Compilation Albums
On November 7, 2000, 22 companion single-artist compilation albums, all titled Ken Burns Jazz, were released by the Verve and Columbia/Legacy labels. A five CD box set Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music was also released, along with a single album sampler of that box set (The Best of Ken Burns Jazz).
The following albums were released by Verve:
- Count Basie - Allmusic link
- Art Blakey - Allmusic link
- John Coltrane - Allmusic link
- Ella Fitzgerald - Allmusic link
- Dizzy Gillespie - Allmusic link
- Coleman Hawkins - Allmusic link
- Billie Holiday - Allmusic link
- Charlie Parker - Allmusic link
- Sonny Rollins - Allmusic link
- Sarah Vaughan - Allmusic link
- Lester Young - Allmusic link
The following albums were released by Columbia/Legacy:
- Louis Armstrong - Allmusic link
- Sidney Bechet - Allmusic link
- Dave Brubeck - Allmusic link
- Ornette Coleman - Allmusic link
- Miles Davis - Allmusic link
- Duke Ellington - Allmusic link
- Benny Goodman - Allmusic link
- Herbie Hancock - Allmusic link
- Fletcher Henderson - Allmusic link
- Charles Mingus - Allmusic link
- Thelonious Monk - Allmusic link
- Various Artists - The Best of Ken Burns Jazz - Allmusic link
- Various Artists - Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music - Allmusic link
In 2002, Columbia also released two low-priced box sets, each containing three of the previously released single-artist collections.
- Ken Burns Jazz, Vol. 1 (Includes Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman compilations) - Allmusic link
- Ken Burns Jazz, Vol. 2 (Includes Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, and Dave Brubeck compilations) - Allmusic link
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