100 Jazz Tunes Everyone Should Hear (#20) Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke

#20 - Bix and Tram - I'm Coming Virginia

[ This is not a comprehensive list, nor is it representative of the "most important" or "best." Instead, following Duke Ellington's adage that the greatest music and musicians are "beyond category", I'm starting 2020 by sharing 100 jazz tunes I feel everyone should have the chance to hear--really just tunes and performances that I love. ]

100 Jazz Tunes Everyone Should Hear (#19) Edmond Hall

#19 - Besame Mucho - Edmond Hall - 1944

I hate it when a recording is so stiff you can hear how many music stands are in the studio. None of that junk here. Every music stand probably banned within a five mile radius.

[ This is not a comprehensive list, nor is it representative of the "most important" or "best." Instead, following Duke Ellington's adage that the greatest music and musicians are "beyond category", I'm starting 2020 by sharing 100 jazz tunes I feel everyone should have the chance to hear--really just tunes and performances that I love. ]

100 Jazz Tunes Everyone Should Hear (#18) Thelonious Monk

#18 - Thelonious Monk - Bye-Ya

[ This is not a comprehensive list, nor is it representative of the "most important" or "best." Instead, following Duke Ellington's adage that the greatest music and musicians are "beyond category", I'm starting 2020 by sharing 100 jazz tunes I feel everyone should have the chance to hear--really just tunes and performances that I love. ]

100 Jazz Tunes Everyone Should Hear (#17) Eric Dolphy

#17 - Eric Dolphy - God Bless the Child (Live) - 1961

Seems an appropriate meditation as the March for Life is kicking off in D.C. 

[ This is not a comprehensive list, nor is it representative of the "most important" or "best." Instead, following Duke Ellington's adage that the greatest music and musicians are "beyond category", I'm starting 2020 by sharing 100 jazz tunes I feel everyone should have the chance to hear--really just tunes and performances that I love. ]

100 Jazz Tunes Everyone Should Hear (#16) John Coltrane with Duke Ellington

#16 - John Coltrane with Duke Ellington - In a Sentimental Mood

How to play a ballad.

[ This is not a comprehensive list, nor is it representative of the "most important" or "best." Instead, following Duke Ellington's adage that the greatest music and musicians are "beyond category", I'm starting 2020 by sharing 100 jazz tunes I feel everyone should have the chance to hear--really just tunes and performances that I love. ]

100 Jazz Tunes Everyone Should Hear (#15) Wynton Marsalis

#15 - Wynton Marsalis Live at the Village Vanguard 1994/94 - In the Sweet Embrace of Life

Haven't heard this before? Got an hour? Check it out...

[ This is not a comprehensive list, nor is it representative of the "most important" or "best." Instead, following Duke Ellington's adage that the greatest music and musicians are "beyond category", I'm starting 2020 by sharing 100 jazz tunes I feel everyone should have the chance to hear--really just tunes and performances that I love. ]

100 Jazz Tunes Everyone Should Hear (#14) George Lewis & Alton Purnell

#14 - George Lewis & Alton Purnell - Take My Hand, Precious Lord

For Martin Luther King Jr Day 2020: his favorite hymn played by one of the most influential New Orleans clarinetists of the last century. Alton Purnell's piano and vocal are the perfect pairing with the warmth and soul of Lewis.

[ This is not a comprehensive list, nor is it representative of the "most important" or "best." Instead, following Duke Ellington's adage that the greatest music and musicians are "beyond category", I'm starting 2020 by sharing 100 jazz tunes I feel everyone should have the chance to hear--really just tunes and performances that I love. ]