VA - 100 Best Jazz (2006)

Following the fantastic success of the Best 100 series; EMI now present Best Jazz 100 Jazz, a great value 6 disc set. Jazz is the epitome of cool; it is a music of infinite variety and timeless appeal. This 6 CD set BEST JAZZ 100 offers just that! This collection features the very best in jazz across the ages: From cool swing to burning Latin; husky vocals to smooth ballads; from the new faces on the scene to the classic artists of yesteryear. With each CD representing a different style: Classic Jazz Vocals; Swing Classics; Latin Jazz; Relaxing Jazz; Jazz Ballads and Legends of Jazz there's something here for everyone.

TRACKLIST

Disc: 1 - CLASSIC JAZZ VOCALS
1. I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Julie London
2. Something Cool - June Christy
3. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker
4. Misty Blue - Ella Fitzgerald
5. Darn That Dream - Nancy Wilson
6. Autumn In New York - Jo Stafford
7. April In Paris - Dinah Shore
8. Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me - Abbey Lincoln
9. Day In-Day Out - Mark Murphy
10. It Had To Be You - Dinah Shore
11. Angel Eyes - Jack Jones
12. The Man I Love - Carmen McRae
13. It Don't Mean A Thing - Annie Ross
14. Here's That Rainy Day - Sue Raney
15. Stars Fell On Alabama - Jack Teagerden
16. Blue Moon - Billie Holiday
17. A Foggy Day - Dakota Station
18. Exactly Like You - Dianne Reeves
19. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues - Lou Rawls
20. Something To Live For - Lena Horne

Disc: 2 - SWING CLASSICS IN HI-FI
1. For Dancers Only - Billy May and his Orchestra
2. Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
3. Leap Frog - Les Brown And His Orchestra
4. Satin Doll - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
5. Let's Dance - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
6. T'Ain't What You Do - Billy May and his Orchestra
7. Opus No.1 - Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra
8. Intermission Riff - Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
9. Sleep - Woody Herman And His Orchestra
10. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
11. Harlem Air Shaft - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
12. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Harry James And His Orchestra
13. A Good Man Is Hard To Find - Les Brown And His Orchestra
14. Annie Laurie - Billy May and his Orchestra
15. The Peanut Vendor - Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
16. Come And Get It - Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra
17. Margie - Billy May and his Orchestra
18. I've Got My Love To Keep Me - Les Brown And His Orchestra
19. Apollo Jumps - Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra
20. Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra

Disc: 3 - LATIN JAZZ
1. Machito - Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
2. Jahberu - Tadd Dameron
3. Tin Tin Deo - James Moody & Chano Pozo
4. Basheer's Dream - Kenny Dorham
5. Cangalegra - Horace Parlan
6. Mambo Inn - Grant Green
7. Paco - Gerald Wilson
8. Agua Dulce - The Jazz Crusaders
9. Favela - Clare Fischer
10. I'm On My Way - Candido
11. Oye Como Va - Bobby Hutcherson
12. Caravan - Chucho Valdes
13. Contagio - Gonzalo Rubalcaba
14. Dance Of Denial - Ray Barretto
15. The Time Is Now - Eliane Elias

Disc: 4 - RELAXING JAZZ
1. At Last - Lou Rawls & Dianne Reeves
2. Makin' Whoopee - The Three Sounds
3. Namely You - Sonny Rollins
4. Time After Time - Cassandra Wilson
5. Infant Eyes - Wayne Shorter
6. In The Winelight - Kurt Elling
7. Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
8. More Than This - Charlie Hunter & Norah Jones
9. Beatrice - Joe Henderson
10. Lazy Afternoon - Jackie Allen
11. I've Got The World On A String - Joe Lovano
12. Make It Go Away - Holly Cole
13. Deja Vu - Stefon Harris & Jacky Terrasson
14. Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

Disc: 5 - JAZZ BALLADS
1. Someone To Watch Over Me - Coleman Hawkins
2. Easy Living - Clifford Brown
3. It Never Entered My Mind - Miles Davis
4. Violets For Your Furs - Jutta Hipp & Zoot Sims
5. Moonglow - Benny Goodman
6. Like Someone In Love - George Shearing
7. Stairway To The Stars - Bill Evans & Jim Hall
8. Dancing In The Dark - Cannonball Adderley
9. I'm A Fool To Want You - Dexter Gordon
10. Yesterdays - Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
11. The Good Life - Hank Mobley
12. God Bless The Child - Stanley Turrentine
13. Nature Boy - Ike Quebec
14. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most - Zoot Sims
15. Laura - Joe Lovano

Disc: 6 - LEGENDS OF JAZZ
1. Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons
2. Summertime - Sidney Bechet
3. Chicago Flyer - Meade Lux Lewis
4. Profoundly Blue - Edmond Hall's Celeste Quartet
5. Topsy - Ike Quebec
6. Jimmy Hamilton & The Duke's Men - Blues For Clarinets
7. Lop-Pow - Babs Gonzales' Three Bips And A Bop
8. Our Delight - Tadd Dameron
9. Boperation - Howard McGhee & Fats Navarro
10. 'Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
11. Bouncing With Bud - Bud Powell
12. Born To Be Blue - Wynton Kelly
13. Bags' Groove - Milt Jackson
14. Safari - Horace Silver
15. Carvin' The Rock - Lou Donaldson & Clifford Brown
16. Lady Sings The Blues - Herbie Nichols