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The 200 pages in the book and the 111tracks on the CDs underscore the turning points in the evolution of jazz, one of America’s proudest inventions. This magnificent new box expands and updates the milestone Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz of ’73; you’ll hear brilliant performances from the age of ragtime all the way to the funky jams of Medeski, Martin & Wood: Maple Leaf Rag Dick Hyman; Dipper Mouth Blues King Oliver; Black Bottom Stomp Jelly Roll Morton; Back Water Blues Bessie Smith/James P. Johnson; West End Blues Louis Armstrong; Moten Swing Bennie Moten; Mean to Me Billie Holiday/Teddy Wilson; One O’Clock Jump Count Basie; Honeysuckle Rose Benny Goodman; Ko-Ko Duke Ellington; Stardust Artie Shaw; Cottontail Ella Fitzgerald; Indiana Bud Powell; Embraceable You Charlie Parker; Misterioso Thelonious Monk; Django Modern Jazz Quartet; The Preacher Horace Silver; Ol’ Man River Oscar Peterson; Giant Steps John Coltrane; King of the Road Jimmy Smith; Ramblin’ Ornette Coleman; Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Miles Davis; Birdland Weather Report; My Song Keith Jarrett; Hey-Hee-Hi-Hi Medeski Martin & Wood, and more! Smithsonian Folkways.