50 CD's boasting a wide selection of recordings from the end of 19th century to the mid 1950s - The Ultimate Jazz Archive is the essential story of this music's development during the first half f the 20th century.Perfectly researched, this impressie box set features literally hundreds and hundreds of timeless jazz, blues and swing recordings from the exciting decades of jazz.All the greats are here - from Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong to Nat King Cole and Dizzy Gillespie, from Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman to Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald - but dozens of the formative artists, whose talent and creativity contributed to the jazz revolution, are also included.