Top 10(ish) Jazz

[Corabar Steve]

Following from this thread (http://www.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=75390#post75390) What are your top tracks of the genre? (please only list tracks that are proven to actually work in a mobile disco situation & not just because they are of a certain genre. Also must be suitable for all ages)

It doesn't matter if you post a track that somebody else has, the idea is to find good useable tracks of the genre that are proven to work for mobile DJs

Please Stick to the specific genre in the thread title

Make the lists as long as you like as long as they are useable

[Corabar Steve]

I would imagine this would largely be for background, but any suggestions?

[Corabar Steve]

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[PropellerHeadCase]

Any of the George Gershwin or Cole Porter Jazz Standards particularly the Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald versions.

Also Diana Krall's version of ''Swonderful'
Nat 'King' Cole 'Let There be Love'
Nina Simone 'My Baby Just Cares for Me'

[Prefab Sprouter]

Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
Astrud Gilberto - Girl from Ipanema
Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea
Harry Connick Jr - Recipe for making Love
Ronny Jordan - The Jackal
Michael Buble - Me and Mrs Jones
Ella Fitzgerald - Manhatten
Frank sinatra - Something Stupid (Its not strictly Jazz but hey it fits)
Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore

[DeckstarDeluxe]

lets have some more Jazzy tunes guys!

[yourdj]

Jamie cullum - I Get a Kick Out of You
Julie London - Fly Me to The Moon (Ultra Lounge - Bossa Novaville)
Love Me or Leave Me - nina simone
Let's Face The Music and Dance - ella fitzgerald
Roxanne - george michael
Tony Bennett & Diane Krall - The Look Of Love
Straighten Up and Fly Right - robbie
Peggy Lee - You Give Me Fever
Kissing a Fool - george Michael
I've Got To See You Again - nora Jones

[DJ Tony McQue]

Depends what you mean by jazz, there are so many variations. A few I like are:

Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
Rodney Franklin - The Groove
Marlena Shaw - Woman of the Ghetto
Herbie Hancock - I thought it was you

In fact, pretty much most Herbie Hancock..

[Corabar Steve]

No discussion, just suggstions.

As per every other thread in this section.

Thanks.

[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? :daft:

[Jonny Boy]

Billy Joel - jazz? Are you sure? :daft:

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


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.

[Unklbrian]

Lotte Lenya was Kurt Weill's first wife it seems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Lenya

I just had to find out about her - my Berliner Frualien would never have forgiven me if I hadn't ;)

I actually quite like Bobby Darins version as well .... Though the lyrics are hardly suitable for a wedding ! lol