Discovering Jazz

Episode 119: The World’s Most Popular Jazz Tunes


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I found a list of the most recorded tunes, thanks to a website called Second Hand Songs. They’re almost all songs that jazz musicians like to play. In this podcast I examine the top 15 (not counting Christmas songs) and play you a version of 10 of them.
You’ll hear recordings by:
Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66,
Charles Mingus,
Steven Riley,
Patricia Barber,
Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse,
Gilson Peranzzetta & Mauro Senise,
The Jolly Tars (from The Naden Band),
Thelonious Monk,
Herbie Hancock & Stevie Wonder, Hoagy Carmichael,
Alex Pangman w. Bucky Pizzarelli,
Some of the versions are modern, and some are really old. But they’re all wonderful interpretations of great songs.
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