What are some jazz songs that any self respecting jazz lover would have on his iPod?

im really starting to get into jazz but i dont know which songs are like the best of the best. instrumental only is great but ill listen to vocals too|||Other Classics:


Blue Train - John Coltrane


Something Else - Cannonball Adderley


Ellington At Newport - Duke Ellington


Time Out - Dave Brubeck


Big Swing Face - Buddy Rich


Ella %26amp; Louis - Ella Fitzgerald %26amp; Louis Armstrong


Night Train - Oscar Peterson


Study In Brown - Clifford Brown





And here's a great reference:


http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes/鈥?/a>|||First off, this a list of a little bit of what i listen to. But the song that got me interested in Jazz is "Birdland"-Maynard Ferguson. All of these songs are great though!!!!





Dirty Dozen Brass Band- Use your brain


Dizzy Gillespie- Any of his songs(my favorite is "On The Sunny Side Of The Street")


Gene Krupa-blue moon, Sing!Sing!Sing!


Herbie Hancock- Chameleon


Manhattan Transfer- Any song


Maynard Ferguson(My favorite artist)-Birdland, Chameleon, Give it one, Caravan, Blue Birdland, Free lee, Maria, MacArthur Park, Gonna Fly Now, Hey Jude, and many more(note: most of these songs he is not the original artist of )


Miles Davis-So What


Weather Report-Birdland, Thanks for the Memory, Up the Downstair- and Havona


Charlie Parker- Anything


Stan Getz- Girl from Ipenema


Arturo Sandoval-Any song








and personally, i would not listen to Buddy Rich. He may have been good, but the way he treated his band was wrong. i have a MP3 of him saying a bunch of crap to his band. i hope this helps|||*Anything* by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, or John Coltrane. Try: They can't take that away from me (Ella %26amp; Louis Armstrong), Fever (Ella), Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (Ella and Louis). For a slow one, there's I Love Paris (Ella). You can try My Favorite Things (John Coltrane), too.





You might want to listen to them on something like playlist.com before you buy them from iTunes, though. You might find some other song, or find out that you hate one I suggested. ;D I hope not!





Good luck! :D|||It's hard to narrow down songs, but some albums that come to mind:


Juju-Wayne Shorter


Giant Steps/A Love Supreme-John Coltrane


Mingus Ah Um- Charles Mingus


Maiden Voyage: Herbie Hancock


Largo-Brad Mehldau|||Footprints By Wayne Shorter


Girl from Ipanema by Stan Getz


Autumn Leaves by many persons


Blue Bossa by many persons|||Moanin' by mingus is just insane, you should have that on there if anything just for the sake of screwing with your friends heads.|||Def David Brubeck Time Out