Artist	Song
Dave Brubeck	Take Five
from Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits (1991)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Cast Your Fate to the Wind
from Greatest Hits (2006)
Candido Camero, Donald Byrd, Donald Byrd Singers, Grady Tate, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter & Stanley Turrentine	Cantaloupe Island
from Grant Green His Majesty King Funk and Up With Donald Byrd (1995)
Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz	Desafinado
from Jazz Samba (1997)
Miles Davis	Freddie Freeloader
from Kind of Blue (1997)
Herbie Mann	Comin' Home Baby
from Atlantic Jazz: Legends, Vol. 1 (2005)
Quincy Jones	Killer Joe
from Walking In Space (2000)
John Coltrane	My Favorite Things, Part 1 (Single Version)
from My Favorite Things (2005)
Cannonball Adderley Quintet	Work Song
from Them Dirty Blues (2000)
Cal Tjader	Soul Sauce (Guachi Guara)
from Soul Sauce (1994)
Nat Adderley	Jive Samba
from Autobiography (2005)
George Shearing	Lullaby of Birdland
from The Definitive George Shearing (2002)
Jimmy Smith	Bluesette
from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2005)
Chet Baker	Look for the Silver Lining
from Young Chet (1996)
Dexter Gordon	Three O'Clock in the Morning
from The Classic Blue Note Recordings (2003)
Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet	Joy Spring
from Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (1995)
Nat "King" Cole	It's Only a Paper Moon
from The World of Nat King Cole (2005)
Gerry Mulligan	Line for Lyons
from This Is Jazz, Vol. 18 - Gerry Mulligan (1996)
Charlie Parker	Just Friends
from Charlie Parker with Strings: Complete Master Takes (1995)
Dizzy Gillespie, Herb Ellis, Max Roach, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown & Stan Getz	Exactly Like You
from Dizzy: The Music of John Birks Gillespie (2005)
Herbie Hancock	When Can I See You
from New Standard (1996)
Diana Krall	'Deed I Do
from All for You - A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (1996)
Wes Montgomery	Windy
from A Day In the Life (1989)
Mose Allison	The Seventh Son
from The Prestige Collection: Mose Allison - Greatest Hits (2006)
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto & Stan Getz	Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
from Getz / Gilberto (1997)
Bill Evans	This Is All I Ask
from Affinity (2008)
Eddie Harris	The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from "The Sandpiper")
from Rhino Hi-Five: Eddie Harris - EP (2007)
Ahmad Jamal	Misty
from Priceless Jazz Collection: Ahmad Jamal (1998)
Chet Baker	Happy Little Sunbeam
from The Best Of Chet Baker Plays (1992)
The Modern Jazz Quartet	Concorde
from Concorde (2008)
Art Pepper	Stompin' At The Savoy
from Modern Art: The Complete Art Pepper Aladdin Record (1988)
Brad Mehldau	Blackbird
from The Art of the Trio, Vol. One (2010)
Bud Shank & Laurindo Almeida	Acertate Mas
from Brazilliance Vol. 1 (1991)
Miles Davis	Summertime
from Miles Davis: Super Hits (2001)
Carmen McRae	Give Me the Simple Life
from By Special Request (2005)
McCoy Tyner	Autumn Leaves
from Today and Tomorrow (2005)
Chris Botti	Let's Fall In Love
from When I Fall In Love (2004)
Diana Krall	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
from Only Trust Your Heart (1995)
Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet	Sandu
from Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (1995)
Count Basie & Zoot Sims	Honeysuckle Rose
from Basie & Zoot (2006)
George Shearing	Bernie's Tune
from The Best Of George Shearing (1995)
Bill Evans & Jim Hall	My Man's Gone Now
from Intermodulation (1988)
Joe Henderson	Serenity
from In 'n Out (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] (2004)
Joshua Redman	On the Sunny Side of the Street
from Joshua Redman (2008)
Keith Jarrett	Bop-Be
from Priceless Jazz Collection: Keith Jarrett (1998)
Joshua Redman	Turnaround
from Wish (2009)
Stan Getz	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
from The Very Best of Stan Getz (2002)
Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete	Ginza Samba
from Greatest Hits (2006)
Joe Pass	Wave
from Sophisticated Lady (2006)
Stanley Turrentine	Speed Ball
from Jazz Moods - Cool: Stanley Turrentine (2005)
Al Cohn Quintet & Zoot Sims	You're a Lucky Guy
from Al and Zoot (1998)
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli	Honeysuckle Rose
from Souvenirs (1988)
Clark Terry, Ed Thigpen, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Burrell & Ron Carter	Struttin' With Some Barbecue
from Out of the Storm (2005)
Oscar Peterson Trio & Stan Getz	I Was Doing All Right
from Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1986)
Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete	Star Song
from Greatest Hits (2006)
Horace Silver	Peace
from Blowin' the Blues Away (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition Remastered) (1999)
Ahmad Jamal	The Surrey With the Fringe On Top
from Poinciana (1989)
Al Cohn Quintet & Bob Brookmeyer	The Lady Is a Tramp
from The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer (Remastered) (2005)
Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt	There Is No Greater Love
from Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead from Chicago 1961 (1990)
Joe Henderson	U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
from Lush Life - The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1992)
Lee Morgan	Ceora
from The Best Of Lee Morgan (1988)
Sonny Stitt	Lester Leaps In
from Now! (2005)
Bill Evans & Jim Hall	I've Got You Under My Skin
from Intermodulation (1988)
Bud Powell	Elegy
from Blues In the Closet (2005)
Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto & Stan Getz	Pra Machucar Meu Coração
from Getz / Gilberto (1997)
Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton and Mark Whitfield	Driftin'
from Fingerpainting - The Music of Herbie Hancock (1997)
Candido Camero & Al Cohn	Cheek to Cheek
from Candido (2004)
Joe Lovano	Santa Lucia
from Viva Caruso (2002)
Johnny Smith	How About You?
from Walk, Don't Run (2005)
Shirley Scott	Days of Wine and Roses
from On a Clear Day (2005)
Tal Farlow	If There's Someone Lovelier Than You
from The Tal Farlow Album (2005)
Don Fagerquist Octet	All the Things You Are
from Eight By Eight - Music to Fill a Void (1987)
Zoot Sims, Jimmy Raney, and Jim Hall	Este Seu Olhar
from Two Jims and Zoot (1991)
Frank Kimbrough	Kid Stuff
from Lullabluebye (2004)
Gabor Szabo	Yesterday
from Gypsy '66 (2005)

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