VA - JAZZ, The Smithsonian Anthology [2011] (6 x CDs)

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VA - JAZZ, The Smithsonian Anthology [2011] (6 x CDs)

Smithsonian Folkways will release JAZZ: The Smithsonian Anthology March 29, a six-CD box set seven years in the making. The anthology traces the history of jazz through its legendary innovators, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and John Coltrane. The six CDs encompass ragtime, New Orleans, swing, bebop, hard bop, cool, modal, free, fusion, Latin and many more variations in jazz’s sound mosaic.

JAZZ, The Smithsonian Anthology is the successor to the 1973 milestone Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz. Eighty percent of the set is new selections, its nearly eight hours of music feature hundreds of musicians on 111 tracks. The set is accompanied by a 200-page book of essays, track annotations and historical photos. The set opens with Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” (1899) and closes with Tomasz Stańko’s “Suspended Night Variation VIII” (2003).

A blue-ribbon executive committee selected the final 111 recordings from thousands of tracks recommended by dozens of jazz experts. The track annotations, which are extremely detailed, were contributed by a team of 35 scholars and educators. The notes on Joplin include an exploration of ragtime form, while an entry on Stańko discusses the state of jazz in the Eastern Bloc before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Five separate essays trace the evolution of Miles Davis from bebop to fusion.

“The extensive research done for this anthology could have produced many different sets representing disparate viewpoints,” said producer Richard James Burgess, in his album notes. “Our intention is that the anthology will stimulate aficionados and interested listeners, serve as a tool for educators and students, and provide an overview of jazz, as well as a solid jumping-off point for further explorations of this inspiring musical culture.”

JAZZ: The Smithsonian Anthology renews Folkways Records’ founder Moses Asch’s commitment to letting the “people’s music” be heard and fulfills the educational mission of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. More than a half century after the 11-volume Folkways Records JAZZ series of the early 1950s, Smithsonian Folkways echoes its legacy of offering a comprehensive, contemporary vision of the history, diversity and beauty of this consummate American musical invention that today belongs to the world. (www.si.edu)

For a complete track list, and the Smithsonian Jazz Trivia Challenge, visit www.folkways.si.edu/jazz.

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Track lists

CD1

01 Dick Hyman - Maple Leaf Rag 2:30

02 Bunk's Brass Band - In Gloryland 3:03

03 Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Livery Stable Blues 3:10

04 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dipper Mouth Blues 2:29

05 Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - The Stampede 3:16

06 Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers - Black Bottom Stomp 3:16

07 Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) 3:04

08 Bessie Smith & James P. Johnson - Back Water Blues 3:20

09 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Black & Tan Fantasy 3:10

10 Bix Beiderbecke & Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - From Monday On 3:03

11 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - West End Blues 3:21

12 Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines - Weather Bird 2:45

13 Eddie Condon's Hot Shots - That's a Serious Thing 3:32

14 Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson - Handful of Riffs 3:07

15 James P. Johnson - You've Got to Be Modernistic 3:14

16 Bennie Moten & the Kansas City Orchestra - Moten Swing 3:25

17 Boswell Sisters - Everybody Loves My Baby 2:24

18 Sidney Bechet - Maple Leaf Rag 2:59

19 Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Dinah 3:09

20 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Swing That Music 2:54

21 Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues 3:00

22 Billie Holiday With Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra - Mean to Me 3:10

23 Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - For Dancers Only 2:41

24 Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump 3:05

25 Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Harlem Congo 3:15

CD2

01 Quintette Du Hot Club De France - Minor Swing 3:16

02 Mary Lou Williams & Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy - Mary's Idea 3:00

03 Lionel Hampton - When Lights Are Low 2:16

04 Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra - Body & Soul 3:02

05 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Honeysuckle Rose 3:06

06 Art Tatum - Tiger Rag 2:17

07 Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Ko-Ko 2:43

08 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Hard Times (Topsy Turvy) 3:20

