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Ken Burns jazz [compact disc] : the story of America's music.

New York : Columbia/Legacy, p2000.

5 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 p. : ill. ; 23 x 17 cm.).

Disc 1: Star dust Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish (Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra) (3:33) -- Soon one mornin' (Death come a-creepin' in my room) Mississippi Fred McDowell (Mississippi Fred McDowell) (3:12) -- Memphis blues W.C. Handy, George Norton (Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Band) (2:36) -- Livery stable blues Marvin Lee, Ray Lopez, Alcide "Yellow" Nunez (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) (3:05) -- Charleston James P. Johnson, Cecil Mack (James P. Johnson) (1:49) -- Chimes blues King Oliver (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) (2:51) -- Back water blues Bessie Smith (Bessie Smith) (3:17) -- The pearls Jelly Roll Morton (Jelly Roll Morton) (2:48) -- Dead man blues Jelly Roll Morton (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) (3:13) -- Wild cat blues / Fats Waller, Clarence Williams (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) (2:59) -- Cake walkin' babies : from home Chris Smith, Henry Troy, Clarence Williams (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) (2:55) -- Sugar foot stomp Louis Armstrong, King Oliver (Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra) (2:49) -- Heebie jeebies Boyd Atkins (Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five) (2:52) -- Potato head blues Louis Armstrong (Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven) (2:55) -- West End blues King Oliver, Clarence Williams (Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five) (3:18) -- The Mooche Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (Duke Ellington & His Orchestra) (3:13) -- East St. Louis toodle-oo Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley (Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians) (2:52) -- Black beauty Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington) (3:01) -- Mood indigo Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (Jungle Band) (2:56) -- There ain't no sweet man (worth the salt of my tears) Fred Fisher (Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra) (3:29) -- Singin' the blues / Con Conrad, Sam M. Lewis, J. Russel Robinson, Joe Young (Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra) (3:00) -- Riverboat shuffle Hoagy Carmichael (Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra) (3:08) -- Hotter than 'ell Fletcher Henderson (Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra) (2:51) -- I got rhythm George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (Ethel Waters) (3:03).

Disc 2: It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) (3:08) -- Echoes of Harlem Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) (2:59) -- Moten swing Benny Moten (Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra) (3:22) -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy (Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra) (3:00) -- Ain't misbehavin' Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller (Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra) (3:11) -- For dancers only Sy Oliver, Don Raye, Vic Schoen (Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra) (2:36) -- King Porter stomp Jelly Roll Morton (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) (3:08) -- Rose room Art Hickman, Harry Williams (Benny Goodman Sextet) (2:47) -- Sing, sing, sing : with a swing Louis Prima (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) (8:37) -- Jumpin' at The Woodside / Count Basie (Count Basie & His Orchestra) (3:07) -- Sent for you yesterday & here you come today Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing (Count Basie & His Orchestra) (2:55) -- Lester leaps in Lester Young (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven) (3:13) -- Oh, lady, be good! George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (Jones-Smith Incorporated) (3:05) -- Without your love John Lange, Fred Stryker (Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra) (2:51) -- Strange fruit Lewis Allan (Billie Holiday) (3:10) -- God bless the child Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra) (2:53) -- Three little words Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby (Art Tatum) (2:24) -- Rebecca Joseph Vernon Turner (Pete Johnson & Joe Turner) (2:40) -- Harlem congo Harry White (Chick Webb & His Orchestra) (3:14) -- A-tisket a-tasket Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald (Chick Webb & His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald) (2:36) -- Shine Lew Brown, Ford Dabney, Cecil Mack (Django Reinhardt & Le Quartet du Hot Club de France) (2:55) -- Dear old southland Henry Creamer, Turner Layton (Noble Sissle & His Orchestra) (2:34).

Disc 3: Body & soul Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour (Coleman Hawkins) (3:00) -- Cotton tail / Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) (3:10) -- Take the "A" train Billy Strayhorn (Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) (2:54) -- Begin the beguine Cole Porter (Artie Shaw & his Orchestra) (3:13) -- In the mood Joe Garland, Andy Razaf (Glenn Miller & his Orchestra) (3:33) -- Well, git it! Sy Oliver (Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra) (3:00) -- Solitude Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra) (3:12) -- Drum boogie Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa (Gene Krupa & His Orchestra) (3:06) -- Salt peanuts Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie (Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet) (3:12) -- Groovin' high Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli (Dizzy Gillespie Sextet) (2:39) -- Ko-Ko Charlie Parker (Charlie Parker's Re-boppers) (3:12) -- Scrapple from the apple Charlie Parker (Charlie Parker Quintet) (2:56) -- Embraceable you George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (Charlie Parker Quintet) (3:42) -- Get happy Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler (Bud Powell Trio) (2:50) -- Epistrophy Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk) (3:05) -- Straight, no chaser Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk) (2:55) -- Manteca Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo (Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra) (3:05) -- Moon dreams Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer (Miles Davis Nonet) (3:18) -- Just friends John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis (Charlie Parker) (3:30) -- Rockin' chair Hoagy Carmichael (Louis Armstrong) (3:03) -- They can't take that away from me George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio) (2:40) -- Walkin' shoes Gerry Mulligan (Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan) (3:09) -- Fine & mellow Billie Holiday (Billie Holiday) (8:00).

Disc 4: Doodlin' Jon Hendricks, Horace Silver (Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers) (6:44) -- I get a kick out of you Cole Porter (Clifford Brown & Max Roach) (7:40) -- St. Thomas Sonny Rollins (Sonny Rollins) (6:41) -- Django John Lewis (Modern Jazz Quartet) (7:02) -- Take five Paul Desmond (Dave Brubeck Quartet) (5:22) -- So what Miles Davis (Miles Davis Sextet) (9:22) -- Giant steps John Coltrane (John Coltrane Quartet) (4:43) -- Rick Kick Shaw Cecil Taylor (Cecil Taylor Trio) (6:03) -- Chronology Ornette Coleman (Ornette Coleman) (6:03) -- Original Faubus Fables Charles Mingus (Charles Mingus) (9:04) -- Acknowledgement (from A love supreme) John Coltrane (John Coltrane Quartet) (7:47).

Disc 5: Hello, Dolly! Jerry Herman (Louis Armstrong) (2:23) -- Desafinado Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca (Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd) (5:49) -- In a sentimental mood Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills (John Coltrane & Duke Ellington) (4:14) -- Tourist point of view Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) (5:07) -- E.S.P. Wayne Shorter (Miles Davis Quintet) (5:30) -- Spanish key Miles Davis (Miles Davis) (2:49) -- Birdland Joe Zawinul (Weather Report) (5:57) -- Mister magic Ralph MacDonald, William Salter (Grover Washington) (9:02) -- Rockit Michael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell (Herbie Hancock) (3:55) -- Un ange en danger Ron Carter, Michael Solar (Ron Carter, M.C. Solaar) (3:49) -- Tanya Donald Byrd (Dexter Gordon) (7:24) -- Soon all will know Wynton Marsalis (Wynton Marsalis) (3:35) -- Death letter Son House (Cassandra Wilson) (4:13) -- Take the A train Billy Strayhorn (Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) (5:34).

Music from the PBS special Jazz, by filmmaker Ken Burns.

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