The best jazz performances selected by Ted Gioia
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1
Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin
02:50
2
Livery Stable Blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
03:07
3
Memphis Blues
James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band
02:42
4
Carolina Shout (10-18-21)
James P. Johnson
02:46
5
Weary Blues (03-12-23)
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
02:44
6
Froggie Moore (04-06-23)
King Oliver
03:03
7
Dipper Mouth Blues (04-06-23)
King Oliver
02:30
8
Tears (10-25-23)
King Oliver
03:10
9
See See Rider Blues
Ma Rainey
03:14
10
St. Louis Blues
Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong
03:09
11
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - 1st Version
Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra
02:54
12
The Stampede (05-14-26)
Fletcher Henderson
03:17
13
Sidewalk Blues (09 - 21 - 26)
Jelly Roll Morton
03:30
14
Dead Man Blues (09 - 21 - 26)
Jelly Roll Morton
03:16
15
Grandpa's Spells (12 - 16 - 26)
Jelly Roll Morton
02:55
16
Stringin the Blues
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti
02:37
17
Potato Head Blues
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
02:55
18
Struttin' with Some Barbecue - 78 rpm Version
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
03:03
19
Riverboat Shuffle (feat. Bix Beiderbecke)
Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra, Bix Beiderbecke
03:07
20
I'm Coming Virginia
Bix Beiderbecke
03:09
21
Singin' the Blues - Bix Beiderbecke
Jean Goldkette Orchestra
03:02
22
In a Mist (Bixology)
Bix Beiderbecke
02:48
23
Black and Tan Fantasy - Okeh session
Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
03:23
24
Hop Off (11-04-27)
Fletcher Henderson
02:54
25
Whiteman Stomp (05-11-27)
Fletcher Henderson
02:46
26
Honky Tonk Train Blues
Meade "Lux" Lewis
03:14
27
China Boy
McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans
02:47
28
Nobody's Sweetheart
The Chicagoans, McKenzie, Condon's Chicagoans
03:11
29
Changes (feat. Bing Crosby)
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra, Bing Crosby
02:53
30
West End Blues
Louis Armstrong
03:14
31
Weather Bird
Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines
02:41
32
A Monday Date (12-08-28)
Earl Hines
02:55
33
Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (07-06-28)
Miff Mole
03:03
34
Four Or Five Times (05-16-28)
Jimmie Noone
03:17
35
Empty Bed Blues
Bessie Smith
06:15
36
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
03:22
37
One Hour
Coleman Hawkins
03:22
38
Pony Blues
Charley Patton
03:01
39
Basin Street Blues
Jack Teagarden, Red Nichols, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman, Joe Sullivan, Dave Tough
03:16
40
Knockin' A Jug
Jack Teagarden
03:27
41
Sweethearts On Parade
Louis Armstrong
03:13
42
Casa Loma Stomp
Casa Loma Orchestra
02:52
43
Night Life (c.04-24-30)
Mary Lou Williams
02:58
44
Shine
Louis Armstrong
03:24
45
Minnie The Moocher - 1931 Version
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
03:07
46
I Found a New Baby
Sidney Bechet
03:08
47
Maple Leaf Rag
Sidney Bechet
02:58
48
Moten Swing (12 - 13 - 32)
Bennie Moten
03:21
49
Prince Of Wails (12 - 13 - 32)
Bennie Moten
02:52
50
Queer Notions (08-18-33)
Fletcher Henderson
02:50
51
Cavernism (02-13-33)
Earl Hines
02:50
52
White Heat (01-26-34)
Jimmie Lunceford
02:31
53
Dance Of The Octopus (11-21-33)
Red Norvo
03:19
54
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
Jack Teagarden, Jack Teagarden And His Orchestra
02:48
55
African Ripples - Remastered
Fats Waller
03:08
56
Viper's Drag
Fats Waller
02:56
57
King Porter Stomp
Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman Rhythm Makers
02:50
58
Sometimes I'm Happy
Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman Rhythm Makers
03:44
59
After You've Gone - 1996 Remastered - Take 1
Benny Goodman Trio
02:45
60
Body And Soul
Benny Goodman Trio, Benny Goodman
02:57
61
When Lights Are Low (06-20-36)
Benny Carter
02:53
62
Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
Ella Fitzgerald with Orchestra
02:34
63
Walkin' And Swingin' (03-02-36)
Andy Kirk
02:57
64
Organ Grinder's Swing (08-31-36)
Jimmie Lunceford
02:40
65
Oh Lady Be Good
Lester Young
03:12
66
One O'Clock Jump
Count Basie
03:03
67
I Can't Get Started (08-07-37)
Bunny Berigan
04:45
68
South Rampart Street Parade
Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
03:35
69
Song of India
Bunny Berigan;Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Bunny Berigan, Tommy Dorsey
03:04
70
Heckler's Hop (01-23-37)
Roy Eldridge
02:36
71
After You've Gone (01-28-37)
Roy Eldridge
03:01
72
Sing, Sing, Sing ("With a Swing") (1937) - Instrumental
Louis Prima, John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra
08:20
73
Avalon - 1996 Remastered - Take 1
Benny Goodman Quartet
02:50
74
Mean To Me (05-11-37)
Billie Holiday
03:09
75
He's Funny That Way (09-13-37)
Billie Holiday
02:40
76
Hellhound on My Trail
Robert Johnson
02:34
77
Love In Vain
Robert Johnson
02:23
78
For Dancers Only (06-15-37)
Jimmie Lunceford
02:43
79
Minor Swing (1937)
Django Reinhardt
03:18
80
The Joint Is Jumpin'
Fats Waller
02:47
81
Don't Blame Me (11-12-37)
Teddy Wilson
03:03
82
Braggin' in Brass - From the Broadway Revue, "Cotton Club Parade of 1938"
Duke Ellington
02:42
83
Begin the Beguine - 1938
Artie Show
03:02
84
Taxi War Dance
Lester Young And His Band
05:16
85
Dickie's Dream (Take 1)
Lester Young, Count Basie & Kansas City Seven
03:21
86
Summertime
Sidney Bechet
04:13
87
Body and Soul
Coleman Hawkins
03:01
88
Strange Fruit (04-20-39)
Billie Holiday
03:09
89
Moonlight Serenade
Glenn Miller
03:22
90
The Crave (12 - 14 - 39)
Jelly Roll Morton
03:05
91
Big Butter And Egg Man (07-07-39)
Muggsy Spanier
03:02
92
Lester Leaps In (feat. Lester Young)
Count Basie, Lester Young
03:11
93
A Ghost Of A Chance
Chu Berry
03:00
94
I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
The Chocolate Dandies
04:23
95
Ko-Ko
Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Orchestra
02:22
96
Cotton Tail
Duke Ellington, Ben Webster
03:10
97
Harlem Air-Shaft
Duke Ellington
02:56
98
Sepia Panorama
Duke Ellington
01:15
99
Nuages (Paris, December 13, 1940) [Live]
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club France
03:17
100
Stardust
Artie Shaw Orchestra
03:28