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100 Greatest Classic Jazz Songs

The absolute greatest songs from the golden age of jazz.

98 songs (8 hours and 50 minutes) curated by Amazon's Music Experts
1
A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Super Deluxe Edition)
7:42
2
So What
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition)
9:22
3
‘Round Midnight
Thelonious Monk - Round Midnight (Original Recordings)
3:09
4
When Your Lover Has Gone
Oscar Peterson - History Of An Artist
7:19
5
Take the "A" Train
Duke Ellington - Best of Duke Ellington
3:00
6
Take Five
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
5:24
7
Moonlight In Vermont
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - 100 Songs For A Centennial
3:40
8
Giant Steps
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
4:43
9
God Bless the Child
Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday
2:58
10
Stardust (Remastered 2005)
Nat King Cole - The World Of Nat King Cole
3:15
11
How High The Moon (1st Take)
Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 3: 1942-1949
3:16
12
My Favorite Things
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
13:44
13
Feeling Good
Various artists - Ladies & The City
2:56
14
Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan - The Best Of
2:36
15
West End Blues
Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five - The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings
3:18
16
In The Mood
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - The Essential Glenn Miller
3:38
17
Good Morning, Heartache
Billie Holiday - Priceless Jazz Sampler
3:10
18
In A Sentimental Mood
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
4:15
19
A Night In Tunisia
Dizzy Gillespie - A Night In Tunisia
9:38
20
My Funny Valentine
Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
2:20
21
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday - Some Relaxing Jazz
3:01
22
Moonlight Serenade
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - The Essential Glenn Miller
3:25
23
Mona Lisa (Remastered 2003)
Nat King Cole - The World Of Nat King Cole
3:16
24
Cheek To Cheek
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Verve 60
5:55
25
Koko
Charlie "Bird" Parker - Best Of The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings
2:56
26
Blue And Sentimental
Oscar Peterson - Plays Count Basie
2:26
27
St. Louis Blues
Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy
8:50
28
Ornithology
Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker - Ornithology
3:01
29
Blue Rondo À La Turk
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
6:43
30
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Ella Fitzgerald - Essential - Ella Fitzgerald
3:09
31
Rhapsody in Blue
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - George Gershwin goes Orchestral - Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, and more!
17:57
32
Summertime
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - 28 Grandes Éxitos de Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
4:56
33
All of Me
Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday
3:04
34
At Last
Etta James - At Last!
2:59
35
Sing, Sing, Sing
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - King Of Swing
8:40
36
Stormy Weather
Bilie Holiday - Stormy Weather (20 Versions Performed By)
3:43
37
Skylark
Carmen McRae - Birds Of A Feather
3:00
38
Moon River (Album Version)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus
5:18
39
All Blues
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition)
11:32
40
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [1990 Remaster]
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit - Complete Sessions
3:58
41
Autumn Leaves
Miles Davis - A trumpet vs. darkness (The leader & The side man)
11:03
42
The Girl From Ipanema (Single Version) [feat. Astrud Gilberto]
Stan Getz & João Gilberto feat. Astrud Gilberto - Getz / Gilberto
2:54
43
Milestones
Miles Davis - Milestones
5:42
44
Naima
John Coltrane - The Very Best Of John Coltrane
4:18
45
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Cheek To Cheek: The Complete Duet Recordings
4:39
46
Boogie Stop Shuffle
Charles Mingus - Ah Um
5:02
47
Lush Life
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman
5:30
48
Cantaloupe Island (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
5:34
49
Freddie Freeloader
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition)
9:46
50
Yardbird Suite
Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker - Yardbird
2:36
51
Blue Train
John Coltrane - John Coltrane - Blue Train
10:40
52
Straight No Chaser
Thelonious Monk - The Best Of Thelonious Monk
2:57
53
Blue in Green
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition)
5:37
54
Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take)
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition)
9:31
55
There Will Never Be Another You (Digitally Remastered)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Love Songs
3:01
56
Waltz For Debby (Album Version)
Bill Evans - The Best Of Bill Evans
1:21
57
Moanin'
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - The Hottest New Group in Jazz
2:34
58
Body and Soul
Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra - Body & Soul
3:02
59
Bye Bye Blackbird (Live)
John Coltrane - Bye Bye Blackbird
17:52
60
Monk's Dream (Take 8)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
6:25
61
One O'Clock Jump
Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump - The Very Best Of Count Basie
3:03
62
Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927-1962)
3:03
63
Desafinado
Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Dexter: Season 7
4:14
64
Caravan
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - The Essential Duke Ellington
2:38
65
Seven Steps to Heaven
Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven
6:23
66
Satin Doll
Duke Ellington & Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Jazz Profile: Duke Ellington
2:59
67
Fever
Peggy Lee - Things Are Swingin'
3:19
68
Linus And Lucy
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Peanuts Greatest Hits (Music From The TV Specials)
3:06
69
Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock - The Most Influential Jazz
7:54
70
Minor Swing
Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli & Quintette Du Hot Club De France - Platinum
3:16
71
Joshua
Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven
6:58
72
Dexterity
Paul Chamber, John Coltrane, Kenny Drew, Philly Joe Jones, Pepper Adams & Curtis Fuller - Chambers' Music
6:48
73
Someday My Prince Will Come
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
9:02
74
The Sidewinder (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
10:25
75
Song For My Father
Horace Silver - Song For My Father
7:18
76
Tickle Toe (Album Version)
Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump - The Very Best Of Count Basie
2:37
77
Red Clay
Freddie Hubd - New Colors
8:19
78
St-Thomas
Sonny Rollins - St-Thomas
6:47
79
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Charles Mingus - Ah Um
5:44
80
Sophisticated Lady
Duke Ellington - The Essential Duke Ellington
3:14
81
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin'
3:03
82
Honeysuckle Rose
Django Reinhardt - Honeysuckle Rose
2:49
83
Straighten Up And Fly Right (Remastered 2003)
Nat King Cole - The World Of Nat King Cole
2:27
84
Donna Lee
Charlie Parker - 50 Essentials of Charlie Parker (Mono Version)
3:01
85
I'm in the Mood for Love
James Moody - The Greatest Jazz (Doxy Collection)
2:48
86
On Green Dolphin Street
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition)
9:49
87
Begin The Beguine
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - The Essential Artie Shaw
3:14
88
Footprints (Remastered)
Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
7:29
89
Four On Six (Album Version) [feat. Tommy Flanagan & Percy Heath & Albert Heath]
Wes Montgomery feat. Tommy Flanagan, Percy Heath & Albert Heath - The Very Best Of Wes Montgomery
6:15
90
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Dinah Washington - The Very Best Of
2:32
91
Joy Spring
Various artists - Happy Jazz
6:53
92
Bumpin' On Sunset
Wes Montgomery - Verve Jazz Masters 14
4:52
93
Misty
Erroll Garner - The Original Misty
2:49
94
Ceora
Lee Morgan - Cornbread
6:23
95
Sugar
Stanley Turrentine - Sugar (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition - Original Recording Remastered)
10:03
96
Cristo Redentor (Remastered)
Donald Byrd - Sanctified
5:41
97
No Room For Squares (Remastered 2000 / Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Hank Mobley - No Room For Squares (Remastered 2000 / Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
6:57
98
Bouncin' With Bud (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / Remastered 1998)
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell: Vol. 1 (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
3:04