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1 - Examples Of African Tribal Music - (a) Sammsamounn (b) Sabar (c) Sammsamoun (d) Sougnou Composer(s) : N/A

2 - Black Woman Composer(s) : Negro Prison Song from Mississippi State Prison

3 - Everytime I Feel The Spirit Composer(s) : Negro Spritual pre-1861

4 - Matchbox Blues Composer(s) : Blind Lemon Jefferson

5 - International Cake Walk Composer(s) : Fred Van Epps

6 - Hungarian Rag Composer(s) : N/A

7 - At The Georgia Camp Meeting (Cakewalk) Composer(s) : Kerry Mills

8 - Maple Leaf Rag Composer(s) : Scott Joplin

9 - Ragtime Oriole Composer(s) : James Scott

10 - Jellyroll Blues Composer(s) : Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (Jelly Roll Morton)

11 - Darktown Strutters Ball Composer(s) : Meade Lux Lewis

12 - Bill Bailey Composer(s) : Hughie Cannon

13 - Jazz funeral At New Orleans When The Saints Go Marching In Composer(s) : N/A

14 - Sensation Rag Composer(s) : N/A

15 - Dippermouth Blues Composer(s) : King Oliver

16 - Keyhole Blues Composer(s) : Louis Armstrong

17 - Mama's Gone Goodbye Composer(s) : Bunk Johnson

18 - High Society Composer(s) : Kid Ory and Jimmie Noone

19 - That's A Plenty Composer(s) : Lew Pollock and Ray Gilbert

20 - Panama Composer(s) : George Lewis

21 - Jada Composer(s) : Bob Carleton

22 - South Ramparts Street Parade Composer(s) : Ray Bauduc and Bob Haggart

23 - Meet Me Where They Play The Blues Composer(s) : Sammy Gallup and Steve Allen

24 - Jeepers Creepers Composer(s) : Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer

25 - Mean Old Bug Blues Composer(s) : Ernest Tubb

26 - Boll Weevil Blues Composer(s) : Emabel Palmer

27 - Blues For The Lowlands Composer(s) : Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

28 - Goin' Back Home Composer(s) : Lightnin' Hopkins

29 - Chain Gang Blues Composer(s) : "Ma" Rainey

30 - Go Way From My Window Composer(s) : John Jacob Niles

31 - Feelin' Lowdown Composer(s) : Big Bill Broonzy

32 - Hobo Blues Composer(s) : John Lee Hooker

33 - Ain't That Fine Composer(s) : Betty Hall

34 - My Man Composer(s) : Jacques Charles

35 - Three Women Blues Composer(s) : "Blind" Willie McTell

36 - Hush Hush Composer(s) : Jimmy Reed

37 - Tiger Rag Composer(s) : Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro

38 - Harlem Speaks Composer(s) : Duke Ellington

39 - You Can't Do What My Last Man Did Composer(s) : James P. Johnson

40 - Up On Teddy's Hill Composer(s) : Charlie Christian

41 - Groovin' High Composer(s) : Gillespie

42 - Ain't Misbehavin' Composer(s) : Thomas Wright 'Fats' Waller

43 - One Bass Hit, Pt. 2 Composer(s) : Dizzy Gillespie

44 - Thrice Upon A Theme Composer(s) : Charles Mingus

45 - Jitterbug Waltz Composer(s) : Thomas Wright 'Fats' Waller

46 - Sunnymoon For Two Composer(s) : Sonny Rollins

47 - Awful Mean Composer(s) : Cannonball Adderley / Paul Chambers

48 - Scrapple From The Apple Composer(s) : Charlie Parker

49 - Let's Dance Composer(s) : Benny Goodman

50 - Woodchoppers Ball Composer(s) : Joe Bishop and Woody Herman

51 - Cherokee Composer(s) : Kamasi Washington

52 - Begin The Beguine Composer(s) : Cole Porter

53 - Caravan Composer(s) : Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington

54 - A Tisket, A Tasket Composer(s) : Al Feldman AKA Van Alexander & Ella Fitzgerald

55 - St. Louis Blues Composer(s) : W. C. Handy

56 - Honeysuckle Rose Composer(s) : Andy Razaf and Thomas 'Fats' Waller

57 - Opus # 1 Composer(s) : Sy Oliver & Sid Garris

58 - How High The Moon Composer(s) : Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton

59 - Body And Soul Composer(s) : Johnny Green and Edward Heyman

60 - One O'Clock Jump Composer(s) : Count Basie