set was to make it good for jazz history, jazz appreciation courses." Design The design for JAZZ: The Smithsonian Anthology was created by Visual Dialogue, a graphic design company from Boston, Massachusetts. The company used the album cover design from Fred Ramsey’s Jazz series on Folkways Recordings by his wife Amelia as their inspiration modifying both color scheme and graphics to create an updated look and feel for the new product. The final box set consists of a 200-page hardcover text within an etched, plastic slipcover. Six pockets hold CDs in the final pages of the book. The Anthology includes many photographs by the jazz photographer Herman Leonard. Reception Time magazine critic Douglas Wolk wrote, "Assembled over seven years, JAZZ: The Smithsonian Anthology is a 6-disc monolith with a 200-page book of liner notes – the best single introduction to America's first great musical form." In the Washington Post, JAZZ: The Smithsonian Anthology was recognized as, "a landmark achievement. It is the most important and most comprehensive collection of historical jazz recordings and will be a valuable educational tool for years to come. But the collection reaches beyond the classroom, capturing something of the spirit of America as well." Track listing Disc 1 "Maple Leaf Rag" – Dick Hyman – (1975) "In Gloryland" – Bunk's Brass Band – (1945) "Livery Stable Blues" – Original Dixieland Jazz Band – (1917) "Dippermouth Blues" – King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band – (1923) "The Stampede" – Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra – (1926) "Black Bottom Stomp" – Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers – (1926) "Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home)" – Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra – (1927) "Backwater Blues" – Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson – (1927) "Black and Tan Fantasy" – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – (1927) "From Monday On" – Bix Beiderbecke & Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra – (1928) "West End Blues" – Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five – (1928) "Weather Bird" – Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines – (1928) "That's a Serious Thing" – Eddie Condon's Hot Shots – (1929) "Handful of Riffs" – Eddie Lang and Lonnie Johnson – (1929) "You've Got to Be Modernistic" – James P. Johnson – (1930) "Moten Swing" – Bennie Moten and His Kansas City Orchestra – (1932) "Everybody Loves My Baby" – The Boswell Sisters – (1932) "Maple Leaf Rag" – Sidney Bechet –