Ultimate 16: Jazz Cafe

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Madacy Records
• ASIN: B000BF0E00
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,071 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. What a Wonderful World

2. Misty

3. Take the "A" Train

4. Night and Day

5. My Man

6. She's Funny That Way

7. Don't Be That Way

8. Exactly Like You

9. Body & Soul

10. One Note Samba

11. Midnight Mood

12. Happy-Go-Lucky Local

13. My Funny Valentine

14. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

15. Sunny Side of the Street

16. Coreovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Compilation CD, December 3, 2006

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Fly By Light (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate 16: Jazz Cafe (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite jazz compilations. It has track after track of top-notch performances, with really no low points, unless you get tired of "What a Wonderful World". A few highlights:

1) Vocals include the sweet (like Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald) and the soulful (Billie Holliday and Dinah Washington).
2) Surprisingly good quality recordings of older acts like Charlie Parker (upbeat Night and Day that absolutely pops) and Duke Ellington (quick version of Take the A Train).
3) Top-draweer artists that sometimes get short shrift in compilations: piano giant Bill Evans (played on the original "So What" by Miles Davis that is on every other compilation that I own, but is usually ignored otherwise), Jobim, and Teddy Wilson.

I might have done two things differently on this CD:
1) Have Louis Armstrong play instead of sing
2) Maybe include another artist instead of two Jobim selections

I listen to this CD over and over. Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and Bill Evans are my three favorites. I highly recommend this CD for selection, performance and sound aquality.