Artist	Song
Weather Report	Birdland
from This Is Jazz, Vol. 10 - Weather Report (1996)
Chick Corea	Spain
from Light As a Feather (1998)
Jaco Pastorius	Continuum
from Jaco Pastorius (1993)
Pat Metheny Group	As It Is
from Speaking Of Now (2010)
Billy Cobham	Spanish Moss: A Sound Portrait / Spanish Moss
from The Best of Billy Cobham (2005)
Mahavishnu Orchestra	Noonward Race
from The Inner Mounting Flame (1997)
Al di Meola	Race With the Devil On Spanish Highway
from The Essence of Al Di Meola (1994)
Bob James	Angela (Theme from "Taxi")
from Touchdown (2005)
Al Jarreau	Letter Perfect
from Look to the Rainbow: Live In Europe (2008)
The Crusaders	Chain Reaction
from Chain Reaction (1995)
Norah Jones	Don't Know Why
from Come Away With Me (2002)
Donald Byrd	(Fallin' Like) Dominoes
from Places & Spaces (1997)
George Benson	This Masquerade (Remastered Version)
from Rhino Hi-Five: George Benson - EP (2005)
Fourplay	Moonjogger
from Fourplay (2010)
Grover Washington, Jr.	Black Frost
from Mister Magic (1995)
Joe Sample	Melodies of Love
from Rainbow Seeker (1996)
Keith Jarrett	Bop-Be
from Priceless Jazz Collection: Keith Jarrett (1998)
John McLaughlin	Birds of Fire
from The Essential John McLaughlin (2007)
Quincy Jones & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	Soul Bossa Nova
from Big Band Bossa Nova (1998)
Larry Coryell	Yin
from The Essential Larry Coryell (2006)
Yellowjackets	Mile High
from Four Corners (1997)
Stanley Clarke	The Dancer
from School Days (1985)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Linus and Lucy
from A Boy Named Charlie Brown (2006)
Roy Ayers	Evolution
from Evolution: The Polydor Anthology (1995)

Comment:

Beginning with the legends — Weather Report, Chick Corea, Jaco Pastorius, John McLaughlin — and continuing right up to the present with artists ranging from Diana Krall to Norah Jones, contemporary jazz has gleaned from rock, R&B, and pop on its way — once again — to becoming one of our richest forms of music, as these Essential cuts attest.

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