
| Lesson | Track # | Artist | Song Title | Date |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:03 | 1951 | ||
| Lesson 3 | CD2:16 | Cannonball Adderley Quintet | 1966 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:23 | Louis Armstrong | 1925 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:05 | Louis Armstrong All Stars | 1951 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:24 | Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith | ||
| Lesson 2 | CD1:26 | Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra | 1931 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:25 | Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five | 1928 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:36 | Count Basie and His Orchestra | 1938 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:17 | Sidney Bechet | 1925 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:18 | Sidney Bechet | 1932 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:19 | Bix Beiderbecke | 1924 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:20 | Bix Beiderbecke | 1924 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:29 | Anthony Braxton | 1976 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:12 | Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet | 1955 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:44 | Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1959 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:36 | Betty Carter | 1980 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:02 | Enrico Caruso | 1908 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:27 | Chicago Rhythm Kings | 1928 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:25 | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:26 | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:23 | John Coltrane | 1964 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:24 | John Coltrane | 1963 | |
| Lesson 5 | CD2:43 | John Coltrane | 1960 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:22 | John Coltrane Quartet | 1959 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:34 | Chick Corea | 1972 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:31 | Miles Davis | 1969 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:09 | Miles Davis Nonet | 1949 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:15 | Miles Davis Quintet | 1956 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:21 | Miles Davis Sextet | 1959 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:13 | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1917 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:14 | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1917 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:27 | Eric Dolphy | 1964 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:42 | Dave Douglass (2002) | 2002 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:01 | Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra | 1944 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:30 | Duke Ellington and His (Cotton Club) Orchestra | 1928 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:31 | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra | 1940 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:32 | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra | 1941 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:04 | Eureka Brass Band | 1940 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:15 | James Reese Europe’s Hellfighters Band | 1919 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:16 | James Reese Europe’s Hellfighters Band | 1919 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:45 | Ella Fitzgerald | 1947 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:35 | Stan Getz | 1962 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:04 | Dizzy Gillespie Quintet | 1945 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:07 | Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra | 1947 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:39 | Benny Goodman Quartet | 1936 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:38 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra | 1935 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:40 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra featuring Charlie Christian | 1941 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:33 | Herbie Hancock | 1973 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:43 | Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra | 1939 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:28 | Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra | 1930 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:44 | Billie Holiday | 1939 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:10 | Bunk Johnson | 1947 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:37 | Jones-Smith, Inc. | 1936 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:06 | Scott Joplin | 1916 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:08 | Reverend Kelsey and the Temple Church of God in Christ | ||
| Lesson 2 | CD1:42 | Gene Krupa and His Orchestra featuring Roy Eldridge | 1941 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:07 | Leadbelly | 1940 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:01 | Eugene List | 1956 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:37 | Wynton Marsalis | 1985 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:38 | Wynton Marsalis | 1997 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:41 | Brad Meldhau | 1997 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:17 | Charles Mingus | 1959 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:18 | Charles Mingus | 1960 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:08 | Thelonious Monk Quintet | 1947 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:09 | Jelly Roll Morton | 1924 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:11 | Jelly Roll Morton | 1926 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:12 | Jelly Roll Morton | 1926 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:35 | Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra | 1932 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:10 | Gerry Mulligan Quartet | 1952 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:21 | King Oliver | 1923 | |
| Lesson 1 | CD1:22 | King Oliver | 1923 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:03 | Charlie Parker All Stars | 1948 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:05 | Charlie Parker Quintet | 1947 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:02 | Charlie Parker’s Reboppers | 1945 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:39 | Nicholas Payton | 1995 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:06 | Bud Powell Trio | 1951 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:20 | Max Roach | 1959 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:19 | Sonny Rollins | 1958 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:14 | Sonny Rollins Quartet | 1956 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:13 | Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers | 1955 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:34 | Art Tatum | 1940 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:28 | Cecil Taylor | 1966 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:30 | Henry Threadgill | 1983 | |
| Lesson 3 | CD2:11 | Sarah Vaughan | 1954 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:33 | Fats Waller | 1929 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:32 | Weather Report | 1973 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:29 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | 1928 | |
| Lesson 4 | CD2:40 | Cassandra Wilson (2002) | 2002 | |
| Lesson 2 | CD1:41 | Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra with Billie Holiday | 1937 | |