If you missed our Labor Day programming.
Here is a list of our top 88.5 songs:
1) Dave Brubeck, “Take Five” from the album Time Out
2) Weather Report, “Birdland” from the album Heavy Weather
3) Duke Ellington “Take the “A” Train” from the album Hollywood
4) George Gershwin, “Rhapsody in Blue” from the album Rhapsody in Blue
5) Stan Getz with Joao Gilberto, “The Girl from Ipanema” with Astrud Gilberto from the album Getz/Gilberto
6) Miles Davis, “So What” from the album Kind of Blue
7) Benny Goodman “Sing, Sing, Sing” from the single Sing, Sing, Sing
8) Art Blakey, “Moanin’” from the album Moanin’
9) Cannonball Adderley, “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” from the album Live at ‘The Club’
10) John Coltrane, “My Favorite Things” from the album My Favorite Things
11) Miles Davis, “All Blues” from the album Kind of Blue
12) Bill Evans,” Waltz for Debby” from the album Waltz for Debby
13) Billie Holiday, “God Bless the Child” from the single God Bless The Child
14) Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” from the single Strange Fruit
15) Dave Brubeck “Blue Rondo A La Turk” from the album Time Out
16) John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme (Acknowledgement” from the album A Love Supreme
17) Thelonious Monk, “Round Midnight” from the album Genius of Modern Music Vol. 1
18) Duke Ellington, “Mood Indigo” from the single Mood Indigo
19) Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong, “Summertime” from the album Porgy and Bess
20) Horace Silver, “Song for My Father” from the album Song for My Father
21) Louis Armstrong, “What a Wonderful World” from the single What a Wonderful World
22,) Thelonious Monk, “Straight No Chaser” from the album Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2
23) Glenn Miller, “In the Mood” from the single In the Mood
24) Herbie Hancock, “Chameleon” from the album Headhunters
25) Vince Guaraldi, “Linus and Lucy” from the album A Charlie Brown Christmas
26) Chick Corea, “Spain” from the album Light as a Feather
27) Peggy Lee, “Fever” from the single Fever
28) Sonny Rollins, “St. Thomas” from the album Saxophone Collosus
29) Charles Mingus, “Goodbye Porkpie Hat” from the album Mingus Ah Um
30) Duke Ellington with John Coltrane, “In A Sentimental Mood” from the album Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
31) Herbie Hancock, “Maiden Voyage” from the album Maiden Voyage
32) Ella Fitzgerald, “Mack the Knife” from the album Live in Berlin
33) Miles Davis, “Freddie the Freeloader” from the album Kind of Blue
34) Diana Krall, “The Look of Love” from the album The Look of Love
35) Django Reinhardt, “Minor Swing” from the album Djangologie Vol. 6
36) Pat Metheny, “Last Train Home” from the album Still Life (Talking)
37) Ramsey Lewis, “The “In” Crowd” from the album The In Crowd
38) Billie Holiday, “Good Morning Heartache” from the album Lady Sings the Blues
39) Count Basie, “April in Paris” from the album April in Paris
40) Frank Sinatra “Fly Me to the Moon” from the album Sinatra/Basie
41) Art Blakey, “A Night in Tunisia” from the album A Night in Tunisia
42) Ella Fitzgerald, “How High The Moon” from the single Ella in Berlin
43) Herbie Hancock, “Cantaloupe Island” from the album Empyrean Isles
44) John Coltrane, “Giant Steps” from the album Giant Steps
45) Cannonball Adderley, “Autumn Leaves” from the album Somethin’ Else
46) Chet Baker, “My Funny Valentine” from the album Chet Baker Sings
47) Coleman Hawkins, “Body and Soul” from the single Body and Soul
48) Duke Ellington, “Caravan” from the album Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators
49) George Benson, “Breezin’” from the album Breezin’
50) Miles Davis, “Blue in Green” from the album Kind of Blue
51) Charlie Parker, “All the Things You Are” from the single All the Things You Are
52) Hugh Masekela, “Grazin’ in the Grass” from the album The Promise of a Future
53) John Coltrane, “Blue Train” from the album Blue Train
54) Louis Armstrong, “West End Blues” from the single West End Blues
55) Clifford Brown, “Joy Spring” from the album Clifford Brown and Max Roach
56) Nina Simone, “Feelin’ Good” from the album I Put A Spell on You
57) Sarah Vaughan, “Misty” from the album Vaughan and Violins
58) Tony Bennett with Bill Evans, “My Foolish Heart” from the album The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
59) Wayne Shorter, “Footprints” from the album Adam’s Apple
60) John Coltrane, “Naima” from the album Giant Steps
61) Les McCann with Eddie Harris, “Compared to What” from the album Swiss Movement
62) Milt Jackson, “Bag’s Groove” from the album Wizard of the Vibes
63) Miles Davis, “Miles Chases the Voodoo Down” from the album Bitches Brew
64) Nina Simone, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” from the album Silk & Soul
65) Oscar Peterson, “Hymn to Freedom” from the album Night Train
66) Sarah Vaughan,“Lullaby of Birdland” from the album Sarah Vaughan
67) Frank Sinatra, “Come Fly With Me” from the album Sinatra at the Sands
68) John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman, “Lush Life” from the album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
69) Lee Morgan, “The Sidewinder” from the album The Sidewinder
70) Modern Jazz Quartet, “Django” from the album Django
71) Nina Simone, “Sinnerman” from the album Pastel Blues
72) Ornette Coleman, “Lonely Woman” from the album The Shape of Jazz to Come
73) Ahmad Jamal, “Poinciana” from the album At the Pershing: But Not For Me
74) Charlie Parker, “Koko” from the single Koko
75) Dizzy Gillespie, “Salt Peanuts” from the album Groovin’ High
76) Ella Fitzgerald, “Oh, Lady Be Good” from the single Oh, Lady Be Good
77) Oliver Nelson, “Stolen Moments” from the album The Blues and the Abstract Truth
78) Pharoah Sanders, “The Creator Has a Master Plan” from the album Karma
79) Stan Getz with João Gilberto, “Corcovado” from the album Getz/Gilberto
80) Wes Montgomery, “Four on Six” from the album The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
81) Artie Shaw, “Begin the Beguine” from the single Begin the Beguine
82) Bix Beiderbecke, “Singin’ the Blues” from the single Singin’ the Blues
83) Bessie Smith, “Saint Louis Blues” from the single Saint Louis Blues
84) Count Basie, “Hay Burner” from the album Basie Straight Ahead
85) Count Basie with Joe Williams, “Every Day I Have the Blues” from the album Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
86) Duke Ellington, “Diminuendo in Blue” from the album Live at Newport
87) Fats Waller, “Jitterbug Waltz” from the single Jitterbug Waltz
88) Freddie Hubbard, “Red Clay” from the album Red Clay
88.5) Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz, “Cherokee” from the album Hamp and Getz
