Tracklist
| Scott Joplin– | Maple Leaf Rag | 3:16 | |
| Jelly Roll Morton– | Maple Leaf Rag | 2:37 | |
| Robert Johnson– | Hellhound On My Trail | 2:39 | |
| Bessie Smith– | St. Louis Blues | 3:12 | |
| Bessie Smith– | Lost Your Head Blues | 2:57 | |
| King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band– | Dippermouth Blues | 2:23 | |
| Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers– | Grandpa's Spells | 2:55 | |
| Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers– | Dead Man Blues | 3:00 | |
| Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers– | Black Bottom Stomp | 3:14 | |
| The Red Onion Jazz Babies– | Cake Walking Babies (From Home) | 3:28 | |
| Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen*– | Blue Horizon | 4:26 | |
| James P. Johnson*– | Carolina Shout | 2:47 | |
| Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five*– | Struttin' With Some Barbeque | 3:04 | |
| Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven*– | S.O.L. Blues (Excerpt) | 1:05 | |
| Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven*– | Potato Head Blues (Excerpt) | 1:14 | |
| Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five*– | Hotter Than That | 3:02 | |
| Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five*– | West End Blues | 3:17 | |
| Earl Hines– | Weather Bird | 2:46 | |
| Louis Armstrong And His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra*– | Sweethearts On Parade | 3:15 | |
| Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra– | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues | 2:59 | |
| Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra– | Riverboat Shuffle | 3:15 | |
| Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra– | Singin' The Blues | 3:03 | |
| Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra– | The Stampede | 3:18 | |
| Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra– | Wrappin' It Up | 2:48 | |
| Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra*– | Moten Swing | 3:26 | |
| Fats Waller– | I Ain't Got Nobody | 3:09 | |
| Meade "Lux" Lewis– | Honky Tonk Train | 3:01 | |
| Benny Goodman Trio– | Body And Soul | 3:30 | |
| Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra– | Body And Soul | 3:03 | |
| Coleman Hawkins Quartet– | The Man I Love | 5:10 | |
| Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra– | He's Funny That Way | 2:41 | |
| Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra– | All Of Me | 2:59 | |
| Ella Fitzgerald– | You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To | 2:56 | |
| Art Tatum– | Willow Weep For Me | 2:58 | |
| Art Tatum– | Too Marvelous For Words | 2:25 | |
| Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra– | Lunceford Special | 2:51 | |
| Gene Krupa And His Orchestra– | Rockin' Chair | 3:02 | |
| Benny Carter– | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (Excerpt) | 3:03 | |
| Lionel Hampton– | When Lights Are Low | 2:15 | |
| Count Basie And His Orchestra*– | Doggin' Around | 2:57 | |
| Count Basie– | Taxi War Dance | 2:55 | |
| Count Basie's Kansas City Seven*– | Lester Leaps In | 3:14 | |
| Benny Goodman Sextet– | I Found A New Baby | 2:57 | |
| Charlie Christian– | Blues Sequence (From Breakfast Feud) | 2:24 | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– | East St. Louis Toodle-Oo | 3:38 | |
| Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra*– | New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo | 3:04 | |
| Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra*– | Creole Rhapsody | 6:00 | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– | Harlem Air Shaft | 3:00 | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– | Concerto For Cootie | 3:22 | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– | In A Mellotone | 3:19 | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– | Ko-Ko | 2:42 | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– | Blue Serge | 3:22 | |
| Don Byas– | I Got Rhythm | 5:07 | |
| Dizzy Gillespie Sextet– | I Can't Get Started | 3:08 | |
| Dizzy Gillespie's All Star Quintet*– | Shaw 'Nuff | 2:57 | |
| Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers– | KoKo | 2:57 | |
| Charlie Parker– | Embraceable You | 2:14 | |
| Charlie Parker– | Embraceable You (Alternate Version) | 2:01 | |
| Charlie Parker Quintet*– | Klacktoveedsedsteen | 3:02 | |
| Charlie Parker Sextet*– | Little Benny | 3:30 | |
| Charlie Parker's All Stars*– | Parker's Mood | 3:01 | |
| Erroll Garner– | Fantasy On "Frankie And Johnny" | 2:55 | |
| Bud Powell Trio*– | Somebody Loves Me | 2:48 | |
| Sarah Vaughan– | Dancing In The Dark | 2:37 | |
| Sarah Vaughan– | Ain't No Use | 3:55 | |
| Lennie Tristano– | Crosscurrent | 2:52 | |
