Top 10(ish) Jazz

[Excalibur]

In fact, pretty much most Herbie Hancock..

I'm not a Jazz afficionado, but Herbie is very good.

Weather Report- Birdland.
Ramsay Lewis- Wade in the Water
Dave Brubeck-Take Five
Floyd Cramer- On the Rebound
Dave "Baby" Cortez-The Happy Organ

Titanic-Sultana.
Rodney Franklin-The Groove

[funkymook]

Got Myself A Good Man - Pucho
Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria
Comin Home Baby - Mel Torme
Sunshine Of Your Love - Ella Fitzgerald
Stepping Stones - Johnny Harris
Fire Eater - Rusty Bryant
On Broadway - George Benson

[ukpartydj]

My favorite oldie jazz track -

Mad about a boy - Dinah Washington

Oh and Nina Simone - don't let me be misunderstood

[Jonny Boy]

Not all suitable for weddings....


Blue Rondo a la Turk / Three to Get Ready - Dave Brubeck
Freddie Freeloader/So What - Miles Davies
Work Song - Nina Simone
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
Too Darn Hot - Holly Cole
Takin' A Chance On Love - Jane Monheit
East of The Sun (And West of The Moon)/I'm An Errant Girl For Rythmn - Diana Krall
Mr & Mrs You - Buble <shudders>
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - Chantz
Cheek To Cheek - Eva Cassidy
Let's Get Lost - Chet Baker
Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendes
Light My Fire - José Feliciano
Masquerade - George Benson
I Wanna Be Around - Tony Bennett
Lady Is A Tramp - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Harry Connick Jr
Yeah Yeah - Georgie Fame & Blue Flames
I's Oh So Quiet - Bjork
The Look of Love - Dusty Springfield
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel

[Crown Jules]

Nat King Cole - Let There Be Love
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
Louis Armstrong - We Have All the Time in the World
Jane Monheit - Love Me or Leave Me
Lou Rawls - The Girl From Ipanema
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - Cheek to Cheek
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love like Mine
Etta James - At Last
Jane Monheit - I Wish You Love
Dorothy Moore - Misty

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Billy Joel - jazz? Are you sure?

[Jonny Boy]

Billy Joel - jazz? Are you sure?

Only in the same way that Toby's suggestion of "Kissing A Fool" is.....


oooh - and I forgot 'Almost Blue' by Elvis Costello...not a lot of use at weddings tho'. LOL.

[DeckstarDeluxe]

Being a huge jazz fan, these are my personal favourites and usually play them during the wedding breakfast...

Joanna Eden - The Nearness Of You
Kurt Elling - In The Winelight (One of my all time personal favourite tunes)
Robert Glasper - F.T.B
Norma Winstone - My November Guest
Diana Krall - Walk On By
Stan Getz/Lou Rawls - The Girl From Ipanema (Classic)
Cannonball Adderley - Autumn Leaves
Bill Evans - Like Someone In Love
Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - Body & Soul

[Unklbrian]

A few for the pot

Dave Brubeck - Take Five [probably the best known late50s Jazz instro]
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder [ an instro that is known - but not the title ] - about 10 mins long
Grover Washington - Mr Magic [ Sax led early Jazz/Funk]
John Handy - Hard Work [ 1975 handclappy jazz/funk ]
Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack [ hammond groove ]
Louis Armstrong - Mack the Knife [ the definitive version imho ]
Astrid gilberto - girl from Ipenima
John Coltrane - Blue Train [ make sure you're comftorable with this 10 min epic - sax can grate a bit]

mostly good for background music to get toes tapping amongst a slightly older crowd

[Jonny Boy]

**off on a tangent alert!**

A few for the pot
Louis Armstrong - Mack the Knife [ the definitive version imho ]

+1. I also like Sinatra's version where he name-checks all the guys in the band. And it was a big band!

Did you know that the reference to "Lotte Lenya" that many versions now use was a just vamp by Satchmo because she (Lotte - an ?actress?) was in the recording studio with him at the time?
The name wasn't, I believe, in Brecht's orginal lyric.


Sheesh. The useless shizzle I know.