100 (More) Great Performances

KUVO hosts presented their picks for “100 (More) Great Performances” on Thursday, June 15. Compiled by KUVO hosts, it’s a playlist of exceptional jazz – must hear songs. We’re digging deeper and filling in the blanks, to present the most unforgettable, “desert-island,” can’t-do-without, slam-dunk super songs in jazz!  Tune in all day –  for the best music on the planet, on KUVO!

It’s a follow up to last year’s most notable jazz classics, 2016 “100” Great Jazz Recordings.

It’s not a ranking, but in our humble opinion, these are some of the best performances ever.  The songs are listed here alphabetically, but we’ll be playing them back in a more random order. You’ll be glad you tuned in!

100 (More) Great Performances – 2017

100 Days, 100 Nights – Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings

A New York Story – Hilton Ruiz

A Night In Tunisia – Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

A Portrait Of Tracy – Jaco Pastorious

Afro Blue – Luis Gasca

After The Rain – John Coltrane

Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal

All The Things You Are – Gillespie-Parker Sextet

Bat Macumba – Os Mutantes

Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered – Ella Fitzgerald

Birds Of Fire -Mahavishnu Orchestra

Blue Moses – Randy Weston

Blue Pepper (Far East Of The Blues) – Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Blues For Brother George Jackson – Archie Shepp

Blues Walk – Lou Donaldson

Bumpin’ On Sunset, Wes Montgomery

Cantaloop – Us3

Cantaloupe Island -Brian Bromberg

Captain Señor Mouse -Chick Corea

Chameleon – Herbie Hancock

Cheesecake -Dexter Gordon

Chitlins Con Carne, Kenny Burrell

Chronology – Ornette Coleman

Come On Home – Lambert Hendricks and Ross

Confirmation – Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker at Carnegie Hall

Conquistadors – Chico Hamilton

Cuerdas Y Tumbao – Eddie Palmieri

Dat Dere – Bobby Timmons

Desafinado – Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

Django – Grant Green

Fascinating Rhythm – Wayne Wallace

Fiddler On The Roof – Cannonball Adderley

Fine And Mellow – Billie Holiday (Ken Burns Jazz)

Flamenco Sketches – Miles Davis

Fly With The Wind – McCoy Tyner

Flying Home – Lionel Hampton (w/ Illinois Jacquet solo)

Freedom Jazz Dance – Miroslav Vitous

Full House – Wes Montgomery (Live At Tsubo)

Fungii Mama – Blue Mitchell

Giant Steps – John Coltrane

God Bless The Child – Nancy Wilson

Hong Kong Mambo – Tito Puente

I Believe In You – Sarah Vaughan

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Nina Simone

I’m Gonna Go Fishin – Gerry Mulligan & His Concert Jazz Band

Impressions of Copenhagen – Joe Bonner

In A Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

It Ain’t Necessarily So – Miles Davis

It Might As Well Be Spring – Jimmy Smith

I’ve Got News For You – Ray Charles

I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Dinah Washington

Joy Spring – Clifford Brown

Just One Of Those Things -Lee Morgan

Lady Day And John Coltrane – Gil Scott-Heron

Laura – Houston Person

Lester Left Town – Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Long As You Know You’re Living Yours – Keith Jarrett

Lover, Come Back To Me – Poncho Sanchez w/Tito Puente

Lullaby Of Birdland – Mel Torme

Mambo Carmel – Erroll Garner

Minnie The Moocher – Cab Calloway

Mister Magic – Grover Washington Jr.

Moments Notice – Pharoah Sanders

My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina Simone

No Mystery – Return To Forever Ft. Chick Corea

Nuages – Django Reinhardt

Nutty – Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane

Our Delight – Fats Navarro

Passarim – Manfredo Fest

Peanut Vendor (El Manciero) – Mario Bauza

Pent Up House (1956) – Sonny Rollins

Plastic Dreams – Modern Jazz Quartet

Ready & Able – Charles Earland

Red Clay (1970) – Freddie Hubbard

Rhythm-A-Ning, Thelonious Monk

Rose Room (1938), Benny Goodman

Rosewood – Woody Shaw

Samba All Day Long – Jorge Dalto

Satin Doll, Duke Ellington

Scrapple From The Apple – Charlie Parker Quintet

Softly As In A Morning Sunrise – Sonny Rollins

Solar – Miles Davis

Song For My Father (Vocal) – Leon Thomas

Song Of Bilbao – Michael Brecker

Soul Sauce – Cal Tjader

Speak Low – Eliane Elias

St. Louis Blues – Sidney Bechet

Sugar (1971) – Stanley Turrentine

Tea For Two – Art Tatum

Tema De Maria Cervantes – Charlie Palmieri

Tempus Fugit – Bud Powell

Texas And Pacific – Louis Jordan

The Music Is Magic – Abbey Lincoln

The Preacher – Horace Silver

There Will Never Be Another You – Marian McPartland

Think Deep – Coleman Hawkins

Tokyo Blues – Dee Dee Bridgewater

Trombonology – Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard

You Changed My Life – Charles Brown