We've already outlined a general history of jazz by strolling down the many highways and byways of its different styles during the first fifty years of its life; now we're going to propose another approach to this music, the most popular and creative of the 20th century, and incidentally, one that's still continuing to develop, though in a different manner. We'll be offering a chronological approach to the life and music of some great jazzmen. There are already several anthologies and compilations in this world to do with jazz and those who are part of it, but we wanted to take a different approach and go one step further if possible. We'll be following our selected artists into every corner of their life, their critical and popular successes, anything unusual or innovatory they introduced, all in their order of composition; another "extra" with us will be the sound which will be cleaned and restored. So here goes. Jazz to listen to, accept, listen to again, appreciate, think about. For these are the high points of a musical story belonging to the 20th century that's still relevant fifty years later. Andre Francis (Jazz Characters creator)

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Opus De Bop (H. Jones) Stan Getz Quartet : The Be-Bop Boys 2'30
2. Summer Sequence Part 4 (R. Burns) Woody Herman And His Orchestra 3'05
3. Pardon My Bop (S. Getz) Stan Getz Quintet 2'37
4. Frosty (inconnu) Stan Getz Orchestra 2'59
5. Michelle (Gibbs - Rogers) Terry Gibbs New Jazz Pirates 3'29
6. Five Brothers (G. Mulligan) Stan Getz Four Brothers Bop Tenor Sax Stars 3'09
7. Battle Of The Saxes (A. Cohn) Stan Getz Four Brothers Bop Tenor Sax Stars 3'53
8. Stan's Mood (A. Cohn) Stan Getz Boppers New Sound Stars 2'37
9. Indian Summer (Herbert - Dubin) Stan Getz Quartet 2'45
10. Crazy Chords (S. Getz) Stan Getz Quartet 2'35
11. Always (I. Berlin) Stan Getz Quintet 3'44
12. Long Island Sound (S. Getz) Stan Getz Quintet 2'08
13. What's New (Burke - Haggart) Stan Getz Quartet 3'16
14. I've Got You Under My Skin (C. Porter) Stan Getz Quartet 3'14
15. There's A Small Hotel (Rodgers - Hart) Stan Getz Quartet 2'52
16. No Figs (L. Tristano) Metronome All Stars 3'40
17. Woody'n You (D. Gillespie) Miles Davis Sextet 5'43
18. The Lady In Red (Dixon - Wrubel) Stan Getz Quartet 3'13
19. Sweetie Pie (J. J. Loeb) Stan Getz Quartet 2'28
20. Tootsie Roll (S. Getz) Stan Getz Quartet 2'07
21. Penny (H. Silver) Stan Getz Quartet 2'55
22. Split Kick (H. Silver) Stan Getz Quartet 3'15
23. Dear Old Stockholm (Trad) Stan Getz And His Swedish All Stars 2'46
24. Yvette (G. Gryce) Stan Getz Quintet 2'58
25. Potter's Luck (Leyee) Stan Getz Quintet 2'41

Disc 2:

1. Signal (J. Raney) Stan Getz Quintet 5'51
2. Parker 51 (J. Raney) Stan Getz Quintet 6'04
3. Moonlight In Vermont (Seussdorf - Blackburn) Johnny Smith Quintet 3'13
4. Jaguar (J. Smith) Johnny Smith Quintet 2'31
5. Stars Fell On Alabama (Parish - Perkins) Johnny Smith Quintet 3'03
6. Body And Soul (Heyman - Sour - Eyton - Green) Stan Getz Plays 3'14
7. Autumn Leaves (Kosma - Pr vert - Mercer) Stan Getz Plays 2'58
8. The Varisty Drag (DeSylva - Brown-Henderson) Stan Getz / Bob Brookmeyer Quintet 6'54
9. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Ellington) Dizzy Gillespie / Stan Getz Sextet 6'36
10. Pernod (J. Mandel) Stan Getz Quintet 6'25
11. Easy Living (Robin - Rainger) Count Basie And His Orchestra 4'11
12. Louise (Robin - Whiting) Lionel Hampton And Stan Getz 6'47
13. Shine (Dabney - Brown - Mack - McPherson) Stan Getz Quintet 8'54
14. Dark Eyes (Trad) Dizzy Gillespie's All Stars 12'06