Tracklist:


CD 1: The Twenties

01. Original Dixieland Jazz Band - At The Jazz Band Ball
02. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
03. The Georgians - Snake's Hips
04. The Original Capitol Orchestra - Tiger Rag
05. Savoy Orpheans - Eccentric
06. Mound City Blue Blowers - Morning After Blues
07. Jack Hylton's Kit-Kat Band - Riverboat Shuffle
08. The Plantation Orchestra - Arabella's Wedding Day
09. Devonshire Dance Band - Sugar Foot Stomp
10. Fred Elizalde and His Cambridge Undergraduates - Stomp Your Feet
11. Bert Firman's Rhythmic Eight - You Don't Like It, Not Much
12. Bert Firman's Rhythmic Eight - Miss Annabelle Lee
13. Jack Hylton's Rhythmagicians - Grieving For You
14. Fred Elizalde's Savoy Hotel Band - Dixie
15. Jay Whidden & His New Midnight Follies Band - A Dicky Bird Told Me So
16. Eddie South & His Alabamians - Two Guitars
17. Fred Elizalde - Nobody's Sweetheart
18. Noble Sissles and His Orchestra - Miranda
19. Alan Selby and his Band - Love Me Or Leave Me
20. Philip Lewis and his Orchestra - That's A Plenty
21. Jack Hart and His Band - Song Of Dawn
22. Ted Lewis and His Band - Sobbin 'Blues
23. Jimmy Dorsey / Spike Hughes & His Three Blind Mice - St Louis Blues
24. Spike Hughes & His Orchestra - Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do
25. Night Club Kings - Allah's Hollidays
26. Billy Cotton & His Band - Bessie Couldn't Help It

CD 2: Louis and Duke Arrive

01. Spike Hughes & His Orchestra - Buddy's Wednesday Outing
02. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Sunny Side Of The Street - Part 2
03. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Ain't Misbehavin '
04. Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington Talking To Percy Mathison Brooks
05. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Hyde Park
06. Madame Tussaud's Dance Band - Jazz Cocktail
07. Ray Noble & His Orchestra - Japanese Sandman
08. Jack Hylton & His Orchestra - Ellingtonia
09. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Jitter Bug
10. Joe Venuti & His Blue Four - Romantic Joe
11. Lew Stone & His Band - I Ain't Got Nobody
12. Valaida Snow / Billy Mason and his Orchestra - I Wish I Were Twins
13. Nat Gonella and His Georgians - Fascinating Rhythm
14. Gery Moore - Stars Fell On Alabama
15. Washboard Serenaders - Sheik Of Araby
16. Mario "Harp" Lorenzi And His Rhythmics - Some Of These Days
17. Duncan Whyte - Hummin 'To Myself
18. Nat Gonella and His Georgians - Singin 'The Blues
19. Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Nightfall
20. The Swing Rhythm Boys - Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
21. Garland Wilson - Just A Mood
22. Buck & Bubbles - Lady Be Good
23. Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Gin And Jive
24. Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra - King Porter Stomp
25. Ambrose and His Orchestra - Cotton Pickers' Congregation
26. Sid Phillips & his Orchestra - Amoresque
27. Danny Polo & His Swing Stars - Blue Murder Buddy's Wednesday Outing

CD 3: Jazz Takes Hold in the UK

01. Art Tatum - Sheik Of Araby
02. Danny Polo & His Swing Stars - If You Were The Only Girl In The World
03. Freddy Gardner & His Swing Orchestra - Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?
04. Una Mae Carlisle And Her Jam Band - I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
05. Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Ain't Misbehavin '
06. Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France - Lambeth Walk
07. Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band - Snakehips Swing
08. Freddy Gardner & His Swing Orchestra - 10 AM Blues
09. Jack Hylton's Band With Coleman Hawkins - My Melancholy Baby
10. Harry Roy & His Orchestra - Darktown Strutters Ball
11. Blue Mariners with Jack Llewellyn - Stardust
12. Johnny Claes and His Clay Pigeons - I Heard
13. Harry Parry and His Radio Rhythm Club Sextet - The Java Joint
14. HMV Public Jam Session - Tea For Two
15. Cyril Blake and His Jig's Club Band - Blue Skies
16. Melody Maker Competition Band - Red Duster Rag
17. Phil Green & His Basin Street Band - Bugle Call Rag
18. Buddy Featherstonehaugh's RAF HQ Bomber Command Sextet - Buddy's Blues
19. Josephine Bradley and Her Jive Rhythm Orchestra - Rockin 'The Blues
20. Vic Lewis/Jack Parnell Jazzmen - I'm Comin 'Virginia
21. George Shearing Sextet - Five Flat Flurry
22. Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson And His Coloured Orchestra - Swing Low Sweet Chariot
23. Vic Lewis/Jack Parnell Jazzmen - Dick's Boogie
24. Miff Ferrie and His Ferrymen - In A Little Spanish Town
25. Tony Short Trio With Wally Fawkes - 165 Blues
26. Ted Heath and His Music - Bakerloo Non-Stop
27. The Squadronaires - Hey Ba-Ba-Rebop

CD 4: Stylistic Turmoil

01. Harry Hayes and His Band - Blue Charm
02. Harry Hayes and His Band - Rckin 'In Rhythm
03. George Webb's Dixielanders - When The Saints Go Marching In
04. Melody Maker Columbia Jazz Rally - Blue Moon
05. Melody Maker Columbia Jazz Rally - Thriving On A Riff
06. The Ray Ellington Quartet - Five Guys Named Moe
07. Victor Feldman Quartet - Mop Mop
08. All Star Sextet - I Can't Get Started
09. Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
10. Freddy Randall & His Band - Wolverine Blues
11. Mark White Presents Jazz Club - Jazz Club Stomp
12. The Ronnie Scott's Club 11 Boptet - Wee Dot
13. Johnny Dankworth Quartet - Lover Man
14. Alan Dean and his Beboppers - Gone With The Windmill
15. Carlo Krahmer's Chicagoans - Blues In Thirds
16. Benny Goodman - BBC Broadcast Medley
17. Ted Heath & His Orchestra - Lyonia
18. The Yorkshire Jazz Band - Alexander's Ragtime Band
19. Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band - Some Of These Days
20. Coleman Hawkins - It's Only A Paper Moon
21. Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band - Maple Leaf Rag