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VA - Best Jazz 100 (6CD) (2006)

VA - Best Jazz 100 (6CD) (2006)

BAND/ARTIST: VA

  • Title: Best Jazz 100
  • Year Of Release: 2006
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
  • Total Time: 06:30:47
  • Total Size: 2.26 Gb / 980 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1:
1. I Left My Heart in San Francisco
2. Something Cool
3. My Funny Valentine
4. Misty Blue
5. Darn That Dream
6. Autumn in New York
7. April in Paris
8. Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
9. Day In - Day Out
10. It Had to Be You
11. Angel Eyes
12. The Man I Love
13. It Don't Mean a Thing
14. Here's That Rainy Day
15. Stars Fell on Alabama
16. Blue Moon
17. A Foggy Day
18. Exactly Like You
19. I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
20. Something to Live For

CD 2:
1. For Dancers Only
2. Stompin' at the Savoy
3. Leap Frog
4. Satin Doll
5. Let's Dance
6. T'Ain't What You Do
7. Opus No. 1
8. Intermission Riff
9. Sleep
10. Jumpin' at the Woodside
11. Harlem Air Shaft
12. I'm Beginning to See the Light
13. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
14. Annie Laurie
15. The Peanut Vendor
16. Come and Get It
17. Margie
18. I've Got My Love to Keep Me
19. Apollo Jumps
20. Sing, Sing, Sing

CD 3:
1. Machito
2. Jahbero
3. Tin Tin Deo
4. Basheer's Dream
5. Congalegra
6. Mambo Inn
7. Paco
8. Agua Dulce
9. Favela
10. I'm on My Way
11. Oye Como Va
12. Caravan
13. Contagio
14. Dance of Denial
15. The Time Is Now

CD 4:
1. At Last
2. Makin' Whoopee
3. Namely You
4. Time After Time
5. Infant Eyes
6. In the Winelight
7. Cantaloupe Island
8. More Than This
9. Beatrice
10. Lazy Afternoon
11. I've Got the World on a String
12. Make It Go Away
13. Don't Worry Be Happy
14. Déjà Vu

CD 5:
1. Someone to Watch Over Me
2. Easy Living
3. It Never Entered My Mind
4. Violets for Your Furs
5. Moonglow
6. Like Someone in Love
7. Stairway to the Stars
8. Dancing in the Dark
9. I'm a Fool to Want You
10. Yesterdays
11. The Good Life
12. God Bless the Child
13. Nature Boy
14. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
15. Laura

CD 6:
1. Blues for Christmas
2. Lop-Pow
3. Boogie Woogie Stomp
4. Summertime
5. Chicago Flyer
6. Profoundly Blue
7. Topsy
8. Our Delight
9. Boperation
10. 'Round Midnight
11. Bouncing with Bud
12. Born to Be Blue
13. Bags' Groove
14. Safari
15. Carvin' the Rock
16. Lady Sings the Blues

It's hard to go wrong with this set, which spans jazz sub genres and drifts into what can be considered pop. If you are a hard core jazz aficionado you may take issue with some of the selections. On the other hand, if you relax a bit and just enjoy the music this six disc set is both a bargain and a pleasure.
Normally I am one of those pedantic jazz fans who insists on certain sub genres and eschews anything that my narrow mind cannot handle. I found myself liking just about every track in this collection in spite of myself. Heck, I even enjoyed Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry, Be Happy (something that I would normally bristle at anyone suggesting that song.)
For me, the two discs that stood out (and were worth the price of the entire collection to me) were Disc 1 (mostly female vocalists and not always strictly jazz) and Disc 5 (Miles, Clifford Brown and other personal favorites.)
While I listen to Discs 1 and 5 the most, when I am in the mood for, say, swing, Disc 2 (and parts of 3) are perfect, as are Disc 4 when I want something more pop-oriented or Disc 6 for a good mix of older, almost traditional jazz, mixed with bebop and early 50s stuff.
If you want a good introduction to jazz and jazzy pop, this is a nice collection. Some of the selections are relaxing, and some are hard swinging and jumping, but all - in my opinion - are enjoyable.





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