1989. Raccolta di cantanti blues e jazz come Leadbelly, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Fats Waller, Little Richard e molti altri.

Tracks 2, 7, 9 recorded March 3, 1956
Tracks 3, 6, 10 recorded April 3, 1956
Tracks 1, 5, 8 recorded April 4, 1956
Tracks 4, 11 recorded December 31, 1956

Recording dates
1, 2: Mar 31, '37
2: Mar 31, '37
3 to 7: Jan 11, '39
8, 9: Jan 16, '41
10, 11: Jan 15, '46
12 to 15: Jan 3, '49

Tracks 1-9: Recorded June 19, 1959 at Adriano Theatre, Rome. Previously released on [r4053079] & [r4053105].
Track 10 (*Bonus Track): Recorded May 19, 1959 in Stockholm.

Kazumi Watanabe (chitarra), Vagabonde Suzuki (basso), Rikiya Higashihara (batteria), Tomoshiro Yahiro (percussioni), Masanori Shimada (tastiere).

Mixed and mastered by Jim Fox at LION and FOX recording studios, Washington DC. Produced and arranged by Marcus Urani and Harrison Stafford. Additional intro and groove arrangements by Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace. Executive produced by Jonathan McDonald.

Solo piano performances featuring the music of Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk.

Marcus Roberts is named as "Marthaniel Roberts" (his actual given name) above the track list on the tray card and on page two of the booklet.

Regular jewel case, 8-page stapled booklet.

"Recorded with only natural reverberance (no artificial additives)."

Nancy Wilson & George Shearing

Recorded at Capitol Studios, New York City on June 29, 1960 (#5,8,10,13,15,16), July 5, 1960 (#1,12,14,18), July 6, 1960 (#3,9,11,17) and January 7, 1961 (#2,4,6,7,19,20)

#1-12: originally issued as LP ST-1524
#13,14,20: previously unissued
#15-19: originally issued on CD 7-99190-2

?&© 2004 Blue Note Records

Roy Campbell (Tromba), Alex Lodico (trombone), William Parker (basso), Josh Roseman (trombone) e Matthew Shipp (sintetizzatore Korg)

Recorded on May 18th, 2004
at Maxine Studio, Milano

Alberto Baila alla chitarra acustica, Enrico Frongia alla voce e alla chitarra acustica, Riccardo Lai al contrabbasso e voce con ospiti Eugenio Luglié al flauto, Paolo Sanna alle percussioni e Alessandro Garau alla batteria.

Misspelt 'The Chronogical Classics' on the front.

Track 4 "Pickin' On Your Baby" is correctly spelled only on page 6 of the booklet. On back inlay and booklet page 2, it's misspelt "Pickin' On You Baby".

1999 by TCB Music SA

Transfers ? & © 1995 ASV, Ltd.

Originally released in 2000