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Ένας αιώνας ηχογραφήσεων που απογειώνουν μυαλό και σώμα σε ένα από τα πιο μεθυστικά μουσικά ταξίδια που μπορεί να υπάρξουν. Jazz age, standards, swing, bebop, cool jazz, free jazz, hard bop, fusion, jazz funk, smooth jazz, latin jazz και δεκάδες ενδιάμεσες μουσικές προτάσεις. Η διαδρομή που ακολουθεί η παρακάτω λίστα είναι μόνο μία από τις χιλιάδες που μπορεί να επιλέξει κάποιος. Ένα είναι σίγουρο όμως, when jazz speaks the world listens…
1917
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band – Dixie Jass Band One Step
1918
Marion Harris - After You've Gone
1919
Billy Murray - Take me to the land of Jazz
1920
Al Jolson - Avalon
1921
Ted Lewis & His Band - All By Myself
1922
Friars Society Orch – Fareweel Blues
1923
Arthur Gibbs and His Gang - The Charleston
1924
Aileen Stanley - Everybody Loves My Baby
1925
Fats Waller - Squeeze Me
1926
Ben Pollack and his Orchestra - Deed I Do
1927
Ben Selvin and His Orchestra - Blue Skies
1928
Bertolt Brecht - die moritat von mackie messer
1929
Ruth Etting - Love Me Or Leave Me
1930
Louis Armstrong - Body And Soul
1931
Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra - Georgia On My Mind
1932
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
1933
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Sophisticated Lady
1934
Paul Whiteman (Bob Lawrence, φωνητικά) - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
1935
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - In A Sentimental Mood
1936
Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight
1937
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Once In A While
1938
Harry James And His Orchestra - One O'clock Jump
1939
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Bluebird – In The Mood
1940
Duke Ellington - Cotton Tail
1941
Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn – Take the “A” Train
1942
Cootie Williams – Epistrophy (Fly Right)
1943
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra - Star Eyes (φωνητικά Helen O'Connell και Bob Eberly)
1944
Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Long Ago (And Far Away)
1945
Charlie Parker - Billie's Bounce
1946
Sarah Vaughan - If you could see me now
1947
Charlie Parker (με Miles Davis - Bud Powell) - Donna Lee
1948
Woody Herman & his Orchestra - Four Brothers
1949
Nat King Cole - Lush Life
1950
Stan Kenton and His Innovations Orchestra - Maynard Ferguson
1951
Charlie Parker – Blues For Alice
1952
George Shearing Quintet - Lullaby Of Birdland
1953
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra- Satin Doll
1954
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - April in Paris (LP: Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown)
1955
Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet - The Blues Walk (LP: Clifford Brown ✶ Max Roach)
1956
Sonny Rollins - Saint Thomas (LP: Saxophone Colossus)
1957
Miles Davis – Israel (LP: Birth Of The Cool)
1958
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Moanin’ (LP: Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers)
1959
Miles Davis – So What (LP: Kind Of Blue)
1960
WES MONTGOMERY - D-Natural Blues (LP: The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery)
1961
Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments (LP: Bill Evans / Roy Haynes / Eric Dolphy / Oliver Nelson / Paul Chambers / Freddie HubbardThe Blues And The Abstract Truth)
1962
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (LP: Takin' Off)
1963
Charles Mingus – Group Dancers ((Soul Fusion) Freewoman and Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries) (LP: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady)
1964
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – Desafinado (LP: Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto)
1965
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (LP: Maiden Voyage)
John Coltrane - Pt. 4 – Psalm (LP: A Love Supreme)
1966
Charles Lloyd Quartet - Autumn Sequence (LP: Dream Weaver)
1967
Duke Ellington - Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues) (LP: Duke Ellington's Far East Suite)