This set brings together all the jazz and R&B instrumentals that reached the R&B charts between 1942 and 1963 and draws a connecting line between Swing Bebop Boogie Jive Mambo Rock’n’roll culminating in the funky organ grooves of Booker T and Jimmy Smith. It still has the irresistible energy that seduced so many in the Forties Fifties and Sixties and changed the character of popular music forever.

Disc 1:
1. Duke Ellington - Main Stem
2. Lionel Hampton - Hamps Boogie Woogie #1
3. Joe Lutchers Jump Band - Shuffle Woogie
4. Erskine Hawkins - After Hours
5. Illinois Jacquet - Blow Illinois Blow
6. Will Rowland & Orchestra - Shuffle Boogie
7. Tiny Grimes - Midnight Special
8. Eddie Chamblee - Back Street
9. Hal Singer - Corn Bread
10. Sonny Thompson - Long Gone (Pt. 2)
11. Paul Hucklebuck Williams - The Huckle-Buck
12. Big Jay McNeelys Blue Jays - Deacons Hop
13. Todd Rhodes & His Orchestra - Blues For The Red Boy
14. Sir Charles Thompsons All Stars - Mad Lad
15. Frank Culley - Cole Slaw
16. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours
17. Roy Milton - T Town Twist
18. Johnny Otis - Mambo Boogie
19. Gene Ammons - Red Top
20. Edgar Hayes - Fat Meat n Greens
21. Count Basie - One OClock Boogie
22. Joe Thomas - Page Boy Shuffle
23. Johnny Hodges - Castle Rock
24. Lloyd Glenn & Fulson Unit - Old Time Shuffle Blues
25. Earl Bostic - 845 Stomp
26. Jimmy Forrest - Night Train
27. Sonny Thompson - Mellow Blues (Pt. 1)
28. Little Walter & His Night Cats - Juke…

Disc 2:
1. Erskine Hawkins - Corn Bread
2. Lloyd Glenn - Chica Boo
3. Sonny Thompson - Late Freight
4. Paul Hucklebuck Williams - Thirty-Five-Thirty
5. Piano Red - Layin the Boogie
6. Lennie Lewis - Blue Flame
7. Lynn Hope - Tenderly
8. Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop
9. Cecil Payne - Block Buster Boogie
10. Little Walter & His Night Caps - Sad Hours
11. Roy Milton’s Solid Senders - Junior Jives
12. Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca
13. Rusty Bryant - All Night Long
14. Jay McShann - Hot Biscuits
15. Lester Young - Jumpin With Symphony Sid
16. Arnett Cobb - Walkin With Sid
17. Earl Bostic - Flamingo
18. Freddie Mitchell - Dobys Boogie
19. Benny Goodman - Solo Flight
20. Illinois Jacquet - Port Of Rico
21. The Griffin Brothers - Hoppin
22. Barney Bigard & His Orchestra - C Blues
23. Joe Liggins - Roll Em
24. Lucky Millinder - DNatural Blues
25. Big Jay McNeely - Wild Wig
26. Lionel Hampton Orchestra - Flying Home
27. Charlie Parker - Barbados
28. Hal Singer - Beef Stew

Disc 3:
1. Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (Pt. 1)
2. Ernie Freeman - Jivin Around (Pt. 1)
3. Cozy Cole - Topsy (Pt. 2)
4. Doc Bagby - Dumplins
5. Sil Austin - Slow Walk
6. John Heartsman - Johnnys House Party (Pt. 1)
7. Gus Jenkins - Tricky
8. Bobby Peterson Quintet - The Hunch
9. Freddy King - Hide Away
10. Nat Kendrick & The Swans - Mashed Potatoes (Pt. 1)
11. Phil Upchurch - You Cant Sit Down (Pt. 1)
12. Earl Grant - Sweet Sixteen Bars
13. Howard McGhee & Blazers - House Warmin
14. Jimmy McGriff - Ive Got A Woman (Pt. 1)
15. Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Pt. 2)
16. The Mar-Keys - Last Night
17. King Curtis - Soul Twist
18. James Brown - Night Train
19. Ray Bryant - Sack O’ Woe
20. Ray Charles - One Mint Julep
21. Jimmy Smith - Walk On The Wild Side (Pt. 1)
22. Booker T. & The MGs - Green Onion
23. Mongo Santamaria Band - Watermelon Man
24. Dave Baby Cortez - Hot Cakes
25. The Link Eddy Combo - Big Mr. C
26. David Rockingham Trio - Dawn
27. James Booker - Gonzo
28. Cannonball Adderley - African Waltz
29. Googie Rene - The Slide (Pt. 2)
30. Bill Doggett - Hold It

Disc 4:
1. Ray Charles - Rockhouse (Pt. 1)
2. Freddy King - San-Ho-Zay
3. The Spacemen - The Clouds
4. Noble Thin Man Watts - Hard Times
5. Reg Owen & His Orchestra - Manhattan Spiritual
6. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
7. Little Walter - Roller Coaster
8. Tiny Bradshaw - Soft
9. Bill Doggett - Ram Bunk Shush
10. Dave Baby Cortez - Rinky Dink
11. The Gone All Stars - 7 - 11
12. The Mar-Keys - Morning After
13. The Parkays - Late Date
14. Paul Gayten - Nervous Boogie
15. Ernie Fields - In the Mood
16. Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana
17. Ernie Freeman - Raunchy
18. Booker T. & The MGs - Jellybread
19. Les Cooper & Soul Rockers - Wiggle Wobble
20. Ray Bryant Trio - Little Susie (Pt .4)
21. Preston Epps - Bongo Rock
22. Dave Baby Cortez - The Happy Organ
23. Lee Allen & His Band - Walkin With Mr Lee
24. Roosevelt Fountain - Red Pepper (Pt. 1)
25. Googie Rene - Flapjacks
26. Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack
27. Eddie Harris - Exodus
28. Count Basie - April In Paris
29. Don Shirley Trio - Water Boy
30. Jimmy Beck - Pipe Dreams
31. Pete Bennett & Embers - Fever