Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 Episode 10 - By Song Title Acknowledgment (A Love Supreme) Written By: John Coltrane Performed by: John Coltrane, 1964 Label: Impulse Records The Verve Music Group Agitation Written By: Miles Davis Performed by: Miles Davis, 1968 Archival film: From a Swedish television performance Beau Regard Written By: Mark Helias Performed by: Regina Carter, 1998 Archival film: From a Baltimore television performance Blood Count Written By: Billy Strayhorn Performed by: Duke Ellington, 1967 Label: The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment Blue Monk Written By: Thelonious Monk Performed by: Thelonius Monk, 1959 Archival film: From the television special The Sound of Jazz Blue Rondo a la Turk Written By: Dave Brubeck Performed by: Dave Brubeck, 1961 Archival film: From a Columbia Records promotional film Caravan Written By: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills Performed by: Wynton Marsalis, 1988 Archival film: From the documentary Blues and Swing Dear Old Southland Written By: Henry Creamer, Turner Layton Performed by: Louis Armstrong, 1930 Label: Columbia/Legacy Death Letter Written By: Son House Performed by: Cassandra Wilson, 1998 Archival film: From the documentary Cassandra Wilson: Traveling Miles Desafinado Written By: Antonio Carlos Jobin, Newton Rerreira de Mendonca Performed by: Joao Gilberto, 1962 Archival film: From the television documentary The New Beat Desafinado Written By: Antonio Carlos Jobin, Newton Ferreira de Mendonca Performed by: Stan Getz, 1962 Label: The Verve Music Group Dianne's Samba Written By: Dianne Reeves Performed by: Dianne Reeves, 1995 Archival film: From a German television performance Dickie's Dream Written By: William Count Basie, Lester Willis Young Performed by: Count Basie's All-Stars, 1957 Archival film: From the television special The Sound of Jazz Dinah Written By: S. Lewis, James Oliver Young, Harry Akst Performed by: Louis Armstrong, 1933 Archival film: Excerpt from the performance film featuring Louis Armstrong, Kobenhavn Kalundborg Og Dreaming of the Master Written By: Art Ensemble of Chicago Performed by: Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1978 Label: ECM Records Ebony Rhapsody Written By: Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow, Franz Liszt Performed by: Duke Ellington, 1934 Archival film: From the feature film Murder at the Vanities Flying Colors Written By: Joe Lovano Performed by: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Joe Lovano, 1997 Archival film: From a German television performance Footprints Written By: Wayne Shorter Performed by: Miles Davis, 1968 Archival film: From a Swedish television performance Gingerbread Boy Written By: Jimmy Heath Performed by: Miles Davis, 1968 Archival film: From a Swedish television performance Hambone Written By: Archie Shepp Performed by: Archie Shepp, 1965 Label: Impulse Records The Verve Music Group Hello, Dolly! Written By: Jerry Herman Performed by: Louis Armstrong, 1963 Label: Kapp Records The Verve Music Group Hollywood Stampede Written By: Coleman Hawkins Performed by: Coleman Hawkins, 1945 Archival film: From the feature film Crimson Canary Hot House Written By: Tadd Dameron Performed by: Dizzy Gillespie, 1953 Archival film: From the television show Stage Entrance (featuring the Downbeat Awards) I'm Gonna Take You Higher Written By: Sylvester Stewart Performed by: Sly and the Family Stone, 1970 Archival film: From a performance at the Harlem Summer Music Festival Impressions Written By: John Coltrane Performed by: John Coltrane, 1961 Label: Impulse Records The Verve Music Group Impressions Written By: John Coltrane Performed by: John Coltrane, 1964 Archival film: From the television program Jazz Casual: John Coltrane In a Sentimental Mood Written By: Edward Kennedy Ellington Performed by: Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, 1962 Label: Impulse Records The Verve Music Group Janine's Theme Written By: Miles Davis Performed by: Miles Davis, 1973 Archival film: From a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1973 Jumpin' at the Woodside Written By: William Count Basie Performed by: Ella Fitzgerald, 1957 Archival film: From a Belgium television performance Latin American Sunshine Written By: Edward Kennedy Ellington Performed by: Duke Ellington, 1968 Label: Fantasy, Inc. Lazy River Written By: Hoagy Carmichael, Sydney Arodin Performed by: Louis Armstrong, 1958 Archival film: From the documentary film Jazz on a Summer's Day Let's Get Down Written By: Ronald Matthews Performed by: Dexter Gordon, 1976 Label: Columbia/Legacy Main Stem Written By: Edward Kennedy Ellington Performed by: Laguardia High School Jazz Band, 1997 Archival film: Live footage shot for The Jazz Film Project Naima Written By: John Coltrane Performed by: John Coltrane, 1964 Archival film: From the television performance John Coltrane in Europe Oh, But on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) Written