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. Laura (Raksin - Mercer) Dave Brubeck 2´08
2. Back Home Again In Indiana (Mcdonald - Hanley) Dave Brubeck 2´31
3. Body And Soul (Heyman - Green - Eyton) Dave Brubeck 3´43
4. Undecided (Robin - Shavers) Dave Brubeck 2´26
5. Fugue On Bob Themes (D. Van Kriedt) Dave Brubeck 2´42
6. Crazy Chris (Desmond - Brubeck) Dave Brubeck 3´20
7. Lyons Busy (D. Brubeck) Dave Brubeck 3´12
8. Frenesi (A. Domingues) Dave Brubeck 2´33
9. All The Things You Are (Kern - Hammerstein) Dave Brubeck 3´18
10. Lulu´s Back In Town (Dubin - Warren) Dave Brubeck 2´20
11. My Romance (Rodgers - Hart) Dave Brubeck 2´35
12. Stardust (Carmichael) Dave Brubeck 3´01
13. Perdido (Tizol - Drake - Lenk) Dave Brubeck 7´46
14. The Way You Look Tonight (Kern - Fields) Dave Brubeck 7´41
15. Stardust (Carmichael) Dave Brubeck 6´26
16. Jeepers Creepers (Warren - Mercer) Dave Brubeck 7´22
17. Laura (Raksin - Mercer) Dave Brubeck 3´11
18. Lullaby In Rhythm (Goodman - Sampson - Profit - Hirsch) Dave Brubeck 7´21

Disc 2:

1. Le Souk (Brubeck - Desmond) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 4´35
2. Audrey (Brubeck - Desmond) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 3´33
3. Love Walked In (G.& I.Gershwin) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 8´51
4. Stompin´ For Mili (Brubeck - Desmond) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 5´18
5. Keepin´ Out Of Mischief Now (Razaf - Waller) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 5´04
6. The Duke (D. Brubeck) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 2´42
7. In Your Own Sweet Way (D. Brubeck) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 8´12
8. In Search Of A Theme (D. Brubeck) Dave Brubeck 2´25
9. You´d Be So Nice To Come Home To (C. Porter) Dave Brubeck 2´25
10. Someday My Prince Will Come (Morey - Churchill) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 8´17
11. The Golden Horn (D. Brubeck) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 4´57
12. Three To Get Ready (D. Brubeck) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 5´21
13. Blue Rondo A La Turk (D. Brubeck) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 6´43
14. Take Five (P. Desmond) The Dave Brubeck Quartet 5´23
15. Darktown Strutter´s Ball (S. Brooks) Dave Brubeck 1´38 Eugene Wright (B); New York, 10 Septembre 1959