The Best of Ken Burns Jazz

by Various Artists

The Best of Ken Burns Jazz cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 7 November 2000
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:14:53
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A single-disc survey of jazz history compiled as a companion to Ken Burns's documentary series 'Jazz'. 'The Best of Ken Burns Jazz' moves from the music's early masters to its post-war innovators.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, instrumental, virtuosic, rhythmic, classic

Tracklist

  1. Star Dust (3:43)
  2. Dead Man Blues (Album Version) (3:12)
  3. Dear Old Southland (2:34)
  4. Singin' the Blues (feat. Bix Beiderbecke) (2:58)
  5. St. Louis Blues (Vocal) (2:58)
  6. The Mooche (1928 Okeh Version) (3:14)
  7. Hotter Than 'Ell (2:51)
  8. King Porter Stomp (Album Version) (3:09)
  9. Begin the Beguine (3:13)
  10. Cotton Tail (3:10)
  11. Jumpin' At The Woodside (3:08)
  12. Solitude (3:13)
  13. Groovin' High (2:39)
  14. Straight, No Chaser (2:55)
  15. They Can't Take That Away from Me (2:40)
  16. Take Five (2:53)
  17. Doodlin' (6:44)
  18. Giant Steps (4:43)
  19. So What (feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans) (9:22)
  20. Take the "A" Train (5:34)

Credits

  • Ken Burns - liner notes

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