2011 compilation by renowned journalist and author Kris Needs. Aiming to capture the fast-vanishing magic of New York City while documenting major musical landmarks and developments, from post-war New York of the mid 1940s through to 2000s. The first volume features Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Horace Silver, The Paragons, Big Maybelle, Harry Belafonte...
- 1-1 Take The "A" Train
- 1-10 Coffee Daddy Blues
- 1-11 Manteca
- 1-12 Little Girl Blue
- 1-13 In The Still Of The Nite
- 1-14 Autumn In New York
- 1-15 Summertime
- 1-16 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
- 1-17 Indeterminacy Pt 2
- 1-2 Bad
- 1-3 Why Do Fools Fall In Love
- 1-4 Mucho Mambo
- 1-5 Shake A Hand
- 1-6 Yellow Dog Blues
- 1-7 Talking Union
- 1-8 Matilda
- 1-9 Minnie The Moocher
- 2-1 Topsy II
- 2-10 Paradise Hill
- 2-11 Twilight
- 2-12 One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
- 2-13 Brilliant Corners
- 2-14 Ripples
- 2-15 Howl
- 2-2 Op
- 2-3 Senor Blues (Newport Jazz Fest)
- 2-4 Southern Exposure
- 2-5 How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?
- 2-6 Duncan And Brady
- 2-7 Custard Pie Blues
- 2-8 Money Honey
- 2-9 Morning, Noon And Night