| 1 | –Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra | New King Porter StompAlto Saxophone – Hilton Jefferson, Russell ProcopeDouble Bass [String Bass] – John KirbyDrums – Walter JohnsonGuitar – Freddie WhiteLeader [Director], Piano, Arranged By – Fletcher HendersonTenor Saxophone – Coleman HawkinsTrombone – J.C. Higginbotham, Sandy WilliamsTrumpet – Bobby Stark, Rex Stewart, Russell SmithWritten-By – Morton | 3:06 |
| 2 | –New Orleans Rhythm Kings | Mr Jelly LordBanjo – Bob GilletteBrass Bass – Chink MartinClarinet – Leon RopolloCornet – Paul MaresDrums – Ben PollackPiano – Jelly-Roll MortonReeds – Don Murray , Glen Scoville, Jack PettisTrombone – George BruniesWritten-By – Morton | 3:04 |
| 3 | –Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five | West End BluesBanjo – Mancy CaraClarinet – Jimmy StrongDrums – Zutty SingletonPiano – Earl HinesTrombone – Fred RobinsonTrumpet – Louis ArmstrongWritten-By – Oliver | 3:17 |
| 4 | –Clarence Williams Washboard Five | Log Cabin BluesBrass Bass – Cyrus St ClairClarinet – Buster BaileyCornet – Ed AllenPiano – Clarence WilliamsWashboard – Floyd Casey | 3:11 |
| 5 | –Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven | Potato Head BluesBanjo, Guitar – Johnny St. CyrBrass Bass – Pete BriggsClarinet – Johnny DoddsDrums – Baby DoddsPiano – Lil ArmstrongTrombone – John Thomas Trumpet – Louis ArmstrongWritten-By – Armstrong | 2:55 |
| 6 | –The Charleston Chasers | Beale Street BluesAlto Saxophone – Sid StoneburnBass – Harry GoodmanClarinet, Leader [Director] – Benny GoodmanDrums – Gene KrupaGuitar – Dick McDonoughPiano – Arthur SchuttTenor Saxophone – Larry BinyonTrombone – Glenn Miller, Jack TeagardenTrumpet – Charlie Teagarden, Ruby WeinsteinWritten-By – W.C. Handy | 2:59 |
| 7 | –Ma Rainey With Her Tub Jug Washboard Band | Hear Me Talking To YouBanjo, Kazoo – Martell PettifordJug – Carl ReidKazoo – Herman BrownPiano – 'Georgia Tom' DorseyWashboard – Unknown ArtistWritten-By – 'Ma' Rainey | 2:59 |
| 8 | –Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers | Smoke-House BluesClarinet – Omer SimeonCornet – George Mitchell Double Bass [String Bass] – John LindseyDrums – Andrew HilaireGuitar – Johnny St CyrPiano, Vocals – Jelly-Roll MortonTrombone – Kid OryWritten-By – Charles Luke | 3:26 |
| 9 | –Eddie Condon & His Footwarmers | Makin' FriendsBanjo – Eddie CondonClarinet, Voice [Speech] – Mezz MezzrowCornet – Jimmy PartlandDouble Bass [String Bass] – Art MillerDrums – Johnny PowellPiano – Joe SullivanTrombone, Vocals – Jack TeagardenWritten By – Teagarden & CondonWritten-By – Condon, Teagarden | 3:00 |
| 10 | –Miff Mole & His Molers | ImaginationBanjo – Dick McDonoughBass Saxophone – Adrian RolliniClarinet – Pee Wee RussellClarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Fud LivingstonDrums – Vic BertonGuitar – Eddie LangPiano – Arthur SchuttTrombone – Miff MoleTrumpet – Red NicholsWritten-By – Livingston | 2:49 |
| 11 | –Pinetop Smith | Pinetop's Boogie WoogiePiano [Solo], Written-By – Pinetop Smith | 3:09 |
| 12 | –Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Creole Love CallBanjo – Fred GuyClarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Harry CarneyClarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Rudy JacksonDouble Bass [String Bass] – Wellman BraudDrums – Sonny GreerPiano – Duke EllingtonSoprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Otto HardwickTrombone – Joe NantonTrumpet – Bubber Miley, Louis MetcalfVocals – Adelaide HallWritten-By – Ellington | 3:12 |
| 13 | –Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra | SouthBanjo – Leroy BerryBrass Bass – Vernon PageCornet – Booker Washington, Ed LewisDrums – Willie McWashingtonReeds – Harlen Leonard, Jack Washington, LaForest Dent, Woody WalderTrombone – Thamon HayesWritten By – Moten-HayesWritten-By – Moten, Hayes | 2:33 |
