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gaws:
So, a few weeks ago someone asked me to make a jazz playlist. I decided to do a bit better, and while I was gone this weekend (and I’m still not really back) I got the chance to do a bit of thinking one night before I went to sleep, and took the time to jot down 100 jazz songs in my notepad that anyone who is interested in jazz should probably have. This is not a definite list, but its a starting point to get you on your way.
1. A Love Supreme (Acknowledgment) - John Coltrane
2. A Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
3. Ain’t Misbehavin - Fats Waller
4. All Blues - Miles Davis
5. April in Paris - Count Basie
6. At Last - Etta James
7. Autumn in New York - Billie Holiday
8. Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley
9. Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw
10. Birdland - Weather Report
11. Bitches Brew -Miles Davis
12. Blue In Green - Miles Davis
13. Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk
14. Blue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck
15. Blue Train - John Coltrane
16. Body And Soul - Coleman Hawkins
17. Bumpin’ (On Sunset) - Wes Montgomery
18. Bye Bye Blackbird -John Coltrane
19. Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
20. Caravan - Duke Ellington
21. Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Vince Guaraldi
22. Ceora - Lee Morgan
23. Compared To What - Les McCann
24. Desafinado - Stan Getz
25. Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blue - Duke Ellington
26. Django - Modern Jazz Quartet
27. Donna Lee - Charlie Parker
28. Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk
29. Feeling Good - Nina Simone
30. Fever - Peggy Lee
31. Flamenco Sketches + Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take) - Miles Davis
32. Footprints - Wayne Shorter
33. Four on Six - Wes Montgomery
34. Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis
35. Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
36. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
37. God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday
38. Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holiday
39. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus
40. How High The Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
41. I Loves You Porgy - Nina Simone
42. In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
43. In the Mood - Glenn Miller
44. It Don’t Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington
45. Joy Spring - Clifford Brown & Max Roach
46. Koko - Charlie Parker
47. Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi
48. Lush Life - John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman
49. Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald
50. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
51. Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie
52. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Cannonball Adderley
53. Milestones - Miles Davis
54. Misterioso - Thelonious Monk
55. Misty - Errol Garner
56. Moanin’ - Art Blakey
57. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington
58. Moody’s Mood For Love - James Moody
59. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
60. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker
61. Naima - John Coltrane
62. Nuages - Django Reinhardt
63. On Green Dolphin Street - Miles Davis
64. One O’Clock Jump - Count Basie
65. Ornithology - Charlie Parker
66. Poinciana - Ahmad Jamal
67. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong
68. Red Clay- Freddie Hubbard
69. Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
70. Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
71. Ruby, My Dear - Thelonious Monk
72. Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie
73. Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
74. Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
75. Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman
76. So What - Miles Davis
77. Someday My Prince Will Come - Miles Davis
78. Song For My Father - Horace Silver
79. Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington
80. Spain - Chick Corea
81. St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong
82. St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
83. Stardust - Louis Armstrong
84. Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson
85. Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
86. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
87. Struttin’ with Some BBQ - Louis Armstrong
88. Sugar - Stanley Turrentine
89. Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald
90. Take Five - Dave Brubeck
91. Take The A Train - Duke Ellington
92. The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
93. The In Crowd - Ramsey Lewis
94. Twisted - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
95. Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans
96. Water Boy - Don Shirley
97. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
98. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong
99. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
100. Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
And incase you were wondering why I used that picture - That picture is from a studio session which includes Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley working on arguably my favourite album of all time, Kind Of Blue.
