This box provides a comprehensive and fascinating overview of the development of the arrangement in jazz. From early beginnings in the work of Jelly Roll Morton, arranging became a skill that was highly prized during the days of the big bands.  This one's made to order for the true jazzophile.  90 tracks put together by 87 different arrangers.  Pretty much every major big and mid-size band that recorded during the 1930s and 1940s is here, and then some!  Includes a 68 page booklet to guide you through the history of this vastly underappreciated art.  Amazing!!!

Disc 1

1. Grandpa's Spells 2:52 - Morton, Jelly Roll & His Red Hot Peppers
2. San 3:21 - Whiteman, Paul & His Orchestra
3. Put It There 2:32 - McKinney's Cotton Pickers
4. Some Of These Days 2:55 - Calloway, Cab & His Cotton Club Orchestra
5. White Jazz 3:05 - Gray, Glen & His Casa Loma Orchestra
6. Chant Of The Weed 3:13 - Redman, Don And His Orchestra
7. Toby 3:23 - Moten, Bennie & His Kansas City Orchestra
8. King Porter Stomp 2:53 - Henderson, Fletcher And His Orchestra
9. Symphony In Riffs 3:03 - Carter, Benny And His Orchestra
10. White Heat 2:30 - Lunceford, Jimmie And His Orchestra
11. Stomping At The Savoy 3:08 - Webb, Chick/Savoy Orchestra
12. Angry 2:30 - Hines, Earl And His Orchestra
13. Sleepy Time Gal 3:07 - Lunceford, Jimmie And His Orchestra
14. Organ Grinder's Swing 2:36 - Lunceford, Jimmie And His Orchestra
15. Reminiscing In Tempo,Pt 1,2,3,4 12:32 - Ellington, Duke And His Orchestra
16. Swing That Music 2:47 - Armstrong, Louis And His Orchestra
17. Swingtime In The Rockies 3:09 - Goodman, Benny And His Orchestra
18. In The Groove 3:05 - Kirk, Andy And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
19. I Can't Get Started 4:45 - Berigan, Bunny And His Orchestra
20. Peckin�?? 3:26 - Goodman, Benny And His Orchestra
21. South Rampart Street Parade 3:28 - Crosby, Bob And His Orchestra

Disc 2

1. Meet The Band 3:14 - Hayes, Edgar And His Orchestra
2. My Reverie 3:23 - Clinton, Larry And His Orchestra
3. Moonlight Serenade 3:21 - Miller, Glenn And His Orchestra
4. Little Brown Jug 2:52 - Miller, Glenn And His Orchestra
5. Tuxedo Junction 3:15 - Hawkins, Erskine And His Orchestra
6. Cherokee 3:22 - Barnet, Charlie & His Orchestra
7. Blue Rhythm Fantasy 5:43 - Krupa, Gene & His Orchestra
8. Deep Forest 2:28 - Hines, Earl And His Orchestra
9. Kitty On Toast 2:46 - Henderson, Horace And His Orchestra
10. I Never Knew 2:38 - Basie, Count And His Orchestra
11. Pickin�?? The Cabbage 2:46 - Calloway, Cab And His Orchestra
12. Joltin�?? Joe Di Maggio 2:47 - Brown, Les And His Orchestra
13. Cocoanut Grove 3:03 - Goodman, Benny And His Orchestra
14. Stardust 3:30 - Shaw, Artie And His Orchestra
15. Smooth Sailing 2:56 - Henderson, Horace And His Orchestra
16. Bounce Me,Brother,With A Solid Four 3:04 - Bradley, Will And His Orchestra
17. Blue Flame 3:16 - Herman, Woody & His Orchestra
18. Take The �??A�?? Train 2:50 - Ellington, Duke And His Orchestra
19. 9:20 Special 3:07 - Basie, Count And His Orchestra
20. Snowfall 2:58 - Thornhill, Claude & His Orchestra
21. Yard Dog Mazurka 3:11 - Lunceford, Jimmie And His Orchestra
22. The Earl 2:32 - Goodman, Benny And His Orchestra
23. A String Of Pearls 3:12 - Miller, Glenn And His Orchestra
24. The Night We Called It A Day 3:09 - Dorsey, Tommy And His Orchestra
25. The Elks Parade 2:53 - Sherwood, Bobby And His Orchestra

Disc 3

1. In The Bag 3:21 - Hampton, Lionel And His Orchestra
2. Massachusetts 3:14 - Krupa, Gene & His Orchestra
3. Mcghee Special 2:50 - Kirk, Andy And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
4. Harvard Blues 3:18 - Basie, Count And His Orchestra
5. Million Dollar Smile 3:04 - Hampton, Lionel And His Orchestra
6. I'm Beginning To See The Light 3:14 - James, Harry And His Orchestra
7. Leave Us Leap 2:57 - Krupa, Gene & His Orchestra
8. In The Middle 3:10 - Auld, Georgie & His Orchestra
9. Avenue C 3:08 - Basie, Count And His Orchestra
10. Boyd's Nest 3:08 - Raeburn, Boyd & His Orchestra
11. The Good Earth 2:32 - Herman, Woody & His Orchestra
12. I'm In The Mood For Love 2:53 - Eckstine, Billy & His Orchestra
13. I Got The Sun In The Morning 2:32 - Brown, Les And His Band Of Renown
14. Second Balcony Jump 2:51 - Eckstine, Billy & His Orchestra
15. Rambo 3:18 - Basie, Count And His Orchestra
16. Everybody Swing 2:15 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
17. Opus In Pastels 2:47 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
18. Things To Come 2:42 - Gillespie, Dizzy And His Orchestra
19. Moten Swing 6:19 - James, Harry And His Orchestra
20. Summer Sequence, Pts, 1,2,3,4 11:54 - Herman, Woody & His Orchestra
21. The Bloos 4:43 - Handy And His Orchestra, George

Disc 4

1. Anthropology 3:02 - Thornhill, Claude & His Orchestra
2. Interlude 3:09 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
3. Two Bass Hit 2:45 - Gillespie, Dizzy And His Orchestra
4. Cubana Be 2:38 - Gillespie, Dizzy And His Orchestra
5. Cubana Bop 3:05 - Gillespie, Dizzy And His Orchestra
6. The Goof And I 2:53 - Herman, Woody & His Orchestra
7. Four Brothers 3:19 - Herman, Woody & His Orchestra
8. Good Bait 2:45 - Gillespie, Dizzy And His Orchestra
9. Undercurrent Blues 3:04 - Goodman, Benny And His Orchestra
10. Lemon Drop 3:09 - Krupa, Gene & His Orchestra
11. Israel 2:14 - Davis, Miles And His Orchestra
12. Not Really The Blues 2:50 - Herman, Woody & His Orchestra
13. Father Knickerbopper 2:45 - Heath, Ted And His Orchestra
14. Really? 2:17 - Barnet, Charlie & His Orchestra
15. City Of Glass(1St Movement)Entrance Into The City 4:30 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
16. City Of Glass(1St Movement)The Structures 3:48 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
17. City Of Glass(2Nd Movement)Dance Before The Mirror 4:22 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
18. City Of Glass(3Rd Movement)Reflections 3:52 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
19. Young Blood 3:12 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
20. 23 North, 82 West 3:08 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
21. Invention For Guitar And Trumpet 2:52 - Kenton, Stan & His Orchestra
22. Chiquito Loco 3:27 - Rogers, Shorty And His Orchestra
23. Bum's Rush 3:11 - Gryce, Gigi And His Orchestra