The Best Jazz... Ever!
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 5 August 1996
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Let There Be Love (feat. George Shearing)Nat King Cole2:451.2 ★
- 2I Get a Kick Out of YouElla Fitzgerald4:013.6 ★
- 3Mad About the BoyDinah Washington2:475.0 ★
- 4FeverPeggy Lee3:184.2 ★
- 5Cry Me a RiverJulie London2:554.6 ★
- 6That Ole Devil Called LoveBillie Holiday2:544.0 ★
- 7Take the "A" TrainDuke Ellington & His Orchestra2:54
- 8Minnie the MoocherCab Calloway3:155.0 ★
- 9Five Guys Named MoeLouis Jordan3:04
- 10Hello DollyLouis Armstrong2:254.0 ★
- 11Ain't Misbehavin'Fats Waller3:03
- 12RelaxLeon Redbone2:26
- 13SummertimeSarah Vaughan3:13
- 14MistyErroll Garner2:49
- 15A Foggy DayBarney Kessel3:10
- 16Night and DayDjango Reinhardt2:51
- 17Let’s Get LostChet Baker3:431.0 ★
- 18I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)Billy Taylor Trio3:41
- 19The Kid From Red BankCount Basie2:40
- 20Take FiveDave Brubeck5:224.4 ★
- CD 2
- 1BirdlandWeather Report6:005.0 ★
- 2Running AwayRoy Ayers6:584.0 ★
- 3Watermelon ManMongo Santamaría2:27
- 4MoondanceVan Morrison6:43
- 5Do Nothing Til You Hear From MeMose Allison3:12
- 6Wade in the WaterRamsey Lewis3:49
- 7Dropping Bombs on the WhitehouseThe Style Council3:15
- 84:46
- 9So WhatRonny Jordan5:08
- 10Breezin’George Benson5:38
- 11Morning DanceSpyro Gyra3:57
- 12Last Night at DancelandRandy Crawford4:52
- 13The Girl From IpanemaState of the Heart3:16
- 14TravelsPat Metheny Group4:59
- CD 3
- 1So WhatMiles Davis9:07
- 2Cantaloupe IslandHerbie Hancock5:314.8 ★
- 3Round MidnightThelonious Monk3:11
- 4Song for My FatherHorace Silver5:12
- 5The Side WinderLee Morgan5:10
- 6MoaningArt Blakey4:02
- 7Midnight BlueKenny Burrell3:58
- 8Eleanor RigbyStanley Jordan7:02
- 9Goodbye Pork Pie HatCharles Mingus4:47
- 10OrnithologyCharlie Parker4:26
- 11Blue TrainJohn Coltrane10:43
Release credits
- guitar [1]
- double bass [1]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- producer [2-3, 7, 11]
- viola [1]
- viola [1]
- drums (drum set) [2]
- saxophone [8]
- banjo [10], guitar [10]
- cello [1]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- bass [10], double bass [10]
- guitar [2, 5]
- piano [8]
- drums (drum set) [7]
- vocal [6]
- trombone [3]
- piano [10]
- drums (drum set) [17]
- double bass [3]
- producer [5]
- assistant [1]
- vocal [8]
- guitar [6]
- bass [17]
- vocal [17]
- drums (drum set) [8]
- trombone [11]
- violin [1]
- drums (drum set) [10]
- guitar [8]
- drums (drum set) [14]
- piano [6]
- piano [20]
- tenor saxophone [6]
- vocal [3]
- guitar [16]
- recording [3]
- co [2]
- cello [1]
- lead vocals [2]
- violin [1]
- vibraphone [1]
- violin [1]
- double bass [20]
- violin [1]
- recording [20]
- cornet [2]
- piano [1]
- trumpet [3]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- violin [1]
- double bass [6]
- piano [2]
- alto saxophone [8]
- finger snaps [4]
- cello [1]
- alto saxophone [6]
- violin [1]
- alto saxophone [6]
- conductor [4]
- piano [3]
- co [1], electric bass guitar [1], mandocello [1], producer [1], vocal [1]
- violin [1]
- violin [1]
- drums (drum set) [16]
- reeds [8]
- assistant [1]
- clarinet [10]
- double bass [2, 4]
- drums (drum set) [20]
- trumpet [3]
- analog synthesizer [1], grand piano [1], melodica [1], orchestrator [1], producer [1], vocal [1]
- tenor saxophone [11]
- engineer [5]
- trumpet [8]
- viola [1]
- violin [1]
- violin [1]
- vocal [5]
- trombone [8]
- electric guitar [7]
- piano [11]
- trumpet [8]
- tenor saxophone [6]
- trumpet [11]
- lead vocals [10], trumpet [10], vocal [10]
- piano [14], synthesizer [14]
- double bass [7]
- tambourine [1]
- piano [16]
- double bass [1]
- task [2]
- producer [10]
- double bass [8]
- violin [1]
- percussion [14]
- vocal [1]
- arranger [19]
- producer [2]
- guitar [14]
- double bass [11]
- alto saxophone [20]
- viola [1]
- piano [2]
- finger snaps [4], vocal [4]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- double bass [16]
- trombone [8]
- arranger [3]
- performing orchestra [3]
- arranger [1], conductor [1]
- congas [7]
- double bass [5]
- double bass [2]
- engineer [1]
- arranger [2], producer [2]
- recording [2, 7, 11]
- trumpet [6]
- piano [17]
- trumpet [8]
- alto saxophone [3]
- vocal [13]
- trumpet [8]
- drums (drum set) [1, 4]
- bass [14]
- tenor saxophone [8]
- producer [20]
- piano [3]
- drums (drum set) [2]
- trombone [10]
- engineer [2]
- violin [1]
- tenor saxophone [8]
- assistant [1], producer [1], soprano saxophone [1], tenor saxophone [1]
- co [2]
- cello [1]
Issues
T- T5 August 1996