Via NPR's A Blog Supreme here is Jazz24.org's list of top 100 jazz tunes, as suggested by their listeners. It's not a bad place to start for beginners looking to get their repertoire together. There might be 10-15 of these I have never been called upon to play. Titles in bold are priority tunes for first year jazz students. Here's the list:
1. Take Five - Dave Brubeck
2. So What - Miles Davis
3. Take The A Train - Duke Ellington
4. Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
5. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
6. A Love Supreme (Acknowledgment) - John Coltrane
7. All Blues - Miles Davis
8. Birdland - Weather Report
9. The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
10. Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman
The rest are after the break:
11. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
12. A Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
13. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
14. Blue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck
15. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus
16. Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson
17. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong
18. God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday
19. Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
20. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker
21. Body And Soul - Coleman Hawkins
22. Song For My Father - Horace Silver
23. Spain - Chick Corea
24. Blue In Green - Miles Davis
25. Naima - John Coltrane
26. Flamenco Sketches - Miles Davis
27. Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans
28. Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley
29. St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
30. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Cannonball Adderley
31. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
32. Lush Life - John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman
33. Blue Train - John Coltrane
34. Poinciana - Ahmad Jamal
35. In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
36. Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis
37. Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald
38. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
39. Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie
40. Moanin' - Art Blakey
41. Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
42. Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holiday
43. Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald
44. In the Mood - Glenn Miller
45. Desafinado - Stan Getz
46. Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Vince Guaraldi
47. Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
48. Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk
49. Caravan - Duke Ellington
50. Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
51. Django - Modern Jazz Quartet
52. Compared To What - Les McCann
53. Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard
54. Ruby, My Dear - Thelonious Monk
55. April in Paris - Count Basie
56. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
57. Twisted - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
58. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
59. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington
60. St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong
61. Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie
62. How High The Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
63. At Last - Etta James
64. Fever - Peggy Lee
65. Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
66. Someday My Prince Will Come - Miles Davis
67. Autumn in New York - Billie Holiday
68. Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk
69. I Loves You Porgy - Nina Simone
70. It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington
71. Koko - Charlie Parker
72. Milestones - Miles Davis
73. Misterioso - Thelonious Monk
74. Nuages - Django Reinhardt
75. Struttin' with Some BBQ - Louis Armstrong
76. The In Crowd - Ramsey Lewis
77. Ain't Misbehavin - Fats Waller
78. Bye Bye Blackbird - John Coltrane
79. On Green Dolphin Street - Miles Davis
80. Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi
81. Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
82. Joy Spring - Clifford Brown & Max Roach
83. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
84. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong
85. Bumpin’ (On Sunset) - Wes Montgomery
86. Feeling Good - Nina Simone
87. Misty - Errol Garner
88. Moody's Mood For Love - James Moody
89. Stardust - Louis Armstrong
90. Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
91. Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blue - Duke Ellington
92. Donna Lee - Charlie Parker
93. Water Boy - Don Shirley
94. Ornithology - Charlie Parker
95. Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw
96. Ceora - Lee Morgan
97. Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington
98. Sugar - Stanley Turrentine
99. Footprints - Wayne Shorter
100. Four on Six - Wes Montgomery
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