09 Chocolate Dandies - I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me 4:14

10 Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Stardust 3:34

11 Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Let Me Off Uptown 3:06

12 Dizzy Gillespie's All Star Quintet - Shaw 'Nuff 3:02

13 Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Manteca 3:09

14 Mary Lou Williams - Virgo From the Zodiac Suite 3:28

15 Dexter Gordon - Dexter Rides Again 3:16

16 Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio - I Want to Be Happy 4:00

17 Bud Powell - Indiana 2:46

18 Charlie Parker Quintet - Embraceable You 3:48

19 Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Four Brothers 3:18

20 Thelonious Monk Quartet - Misterioso 3:24

21 Tadd Dameron Sextet - Lady Bird 2:54

22 Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra - Tanga 5:10

23 George Shearing Quintet - September in the Rain 3:17

24 Lennie Tristano Sextet - Wow 3:20

CD3

01 Miles Davis Nonet - Boplicity 3:02

02 Count Basie Octet - The Golden Bullet 2:30

03 Shorty Rogers & His Giants - Popo 3:05

04 Gerry Mulligan Quartet With Chet Baker - Walkin' Shoes 3:14

05 Stan Kenton - 23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West 3:12

06 Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet - Daahoud 4:05

07 Modern Jazz Quartet - Django 7:05

08 Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers - The Preacher 4:20

09 Erroll Garner Trio - I'll Remember April 4:23

10 Chico Hamilton Quintet - Jonaleh 2:21

11 Lucky Thompson Trio - Tricrotism 4:36

12 Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas 6:48

13 Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Call for All Demons 5:15

14 Nat "King" Cole & His Trio - When I Grow Too Old to Dream 3:34

15 Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - Stompin' at the Savoy 5:15

16 Stan Getz & J.J. Johnson - Blues in the Closet 9:05

17 Oscar Peterson Trio - Ol' Man River 2:38

18 Miles Davis - Summertime 3:18

CD4

01 Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Moanin' 9:36

02 Count Basie & His Orchestra - Meet B. B. 3:31

03 Miles Davis Sextet - So What 9:26

04 John Coltrane Quartet - Giant Steps 4:47

05 Charles Mingus - Better Git it in Your Soul 7:25

06 Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo a La Turk 6:46

07 Ornette Coleman Quartet - Ramblin' 6:38

08 Cannonball Adderley - Work Song 5:09

09 Sarah Vaughan - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 2:33

10 John Coltrane Quartet - My Favorite Things, Part 1 (Single Version) 2:45

11 Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby 7:04

12 George Russell Sextet - 'Round Midnight 6:37

13 Ella Fitzgerald With Duke Ellington Orchestra - Cotton Tail 3:41

CD5

01 Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - One By One 6:23

02 Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema 5:26

03 John Coltrane Quartet - A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement 7:49

04 Miles Davis Quintet - E.S.P. 5:32

05 Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - Haig & Haig 4:31

06 Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - King of the Road 4:14

07 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Isfahan 4:15

08 Gary Burton - The New National Anthem 6:37

09 Chick Corea - Matrix 6:29

10 Miles Davis - Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 2:53

11 Mahavishnu Orchestra - Celestial Terrestrial Commuters 2:57

12 Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man 6:31

13 Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Long Yellow Road 6:29

14 Cecil Taylor - Jitney No 3:42

15 Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life 4:43

CD6

01 Anthony Braxton & Muhal Richard Abrams - Maple Leaf Rag 3:40

02 Weather Report - Birdland 6:01

03 Keith Jarrett - My Song 6:13

04 Irakere - Iya 5:56

05 Art Ensemble of Chicago - Bush Magic 5:10

06 World Saxophone Quartet - Steppin' 7:19

07 Steve Coleman Group - The Glide Was in the Ride 4:01

08 Abdullah Ibrahim - Manenberg (Revisited) 6:10

09 Michael Brecker - Nothing Personal 5:34

10 Tito Puente - Airegin 4:15

11 Wynton Marsalis Septet - Down the Avenue 4:48

12 Nguyên Lê - Ting Ning 3:44

13 Masada - Kilayim 3:24

14 Medeski, Martin & Wood - Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho 3:17

15 Martial Solal & Johnny Griffin - Neutralisme 4:33

16 Tomasz Stanko - Suspended Night Variation VIII 4:19

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