| A1 | Beginnings: Introduction / Africa / The South / New Orleans / Jelly Roll Morton / Rags / Bunk Johnson / Scott Joplin / Louis Armstrong | Langston Hughes | — |
| A2 | The Blues: Introduction / St. Louis Blues / Ma Rainey / Perdido Street Blues | Langston Hughes | — |
| B | Characteristics: A Break / A Riff / Boogie Woogie / Bix Beiderbecke / Duke Ellington / Earl Hines / Dizzy Gillespie / Lennie Tristano / Teenagers / Mary Lou Williams | Langston Hughes | — |