Jazz : the definitive performances.
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Sony, ℗1999. |
| Description | 2 audio discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Adderley, Cannonball performer. |
| Other author/creator | Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Basie, Count, 1904-1984 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Beiderbecke, Bix, 1903-1931 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Bennett, Tony, 1926-2023 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Blakey, Art, 1919-1990 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Bostic, Earl, 1913-1965, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Christian, Charlie, 1916-1942 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Coleman, Ornette performer. |
| Other author/creator | Coltrane, John, 1926-1967 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Conrad, Con, 1891-1938 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Davis, Miles performer. |
| Other author/creator | De Costa, Harry, 1885-1964, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Desmond, Paul, 1924-1977 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Edwards, Eddie, 1891-1963 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Evans, Bill, 1929-1980 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Evans, Redd, 1912-1972 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Garner, Erroll performer. |
| Other author/creator | Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Getz, Stan, 1927-1991 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Giuffre, Jimmy, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hampton, Lionel performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hancock, Herbie, 1940- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hanighen, Bernie, 1908-1976 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hanley, James F. (James Frederick), 1892-1942 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hawkins, Coleman performer. |
| Other author/creator | Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Herzog, Arthur, Jr., performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hines, Earl, 1903-1983, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 performer. |
| Other author/creator | LaRocca, Jimmy, performer. |
| Other author/creator | LaRocca, Nick performer. |
| Other author/creator | Lunceford, Jimmie performer. |
| Other author/creator | MacDonald, Ballard performer. |
| Other author/creator | Marsalis, Branford performer. |
| Other author/creator | Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- performer. |
| Other author/creator | McLaughlin, John, 1942- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Mills, Irving, 1894-1985 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Monk, Thelonious performer. |
| Other author/creator | Oliver, King, 1885-1938 performer. |
| Other author/creator | O'Day, Anita performer. |
| Other author/creator | Porter, Cole, 1891-1964 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ragas, Henry, 1891-1919 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Robinson, J. Russel performer. |
| Other author/creator | Sbarbaro, Tony, 1897-1969 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Shields, Larry, 1893-1953 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Shorter, Wayne performer. |
| Other author/creator | Silver, Horace, 1928-2014, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Tatum, Art, 1909-1956 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Trumbauer, Frank performer. |
| Other author/creator | Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Warren, Earle performer. |
| Other author/creator | Williams, Clarence, 1893-1965, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Williams, Cootie performer. |
| Other author/creator | Young, Lester, 1909-1959 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Young, Trummy performer. |
| Other author/creator | Zawinul, Joe, 1932-2007 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Benny Goodman Sextet, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Branford Marsalis Trio, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Clarence Williams' Blue Five performer. |
| Other author/creator | Count Basie Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | Dave Brubeck Quartet, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Columbia Records, Inc. |
| Other author/creator | OKeh Records (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Gene Krupa Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hot Five, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Jazz Messengers performer. |
| Other author/creator | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | Kansas City Seven (Count Basie), performer. |
| Other author/creator | London Symphony Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | Mahavishnu Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | Miles Davis Sextet, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Original Dixieland Jazz Band performer. |
| Other author/creator | Thelonious Monk Quartet. |
| Other author/creator | Weather Report (Musical group) |
| Other author/creator | Woody Herman Orchestra. |
| Other author/creator | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. |
| Series | TomtheJazzman Collection Sony Music 100 years : soundtrack for a century TomtheJazzman Collection. UNAUTHORIZED Sony Music 100 years. ^A601603 |
| Contents | (Back home again in) Indiana / James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald, (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) (3:25) -- St. Louis blues / W. C. Handy, (Bessie Smith) (3:11) -- Dippermouth blues / King Oliver, (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) (2:14) -- The stampede / Fletcher Henderson, (Fletcher Henderson & his orchestra) (3:14) -- Wild cat blues / Fats Waller, Clarence Williams, (Clarence Williams Blue Five ; Sidney Bechet) (2:58) -- Singin' the blues / J. Russel Robinson, Con Conrad, (Frankie Trumbauer & his orchestra ; Bix Beiderbecke) (3:01) -- West End blues / King Oliver, Clarence Williams, (Louis Armstrong & his Hot Five ; Earl Hines) (3:15) -- Tiger rag / Harry De Costa, Eddie Edwards, Edwin Edwards, James LaRocca, Nick LaRocca, Henry W. Ragas, Antonio Sbarbaro, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, (Art Tatum) (2:19) -- God bless the child / Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday, (Billie Holiday) (2:54) -- Lester leaps in / Lester Young, (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven ; Lester Young) (3:13) -- Flying home / Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, (Benny Goodman Sextet; Charlie Christian ; Lionel Hampton) (3:17) -- I can't get started / Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin, (Dizzy Gillespie) (3:04) -- It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, (Duke Ellington & his orchestra) (3:10) -- 9:20 Special / Duke Ellington, Earle Warren, (Count Basie & his orchestra ; Coleman Hawkins) (3:11) -- Let me off uptown / Earl Bostic, Redd Evans, (Gene Krupa & his orchestra ; Roy Eldridge ; Anita O'Day) (2:58) -- T'aint what'cha do, it's the way how'cha do it / Sy Oliver, Trummy Young, (Jimmie Lunceford & his orchestra) (3:04) -- Four brothers / Jimmy Giuffre, (Woody Herman & his orchestra ; Stan Getz) -- Nica's dream / Horace Silver, (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ; Horace Silver) (11:52) -- So what / Miles Davis, (Miles Davis Sextet ; Cannonball Adderley ; John Coltrane ; Bill Evans) (9:03) -- Goodbye pork pie hat / Charles Mingus, (Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop) (4:47) -- Take five / Paul Desmond, (Dave Brubeck Quartet) (2:53) -- It's all right with me / Cole Porter, (Erroll Garner) (3:27) -- Straight, no chaser / Thelonious Monk, (Thelonious Monk Quartet) (4:32) -- Searching (pleading for love) / Steve Allen, Duke Ellington, (Duke Ellington) (1:46) -- Sanctuary / Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, (Miles Davis) (10:54) -- Meeting of the spirits / John McLaughlin, (Mahavishnu Orchestra ; John McLaughlin) (6:50) -- Watermelon man / Herbie Hancock, (Herbie Hancock) (6:28) -- Birdland / Joe Zawinul, (Weather Report) (5:56) -- The artist in America / Ornette Coleman, (Ornette Coleman ; London Symphony Orchestra) (3:55) -- Round midnight / Bernie Hanighen, Theloniour Monk, Cootie Williams, (Dexter Gordon) (13:12) -- Steppin' out with my baby / Irving Berlin, (Tony Bennett) (3:15) -- A thousand autumns / Branford Marsalis, (Branford Marsalis Trio) (6:21) -- Freedom is in the trying / Wynton Marsalis, (Wynton Marsalis) (2:45). |
| Abstract | Encompasses many of the century's greatest artists delivering their most compelling performances. |
| Local note | Gift of TomtheJazzman Mallison. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Sony: J2K 65807 (JK 65808--JK 65809). |
| General note | Selections previously released on analog discs by Columbia Records and OKeh Records. |
| General note | Program notes by Dan Morgenstern (61 p. : ill.) inserted. |
| Credits | Compilation producer: Phil Schaap. |
| Performer | Performed by various artists. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Selections recorded 1917-1996. |
| UPC | 074646580721 |
| Publisher number | J2K 65807 Sony |
| Publisher number | JK 65808--JK 65809 Sony |