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

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