By: Wynton Marsalis Performed by: Wynton Marsalis, 1988 Label: Columbia Records Original Faubus Fables Written By: Charles Mingus Performed by: Charles Mingus, 1960 Label: Candid Records Perdido Written By: Irving Drake, Hans Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol Performed by: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with the Timex All Stars, 1959 Archival film: From the television special Timex All-Star Jazz Show Rick Kick Shaw Written By: Cecil Taylor Performed by: Cecil Taylor, 1955 Label: Blue Note Records, A Division of Capitol Records Round Midnight Written By: Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen Performed by: Miles Davis, 1968 Archival film: From a Swedish television performance Sentimental Lady Written By: Edward Kennedy Ellington Performed by: Duke Ellington, 1959 Label: Columbia/Legacy Sing, Sing, Sing Written By: Louis Prima Performed by: Benny Goodman, 1937 Archival film: From the feature film Hollywood Hotel Single Petal of a Rose Written By: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Billy Strayhorn Performed by: Marcus Roberts, 1988 Label: The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment So What Written By: Miles Davis Performed by: Miles Davis, 1959 Archival film: From the Miles Davis performance, The Sound of Miles Davis Soon All Will Know Written By: Wynton Marsalis Performed by: Wynton Marsalis, 1986 Label: Columbia Records Spanish Key Written By: Miles Davis Performed by: Miles Davis, 1969 Label: Columbia/Legacy Stardust Written By: Mitchell Parish, Hoagy Carmichael Performed by: Louis Armstrong, 1931 Label: Columbia/Legacy Stevedore's Serenade Written By: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Irving Mills Performed by: James Carter, 1998 Archival film: From a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival Switch Blade Written By: Edward Kennedy Ellington Performed by: Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, 1962 Label: Blue Note Records, A Division of Capitol Records Take the "A" Train Written By: Billy Strayhorn Performed by: Charles Mingus, 1968 Archival film: From the documentary film Mingus Take the "A" Train Written By: Billy Strayhorn Performed by: Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center, 1992 Label: Columbia/Legacy Tanya Written By: Donald Byrd Performed by: Dexter Gordon, 1964 Label: Blue Note Records, A Division of Capitol Records That's My Home Written By: Leon Rene, Otis Rene, Ben Ellison Performed by: Louis Armstrong, 1932 Label: The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment Things Ain't What They Used to Be Written By: Mercer Ellington Performed by: Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, 1964 Archival film: From the television program The Twentieth Century: Duke Ellington Tiger Rag Written By: Nick LaRocca, Harry De Costa Performed by: Louis Armstrong, 1933 Archival film: Excerpt from the performance film featuring Louis Armstrong, Kobenhavn Kalundborg Og Tourist Point of View Written By: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Billy Strayhorn Performed by: Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1966 Label: The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment Triptych - Part 1 (Prayer) Written By: Max Roach Performed by: Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach, 1960 Label: Candid Records (Original master supplied by Michael Paul Lund) Triptych - Part 1 (Prayer) Written By: Max Roach Performed by: Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach, 1964 Archival film: From a Belgian Television performance Un Ange En Danger Written By: Ron Carter, M.C. Solaar (Claude M'Barali) Performed by: Ron Carter, M.C. Solaar, 1994 Archival film: From the documentary film Stolen Moments: Red Hot and Cool Unidentified song Performed by: Cecil Taylor, Archival film: From a French documentary Cecil Taylor: Le Grand Repetition Unidentified song Performed by: Cecil Taylor, Archival film: From the documentary Imagine the Sound Unidentified song Performed by: Duke Ellington, 1966 Archival film: From the television program Duke at the Cote D'Azur Unidentified song Performed by: Count Basie, 1943 Archival film: From the feature film Reveille with Beverly We Bop Written By: Lester Bowie Performed by: Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1981 Archival film: From a performance at Chicago's Jazz Showcase night club When It's Sleepy Time Down South Written By: Leon Rene, Otis Rene, Clarence Muse Performed by: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, 1970 Archival film: From the documentary The Trumpets When the Saints Go Marching In Written By: Traditional Performed by: Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Others, 1970 Archival film: From the documentary Anatomy of a Performance Wild Man Blues Written By: Ferdinand Joseph Morton Performed by: Nicholas Peyton, 1997 Archival film: From a Swiss TV performance Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 | Episode 10