VA - The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz [5 CD, 1997/FLAC]

 

The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz is a five-disc box set released in 1997 by the Smithsonian Institution. Compiled by jazz essayist and historian Martin T. Williams, the album featured tracks from over a dozen record labels spanning several decades and genres of American jazz, from ragtime and big band to post-bop and free jazz. The compilation has been recognized as an invaluable document of jazz history and maintains a legacy as introductory listening for new jazz fans as well as scholarship.

 

 

VA - Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology [6 CD, 2011]

 

JAZZ: The Smithsonian Anthology (catalogue SFW40820) is a box-set release by Smithsonian Folkways. The set includes 111 tracks on six discs, with representative works from New Orleans, big band, cool, swing, bebop, hard bop, free, funk, fusion, Latin and contemporary styles.