Artist	Song
Medeski, Martin & Wood (Friday Afternoon In The Universe, 1995)	Chinoiserie (E.K. Ellington)
Jacky Terrasson (Jacky Terrasson, 1995)	I Love Paris (C. Porter)
Bob James (Bold Conceptions, 1962)	Birks' Works (J.B. Gillespie)
John Scofield (Hand Jive, 1993)	Whip The Mule (J. Scofield)
Duke Ellington (Money Jungle, 1962)	Caravan (E.K. Ellington/I. Mills/J. Tizol)
Benny Green (Greens, 1991)	Captain Hook (B. Green)
Keith Jarrett (Belonging, 1974)	'long As You Know You're Living Yours (K. Jarrett)
The Bad Plus (These Are The Vistas, 2003)	Smells Like Teen Spirit (K. Cobain)
Randy Weston (Portraits Of Thelonious Monk, 1989)	Well You Needn't (T. Monk)
Horace Silver (Song For My Father, 1963)	Que Pasa (H. Silver)
Bill Evans (Waltz For Debby, 1961)	Milestones (live) (M. Davis)
Ray Brown Trio (Black Orpheus, 1989)	Things Ain't What They Used To Be (live) (E.K. Ellington)
Jason Moran (Same Mother, 2005)	Jump Up (J. Moran)

Comment:

I came to jazz rather late in the game (mid 20s), and a guy who was coming on the scene around the same time as I was getting interested was Jacky Terrasson, who's eponymous first album is still one of my favourites. The above version of I Love Paris was, for this novice jazz listener, exciting, as it takes a familiar tune and examines it with both enthusiasm and delicacy. Some folks have been asking me for intro. to jazz mixes of late, so I've been trying to come up with stuff I think might suit as introductions. This, I think, would please the ears of most of you, as the tunes are interesting while never straying too too far from the melodically and rhythmically familiar. Most of these are standards, and most are (save 1, 4, 7, 10 and 13) piano trios. Even the non-trio tracks are propelled, in a bouncy way, by the piano.

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