Artist	Song
Miles Davis	So What
from Kind of Blue (1997)
Dave Brubeck	Take Five
from Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits (1991)
Billie Holiday	God Bless the Child
from Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits (1995)
Duke Ellington	Take the "A" Train
from Never No Lament (The Blanton-Webster Band) (2003)
Charlie Parker	Koko
from Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings (2002)
Charles Mingus	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
from Mingus Ah Um (1999)
John Coltrane	Impressions
from The Very Best of John Coltrane (2001)
Louis Armstrong	Heebie Jeebies
from The Essential Louis Armstrong (1979)
Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine
from The Best of Chet Baker Sings (1989)
Thelonious Monk	Straight No Chaser
from Swinging Jazz Favorites (2008)
Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz	Desafinado
from Jazz Samba (1997)
Coleman Hawkins	Body and Soul
from Body and Soul (2008)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	Sing, Sing, Sing
from Sing, Sing, Sing (Remastered) (1987)
Count Basie & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	Jumpin' at the Woodside
from The Best of Early Basie (1996)
Charlie Christian & Benny Goodman Sextet	Flying Home
from Charlie Christian, The First Master Of The Electric Guitar - CD A (2006)
Dizzy Gillespie	Night In Tunisia
from Night In Tunisia - The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie (2006)
Ella Fitzgerald	How High the Moon (1st Take)
from Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings (1995)
Bill Evans Quartet	Waltz for Debby
from The Best of Bill Evans (2006)
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli	Honeysuckle Rose
from Souvenirs (1988)
Count Basie	Lester Leaps In
from The Count Basie Story (2004)
Bud Powell, NHØP & William Schiöpffe	Bouncing With Bud
from Bouncing With Bud (1990)
Art Tatum	Tiger Rag
from Art Tatum's Finest Hour (2000)
The Nat "King" Cole Trio	Sweet Lorraine
from Hit That Jive Jack: The Earliest Recordings (1996)
Dexter Gordon	Three O'Clock in the Morning
from The Classic Blue Note Recordings (2003)
Charlie Parker	Donna Lee
from Stupendous (2007)

Comment:

These are the performances etched on every jazzbo's DNA. Who [i]hasn't[/i] heard the late Paul Desmond's hella-cool counterpoint to Brubeck's stylish piano on "Take Five"? Or Gene Krupa's most-famous-ever drum solo on Benny Goodman's "Sing Sing Sing"? Or Billie Holiday's plaintive chorus to "God Bless the Child"? Or the laid-back Brazilian samba of "Desafinado"? This is the Great Hall of Jazz, to which everyone is welcome.

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