The Very Best Jazz Instrumentals

There are as many flavours of jazz as there are pebbles on a beach, but the majority combine rhythmic invention with instrumental virtuosity to create a sound that can transport the listener to a different plane. Whether your ear is caught by the saxophone of Earl Bostic or Eddie Harris, the flute of Herbie Mann, Ray Charles’ effervescent keyboards (he played sax too) or the music of Cuban-born ‘King of the Mambo’ Perez Prado, whose 1958 US chart-topper ‘Patricia’ is familiar from countless movies and television ads,one thing is certain – the jazz instrumental still reigns supreme.

CD 1:

1. Miles Davis - So What
2. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
3. Glenn Miller - In The Mood
4. King Curtis - Harlem Nocturne
5. Lawrence Welk - Baby Elephant Walk
6. Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special
7. Perez Prado - Guaglione
8. Eddie Harris - Exodus (Main Theme)
9. Quincy Jones - Tuxedo Junction
10. The Ramsey Lewis Trio - My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It
11. Earl Bostic - Unchained Melody
12. Count Basie - Basie Twist
13. Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen - Midnight In Moscow
14. The George Shearing Quintet - Lullaby Of Birdland
15. Dexter Gordon - Love For Sale

CD 2:

1. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
2. Acker Bilk - Stranger On the Shore
3. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
4. Billy Vaughn - A Swingin’ Safari
5. Cannonball Adderley And Ray Brown - Work Song
6. Chris Barber's Jazz Band - Petite Fleur
7. Dizzy Gillespie - Salt Peanuts
8. Django Reinhardt And Stéphane Grappelli - Sweet Georgia Brown
9. Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd - Desafinado
10. Ray Charles - One Mint Julep
11. Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra - Afrikaan Beat
12. The Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train
13. Herbie Mann - Blues Walk
14. Phil Upchurch Combo - You Can’t Sit Down (Part 1 & 2)
15. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Unsquare Dance

CD 3:

1. Quincy Jones And His Orchestra - Soul Bossa Nova
2. Duke Ellington - Take The “A” Train
3. Eddie Harris - Moon River
4. Jimmy Smith - Walk On The Wild Side
5. Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra - Calcutta
6. Count Basie - Lester Leaps In
7. King Curtis - Something Frantic
8. Perez Prado - Patricia
9. Jimmy McGriff - I’ve Got A Woman (Part 1)
10. Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen - March Of The Siamese Children
11. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo A La Turk
12. Dave Rose And His Orchestra - The Stripper
13. Johnny Dankworth* - African Waltz
14. Miles Davis - Straight No Chaser
15. Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade