Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
2. Red Bank Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra
3. Let's Dance - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
4. Laura - Erroll Garner
5. Milestones - Miles Davis Quintet
6. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
7. Blue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck Quartet
8. Thelonious - Bud Powell
9. Man I Love - Coleman Hawkins
10. Summertime - Sarah Vaughan
11. 'Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
12. Skylark - Stan Getz
13. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus

Disc 2:

1. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2. Monk's Dream - Thelonious Monk Quartet
3. Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. Lover - Erroll Garner
5. Caravan - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
6. Young at Heart
7. Avalon - Goodman Group
8. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Ben Webster
9. Lover, Come Back to Me - Coleman Hawkins
10. I Got Rhythm - Lester Young
11. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan
12. Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron
13. Hi-Fly - Johnny Coles Quartet

Disc 3:

1. Besame Mucho - Bill Evans, Bill Evans
2. Satin Doll - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
3. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie Orchestra
4. Stardust - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
5. Cherokee - Marlon Jordan
6. Sing Soweto - Terence Blanchard
7. Soul Mates - Marcus Roberts Trio
8. Mabel Is Able - Bobby Watson
9. Sophisticated Lady - Rosemary Clooney, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
10. Moontrane - Dexter Gordon
11. I Remember Clifford
12. Tea for Two - Art Tatum
13. Night in Tunisia - The Jay & Kai Trombone Octet
14. Rahsaan's Run - Woody Shaw

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39389 in Music
• Released on: 2001-08-21
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Great value, great start to a classic jazz collection
Ideally, this set will whet your appetite for more of each of the artists included, but these recordings alone make a strong case for their classic status. You can't go wrong with the depth and variety of this music. These instrumentalists, singers, and composers must be counted among the very best that America has produced. If you're looking for a definitive introduction to the jazz idiom, look no further.

3 great discs, 1 great price
This ranks up there, in my opinion, with Pure Jazz & Pure Jazz Encore for total goodness. This offers a wide variety of songs for those of us who are just "discovering" jazz. Put these in, sit back, and enjoy.

A better compilation than most
When I started learning about jazz, I didn't have any idea what kind of jazz or which jazz artists I liked. I bought several compendiums of jazz music to try and get familiar with some songs and artists. For whatever reason, after a steady seven months of buying jazz CD's, this is one compilation/collection that I still keep listening to. Several tracks I've had trouble tracking down, and a few others are likeable, but not enough to make me want to buy a whole CD. So, I keep coming back to listen to this one, and I like the convenience of that approach. The fact that it is three CD's gives you a lot of music to choose from, so there is always something to listen to that suits my mood. The selection of tunes also complements sheet music used in my piano lessons, which represents great value and time saving for any aspiring jazz musician who buys this collection. I'm very happy with this set, and I recommend it to anyone who is looking to get into jazz, just starting to listen to jazz, or who wants to add something different to their classical or popular music collection.