Artist	Song
Joe Lovano	New York Fascination
from Trio Fascination, Edition I (1998)
Wynton Marsalis	School Boy
from He and She (2009)
Cassandra Wilson	Last Train to Clarksville
from New Moon Daughter (1996)
Medeski, Martin & Wood	Bubblehouse
from Shack-man (2006)
Dave Holland Quintet	Go Fly a Kite
from Not for Nothin' (2001)
Norah Jones	Don't Know Why
from Come Away With Me (2002)
Wayne Shorter	Sanctuary
from Footprints Live! (2002)
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette	It's All in the Game
from The Out-of-Towners (2004)
Branford Marsalis Quartet	Mo' Better Blues
from Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Diana Krall	S'Wonderful
from The Look of Love (2001)
Dave Douglas	Strange Liberation
from Strange Liberation (2004)
John Scofield	A Go Go
from A Go Go (1998)
Brad Mehldau	Exit Music (For a Film)
from Songs: the Art of the Trio, Vol. 3 (2010)
James Carter	Lester Leaps In
from Conversin' With the Elders (2010)
Bill Frisell	Good Dog, Happy Man
from Good Dog, Happy Man (2009)
Joshua Redman	Wish
from Joshua Redman (2008)
Joe Henderson	Lotus Blossom
from Lush Life - The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1992)
Harry Connick, Jr.	It Had to Be You
from Movie Music: The Definitive Performances (1999)
Roy Hargrove	Dream Traveler
from Habana (1997)
Pat Metheny Group	As It Is
from Speaking Of Now (2010)
Kenny Garrett	Giant Steps
from Triology (2010)
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny	Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme)
from Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (2009)
Michael Brecker	Bye George
from Two Blocks from the Edge (1998)
Kenny Barron & Regina Carter	Squatty Roo
from Freefall (2001)
John Zorn	Gevurah
from The Circle Maker (1998)

Comment:

It's all about the improv; that's what distinguishes jazz from most other pop music. And you can pick your fave instrument for solos: guitar, sax, horn, keyboards, even bass. There are ensembles and soloists and all sorts of assemblages. The vista is as wide as a player's (or listener's) imagination.

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