| Miles Davis And His Orchestra– | Boplicity | 3:03 | |
| Tadd Dameron's Sextet*– | Lady Bird | 2:54 | |
| Dexter Gordon Quartet– | Bikini | 3:33 | |
| Thelonious Monk Quartet*– | Misterioso | 3:22 | |
| Thelonious Monk Quintet*– | Criss Cross | 3:00 | |
| Thelonious Monk– | Evidence | 2:35 | |
| Thelonious Monk Quintet*– | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | 4:33 | |
| Thelonious Monk– | I Should Care | 3:16 | |
| Thelonious Monk– | Blues Improvisation (Excerpt) | 2:54 | |
| Gil Evans' Orchestra*– | Summertime | 3:22 | |
| Sonny Rollins Quartet– | Blue 7 | 11:23 | |
| The Modern Jazz Quartet– | Django | 5:34 | |
| Charles Mingus And His Orchestra*– | Hora Decubitus | 4:44 | |
| Sonny Rollins Plus Four– | Pent-Up House (Excerpt) | 7:32 | |
| Cecil Taylor– | Enter Evening | 11:05 | |
| Miles Davis Sextet*– | So What | 9:11 | |
| Ornette Coleman– | Lonely Woman | 5:03 | |
| Ornette Coleman– | Congeniality | 6:45 | |
| Ornette Coleman– | Free Jazz (Excerpt) | 10:14 | |
| John Coltrane– | Alabama | 5:07 |
Credits (2)
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S. Dillon Ripley*Liner Notes [Foreword]
Martin Williams (6)Liner Notes [Selected and Annotated]
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The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
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The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
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The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
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The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz - Revised
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The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz - Revised
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Smithsonian Collection – P7-19477 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 |
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The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz - Revised
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The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
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Where's the late 60s - early 70s jazz funk on this one? -
I paid 25 cents at a yard sale for what looked like a mint, un-played copy of this box set. Score. It's an excellent primer for classic jazz, a genre I'm ittedly not familiar with. This collection whets my appetite for more.
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referencing The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz (6×LP, Compilation, Pitman Pressing, Box Set, ) P6 11891
Excellent value for the money. Some great names in this collection. The first few discs of this multi-disc set are my favorite. -
Just listened to the revised version, sound is very good on almost all tracks. I'm not gonna be super critical on tracks that were laid down 70-100 years ago. the transfers were cleaned up quite nicely. on my copy LP 1 was a tiny bit noisy because of some superficial dirt and scuffs so i was unsure of the quality of the transfers. i cleaned that one twice, maybe on real high end cleaning eqipment things will get better. on subsequent records it was dead silent on almost all tracks. i tend not to turn it up too loud on my B&W speakers with older recordings not wanting to throw some oddball distortion through them, but when i replayed a few tracks i knew sounded good the first time trough they sounded quite nice turned up loudly. i wish i had room to keep this on my shelves for a while, but i cant keep everything i trip across so it will be sold. -
Does anybody know how the sound quality is on this Revised edition? I would appreciate it after not being able to find any information haha
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One of the best ways to get into jazz, this is 1973, six-LP pressing of THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION OF CLASSIC JAZZ on Smithsonian Institution records P6 11891. Includes Miles Davis, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Bennie Moten Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Monk, Rollins, many more.
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Edited 6 years agoAn eclectic collection of Jazz throughout the century. Includes tracks like Body & Soul, KoKo, So What, and even Alabama (Coltrane). However, sound quality is subpar, and most of the listening experience consists of critiquing and grading the audio transfers rather than actually enjoying the music. -
Edited 9 years agoGreat music all in the same place but the sound is a bit rough on a few.
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