Thank you for voting on the greatest jazz songs ever recorded! Thousands of Jazz24 listeners voted for the songs they felt were the 100 quintessential jazz songs of all time.  The initial stream has ended. However, you can continue to listen to the Jazz 100 in its entirety with our Grooveshark playlist! And thanks to Carlos Rhodes, a very dedicated listener, you can also watch all 100 here! (Use the arrow buttons on the sides to scroll through) What do you think of this list? We encourage your comments below. blog comments powered by Disqus 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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