Jazz
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- The Basics
It's been called "America's classical music" — almost a century of exploration, innovation and improvisation that has grown from an American dance craze into a global art form. Here are 25 super essentials that won't require a shovel for you to dig.
£21.17 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 So What Miles Davis 9:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 In a Sentimental Mood John Coltrane & Duke Ellington 4:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Wild Man Blues Louis Armstrong 3:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Sweet Georgia Brown Rahsaan Roland Kirk 5:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 The Kid from Red Bank Count Basie 2:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Let's Get Lost Chet Baker 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Desafinado Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd 5:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Pick Yourself Up George Shearing & Nat "King" Cole 3:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Let's Fall In Love Ella Fitzgerald 4:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Mais Que Nada Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 2:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Straight Life Art Pepper 2:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Take Five Dave Brubeck 5:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Sarah Vaughan 2:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock 5:30 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 I'm Confessin' Lester Young 2:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 What Is There to Say? Gerry Mulligan 4:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 You Made Me Love You Harry James 3:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 After You've Gone (Part 1 & 2) Charlie Parker 7:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 The Midnight Hour Ray Charles 2:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 You Rascal You Django Reinhardt 3:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Call Me Irresponsible Dinah Washington 2:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Misty Erroll Garner 2:46 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Next Steps
From the Dixieland combos of the '20s through the big bands and be-bop, and the classic era of the '50s, to the fusion, jazz-funk and revivalist traditions of more recent decades, jazz has maintained its joyous grip over the head and heart. Grip onto these next 25 and enjoy the ride.
£21.76 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 The Two Lonely People Bill Evans 6:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 I'll Remember April Cannonball Adderley 5:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Sing Sing Sing The Benny Goodman Orchestra 4:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 C-Jam Blues Oscar Peterson 3:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Blue Silver Horace Silver 5:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Astral Traveling Pharoah Sanders 5:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Wade in the Water Ramsey Lewis 3:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Cristo Redentor Donald Byrd 5:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 I'm a Fool to Want You Dexter Gordon 6:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Breezin' George Benson 5:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Doug's Minor Bouk Lee Morgan 6:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Boplicity Miles Davis 3:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 'Round Midnight Thelonious Monk 3:14 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Matrix Chick Corea 6:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Body & Soul Freddie Hubbard 6:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 In the Still of the Night Betty Carter 4:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 The Witch Doctor Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 5:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Buddy Buddy Buddy Rich Big Band 3:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Begin the Beguine Artie Shaw and His Orchestra 3:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 The Lady Is a Tramp Stéphane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin 4:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Tequila Wes Montgomery 3:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Ring Dem Bells Lionel Hampton 3:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Where Flamingos Fly (Stereo Version) The Gil Evans Orchestra 5:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 Stormy Weather Art Tatum 3:12 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Deep Cuts
No music screams "freedom" more loudly than jazz, and that sense of liberation has been carried around the world by superb cuts like the 25 that follow.
£22.15 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Little Sunflower Johnny Lytle 8:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 I Mean You McCoy Tyner 4:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Your Feet's Too Big Fats Waller 3:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Walkin' Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 5:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Good Old Days Ornette Coleman 6:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Port of Call Cecil Taylor 4:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Rocket Number Nine Sun Ra 2:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Spirits Albert Ayler Trio 6:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Sidney Bechet 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 It Might As Well Be Spring Brad Mehldau 7:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Sunflowers Wynton Marsalis 9:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Mississippi Mud Bix Beiderbecke 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 The Lady in Red Stan Kenton 2:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Recorda Me (Remember Me) [Live] Ronnie Scott & The Band 4:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Crackle Hut Max Roach 5:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 The Song Is You Joe Harriott 6:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Sunrise Norah Jones 3:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle) Donald Byrd 5:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Almost Blue Diana Krall 4:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 You Don't Know What Love Is Sonny Rollins 6:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Guadeloupe Michel Petrucciani, Steve Gadd, Anthony Jackson, Bob Brookmeyer, Flavio Boltro & Stefano Di Battista 6:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Hocus-Pocus Lee Morgan 6:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 River's Invitation Stanley Turrentine 6:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell 4:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 Cymbalism Joe Lovano 4:58 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
It's been called "America's classical music" — almost a century of exploration, innovation and improvisation that has grown from an American dance craze into a global art form. Tune in to these 75 transformative tracks that have changed the face of music forever.
