Essential Jazz

Various Artists

Time/Life

This 3 CD compilation includes a Jimmy Smith track.

Tracks / Musicians

• It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ella Fitzgerald
• Night Train - Oscar Peterson Trio
• Desafinado - Charlie Byrd, Stan Getz
• Embraceable You - Sarah Vaughan
• Walk on the Wild Side - Jimmy Smith
• Flying Home - Illinois Jacquet
• God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
• Misty - Erroll Garner Trio
• April in Paris - Count Basie Orchestra
• Fly Me to the Moon - Anita O'Day
• Every Day I Have the Blues - Count Basie and Joe Williams
• Killer Joe - The Jazztet
• Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
• Cast Your Fate to the Wind - Vince Guaraldi Trio
• Lush Life - John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman
• Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans Trio
• "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis
• Stairway to the Stars - Dexter Gordon
• Exodus - Eddie Harris
• I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face - Sonny Rollins
• I'm in the Mood for Love - Charlie Parker
• Lullaby of Birdland - Mel Tormé
• Bumpin' on Sunset
• Sophisticated Lady - Ben Webster
• Route 66 - Nat King Cole
• Song for My Father - Horace Silver
• Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
• Cry Me a River - Julie London
• Stardust - Gerry Mulligan
• Satin Doll - Duke Ellington's Famous Orchestra
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Cannonball Adderley
• My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker
• Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
• Chicago - Count Basie and Tony Bennett
• Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaría
• Seventh Son - Mose Allison

Walk On The Wild Side was originally released on;

• Bashin': The Unpredictable, Jimmy Smith, 1962