The best of New Orleans jazz, brought together in a single album which celebrates those early years: the good tunes, foot-stomping rhythms and rich harmonies which marked out jazz as a unique and new art form created to charm and delight the ear.

Artists

Edward Kid Ory, Louis Armstrong (trumpet & vocals), Bix Beiderbecke (cornet), Duke Ellington (piano & bandleader), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Muggsy Spanier, Sidney Bechet (saxophone & clarinet), Willie Bunk Johnson, Red Nichols, Frankie Trumbauer, Jelly Roll Morton (piano), Count Basie (piano & bandleader), Eddie Condon (guitar), Kid Ory Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong Dixieland Seven, Bix Beiderbecke Gang, Bob Cats, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Benny Goodman Band, Bob Crosby Orchestra, Mugsy Spanier Ragtime Band, Sidney Bechet New Orleans Feetwarmers, Bunk Johnson New Orleans Band, Red Nichols 5 Pennies, Louis Armstrong Hot Seven, Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra, Benny Goodman Orchestra, Jelly-Roll Morton Red Hot Peppers, Bix Beiderbecke New Orleans Lucky Seven, Kid Ory Creole Jazz Band, Bechet-Spanier Big Four, Sidney Bechet Orchestra, Count Basie Orchestra, Eddie Condon Dixieland Band