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What do you think are the best jazz songs? Here are my favorites:

Afro Blue- John Coltrane
Luna Naranja-Eric Alexander
It Never Entered My Mind- Miles Davis
Why Was I Born- John Coltrane
Charles Mingus- Get It In Yo Soul

h2ogo69

bitches brew - miles davis
teen town - weather report
mr. pc - john coltrane and miles davis
autumn leaves - miles davis
continuum - jaco pastorious
kuru - jaco pastorious
gemini rising - ramsey lewis
watermelon man - herbie hancock
medley - victor wooten

costello

god ... anything by coltrane or davis is incredible, ill toss my hat in the ring

John Coltrane - i love afro blue as well, the whole live at birdland album is amazing, but i like the promise more.

Miles Davis - Jeru, or pretty much anything off of the complete birth of the cool or kinda blue.

Dave Brubrek - Take Five. greatest jazz pianist ... ever :P

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bundy

Brubeck is fantastic... but i have to recommend Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Fats Waller as well.

they are all brilliant.

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Ohayo!!!

costello

i'll be sure to. thanks

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"They don't even know what it is to be a fan. Y'know? To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts."

-Almost Famous

costello

this post is getting no replys ... and its making me sad . go listen to some jazz people!

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forseti-6

Wes Montgomery - Canadian Sunset
I also LOVE Wes's version of Besame Mucho and Caravan

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Gortexfogg

Send in the clowns - Stephen Sondheim

Roark

First Jazz album or actually CD i ever bought back in umm 9th grade or so. I remember I spent the whole summer trying to sound like Kai Winding.. until I heard JJ anyways. ;P

One thing about technology I have been seeing alot more reissues lately which hae better quality. Granted you can only inhance it so much as the original recording media will allow.

Monk, 'Trane, Gillespie... Too many favorite songs to list. Always like Lush Life myself but they're all good.

Melllvar

Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis and Take Five by Dave Brubeck. Of cource, I must not forget Herbie Hancock, Headhunters was the album that got me into the jazz world in the first place

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