Eine Heranführung an die verschiedenen Stilrichtungen des Jazz ' und seine Interpreten, u.a. Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Miles Davies. Ein repräsativer Querschnitt des Schaffens der Musiker.
Disk (1) "Jazz Icons"
Ain't Misbehavin'
Louis Armstrong And His All Stars, Andy Razaf (Komponist)
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Louis Armstrong And His All Stars, Jimmy McHugh (Komponist)
Blueberry Hill
Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver's Orchestra, Al Lewis (Komponist)
New Orleans Function
Louis Armstrong And The All Stars, G. Crandall (Komponist)
C'est Si Bon
Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver's Orchestra, Henri Betti (Komponist)
Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya
Louis Armstrong And His/The All Stars, PD (Komponist)
Skokiaan I & II
Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver's Orchestra, August Musarurwa (Kompo-nist)
Mack The Knife
Louis Armstrong And The All Stars, Bertolt Brecht (Komponist)
West End Blues
Louis Armstrong And The All Stars, Clarence Williams (Komponist)
Royal Garden Blues
Louis Armstrong And The All Stars, Clarence Williams (Komponist)
Muskrat Ramble
Louis Armstrong And The All Stars, Kid Ory (Komponist)
Now You Has Jazz
Louis Armstrong And The All Stars, Cole Porter (Komponist)
They Can't Take That Away
Ella and Louis, George Gershwin (Komponist), Ina Gershwin (Komponist)
Cheek To Cheek
Ella and Louis, Ella and Louis (Komponist), Irving Berlin (Komponist)
Disk (2) "Jazz Icons"
One Hour
Mound City Blue Blowers, Creamer (Komponist), Johnson (Komponist)
Out Of Nowhere
Coleman Hawkins And His All Star Jam Band, Edward Heyman (Komponist)
Body And Soul
Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra, Edward Heyman (Komponist)
I Surrender Dear
The Chocolate Dandies, Coleman Hawkins (Komponist)
Stumpy
Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins (Komponist)
Bu Dee Daht
Coleman Hawkins & Orchestra, Johnson (Komponist), Lorenz Hart (Komponist)
Pick Up Boys
Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet, Feather (Komponist)
April In Paris
Coleman Hawkins And His All Stars, Duke (Komponist), Harburg (Komponist)
Picasso
Coleman Hawkins, Coleman Hawkins (Komponist)
Blue And Sentimental
Buck Clayton Jam Session, Count Basie (Komponist)
Lullaby Of Birdland
Coleman Hawkins And His All Stars, George Shearing (Komponist)
Out Of Nowhere
Jam Session At Riverside, Edward Heyman (Komponist), Johnny Green (Kom-ponist)
Let Me Kiss You, Baby
Henry 'Red' Allen's All Stars, Henry Allen (Komponist), Luis Russell (Komponist)
Tangerine
Ben Webster - Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Mercer (Komponist)
Walkin' My Baby Back Ho-me
Rex Stewart And Cootie Williams, Ahlert (Komponist), Turk (Komponist)
Time On My Hands
Coleman Hawkins, Adamson (Komponist), Youmans (Komponist)
Disk (3) "Jazz Icons"
Your Mother's Son-In-Law
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, Holiner (Komponist), Red Nichols (Komponist)
Miss Brown To You
Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra, Ralph Rainger (Komponist), Robin (Komponist)
Billie's Blues
Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra, Billie Holiday (Komponist)
Mean To Me
Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra, Ahlert (Komponist), Turk (Komponist)
Easy Living
Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra, Ralph Rainger (Komponist), Robin (Komponist)
Swing, Brother, Swing
Count Basie And His Orchestra, [4] Raymond (Komponist), Bishop (Kom-ponist)
Trav'lin' All Alone
Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra, Johnsson (Komponist)
Any Old Time
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Artie Shaw (Komponist)
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday acc. by Frankie Newton And His Orchestra, Allan (Kompo-nist)
Laughing At Life
Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra, Kenny (Komponist), Todd (Komponist)
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
Billie Holiday acc. by Toots Camerata And His Orchestra, Davis (Kompo-nist)
That Ole Devil Called Love
Billie Holiday acc. by Toots Camerata And His Orchestra, Fred Fisher (Komponist)
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra, Harold Arlen (Komponist)
A Fine Romance
Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra, Dorothy Fields (Komponist), Kern (Kom-ponist)
Lady Sings The Blues
Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra, Billie Holiday (Komponist)
Cheek To Cheek
Billie Holiday, Irving Berlin (Komponist)
Sophisticated Lady
Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington (Komponist), Irving Mills (Komponist)
