The Very Best Jazz Vocalists

Jazz has always placed a premium on instrumental virtuosity but after sampling 3 discs’ worth of great jazz vocalists, you will have seen how the human voice stands up as a Jazz instrument in its own right . Whatever the conclusion, we guarantee you’ll have been entertained, as well as educated, along the way.

CD 1:

1. Billie Holiday - I Get A Kick Out Of You
2. Nat King Cole - Let There Be Love
3. Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Summertime
4. Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack
5. Etta James - At Last
6. Mel Tormé - Coming’ Home Baby
7. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares Fror Me
8. Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me
9. Sarah Vaughan - Baby It’s Cold Outside
10. Mark Murphy - Milestones
11. Betty Carter - One Note Samba
12. Louis Armstrong - Mack the Knife
13. Maxine Sullivan - S’Posin'
14. Jimmy Scott - If You Only Knew
15. Dinah Washington - What A Difference A Day Makes
16. Cab Calloway - The Jumping Jive
17. Peggy Lee - Why Don’t You Do Right?
18. Oscar Brown Jr. - Where or When
19. Johnny Hartman - Blue Skies
20. Jimmy Witherspoon - Hey, Mrs Jones

CD 2:

1. Frank Sinatra - I’ve Got You Under My Skin
2. Nina Simone - Love Me Or Leave Me
3. Oscar Brown Jr. - Work Song
4. Anita O'Day - Mister Sandman
5. Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
6. Eartha Kitt - I Want To Be Evil
7. Jimmy Witherspoon - I Ain’t Mad At You, Pretty Baby
8. Mark Murphy - Doodlin'
9. Peggy Lee - Fever
10. Big Joe Turner - Switching’ In The Kitchen
11. Mel Tormé - Too Darn Hot
12. Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
13. Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose
14. Lou Rawls & Les Mccann Trio - (They Call It) Stormy Monday
15. Nat King Cole - Just One Of Those Things
16. Ruth Brown - I Can’t Hear A Word You Say
17. Ray Charles - Greenback
18. Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
19. Jon Hendricks - Feed Me
20. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Dream A Little Dream Of Me

CD 3:

1. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
2. Mark Murphy - Why Don’t You Do Right?
3. Carmen McRae, The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
4. Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea
5. Julie London - Cry Me A River
6. Louis Jordan - Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby
7. Ruth Brown - Let’s Face The Music And Dance
8. Tony Bennett - The Best Is Yet To Come
9. Blossom Dearie - You’ve Got Something I Want
10. Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - Minnie The Moocher
11. Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy
12. Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson - Happy Talk
13. Etta James - Almost Like Being In Love
14. Mel Tormé - Right Now
15. Billie Holiday - You Go To My Head
16. Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
17. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Cheek to Cheek
18. Ray Charles - Get On The Right Track Baby
19. Sarah Vaughan - Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)
20. Oscar Brown Jr. - Mr. Kicks