Posted in: Piano by Harison on January 19th, 2012 | 0 Comments
Just as I’ve ever written in the “Top 20 Jazz Songs All The Time”, in the Top 50 Jazz Song that I collated the name of John Coltraine, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck still dominate. They represent a generation that is very consistent play what is called the songs are in the category “jazz standards”
Cover of Live at the Bijou
Beyond that there are names like Grover Washington, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report and Lee Ritenour to play a fusion-jazz compositions. Here’s a list of “Top 50 Jazz Songs All The Time ‘:
1. “Take Five” – Dave Brubeck
2. “So What” – Miles Davis
3. “My Favorite Things” – John Coltrane
4. “Take The ‘A’Train” – Duke Ellington
5. “Blue Rondo A La Turk” – Dave Brubeck
6. “Spain” – Chick Corea
7. “Birdland” – Weather Report
8. “Freddie Freeloader” – Miles Davis
9. “Chameleon” – Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters
10. “Giant Steps” – John Coltrane
11. “Resolution” – John Coltrane
12. “Just the Two of Us” – Grover Washington, Jr.
13. “The Girl From Ipanema” – Getz/Gilberto
14. “Satin Doll” – Duke Ellington
15. “My Funny Valentine” – Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker
16. “Bemsha Swing” – Thelonious Monk
17. “In the mood” – Glenn Miller
18. “In a Sentimental Mood” – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
19. “Acknowledgement” – John Coltrane
20. “Killer Joe” – Benny Golson
21. “Moanin’” – Art Blakey
22. “Psalm” – John Coltrane
23. “Strange Fruit” – Billie Holiday
24. “Salt Peanuts” – Dizzy Gillespie
25. “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” – Cannonball Adderley
26. “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” – Charles Mingus
27. “Straight Life” – Freddy Hubbard
28. “The Creator has a Master Plan” – Pharaoh Sanders
29. “Blue in Green” – Miles Davis
30. “One O’Clock Jump” – Count Basie
31. “Bumpin’ on Sunset” – Wes Montgomery
32. Naima” – John Coltrane
33. “Back at the Chicken Shack” – Jimmy Smith
34. “Mister Magic” – Grover Washington, Jr.
35. “In a Silent Way” – Miles Davis
36. “Dolphin Dance” – Herbie Hancock
37. “In N’ Out” – Joe Henderson
38. “Alone Together” – Grant Green
39. “St. Louis Blues” – W.C. Handy
40. “Rocket Number Nine Take off for the Planet Venus” – Sun Ra and his Arkestra
41. “Tipitina” – Professor Longhair
42. “Breakfast Feud” – Charlie Christian
43. “Naguine” – Django Reinhardt
44. “It Might as Well be Spring” – Sarah Vaughan
45. “Captain Fingers” – Lee Ritenour
46. “A Remark You Made” – Weather Report
47. “Black Satin” – Miles Davis
48. “Minnie the Moocher” – Cab Calloway
49. “Aerial Boundaries” – Michael Hedges
50. “Red Clay” – Freddie Hubbard
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