Can you recommend a really good jazz tune/song?

I’ve had Milt Jackson’s “Ain’t But A Few Of Us Left” album, Sinatra’s “Live In Australia 1959”, and Dexter Gordon’s “Our Man In Paris” in rotation this week. I’d recommend all of them and as a bonus you get the Red Norvo Quintet with the Sinatra album.

If you just want a single track, I always enjoy Dave Brubeck’s Take 5.

Here’s a group for you Spyro Gyra. Check em out.

If you’re looking for more classic jazz, check out Gap or Chuck Mangione, Cabo Frio, Jeff Tyzik, Steve Gadd, or even further back, Cab Calloway.

http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/

This is a link for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation concerts on demand. It may not be what you are after for your current question, however, @Avesha, there is a gold mine of amazing talent from all over the world, complete concerts in any genre for lots of leisurely listening pleasure.

And no…..I don’t work for the CBC.

Miles Davis- Time After Time.
Spyro Gyra- Old San Juan.
Al Di Meola- Love Theme from ‘Pictures of the Sea’.
Dave Brubeck- Somewhere.

The above tunes are mostly jazz-pop fusions.

If you’d like to listen to more free-form jazz, try Miles Davis- Miles Runs the Voodoo Down.

Thank you everyone!
@Brian1946 Excellent answer. Really appreciate it.

@Brian1946 That was some great stuff! The Spyro Gyra Del Corazon live 1998 was out of this world. (It’s the last one on the youtube list,check it out). 20 GA’s

@Adirondackwannabe

Thanks! I might not have thought of it if you hadn’t mentioned them.

I’ve got Look to the Children, Esther Satterfield and Chuck Mangione playing right now.

Now Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway. Hi-Dee-Hi-Dee-Hi-Dee-Hi Hi-Dee-Hi-Dee-Hi-Dee-Ho

Duke Ellington- Echoes of Harlem.

You’ll never go wrong with Ella Fitzgerald!

@Sunny2 She’s amazing!

Some of the best scat I’ve ever heard is Ella singing on Cottontail.

John Coltrane A Love Supreme

Thelonious Monk Round Midnight

Miles Davis My Funny Valentine.

Take Five

Corcovada

Only Trust Your Heart

The Girl from Ipanema

Anything by Django Reinhardt.

These are some jazz bands I like (along with a good song to start with):

The Bad Plus – ”Anthem for the Earnest”
Christian McBride – “Camp Meeting”
Iiro Rantala New Trio – ”S**t Catapult”
Kneebody – ”Dr. Beauchef, Penguin Dentist”
The Sonic Nation – “January Was Confused”

I couldn’t find Christan McBride or The Sonic Nation on YouTube, but they’re both on Spotify.

Seconding the Ella reccomendation. @Brian1946 She does that really well on “How High The Moon”, as well.

I just heard Hubert Laws’ cover of Let It Be. I really like it, but I couldn’t find it in Amazon’s MP3 downloads section or at You Tube.