This week I play two versions of the tune that students and professional jazz players say is a ‘must learn’ if you’re going to any kind of a jazz jam. I also list other tunes that people from the Jazz World site mentioned when I asked them what tunes one must know.

And you’ll hear great recordings of some of these tunes by the likes of Miles Davis, Joe Henderson and Kenny Dorham, Oliver Jones, Charlie Parker, Pat Coil, Gene McDaniels, Wynton Kelly, and Emilie Claire-Barlow, And for me, the highlight of this week’s episode is a gorgeous version of Body and Soul as interpreted by Pat Martino and Gil Goldstein.