Simply Cool Jazz - Various Artists (3CD-Tin box)
Cool Jazz arose following the Second World War, with a more relaxed tempo and lighter tone than its predecessor, Bebop. It was this accessible approach that earned it fans everywhere, who appreciated its laid-back tunes and smooth delivery.
Here we present 3CDs of Cool Jazz from some of its greatest interpreters including Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Stan Getz.
Tracklisting:
CD 1:
1. Milestones - Miles Davis
2. B.J. - John Coltrane
3. Sophisticated Lady - Mel Torme
4. Blue Lester - Lester Young
5. Everything Happens to Me - Art Pepper
6. That's All There Is to Love - Donald Byrd
7. The Second Time Around - Red Garland
8. You Don't Know What Love Is - Booker Ervin
9. All the Things You Are - Erroll Garner
10. The Girl from Ipanema - Houston Person/Teddy Edwards
11. One's Own Room - Mulgrew Miller
12. Baubles, Bangles and Beads - Frank Wess
13. The Nearness of You - Joanna Eden
14. Everything Must Change - David 'Fathead' Newman
15. Nature Boy - Renee Rosnes
16. Easy Dreaming - EJQ
CD 2:
1. Cool Blues - Charlie Parker
2. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Dizzy Gillespie
3. Feel Like Making Love - Bob James
4. Time On My Hands - Mark Murphy
5. It's You Or No One - Hampton Hawes
6. Poinciana - Arturo O'Farrill
7. Blues Number Two - Hank Mobley
8. I'm Glad There Is You - Carmen McRae
9. Blue Monk - Hank Jones
10. Autumn Leaves - Bob Berg
11. P.S. I Love You - Lee Morgan
12. In Summer - Jon Hendricks
13. Whisper Not - Bobby Hutcherson
14. Stella By Starlight - Yusef Lateef
15. Blues Mood - Milt Jackson
16. Detour Ahead - Joe Williams
CD 3:
1. Li'l Darlin' - Count Basie
2. Opus De Bop - Stan Getz
3. Long Tall Dexter - Dexter Gordon
4. Beautiful Love - Eliane Elias
5. Blue in Green - Wallace Roney
6. The Summer Knows - Phil Woods
7. Softly As in a Morning Sunrise - The Modern Jazz Quartet
8. Willow Weep for Me - Cannonball Adderley
9. You Better Go Now - Red Rodney
10. Yesterdays - Larry Coryell
11. Sorry Wrong Rhumba (Midnight On Cloud 9) - George Shearing
12. The Look of Love - Saskia
13. Fly Me to the Moon - Russell Gunn
14. Chelsea Bridge - Ricky Ford
15. Have You Met Miss Jones? - Chris Ingham
16. All Night Long - Sonny Criss