£65.08 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 So What Miles Davis 9:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 In a Sentimental Mood John Coltrane & Duke Ellington 4:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Wild Man Blues Louis Armstrong 3:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Sweet Georgia Brown Rahsaan Roland Kirk 5:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 The Kid from Red Bank Count Basie 2:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Let's Get Lost Chet Baker 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Desafinado Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd 5:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Pick Yourself Up George Shearing & Nat "King" Cole 3:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Let's Fall In Love Ella Fitzgerald 4:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Mais Que Nada Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 2:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Straight Life Art Pepper 2:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Take Five Dave Brubeck 5:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Sarah Vaughan 2:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock 5:30 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 I'm Confessin' Lester Young 2:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 What Is There to Say? Gerry Mulligan 4:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 You Made Me Love You Harry James 3:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 After You've Gone (Part 1 & 2) Charlie Parker 7:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 The Midnight Hour Ray Charles 2:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 You Rascal You Django Reinhardt 3:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Call Me Irresponsible Dinah Washington 2:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Misty Erroll Garner 2:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 The Two Lonely People Bill Evans 6:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 I'll Remember April Cannonball Adderley 5:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 Sing Sing Sing The Benny Goodman Orchestra 4:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 27 C-Jam Blues Oscar Peterson 3:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 Blue Silver Horace Silver 5:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 29 Astral Traveling Pharoah Sanders 5:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 30 Wade in the Water Ramsey Lewis 3:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Cristo Redentor Donald Byrd 5:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 32 I'm a Fool to Want You Dexter Gordon 6:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 33 Breezin' George Benson 5:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 34 Doug's Minor Bouk Lee Morgan 6:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 35 Boplicity Miles Davis 3:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 36 'Round Midnight Thelonious Monk 3:14 £0.99 View In iTunes 37 Matrix Chick Corea 6:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 38 Body & Soul Freddie Hubbard 6:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 39 In the Still of the Night Betty Carter 4:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 The Witch Doctor Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 5:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 41 Buddy Buddy Buddy Rich Big Band 3:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 42 Begin the Beguine Artie Shaw and His Orchestra 3:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 The Lady Is a Tramp Stéphane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin 4:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 44 Tequila Wes Montgomery 3:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 45 Ring Dem Bells Lionel Hampton 3:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 46 Where Flamingos Fly (Stereo Version) The Gil Evans Orchestra 5:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 47 Stormy Weather Art Tatum 3:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Little Sunflower Johnny Lytle 8:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 I Mean You McCoy Tyner 4:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 50 Your Feet's Too Big Fats Waller 3:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 Walkin' Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 5:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 52 Good Old Days Ornette Coleman 6:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 53 Port of Call Cecil Taylor 4:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 54 Rocket Number Nine Sun Ra 2:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 Spirits Albert Ayler Trio 6:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Sidney Bechet 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 57 It Might As Well Be Spring Brad Mehldau 7:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Sunflowers Wynton Marsalis 9:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 59 Mississippi Mud Bix Beiderbecke 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 The Lady in Red Stan Kenton 2:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 61 Recorda Me (Remember Me) [Live] Ronnie Scott & The Band 4:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 62 Crackle Hut Max Roach 5:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 The Song Is You Joe Harriott 6:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 Sunrise Norah Jones 3:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 65 Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle) Donald Byrd 5:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 66 Almost Blue Diana Krall 4:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 67 You Don't Know What Love Is Sonny Rollins 6:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 Guadeloupe Michel Petrucciani, Steve Gadd, Anthony Jackson, Bob Brookmeyer, Flavio Boltro & Stefano Di Battista 6:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 69 Hocus-Pocus Lee Morgan 6:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 70 River's Invitation Stanley Turrentine 6:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 71 Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell 4:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 72 Cymbalism Joe Lovano 4:58 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 72 Songs
Customer Reviews
exposes the genius of these jazz artists
a fantastic compilation of jazz, jazz at its best.
so what - the best jazz song you'll ever here!
