disc 1. Star dust (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra) (3:33)
Soon one mornin' (death come a-creepin' in my room) (Mississippi Fred McDowell) (3:12)
Memphis blues (Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band) (2:36)
Livery stable blues (3:05)
Charleston (James P. Johnson) (1:49)
Chimes blues (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) (2:51)
Back water blues (Bessie Smith) (3:17)
The pearls (Jelly Roll Morton) (2:48)
Dead man blues (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) (3:13)
Wild cat blues (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) (2:59)
Cake walkin' babies (from home) (Clarence Williams's Blue Five) (2:55)
Sugar foot stomp (Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra) (2:49)
Heebie jeebies (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five) (2:52)
Potato head blues (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven) (2:55)
West End blues (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five) (3:18)
The mooche (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) (3:13)
East St. Louis toodle-oo (Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians) (2:52)
Black beauty (Duke Ellington) (3:01)
Mood indigo (the Jungle Ban) (2:56)
There ain't no sweet man (worth the salt of my tears) (Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra ; featuring Bix Beiderbecke) (3:29)
Singin' the blues (3:00) ; Riverboat shuffle (3:08) (Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra ; featuring Bix Beiderbecke)
Hotter than 'ell (Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra) (2:51)
I got rhythm (Ethel Waters) (3:03).
disc 2. It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) (3:08) ; Echoes of Harlem (2:59) (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra)
Moten swing (Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra) (3:22)
St. Louis blues (3:00) ; Ain't misbehavin' (3:11) (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra)
For dancers only (Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra) (2:36)
King Porter stomp (Benny Goodman and his Orchestra) (3:08)
Rose room (the Benny Goodman Sextet) (2:47)
Sing, sing, sing (with a swing) (Benny Goodman and his Orchestra) (8:37)
Jumpin' at the woodside (3:07) ; Sent for you yesterday and here you come today (2:55) (Count Basie and his Orchestra)
Lester leaps in (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven) (3:13)
Oh, lady, be good! (Jones-Smith Incorporated) (3:05)
Without your love (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) (2:51)
Strange fruit (Billie Holiday) (3:10)
God bless the child (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra) (2:53)
Three little words (Art Tatum) (2:24)
Rebecca (Pete Johnson and "Big" Joe Turner) (2:40)
Harlem Congo (Chick Webb and his Orchestra) (3:14)
A-tisket a-tasket (Chick Webb and his Orchestra ; featuring Ella Fitzgerlad) (2:36)
Shine (Django Reinhardt & Le Quartet du Hot Club de France) (2:55)
Dear old Southland (Noble Sissle and his Orchestra) (2:34).
disc 3. Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins) (3:00)
Cotton tail (3:10) ; Take the "A" train (2:54) (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra)
Begin the beguine (Artie Shaw and his Orchestra) (3:13)
In the mood (Glenn Miller and his Orchestra) (3:33)
Well, git it! (Tommy Dorsey and his Orcehstra) (3:00)
Solitude (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra) (3:12)
Drum boogie (Gene Krupa and his Orchestra) (3:06)
Salt peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie and his All Star Quintet) (3:12)
Groovin' high (Dizzy Gillespie Sextet) (2:39)
Ko-ko (Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers) (3:12)
Scrapple from the apple (2:56) ; Embraceable you (3:42) (Charlie Parker Quintet)
Get happy (Bud Powell Trio) (2:50)
Epistrophy (3:05) ; Straight, no chaser (2:55) (Thelonious Monk) (2:55)
Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra) (3:05)
Moon dreams (Miles Davis Nonet) (3:18)
Just friends (Charlie Parker) (3:30)
Rockin' chair (Louis Armstrong) (3:03)
They can't take that away from me (Sarah Vaughan and her Trio) (2:40)
Walkin' shoes (Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan) (3:09)
Fine and mellow (Billie Holliday) (8:00).
disc 4. Doodlin' (Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers) (6:44)
I get a kick out of you (Clifford Brown and Max Roach) (7:40)
St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) (6:41)
Django (the Modern Jazz Quartet) (7:02)
Take five (the Dave Brubeck Quartet) (5:22)
So what (Miles Davis Sextet) (9:22)
Giant steps (John Coltrane Quartet) (4:43)
Rick Kick Shaw (Cecil Taylor Trio) (6:03)
Chronology (Ornette Coleman) (6:03)
Original Faubus Fables (Charles Mingus) (9:04)
Acknowledgment (from a love supreme) (John Coltrane Quartet) (7:47).
disc 5. Hello, Dolly! (Louis Armstrong) (2:23)
Desafinado (Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd) (5:49)
In a sentimental mood (John Coltrane and Duke Ellington) (4:14)
Tourist point of view (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra) (5:07)
E.S.P. (the Miles Davis Quintet) (5:30)
Spanish key (single version) (Miles Davis) (2:49)
Birdland (Weather Report) (5:57)
Mister Magic (Grover Washington Jr.) (9:02)
Rockit (Herbie Hancock) (3:55)
Un ange en danger (Ron Carter and M.C. Solaar) (3:49)
Tanya (Dexter Gordon) (7:24)
Soon all will know (Wynton Marsalis) (3:35)
Death letter (Cassandra Wilson) (4:13)
Take the "A" train (the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) (5:34).