Various Artists - The Very Best Jazz Instrumentals (2015)

There are as many flavours of jazz as there are pebbles on a beach, but the majority combine rhythmic invention with instrumental virtuosity to create a sound that can transport the listener to a different plane. Whether your ear is caught by the saxophone of Earl Bostic or Eddie Harris, the flute of Herbie Mann, Ray Charles' effervescent keyboards (he played sax too) or the music of Cuban-born 'King of the Mambo' Perez Prado, whose 1958 US chart-topper 'Patricia' is familiar from countless movies and television ads, one thing is certain - the jazz instrumental still reigns supreme.

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Miles Davis - So What
02. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
03. Glenn Miller - In the Mood
04. King Curtis - Harlem Nocturne
05. Lawrence Welk - Baby Elephant Walk
06. Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special
07. Pérez Prado - Guaglione
08. Eddie Harris - Exodus
09. Quincy Jones - Tuxedo Junction
10. Ramsey Lewis Trio - My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
11. Earl Bostic - Unchained Melody
12. Count Basie - Basie Twist
13. Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - Midnight in Moscow
14. The George Shearing Quintet - Lullaby of Birdland
15. Dexter Gordon - Love for Sale

CD2:

01. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
02. Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore
03. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
04. Billy Vaughn - A Swingin' Safari
05. Cannonball Adderley & Ray Brown - Work Song
06. Chris Barber's Jazz Band - Petite Fleur
07. Dizzy Gillespie - Salt Peanuts
08. Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Sweet Georgia Brown
09. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Desafinado
10. Ray Charles - One Mint Julep
11. Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra - Afrikaan Beat
12. Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train
13. Herbie Mann - Blues Walk
14. Phil Upchurch Combo - You Can't Sit Down (Part 1 & 2)
15. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Unsquare Dance

CD3:

01. Quincy Jones & His Orchestra - Soul Bossa Nova
02. Duke Ellington - Take the "A" Train
03. Eddie Harris - Moon River
04. Jimmy Smith - Walk on the Wild Side
05. Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra - Calcutta
06. Count Basie - Lester Leaps in
07. King Curtis - Something Frantic
08. Pérez Prado - Patricia
09. Jimmy McGriff - I've Got a Woman (Part 1)
10. Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - March of the Siamese Children
11. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo À la Turk
12. David Rose and His Orchestra - The Stripper
13. Johnny Dankworth - African Waltz
14. Miles Davis - Straight, No Chaser
15. Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade