La quintessence du jazz distillée en 36 chefs-d'œuvre par Alain Gerber. Ce coffret de 2 CD avec livret explicatif de 20 pages est considéré depuis maintenant quinze ans comme l'une des meilleures anthologies jamais parues.
Patrick Frémeaux

Droits éditorialisation : Frémeaux & Associés Jazz - L'histoire sonore de notre mémoire collective à écouter.

Les ouvrages sonores de Frémeaux & Associés sont produits par les meilleurs spécialistes, bénéficient d’une restauration analogique et numérique reconnue dans le monde entier, font l’objet d’un livret explicatif en langue française et d’un certificat de garantie. La marque Frémeaux & Associés a obtenu plus de 800 distinctions pour son travail muséographique de sauvegarde et de diffusion du patrimoine sonore.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS HOT FIVE : WEST END BLUES (J. OLIVER) • KING OLIVER'S CREOLE JAZZ BAND : DIPPER MOUTH BLUES (J. OLIVER ET L. ARMSTRONG) • BESSIE SMITH : BACK WATER BLUES (B. SMITH) • JAMES P. JOHNSON : CAROLINA SHOUT (J. P. JOHNSON) • SIDNEY BECHET WITH TOMMY LADNIER & HIS ORCHESTRA : REALLY THE BLUES (M. MEZZROW) • JELLY ROLL MORTON'S RED HOT PEPPERS : ORIGINAL JELLY ROLL BLUES (F. MORTON) • FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA : NEW KING PORTER STOMP (F. HENDERSON, D'APRÈS F. MORTON) • BIX BEIDERBECKE WITH FRANK TRUMBAUER & HIS ORCHESTRA : SINGIN' THE BLUES (C. CONRAD / J. R. ROBINSON) • JACK TEAGARDEN, PEE WEE RUSSEL WITH BUD FREEMAN & HIS FAMOUS CHICAGOANS : JACK HITS THE ROAD (D. BOWMAN) • EARL HINES : FIFTY-SEVEN VARIETIES (E. HINES) • FATS WALLER & HIS RHYTHM : I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER (F. E. AHLERT / J. YOUNG) • TEDDY WILSON : I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW (V. YOUMANS / A. CALDWELL) • ART TATUM : I WISH I WERE TWINS (J. MEYER / F. LOESSER, E. DELANGE) • CHICK WEBB & HIS ORCHESTRA : LIZA (G. GERSHWIN / I. GERSHWIN) • BILLIE HOLIDAY WITH TEDDY WILSON & HIS ORCHESTRA : I MUST HAVE THAT MAN (J. MC HUGH / D. FIELDS) • DJANGO REINHARDT & STEPHANE GRAPPELLY AVEC LE QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE : (D. REINHARDT ET S. GRAPELLY) • REX STEWART & HIS FEETWARMERS : SOLID OLD MAN (R. STEWART, B. TAYLOR, B. BIGARD) • DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA : KO-KO (D. ELLINGTON) • COOTIE WILLIAMS WITH D. ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA : CONCERTO FOR COOTIE (D. ELLINGTON) • JOHNNY HODGES & HIS ORCHESTRA : HODGE PODGE ( D. ELLINGTON ET J. HODGES) • BENNY CARTER WITH COLEMAN HAWKINS & HIS ALL STAR JAM BAND : CRAZY RHYTHM (J. MEYER / R. W. KAHN) • COLEMAN HAWKINS & HIS ALL STAR JAM BAND : OUT OF NOWHERE (J. W. GREEN / E. HEYMAN) • STUFF SMITH & HIS ONYX CLUB BOYS : YOU'SE A VIPER (S. VIPER) • JONAH JONES WITH CAB CALLOWAY & HIS ORCHESTRA : JONAH JOINS THE CAB (C. CALLOWAY) • COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA : ONE O'CLOCK JUMP (C. BASIE) • BUCK CLAYTON WITH COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA : FIESTA IN BLUE (J. MUNDY / B. GOODMAN) • ALBERT AMMONS, PETE JOHNSON, MEADE LUX LEWIS : CAVALCADE OF BOOGIE (P. JOHNSON, M. L. LEWIS ET A. AMMONS) • ELLA FITZGERALD WITH CHICK WEBB & HIS ORCHESTRA : A-TISKET, A-TISKET (E. FITZGERALD ET V. ALEXANDER) • LIONEL HAMPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA : WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW (B. CARTER / S. WILLIAMS) • JOHN KIRBY SEXTET : FRONT AND CENTER (C. SHAVERS ET JOHN KIRBY) • ROY ELDRIDGE AND HIS ORCHESTRA : AFTER YOU'VE GONE (T. LAYTON / H. CREAMER) • SIDNEY CATLETT WITH THE LESTER YOUNG QUARTAT : I NEVER KNEW (T. FIORITO / G. KAHN) • LESTER YOUNG WITH THE KANSAS CITY SIX : I WANT A LITTLE GIRL (M. MANCHER / B. MOLL) • NAT KING COLE TRIO : SWEET LORRAINE : (C. BURWELL / M. PARISH) • CHARLIE CHRISTIAN : SWING TO BOP (CHARLIE'S CHOICE) (D'APRÈS TOPSY DE E. DURHAM).