The Jazz 100
Thousands of Jazz24 listeners voted for the songs they felt were the 100 best jazz songs of all time.
Thousands of Jazz24 listeners voted for the songs they felt were the 100 best jazz songs of all time.
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 |