Fine And Mellow
Billie Holiday With Mal Waldron All Stars, Billie Holiday (Komponist)
Disk (4) "Jazz Icons"
Hot Mallets
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra, Lionel Hampton (Komponist)
Blue'n Boogie
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
Dizzy Atmosphere
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintette, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
A Night In Tunisia (Interlude)
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
Ol' Man Rebop
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Teddy Wilson (Komponist)
Oop-Bop-Sh'bam
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
Things To Come
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
Algo Bueno (Woody'n You)
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
Cubana Be
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
Cubana Bop
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
Tin Tin Deo
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Pozo (Komponist)
I Let A Song Out Of My Heart
Stan getz Sextet & Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington (Komponist)
Lover Come Back To Me
Dizzy Gillespie All Stars, Hammerstein (Komponist), Romberg (Komponist)
Manteca
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (Komponist)
Disk (5) "Jazz Icons"
Valse Hot
Sonny Rollins Plus Four, Sonny Rollins (Komponist)
Tenor Madness
Sonny Rollins Quintet, Sonny Rollins (Komponist)
St. Thomas
Sonny Rollins Quartet, Sonny Rollins (Komponist)
Blue Seven
Sonny Rollins Quintet, Sonny Rollins (Komponist)
Moritat (Mack The Knife)
Sonny Rollins Quintet, Bertolt Brecht (Komponist), Kurt Weill (Komponist)
Decision
Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins (Komponist)
I'm An Old Cowhand
Sonny Rollins Trio, Sonny Rollins (Komponist)
Disk (6) "Jazz Icons"
Billie's Bounce
Charlie Parker's Reboppers, Charlie Parker (Komponist)
Milestones
Miles Davis All Stars, Miles Davis (Komponist)
Jeru
Miles Davis And His Orchestra, Gerry Mulligan (Komponist)
Deception
Miles Davis And His Orchestra, Miles Davis (Komponist)
Dear Old Stockholm
Miles Davis All Stars, Stan Getz (Komponist)
Well You Needn't
Miles Davis Quartet, Thelonious Monk (Komponist)
Walkin'
Miles Davis Sextet, Carpenter (Komponist)
Doxy
Miles Davis Quintet, Sonny Rollins (Komponist)
Bag's Groove
Miles Davis All Stars, Milt Jackson (Komponist)
'Round About Midnight
Miles Davis Quintet, Bernard Hanighen (Komponist), Thelonious Monk (Komponist)
My Funny Valentine (Coltrane silent)
Miles Davis Quintet, Lorenz Hart (Komponist), Shorty Rogers (Komponist)
Disk (7) "Jazz Icons"
(Back Home Again In) Indiana
Dave Brubeck Trio, Hanley (Komponist), McDonald (Komponist)
Body And Soul
Dave Brubeck Trio, Eyton (Komponist), Green (Komponist), Heyman (Komponist)
The Way You Look Tonight
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Fields (Komponist), Kern (Komponist)
How High The Moon
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Hamilton (Komponist), Lewis (Komponist)
Laura
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Johnny Mercer (Komponist), Raksin (Komponist)
I Remember You
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Mercer (Komponist), Schertzinger (Komponist)
Out Of Nowhere
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Green (Komponist), Heymann (Komponist)
Take The "A" Train
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Strayhorn (Komponist)
Someday My Prince Will Come
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Churchill (Komponist), Morey (Komponist)
Heigh-Ho (The Dwarf's Marching Song)
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Churchill (Komponist), Morey (Komponist)
Take Five
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Paul Desmond (Komponist)
Blue Rondo A La Turk
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck (Komponist)
Disk (8) "Jazz Icons"
Budo
Miles Davis Quintet, Bud Powell (Komponist), Miles Davis (Komponist)
S'posin'
Miles Davis Quintet, Andy Razaf (Komponist), Denniker (Komponist)
'Round About Midnight
Miles Davis Quintet, Thelonious Monk (Komponist)
Airegin
Miles Davis Quintet, Sonny Rollins (Komponist)
Ruby My Dear
Thelonious Monk Quartet, Thelonious Monk (Komponist)
Trinkle Tinkle
Thelonious Monk Quartet, Thelonious Monk (Komponist)
Nutty
Thelonious Monk Quartet, Thelonious Monk (Komponist)
Trane's Slow Blues
John Coltrane Trio, John Coltrane (Komponist)
Traneing In
John Coltrane with Red Garland Trio, John Coltrane (Komponist)
Blue Train
John Coltrane Sextet, John Coltrane (Komponist)
My Favorite Things
John Coltrane Quartet, Hammerstein (Komponist), Richard Rodgers (Komponist)