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

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. We Love To Boogie (Inconnu) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 2'50
2. Budo (M. Davis) Miles Davis Quintet 4'15
3. Trane's Blues (J. Coltrane) Miles Davis Quintet 8'26
4. Tenor Conclave (H. Mobley) Tenor Conclave 8'17
5. Round About Midnight (Monk - Williams - Hanighen) Miles Davis Quintet 5'18
6. Soultrane (T. Dameron) Tadd Dameron Quartet 5'22
7. C.T.A. (J. Heath) John Coltrane Quartet 4'39
8. Monk's Mood (T. Monk) Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane 7'49
9. Dakar (T. Charles) John Coltrane 7'07
10. Traneing In (J. Coltrane) John Coltrane With Red Garland Trio 12'31
11. I'm Old Fashioned (Kern - Mercer) John Coltrane Sextet 7'56
12. Lee Morgan (tp); Curtis Fuller (tb); John Coltrane (ts); Kenny Drew (p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (dms); Hackensack, N.J., 15 septembre 1957

Disc 2:

1. Blue Train (J. Coltrane) John Coltrane Sextet 10'41
2. Pristine (J. Coltrane) Art Blakey Quintet 5'42
3. Russian Lullaby (I. Berlin) John Coltrane With Red Garland Trio 5'32
4. Milestone (M. Davis) Miles Davis Sextet 5'42
5. Manhattan (Rodgers - Hart) George Russell And His Orchestra 9'09
6. Like Someone In Love (Burke - VanHeusen) Cecil Taylor Quintet 8'10
7. So What (M. Davis) Miles Davis Sextet 9'20
8. Mr. P.C. (J. Coltrane) John Coltrane Quartet 6'57
9. Giant Steps (J. Coltrane) John Coltrane Quartet 4'43
10. Harmonique (J. Coltrane) John Coltrane Quartet 4'10
11. Naima (J. Coltrane) John Coltrane Quartet 4'20
12. John Coltrane (ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (dms); New York, 2 d cembre 1959