Der Autor Peter Bölke zeichnet die Entwicklung des Jazz von seiner Entstehung in den Südstaaten bis zu seiner Ankunft in Europa. Analog zu den Kapiteln im Buch präsentieren die sechs beiliegenden Musik-CDs die Stationen des Jazz mit Legenden wie Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon oder Teddy Staufer.

Von Peter Bölke, Musikzusammenstellung von Rolf Enoch. 156 Seiten, gebunden, 150 Fotos, 6 Musik-CDs. Text: deutsch/englisch.

Inhalte der sechs CDs:

CD 1 Classic Jazz: Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five, Ted Nichols And His Five Pennies, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Luis Russell And His Orchestra, Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra u.v.m.

CD 2 New York Swing: Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra, Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra, Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra, Woody Herman And His Orchestra u.v.m.

CD 3 New York Be-Bop: Jay McShann And His Orchestra, Tony Scott And His Septet, Wardell Gray Quartet, Dizzy Gillepsie, Bud Powell Trio, Fats Navorro Quintet, Miles Davis' Nonet u.v.m.

CD 4 New York Modern Jazz: Horace Silver Quintet, Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Thelonious Monk Trio, Sonny Rollins Quartet, Art Blakel And The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd u.v.m.

CD 5 Cool & Westcoast Jazz: Modern Jazz Quartet, Lennie Tristano Sextette, George Shearing Quintet, Stan Getz And His Five Brothers, Serge Chaloff, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Jimmy Guiffre Four u.v.m.

CD 6 Jazz in Europe: Fats Waller, Clofford Brown Quintet, Louis Armstrong And The All Stars, Sidney Bechet All Stars, Roy »King Jazz« And His Orchestra, Benny Carter Et son Orchestre u.v.m.