100 Best Jazz Tunes Of The 1950's

Various Artists

Chrome Dreams

This compilation includes two Jimmy Smith tracks, three Ahmad Jamal tracks with Ray Crawford on guitar, a Wes Montgomery track with Melvin Rhyne on organ,and two Ray Charles tracks with David Newman on saxophone.

Tracks / Musicians

• Bloomdido - Charlie Parker
• Subconscious Lee - Lee Konitz
• Bouncing With Bud - Bud Powell
• My Funny Valentine - Gerry Mulligan
• Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Ahmad Jamal
• Au Privave - Charlie Parker
• Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
• Lullaby Of Birdland - George Shearing
• Almost Like Being In Love - Lester Young
• Black Coffee - Peggy Lee
• Nuages Django - Reinhardt
• Django - Modern Jazz Quartet
• Walkin' - Miles Davis
• Caravan - Dizzie Gillespie
• If There's Someone Lovelier Than You - Tal Farlow
• On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Johnny Hodges
• Lover Man - Sarah Vaughan
• Joy Spring - Clifford Brown
• Doodlin' - Horace Silver
• Confirmation - Dexter Gordon
• Afrodisia - Kenny Dorham
• New Rhumba - Ahmad Jamal
• Round Midnight - Miles Davis
• Misty - Erroll Garner
• St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
• Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk
• The Champ - Jimmy Smith
• I Was Doing All Right - Carmen McRae
• Avila and Tequila - Hank Mobley
• Guarachi Guaro - Cal Tjader
• April In Paris - Coleman Hawkins
• Route 66 - Nat King Cole
• Have You Met Miss Jones - Art Tatum & Ben Webster
• Senor Blues - Horace Silver
• I Remember Clifford - Lee Morgan
• Mack The Knife - Louis Armstrong
• The Kid From Red Bank - Count Basie
• The Maids Of Cadiz - Miles Davis
• Blue Train - John Coltrane
• Funk In A Deep Freeze - Hank Mobley
• I Want To Be Happy Stan Getz/Oscar Peterson Trio
• Birk's Works - Dizzy Gillespie
• They Say It's Spring - Blossom Dearie
• Russian Lullaby - John Coltrane
• Well You Needn't - Thelonious Monk
• One O'Clock Jump - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
• Line For Lyons - Gerry Mulligan
• Playful Flute - Yusef Lateef
• Billie's Bounce - Red Garland
• Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
• Haitian Fight Song - Charles Mingus
• Soulville - Ben Webster
• Dial S For Sonny - Sonny Clark
• I'll Close My Eyes - Kenny Burrell
• 'S Wonderful/They Can't Take That Away From Me - Anita O'Day
• You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Art Pepper
• Farmer's Market - Art Farmer
• Landslide - Curtis Counce Group
• Whisper Not - Benny Golson
• My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone
• Stockholm Sweetnin' - Quincy Jones
• Dawn Ray - Ray Charles
• Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue - Duke Ellington
• Poinciana - Ahmad Jamal Trio
• Summertime - Louis Armstrong
• Milestones - Miles Davis
• Way Out West - Sonny Rollins
• Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley
• Moanin' - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
• Hip Strut - Jackie McLean
• Do It The Hard Way - Chet Baker
• Cherokee - Johnny Griffin
• Let's Face The Music & Dance - Ella Fitzgerald
• Ginza Samba - Cal Tjader
• In The Wee Small Hours - Ben Webster
• You've Changed - Billie Holiday
• The Night We Called It a Day - Chris Connor
• Along Came Betty - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
• Cheek To Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald
• Peace Piece - Bill Evans
• It Ain't Necessarily So - Oscar Peterson
• Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark
• The Sermon - Jimmy Smith
• Here I Am - Donald Byrd
• Let The Good Times Roll - Ray Charles
• Better Git In Your Soul - Charles Mingus
• Manhattan - George Russell
• What A Difference A Day Made - Dinah Washington
• The End Of A Love Affair - Wes Montgomery
• Polka Dots & Moonbeams - Chet Baker
• So What - Miles Davis
• Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman
• Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet
• Keep It Moving - Wynton Kelly
• Ramblin' - Ornette Coleman
• Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus
• Blue In Green - Bill Evans
• Naima - John Coltrane
• Blue Rondo a la Turk - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
• Giant Steps - John Coltrane

New Rhumba was originally released on;

• Chamber Music Of The New Jazz, Ahmad Jamal Trio, 1955

• Piano Scene, Ahmad Jamal Trio, 1959

• The Sermon, Jimmy Smith, 1958

• Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 2, The Champ, Jimmy Smith, 1956

• The Wes Montgomery Trio, The Wes Montgomery Trio, 1959

• The Genius Of, Ray Charles, 1959

• The Genius After Hours, Ray Charles, 1961