Best Jazz 100 is a four-disc anthology from the storied Blue Note label. Included are classic and lesser-known cuts from the swing era to the bop years and beyond.
Best Jazz 100
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Best Jazz 100 Review
by Matt Collar
Track Listing - Disc 1
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Julie London | 02:52 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 2 | June Christy | 04:20 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 3 | Chet Baker | 02:20 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Ella Fitzgerald | 02:29 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 5 | Nancy Wilson | 02:53 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 6 | Jo Stafford | 02:42 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Dinah Shore | 02:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Abbey Lincoln | 02:17 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Mark Murphy | 03:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 10 | Dinah Shore | 03:25 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 | Jack Jones | 03:13 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 12 |
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Carmen McRae | 04:18 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 13 | Annie Ross | 02:09 | |||||
| 14 | Sue Raney | 04:13 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 15 | Jack Teagarden | 03:01 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 16 | Billie Holiday | 02:13 | |||||
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Dakota Staton | 02:20 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 18 | Dianne Reeves | 05:19 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 19 |
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Lou Rawls | 03:26 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 20 | Lena Horne | 04:44 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Billy May & His Orchestra | 02:44 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 2 | Benny Goodman & His Orchestra | 03:14 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Les Brown & His Orchestra | 02:49 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 4 |
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Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 02:57 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 5 |
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Benny Goodman & His Orchestra | 02:15 | ||||
| 6 |
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Billy May & His Orchestra | 03:00 | ||||
| 7 |
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Glen Gray / Casa Loma Orchestra | 02:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 8 | Stan Kenton & His Orchestra | 04:16 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 9 | Woody Herman & His Orchestra | 03:52 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 10 | Benny Goodman & His Orchestra | 03:29 | |||||
| 11 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 03:55 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 12 | Harry James & His Orchestra | 03:08 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 | Les Brown & His Orchestra | 02:29 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Billy May & His Orchestra | 03:07 | ||||
| 15 |
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Stan Kenton & His Orchestra | 04:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 16 | Glen Gray / Casa Loma Orchestra | 02:55 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 17 |
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Billy May & His Orchestra | 03:07 | ||||
| 18 | Les Brown & His Orchestra | 02:48 | |||||
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Glen Gray / Casa Loma Orchestra | 02:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 20 | Benny Goodman & His Orchestra | 07:22 |
Track Listing - Disc 3
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Stan Kenton & His Orchestra | 02:28 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 2 | Tadd Dameron | 02:55 | |||||
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James Moody / Chano Pozo | 02:47 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 4 | Kenny Dorham | 05:00 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 5 | Horace Parlan | 04:21 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Grant Green | 05:50 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 7 | Gerald Wilson | 06:22 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | The Jazz Crusaders | 05:19 | |||||
| 9 | Clare Fischer | 03:49 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 10 | Candido | 03:11 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 | Bobby Hutcherson | 05:10 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Chucho Valdés | 07:01 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 13 | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | 06:40 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 | Ray Barretto | 05:53 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 15 | Eliane Elias | 04:36 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 4
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Lou Rawls / Dianne Reeves | 03:40 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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The Three Sounds | 04:22 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Sonny Rollins | 03:21 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Cassandra Wilson | 04:09 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 5 | Wayne Shorter | 06:54 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Kurt Elling | 06:38 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 7 | Herbie Hancock | 05:31 | |||||
| 8 | Charlie Hunter / Norah Jones | 04:11 | |||||
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Joe Henderson | 05:40 | ||||
| 10 | Jackie Allen | 03:53 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 | Joe Lovano | 04:18 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Holly Cole | 04:00 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 13 | Stefon Harris / Jacky Terrasson | 05:09 | |||||
| 14 | Bobby McFerrin | 04:49 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 5
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Coleman Hawkins | 02:50 | ||||
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Clifford Brown | 03:44 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 3 | Miles Davis | 04:05 | |||||
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Jutta Hipp / Zoot Sims | 06:10 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Benny Goodman | 03:27 | ||||
| 6 | George Shearing | 03:58 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 7 | Bill Evans / Jim Hall | 05:40 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Cannonball Adderley | 04:07 | ||||
| 9 | Dexter Gordon | 06:45 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Stan Kenton & His Orchestra | 05:38 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 11 |
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Hank Mobley | 05:11 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 12 |
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Stanley Turrentine | 04:00 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 13 | Ike Quebec | 02:45 | |||||
| 14 | Zoot Sims | 03:09 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 15 | Joe Lovano | 04:31 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 6
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Albert Ammons | 03:39 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 2 | Sidney Bechet | 04:10 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 3 | Meade "Lux" Lewis | 04:01 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet | 04:09 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Ike Quebec | 03:04 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 6 | Jimmy Hamilton & The Duke's Men | 04:20 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Babs Gonzales | 02:41 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 8 | Tadd Dameron | 02:59 | |||||
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Howard McGhee / Fats Navarro | 03:09 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 10 | Thelonious Monk | 03:12 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 | Bud Powell | 03:05 | |||||
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Wynton Kelly | 03:24 | ||||
| 13 | Milt Jackson | 03:07 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 | Horace Silver | 02:51 | |||||
| 15 | Clifford Brown / Lou Donaldson | 03:58 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Herbie Nichols | 04:21 | SpotifyAmazon |
