This three-CD box set, the first ever anthology of the upright bass, explores the earliest recorded history of the instrument. Without it, the revolutionary sound of American mongrel music ofthe last century would have been thin gruel indeed. Features 79 vintage recordings of influential jazz, blues and country bassists, including Wellman Braud, Bill Johnson, Al Morgan and Walter Page; as well as a 96-page book complete with essays, photographs, historic articles and more.