| 14 | –Don Redman & His Orchestra | Hot And AnxiousAlto Saxophone, Vocals, Leader [Director] – Don RedmanBanjo – Talcott ReevesBass – Bob YsaguirreDrums – Manzie JohnsonPiano, Arranged By – Horace HendersonReeds – Edward Inge, Robert Carroll, Rupert ColeTrombone – Benny Morton, Claude Jones, Fred RobinsonTrumpet – Langston Curl, Shirley Clay, Sidney DeParisWritten By – Redman-HendersonWritten-By – Redman, Henderson | 2:49 |
| 15 | –J.C. Cobb & His Grains Of Corn | Shake That Jelly-RollBanjo – Eustern WoodforkBass – Bill Johnson Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Violin – Junee CobbCornet – Jimmy Cobb Drums – W.E. BurtonPiano – Alex HillViolin – Bob WaughWritten By – Cobb-MelroseWritten-By – Cobb, Melrose | 2:57 |
| 16 | –Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Dixie Jass Band One-StepClarinet – Larry ShieldsCornet – Nick LaRocaDrums – Tony SbarbaroPiano – Henry RagasTrombone – Eddie EdwardsWritten By – LaRocca/Edwards/Shields/Ragas/SbarbaroWritten-By – Edwards, Ragas, Shields, LaRocca, Sbarbaro | 2:37 |
| 17 | –King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | Dippermouth BluesBanjo, Vocals [Vocal Break] – Bill Johnson Clarinet – Johnny DoddsCornet – King Oliver, Louis ArmstrongDrums – Baby DoddsPiano – Lil HardinTrombone – Honoré DutreyWritten By – Armstrong/OliverWritten-By – Oliver, Armstrong | 2:26 |
| 18 | –Bessie Smith | Nobody Knows You When You're Down And OutAlto Saxophone – Garvin BushellBrass Bass – Cyrus St. ClairCornet – Ed AllenPiano – Clarence WilliamsTenor Saxophone – Greely WatsonWritten-By – Ida Cox | 2:57 |
| 19 | –Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang | Since My Girl Turned Me DownBass Saxophone – Adrian RolliniClarinet – Don Murray Cornet – Bix BeiderbeckeDrums – Chauncey MorehousePiano – Frank SignorelliTrombone – Bill RankWritten By – Lodwig-QuicksellWritten-By – Quicksell, Lodwig | 3:03 |
| 20 | –Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers | Dr JazzClarinet – Omer SimeonCornet – George Mitchell Double Bass [String Bass] – John LindseyDrums – Andrew HilaireGuitar – Johnny St CyrPiano, Vocals – Jelly-Roll MortonTrombone – Kid OryWritten-By – Oliver | 3:24 |
| 21 | –McKenzie & Condon's Chicagoans | Nobody's SweetheartBass – Jim LanniganClarinet – Frank TeschmacherCornet – Jimmy McPartlandDrums – Gene KrupaGuitar – Eddie CondonPiano – Joe SullivanTenor Saxophone – Bud FreemanWritten By – Kahn-Ergman-Meyers-SchoebelWritten-By – Meyers, Schoebel, Ergman, Kahn | 3:05 |
| 22 | –Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra | Sugar Foot StompBanjo – Charlie DixonBrass Bass – Bob EscuderoClarinet, Alto Saxophone – Buster BaileyClarinet, Alto Saxophone, Arranged By – Don RedmanClarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Coleman HawkinsDrums – Kaiser MarshallPiano, Leader [Director] – Fletcher HendersonTrombone – Charlie GreenTrumpet – Elmer Chambers, Joe Smith , Louis ArmstrongWritten By – Oliver & ArmstrongWritten-By – Oliver, Armstrong | 2:48 |
| 23 | –Fats Waller & His Buddies | The Minor DragBanjo – Eddie CondonClarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Arville HarrisPiano – Fats WallerTrombone – Charles IrvisTrumpet – Charlie GainsWritten-By – Waller | 2:39 |
| 24 | –State Street Ramblers | Stomp Your StuffBanjo – Ed Hudson Kazoo, Washboard, Vocals – Alfred BellPiano – Jimmy BlytheWritten-By – Blythe | 3:11 |
This compilation ℗&© World Music Network 1997. Manufactured in the EU. All tracks under license from Robert Parker Digital Stereo Pty Ltd.
