Frémeaux & Associés, the leading jazz heritage label, has published in book and audiobook format a reference course on the history of jazz by Laurent Cugny, professor emeritus at Sorbonne University's Faculty of Letters (Institute for Research in Musicology), pianist and former director of the ONJ (Orchestre National de Jazz). This 3-CD anthology selected by the author retraces, in parallel with his book, the path taken by this music which, from the brothels of New Orleans to the most prestigious stages on the planet, has become one of the most popular music of our last century. Patrick FRÉMEAUX