Smithsonian Folkways SFW-CD-40820 Jazz - The Smithsonian Anthology
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Liner Note Authors: Digby Fairweather; Ed Berger; Jose Bowen; Jeffrey Taylor; Bruce Boyd Raeburn; Willard Jenkins; Terry Teachout; John Szwed; John McDonough ; Gene Lees; George Lewis ; Gunther Schuller ; Larry Appelbaum; Doctor Tammy C. Kernodle; Robin D.G. Kelley; Robert O'Meally; Lewis Porter; John Edward Hasse ; James Dapogny; Steven Loza; Michael Dregni; Jeffrey Magee; Loren Schoenberg; Michael Zilber; Anthony Brown ; Richard James Burgess; Ted Gioia; Will Friedwald; Rob Bamberger; David Baker ; Alyn Shipton.
Recording information: Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany (01/04/1956); Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Birdland, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Boulogne-Billancourt, France (01/04/1956); Camden, NJ (01/04/1956); Carmel, CA (01/04/1956); CBS Studios, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Chicago, IL (01/04/1956); Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Columbia Studio B, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Columbia Studios, Los Angeles, CA (01/04/1956); Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Englewood Cliffs, NJ (01/04/1956); Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, CA (01/04/1956); Hackensack, NJ (01/04/1956); Havana, Cuba (01/04/1956); Hollywood, CA (01/04/1956); Jazz Festival, Zurich, Switzerland (01/04/1956); Liederkranz Hall, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Los Angeles, CA (01/04/1956); Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/04/1956); Mobius Music, San Francisco, CA (01/04/1956); New Orleans, LA (01/04/1956); New York, NY (01/04/1956); Opera House, Chicago, IL (01/04/1956); Oslo, Norway (01/04/1956); Paris, France (01/04/1956); RCA Studio A, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Richmond, IN (01/04/1956); Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ (01/04/1956); Rudy VanGelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ (01/04/1956); San Francisco, CA (01/04/1956); The Jazz Scene, Los Angeles, CA (01/04/1956); The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (01/04/1956); The Village Vanguard, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Town Hall, New York, NY (01/04/1956); Trident Studios, London, England (01/04/1956); Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (01/04/1956); Woodstock, NY (01/04/1956); Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany (01/10/1947); Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Birdland, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Boulogne-Billancourt, France (01/10/1947); Camden, NJ (01/10/1947); Carmel, CA (01/10/1947); CBS Studios, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Chicago, IL (01/10/1947); Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Columbia Studio B, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Columbia Studios, Los Angeles, CA (01/10/1947); Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Englewood Cliffs, NJ (01/10/1947); Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, CA (01/10/1947); Hackensack, NJ (01/10/1947); Havana, Cuba (01/10/1947); Hollywood, CA (01/10/1947); Jazz Festival, Zurich, Switzerland (01/10/1947); Liederkranz Hall, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Los Angeles, CA (01/10/1947); Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/10/1947); Mobius Music, San Francisco, CA (01/10/1947); New Orleans, LA (01/10/1947); New York, NY (01/10/1947); Opera House, Chicago, IL (01/10/1947); Oslo, Norway (01/10/1947); Paris, France (01/10/1947); RCA Studio A, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Richmond, IN (01/10/1947); Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ (01/10/1947); Rudy VanGelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ (01/10/1947); San Francisco, CA (01/10/1947); The Jazz Scene, Los Angeles, CA (01/10/1947); The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (01/10/1947); The Village Vanguard, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Town Hall, New York, NY (01/10/1947); Trident Studios, London, England (01/10/1947); Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (01/10/1947); Woodstock, NY (01/10/1947); Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany (01/20/1965); Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY (01/20/1965); Birdland, New York, NY (01/20/1965); Boulogne-Billancourt, France (01/20/1965); Camden, NJ (01/20/1965); Carmel, CA (01/20/1965); CBS Studios, New York, NY (01/20/1965); Chicago, IL (01/20/1965); Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (01/20/1965); Columbia Studio B, New York, NY (01/20/1965); Columbia Studios, Los Angeles, CA (01/20/1965); Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY (01/20/1965); Englewood Cliffs, NJ (01/20/1965); Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, CA (01/20/1965); Hackensack, NJ (01/20/1965); Havana, Cuba (01/20/1965); Hollywood, CA (01/20/1965); Jazz Festival, Zurich, Switzerland (01/20/1965); Liederkranz Hall, New York, NY (01/20/1965); Los Angeles, CA (01/20/1965); Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/20/1965).
Introduction bys: John Edward Hasse ; Bob Blumenthal.
Photographers: Danny Barker ; Richard Laird; Duncan P. Schiedt; Andy Freeberg; Paul J. Hoeffler; Joe Alper; Jan Persson; Lee Tanner; Ray Avery; Jack Vartoogian; Jimmy Katz; Popsie Randolph; Daryll Pitt; Guy Fonck.
This lavish 111-track, six-CD box set attempts the impossible -- to tell the whole story of jazz. Essentially an updated version of 1987's out of print The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, this expanded anthology is wonderfully diverse in the story it tells, with tracks from jazz artists across the stylistic board, from Stan Kenton to Sun Ra, Bill Evans to Chick Corea, Louis Armstrong to Cecil Taylor, with stops everywhere in between, and any conceivable branch of the genre is represented by at least one selection. That's the good news. The bad news is that whole phases of jazz's complicated history are treated like three-minute whistle stops so that the train can stay on schedule and on track. That said, it's an impressive survey, and wonderfully assembled and annotated. ~ Steve Leggett
Professional Reviews
Billboard (p.28) - "[T]he six-CD, 111-song set provides a dissection of mostly great works with technical, historical and musical details."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The collection] chronologically delineates the evolution of the genre, encompassing all its significant watershed moments and including its most potent and pivotal pieces."
