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. King Porter Stomp (F.J.Morton) Teddy Hill And His NBC Orchestra 17 mai 1937 3'03
2. Pickin' The Cabbage (D.Gillespie) Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 8 mars 1940 2'46
3. Stardust (Carmichael) Dizzy Gillespie mai 1941 3'24
4. Little John Special (L.Millinder) Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
5. Woody'n You (D.Gillespie) Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra 16 f vrier 1944
6. Good Bait (T.Dameron) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 6 janvier 1945 2'57
7. Cherokee (Noble) Joe Marsala Sextet 12 janvier 1945 2'57
8. A Night In Tunisia (D.Gillespie-Paparelli) Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra
9. Groovin' High (D.Gillespie) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 28 f vrier 1945 2'38
10. All The Things You Are (Hammerstein-Kern) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 28 f v.1945 2'44
11. Salt Peanuts (Gillespie-K.Clarke) Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet
12. Lover Man (Ramirez-Davis-Sherman) Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet
13. Congo Blues (R.Norvo) Red Norvo And His Selected Sextet 6 juin 1945 3'50
14. Dizzy Boogie (S.Gaillard) Slim Gaillard 29 d cembre 1945 3'08
15. Diggin' Dizz (D.Gillespie) Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen 5 f vrier 1946 2'51
16. Dynamo A (D.Gillespie) Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen 6 f vrier 1946 3'02
17. The 52nd Street Theme (T.Monk) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra 22 f vrier 1946
18. A Night In Tunisia (D.Gillespie-Paparelli) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
19. Ten Lessons With Timothy (Simon) Tony Scott Sextet 6 mars 1946 2'39
20. One Bass Hit (Gillespie-Fuller-Brown) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 15 mai 1946 2'51
21. Oop- Bop- Sh'bam (D.Gillespie-G.Fuller) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 15 mai 1946 2'51
22. Our Delight (T.Dameron) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra 10 juin 1946 2'27
23. Things To Come (Gillespie-Fuller) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra 9 juillet 1946
24. For Hecklers Only (Brown-Fuller) Ray Brown 25 septembre 1946 2'53
25. Oop-Pop-A-Da (Gonzales) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra 22 ao t 1947 3'10
26. Two Bass Hit (Gillespie-Lewis) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra 22 ao t 1947 2'44

Disc 2:

1. Groovin' High (D.Gillespie) Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 29 sept. 1947 5'06
2. Hot House (T.Dameron) Dizzy Gillespie And His Big Band Live 29 septembre 1947 4'55
3. Algo Bueno (Woody'n You) (D.Gillespie) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
4. Cubano Be Cubano Bop (Gillespie-Russell) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
5. Emanon (D.Gillespie) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra 19 juillet 1948 4'16
6. An Oscar For Treadwell (C.Parker) Charlie Parker And His Orchestra 6 juin 1950 3'22
7. Swing Low Swing Chariot (Alex-Smith) Dizzy Gillespie With Johnny Richards And His Orchestra 31 octobre 1950
8. Birk's Work (D.Gillespie) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 1er mars 1951 3'06
9. The Champ (D.Gillespie) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 6 avril 1951 5'37
10. Dizzy Song (Lady Bird) (T.Dameron) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 11 avril 1952 3'40
11. Ooh-Shoo-Bee-Doo-Bee (J.Carroll) Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 18 juillet 1952 3'20
12. Battle of Blues (Trad.) Dizzy Gillespie And The Cool Jazz Stars 24 novembre 1952 2'55
13. Tin Tin Deo (Fuller-Pozzo) Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 9 f vrier 1953 4'07
14. Embraceable You (G.Gershwin) Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 9 f vrier 1953 3'13
15. Wee (Allen's Alley) (D.Best) Quintet Of The Year 15 mai 1953 6'39
16. It Don't Mean A Thing (Ellington-Mills) Dizzy Gillespie-Stan Getz Sextet 9 d c.1953
17. Manteca (D.Gillespie-C.Pozzo-G.Fuller) Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
18. Sometimes I'm Happy (Youmans-Caesar) Dizzy Gillespie And Roy Eldridge