(2-CD set) Released to commemorate the centenary of Adelaide's birth on October 20th 2001, this compilation includes recordings of over 50 songs she made from 1927-45. A central figure in the great resurgence of African American music in the 1920's, Adelaide was a jazz innovator who performed with such greats as Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Art Tatum, all featured on this superbly re-mastered double CD.