Artist	Song
Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane	Grand Central
Wardell Gray	Bright Boy
Charlie Christian with the Bennie Goodman Orchestra	Honeysuckle Rose
Bix Beiderbecke	Jazz Me Blues
Wynton Marsalis Septet	Sunflowers
Lester Young	Lester Leaps In
Stan Getz and Chet Baker	Jordu
Jason Moran	Snake Stance
Herbie Hancock	Tell Me A Bedtime Story
Mingus Big Band	Tonight at Noon
Louis Armstrong	West End Blues
Count Basie	I Thought of You
Charlie Parker	K.C. Blues
Billie Holiday	Fine and Mellow
Ella Fitzgerald	Someone to Watch Over Me

Comment:

A few of my favorite classics, and a few new things. Sidenotes: Getz and Baker despised each other during this recording. Wardell Gray was found dead and naked at a too-young age in a vacant lot out near Las Vegas. Charlie Christian's solos with Goodman's band make it clear who started the tree of bop guitar. Bird eventually came to hate Kansas City, his hometown and burial place, so the blues is appropriate. The Cannonball-Coltrane disc shares the same lineup as the legendary "Kind of Blue," without Miles and Bill Evans. Jason Moran is a hot new pianist on Blue Note. Count's track, from the 1970s, is snappy and brassy, as it should be. I love this stuff.

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