Total playing time: 71:36.
The Rough Guide To Classic Jazz is compiled by The World Music Network to accompany the Rough Guide To Jazz book and is produced in association with Rough Guides, New Internationalist & Robert Parker's Jazz Classics In Stereo.
Track 9 Main Artist is miswritten as 'Ma Rainey With Her Tug Jug Washboard Band' on the back cover, but is correctly written in the booklet.
Track 10: Main Artist is listed as 'Bessie Smith with Orchestra' in the booklet, and 'Bessie Smith' on the cover.
Track 21: Main Artist is written as 'Benny Morten's Kansas City Orchestra' on the back cover and 'Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra' in the booklet.
Solos:
Track 22: Miley - Jackson.
Track 24: Stark - Stark - Hawkins - Williams - Stewart - Higginbotham.
Track 1 (37257-3) recorded in Chicago, 16/12/26. Published by Chappell-MCA. Taken from the album "Jelly Roll Morton - The Chicago Years - Great Original Performances 1926-29" (RPCD 623).
Track 2 (36240-2) recorded at the Webster Hotel, Chicago, 15/9/26. Taken from the album "Jelly Roll Morton - The Chicago Years - Great Original Performances 1926-29" (RPCD 623).
Track 3 (19332-3) recorded in New York, 29/2/17.
Track 4 (11389-B) recorded in Richmond, Indiana, 6/4/23. Published by Herman Darewski Music Publishing Company. Taken from "King Oliver Vol. 1 - Great Original Performances 1923-29"(RPCD 607).
Track 5 (11541-A) recorded in Richmond, Indiana, 17/7/23. Published by Chappell. Taken from "New Orleans - Great Original Performances 1918-34" (RPCD 613).
Track 6 (140639-2) recorded in New York, 29/5/25. Published by Chappell-MCA.
Track 7 (80855-C) recorded in Chicago, 1/5/27. Published by MCA Music. Taken from "Louis Armstrong - Great Original Performances 1923-31" (RPCD 618).
Track 8 (400967-8) recorded in Chicago, 28/6/28. Published by B Feldman & Co. Ltd/Redwood Music Ltd. Taken from "Louis Armstrong - Great Original Performances 1923-31" (RPCD 618).
Track 9 (20663-2) recorded in Chicago, circa June 1928. Published by Cop. Con. Taken from "Chicago - Great Original Performances 1926-34" (RPCD 614).
Track 10 (148534-3) recorded in New York, 15/5/29. Published by B. Feldman/EMI.
Track 11 (C-2920-A) recorded in Chicago, 7/2/29. Published by Chappell. Taken from "Chicago - Great Original Performances 1926-34" (RPCD 614).
Track 12 recorded in Richmond, Ind., 20/3/31. Published by Cop. Con. Taken from "Chicago - Great Original Performances 1926-34" (RPCD 614).
Track 13 (C-2726-B) recorded in Chicago, 29/12/28. Published by MCA Music. Taken from "Boogie Woogie - Great Original Performances 1928-41" (RPCD 601).
Track 14 (82082-B) recorded in Chicago, 16/12/27. Published by Lawrence Wright. Taken from "Chicago - Great Original Performances 1926-34" (RPCD 614).
Track 15 (81572-B) recorded in New York, 25/10/27. Published by Cavendish Music Co. Ltd. Taken from "Bix Beiderbecke - Great Original Performances 1924-30" (RPCD 620).
Track 16 (151293-3) recorded in New York, 9/2/31. Published by Francuis Day & Hunter/EMI Music.
Track 17 (81296-B) recorded in New York, 30/8/27. Published by United Artists.
Track 18 (401278-A) recorded in New York, 30/10/28. Published by Chappell.
Track 19 (49760-2) recorded in New York, 1/3/29. Published by Southern-Redwood. Taken from "Fats Waller - Great Original Performances 1927-40" (RPCD 619).
Track 20 (400621-B) recorded in New York, 18/4/28. Published by Cop Con.
Track 21 (42935-1) recorded in Camden, N.J., 7/9/1928.
Track 22 (39370-1) recorded in New York, 26/10/1927. Published by Lawrence Wright Music. Taken from "Duke Ellington - Great Original Performances 1927-34" (RPCD 624).
Track 23 (8-12006-A) recorded in New York, 20/6/32. Published by Belwin Mills Music.
Track 24 (152325-1) recorded in New York, 9/12/32. Published by Darewski Music/EMI Music Pub.Co.Ltd.