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This 2CD album presents Australia’s top 10 jazz performers, along with a selection of highlights from across the full hundred artists, reflecting the extraordinary range and breadth of styles, moods, genres, instruments and ensembles. It reaches right back to Louis Armstrong in the 1920s and brings us up to the present day with Katie Noonan’s ‘Blue’, released earlier this year.
Iconic names like John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday feature on the album alongside Australian legends including Don Burrows and James Morrison – who both placed within the top 10 – Judy Bailey, Vince Jones and The Idea of North. And from the latest generation of Australian artists, the album showcases Barney McAll, Kristin Berardi and Kate Ceberano.
From solo piano to big band, blues to bossa nova, vocalists to vibes, sax, trumpet, guitar, drums, bass, this double album brings together 30 superb jazz tracks from the artists Australia has voted the best of the best.
TRACKLISTING
CD1 [77’30]
1 Miles Davis (#1): All Blues
Miles Davis trumpet, George Coleman tenor sax, Herbie Hancock piano, Ron Carter bass, Tony Williams drums
2 Ella Fitzgerald (#2): Mack The Knife
Ella Fitzgerald vocals, Paul Smith Quartet
3 Louis Armstrong (#3): West End Blues
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
4 John Coltrane (#4): A Love Supreme, Pt 1 – Acknowledgement
John Coltrane tenor sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Jimmy Garrison bass, Elvin Jones drums
5 Dave Brubeck (#5): Blue Rondo à la Turk
Dave Brubeck Quartet
6 Duke Ellington (#6): Caravan
Duke Ellington piano, Charlie Mingus bass, Max Roach drums
7 Don Burrows (#7): Squeeze Me
Don Burrows clarinet, James Morrison piano, George Golla guitar, Craig Scott bass, Laurie Kennedy drums, The Adelaide Connection
8 Billie Holiday (#8): God Bless The Child
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
9 James Morrison (#9): A Night In Tunisia
James Morrison and the Morrison Brothers Big Bad Band
10 Nina Simone (#10): I Loves You Porgy
Nina Simone piano & vocals, Jimmy Bond bass, Al Heath drums
11 Bill Evans (#11): Waltz For Debby
Bill Evans Trio
12 Charlie Parker (#18): Now's The Time
Charlie Parker Quartet
13 Diana Krall (#21): East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
Diana Krall vocals, Anthony Wilson guitar, John Clayton bass, Jeff Hamilton drums
14 Vince Jones (#28): Body And Soul
Vince Jones vocals
15 Sarah Vaughan (#30): Misty
Sarah Vaughan vocals, Kirk Stuart Trio
CD2 [76’57]
1 Kate Ceberano (#42): Skylark
Kate Ceberano vocals, Paul Grabowsky piano
2 Art Blakey (#44): It's Only A Paper Moon
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
3 Judy Bailey (#47): Waltzing Matilda
Judy Bailey Trio
4 Sonny Rollins (#48): St. Thomas
Sonny Rollins tenor sax, Tommy Flanagan piano, Doug Watkins bass, Max Roach drums
5 Katie Noonan (#49): Blue
Katie Noonan vocals, Zac Hurren tenor sax, Sam Keevers piano, Phil Stack bass, Evan Mannell drums
6 Sandy Evans (#51): Indigo Hues
Sandy Evans tenor sax, Andrea Keller piano
7 Andrea Keller (#54): Footprints
Andrea Keller piano
8 Astrud Gilberto (#57): The Girl From Ipanema
Astrud Gilberto vocals, João Gilberto guitar & vocals, Stan Getz tenor sax, Antônio Carlos Jobim piano, Sebastião Neto bass, Milton Banana drums
9 The Idea of North (#58): My One and Only Love
The Idea of North
10 Quincy Jones (#63): Hard Sock Dance
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
11 George Golla (#73): Lush Life
George Golla Orchestra
12 Ray Brown (#80): Everything I Love
Ray Brown Trio
13 Barney McAll (#83): Nectar Spur
Barney McAll piano & vocals, Stephen Magnusson guitar, Jonathan Zwartz bass, Simon Barker drums, Mino Cinelu percussion
14 Kristin Berardi (#89): Where or When
Kristin Berardi vocals, Steve Newcomb piano, James Sherlock guitar, Julien Wilson tenor sax, Sam Anning bass
15 Milt Jackson (#95): Fred's Mood
Milt Jackson vibraphone, Lucky Thompson tenor sax, Wendell Marshall bass, Kenny Clarke drums