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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 6CD 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
CD 1 - CLASSIC JAZZ VOCALS
1. I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Julie London (Cross-Cory) (2:50)
2. Something Cool - June Christy (Barnes) (4:16)
3. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker (Rodgers-Hart) (2:18)
4. Misty Blue - Ella Fitzgerald (Montgomery) (2:28)
5. Darn That Dream - Nancy Wilson (De Lange-Van Heusen) (2:50)
6. Autumn In New York - Jo Stafford (Vernon Duke) (2:39)
7. April In Paris - Dinah Shore (Harburg-Duke) (2:56)
8. Do Nothing Till You Here From Me - Abbey Lincoln (Ellington-Russell) (2:14)
9. Day In - Day Out - Mark Murphy (Bloom-Mercer) (3:50)
10. It Had To Be You - Dinah Shore (Kahn-Jones) (3:23)
11. Angel Eyes - Jack Jones (Brent-Dennis) (3:12)
12. The Man I Love - Carmen McRae (Gershwin-Gershwin) (4:16)
13. It Don-t Mean A Thing - Annie Ross (Duke Ellington) (2:08)
14. Here-s That Rainy Day - Sue Raney (Burke-Van Heusen) (4:12)
15. Stars Fell On Alabama - Jack Teagarden (Parish-Perkins) (2:58)
16. Blue Moon - Billie Holiday (Rodgers-Hart) (2:11)
17. A Foggy Day - Dakota Staton (Gershwin-Gershwin) (2:17)
18. Exactly Like You - Dianne Reeves (Fields-McHugh) (5:20)
19. I Ain-t Got Nothin- But The Blues - Lou Rawls (Ellington-George) (3:22)
20. Something To Live For - Lena Horne (Ellington- Strayhorn) (5:24)
CD 2 - SWING CLASSICS IN HIFI
1. For Dancers Only - Billy May And His Orchestra (Oliver-Raye-Schoen) (2:42)
2. Stompin- At The Savoy - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Sampson-Webb-Goodman) (3:11)
3. Leap Frog - Les Brown And His Orchestra (Corday-Garland) (2:46)
4. Satin Doll - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (Strayhorn-Ellngton) (2:56)
5. Let-s Dance - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (Stone-Benime-Baldridge) (2:12)
6. T-Ain-t What You Do - Billy May And His Orchestra (Oliver-Young) (2:58)
7. Opus No. 1 - Glen Grey And The Casa Loma Orchestra (Sy Oliver) (2:56)
8. Intermission Riff - Stan Kenton And His Orchestra (Ray Wetzel) (4:14)
9. Sleep - Woody Herman And His Orchestra (Earl Lebieg) (3:50)
10. Jumpin- At The Woodside - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Count Basie) (3:28)
11. Harlem Air Shaft - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (Duke Ellington) (3:54)
12. I-m Beginning To See The Light - Harry James And His Orchestra (Ellington-George-Hodges-James) (3:06)
13. A Good Man Is Hard To Find - Les Brown And His Orchestra (Edward Grren) (2:25)
14. Annie Laurie - Billy May And His Orchestra (Douglass-Scott) (3:05)
15. The Peanut Vendor - Stan Kenton And His Orchestra (Gilbert-Simons-Sunshine) (4:33)
16. Come And Get It - Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra (Sonny Dunham) (2:54)
17. Margie - Billy May And His Orchestra (Davis-Conrad-Robinson) (3:05)
18. I-ve Got My Love To Keep Me - Les Brown And His Orchestra (Irving Berlin) (2:46)
19. Apollo Jumps - Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra (Benny Carter) (2:57)
20. Sing, Sing Sing - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (Louis Prima) (7:22)
CD 3 - LATIN JAZZ
1. Machito - Stan Kenton And His Orchestr (Pete Rugolo) (3:00)
2. Jahberu - Tadd Dameron (Tadd Dameron) (2:52)
3. Tin Tin Deo - James Moody & Chano Pozo (Pozo-Fuller) (2:44)
4. Basheer-s Dream - Kenny Dorham (Gigi Gryce) (5:00)
5. Congalegra - Horace Parlan (Ray Barretto) (4:22)
6. Mambo Inn - Grant Green (Smpson-Woodlon-Bauza) (5:47)
7. Paco - Gerald Wilson (Gerald Wilson) (6:18)
8. Agua Dulce - The Jazz Crusaders (Joe Sample) (5:18)
9. Favela - Clare Fischer (3:46) (Clare Fischer)
10. I-m On My Way - Candido (Richie Havens) (3:10)
11. Oye Como Va - Bobby Hutcherson (Tito Puente) (5:08)
12. Caravan - Chucho Valdes (Tizol-Ellington) (7:01)
13. Contagio - Gonzalo Rubalcaba (Gonzalo Rubalcaba) (6:42)
14. Dance Of Denial - Ray Barretto (Michael Philip Mossman) (5:50)
15. The Time Is Now - Eliane Elias (Eliane Elias) (4:35)
