| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | East St. Louis Toodle-Oo | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | | 3:39 |
| 2 | The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | | 3:00 |
| 3 | Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | | 6:00 |
| 4 | Ko-Ko | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 1 | 2:44 |
| 5 | Concerto for Cootie | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | | 3:20 |
| 6 | Cotton Tail- recorded in:
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-05-04)
- alto saxophone:
- Otto Hardwick (on 1940-05-04) and Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04)
- alto saxophone [as]:
- Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04) and Otto Hardwicke (on 1940-05-04)
- alto saxophone and clarinet:
- Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04)
- alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet, baritone saxophone and baritone saxophone [bars]:
- Harry Carney (on 1940-05-04)
- clarinet:
- Harry Carney and Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04)
- clarinet [cl] and clarinet and tenor saxophone:
- Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04)
- cornet and cornet [c]:
- Rex Stewart (on 1940-05-04)
- double bass, double bass [b] and double bass [bass]:
- Jimmy Blanton (on 1940-05-04)
- drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [d]:
- Sonny Greer (on 1940-05-04)
- guitar and guitar [g]:
- Fred Guy (on 1940-05-04)
- piano and piano [p]:
- Duke Ellington (on 1940-05-04)
- reeds:
- Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04), Harry Carney (on 1940-05-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1940-05-04) and Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04)
- tenor saxophone:
- Ben Webster (on 1940-05-04)
- tenor saxophone [ts]:
- Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04) and Ben Webster (on 1940-05-04)
- trombone:
- Lawrence Brown (on 1940-05-04), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1940-05-04) and Juan Tizol (on 1940-05-04)
- trombone [tb]:
- Lawrence Brown (on 1940-05-04) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1940-05-04)
- trumpet:
- Wallace Jones (on 1940-05-04), Rex Stewart (on 1940-05-04) and Cootie Williams (on 1940-05-04)
- trumpet [t]:
- Wallace Jones (on 1940-05-04) and Cootie Williams (on 1940-05-04)
- valve trombone and valve trombone [vtb]:
- Juan Tizol (on 1940-05-04)
- arranger:
- Duke Ellington and Ben Webster
- recording of:
- Cotton Tail (on 1940-05-04)
- lyricist and composer:
- Duke Ellington
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 1 | 3:12 |
| 7 | In a Mellotone | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | | 3:19 |
| 8 | Blue Serge | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | | 3:25 |
| 9 | I Got Rhythm | Don Byas and Slam Stewart | | 5:05 |
| 10 | I Can’t Get Started | Dizzy Gillespie Sextet | | 3:06 |
| 11 | Shaw ’Nuff | Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars | | 3:04 |
| 12 | Koko | Charlie Parker | | 2:55 |
| 13 | Oh, Lady Be Good | Charlie Parker feat. Jazz at the Philharmonic | | 3:11 |
| 14 | Embraceable You (take 1) | Charlie Parker Quintet | | 2:09 |
| 15 | Embraceable You (take 2) | Charlie Parker Quintet | | 1:57 |
| 16 | Klactoveedsedstene | Charlie Parker Quintet | | 3:05 |
| 17 | Crazeology (take 1) | Charlie Parker | | 1:02 |
| 18 | Crazeology (take 4) | Charlie Parker | | 3:00 |
| 19 | Parker’s Mood | Charlie Parker All-Stars | | 3:05 |
| 20 | Fantasy on Frankie and Johnny | Erroll Garner | | 2:56 |
| 21 | Night in Tunisia | Bud Powell Trio | | 4:16 |
| 22 | Bikini | Dexter Gordon Quartet | | 3:39 |
| 23 | Lady Bird | Tadd Dameron Sextet | | 2:51 |