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Picture an old-fashioned club. Not really a bar or a café, something more – soft atmosphere, dimmed lights and elegant decor. In the corner, a juke box plays 78 rpm records, a collection of music that hasn't been heard in a long time: vintage jazz, traditional, old-fashioned but noble. Dusty old junk? No. For some, this is the new classical music. Sounds that exude culture.The sources are varied: Kid Ory, Sidney Bechet, Jimmie Noone and Jelly Roll Morton, straight from New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. They are featured alongside the superb and unrivalled Louis Armstrong, whose genius made today's music what it is.Entering the great kingdom of Swing, we find the sensational Billie Holiday (how could she be missing?), and two exceptional pianists: Fats Waller and Earl Hines. Benny Goodman’s (with Charlie Christian's prophetic guitar) and Lionel Hampton’s small groups make their appearance too. Then come the Big Bands: Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and Jimmie Lunceford, not to mention those hailing from Kansas City – Count Basie’s and Jay McShann’s. In one of the very first recordings from the latter, we even find the man who led the great Be-Bop revolution: Charlie Parker.