
  11. These Foolish Things (3:35)
    Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra
  12. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (2:44)
    Ella Fitzgerald
  13. Willow Weep For Me (2:53)
    Art Tatum
  14. Too Marvelous For Words (2:21)
    Art Tatum
  15. Organ Grinder's Swing (2:36)
    Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
  16. Rockin' Chair (3:11)
    Gene Krupa And His Orchestra
  17. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (Excerpt) (2:59)
    The Chocolate Dandies, featuring Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge
  18. When Lights Are Low (2:11)
    Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
  19. Dinah (2:32)
    Quintette Du Hot Club De France
  20. Doggin' Around (2:57)
    Count Basie Orchestra
  21. Taxi War Dance (2:47)
    Count Basie Orchestra
  22. Lester Leaps In (3:12)
    Count Basie And The Kansas City Seven
  23. I Found A New Baby (2:53)
    Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian, Count Basie
  24. Breakfast Feud (Composite) (2:18)
    Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian

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  1. East St. Louis Toddle-Oo (3:35)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  2. The New East St. Louis Toodle-O (2:56)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  3. Diminuendo in Blue / Crescendo in Blue (5:56)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  4. Ko-Ko (2:40)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  5. Concerto for Cootie (3:17)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  6. Cotton Tail (3:08)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  7. In A Mellotone (3:15)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  8. Blue Serge (3:19)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  9. I Got Rhythm (4:54)
    Don Byas and Slam Stewart
  10. I Can't Get Started (3:03)
    Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
  11. Shaw 'Nuff (2:55)
    The Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintette
  12. Koko (2:51)
    Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers
  13. Lady, Be Good (3:02)
    Charlie Parker with Jazz at the Philharmonic
  14. Embraceable You (Take #1, Excerpt) (2:06)
    The Charlie Parker Quintet
  15. Embraceable You (Take #2, Excerpt) (1:53)
    The Charlie Parker Quintet
  16. Klactoveedsedstene (3:00)
    The Charlie Parker Quintet
  17. Crazeology (Take #1) (1:01)
    The Charlie Parker Sextet
  18. Crazeology (Take #4) (2:55)
    The Charlie Parker Sextet
  19. Parker's Mood (3:00)
    The Charlie Parker All-Stars
  20. Fantasy on Frankie and Johnny (2:53)
    Erroll Garner
  21. A Night in Tunisia (4:13)
    The Bud Powell Trio
  22. Bikini (3:34)
    The Dexter Gordon Quartet
  23. Lady Bird (2:47)
    The Tadd Dameron Sextet

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  1. Boplicity (2:57)
    Miles Davis and His Orchestra
  2. Subconscious Lee (2:44)
    The Lennie Tristano Quintet
  3. Body and Soul (Excerpt) (3:35)
    Gene Norman's "Just Jazz," featuring Red Norvo, Stan Getz
  4. All Alone (2:19)
    Sarah Vaughan
  5. My Funny Valentine (5:48)
    Sarah Vaughan
  6. Misterioso (3:18)
    The Thelonious Monk Quartet
  7. Evidence (2:30)
    The Thelonious Monk Quartet
  8. Criss-Cross (2:54)
    The Thelonious Monk Quintet
  9. Bag's Groove (Solo) (2:48)
    Thelonious Monk
  10. I Should Care (3:11)
    Thelonious Monk
  11. Moon Rays (10:48)
    The Horace Silver Quintet
  12. Summertime (3:16)
    Miles Davis with Gil Evans and His Orchestra
  13. Haitian Fight Song (11:51)
    The Charles Mingus Quintet
  14. Django (5:22)
    The Modern Jazz Quartet
  15. Pent-Up House (8:52)
    Sonny Rollins Plus Four

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  1. Blue 7 (11:08)
    The Sonny Rollins Quartet
  2. West Coast Blues (Abridged) (5:30)
    The Wes Montgomery Quartet
  3. So What (8:51)
    The Miles Davis Sextet
  4. Blue in Green (5:20)
    The Bill Evans Trio
  5. Enter Evening (10:57)
    The Cecil Taylor Unit
  6. Alabama (5:09)
    The John Coltrane Quartet
  7. Lonely Woman (4:54)
    The Ornette Coleman Quartet
  8. Congeniality (6:41)
    The Ornette Coleman Quartet
  9. Free Jazz (Excerpt) (10:03)
    The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
  10. Steppin' (7:13)
    World Saxophone Quartet