Some of the tracks on this CD have been issued on LP, some even on CD, but none were ever issued on 78s and many are seeing the light of day for the very first time! This release includes great artists such as Thomas Morris, who Scott Yanow calls an excellent example of how New York brass players sounded before the rise of Louis Armstrong ; Bennie Moten, a noted American jazz pianist and bandleader; and Jelly Roll Morton, an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer notable as jazz s first arranger.