• Disc 1. Akuapim drumming
• Reckless blues (Bessie Smith)
• West End blues (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five)
• It's all right, baby (Pete Johnson and Joe Turner)
• Now's the time (Charlie Parker)
• A sailboat in the moonlight (Billie Holiday and her orch.)
• So what (Miles Davis)
• The buzzard lope (Bessie Jones)
• Soon one morning (Mississippi Fred McDowell)
• The stars and stripes forever (Incredible Columbia All-Star Band ; Gunther Schuller, cond.)
• Down home rag (Wilbur Sweatman)
• Dixie Jazz Band one-step (Original Dixieland Jazz Band)
• Dead man blues (Jelly Roll Morton)
• Doctor Jazz (Jelly Roll Morton)
• Snake rag (King Oliver)
• Cake walking babies (from home) (Red Onion Jazz Babies)
• Changes (Paul Whiteman and his orch.)
• Copenhagen (Fletcher Henderson and his orch.)
• You've got to be modernistic (James P. Johnson)
• Black and tan fantasy (Duke Ellington and his famous orch.)
• Hotter than that (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five)
• Weather bird (Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines)
• Singin' the blues (Frank Trumbauer and his orch.)
• One hour (Coleman Hawkins with the Mound City Blue Blowers).

• Disc 2. Blue Lou (Fletcher Henderson and his orch.)
• Dinah (Benny Goodman Quartet)
• Star dust (Artie Shaw and his orch.)
• 'Taint what you do (It's the way that you do it) (Jimmie Lunceford and his orch.)
• Walkin' and swingin' (Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy)
• One o'clock jump (Count Basie and his orch.)
• Mood indigo (Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra)
• Conga brava (Duke Ellington and the Blanton-Webster Band)
• Blood count (Duke Ellington & his famous orch.)
• Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins and his orch.)
• Oh! Lady be good (Count Basie and his orch.)
• I'm coming, Virginia (Benny Carter and his orch.)
• Blue skies (Ella Fitzgerald)
• Christopher Columbus (Fats Waller and his Rhythm)
• Over the rainbow (Art Tatum)
• Swing to bop (Topsy) (Charlie Christian)
• Ko-Ko (false start) (Charlie Parker and his Re-Boppers)
• Ko-Ko (master take) (Charlie Parker and his Re-Boppers)
• Embraceable you (Charlie Parker and his Re-Boppers)
• Tempus fugue-it (Bud Powell)
• Long tall Dexter (Dexter Gordon)
• Moon dreams (Miles Davis)
• All the things you are (Modern Jazz Quartet)
• The preacher (Horace Silver).

• Disc 3. A night in Tunisia (excerpt) (Clifford Brown)
• Autumn nocturne (Sonny Rollins)
• Twisted blues (Wes Montgomery)
• Thelonious (Thelonious Monk)
• Rhythm-a-ning (Thelonious Monk)
• Boogie stop shuffle (Charles Mingus)
• King Porter stomp (Gil Evans)
• Concerto for Billy the Kid (George Russell Smalltet)
• Giant steps (John Coltrane)
• Acknowledgement (John Coltrane)
• E.S.P. (Miles Davis)
• Lonely woman (Ornette Coleman)
• Bulbs (Cecil Taylor)
• Willisau concert, part 3 (Cecil Taylor)
• Ghosts (Albert Ayler)
• El matador (David Murray Quartet).

• Disc 4. The organ grinder's swing (Jimmy Smith)
• The birth of the blues (Frank Sinatra)
• Baby, won't you please come home? (Sarah Vaughan)
• Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie)
• Watermelon man (Mongo Santamaria)
• Samba dees days (Stan Getz)
• Teen town (Weather Report)
• Long as you know you're living yours (Keith Jarrett)
• Chank (John Scofield with Medeski, Martin & Wood)
• Tutu (Miles Davis)
• Piece three (Anthony Braxton)
• Processional (Wynton Marsalis)
• Now's the time (Ronald Shannon Jackson)
• You've got to be modernistic (Jason Moran)
• Planet Rock (Jason Moran).

• 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.