Song of the day
The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track deserving special attention from a recent release. These tracks are drawn from a wide range of sources, both major and indie label CDs, as well as self-produced projects and easily missed releases from far-flung parts of the world. The predominant focus is jazz, but we occasionally dip into blues, world music or other styles. The one common denominator is excellence. By highlighting these tracks, jazz.com hopes to call attention to outstanding music you might otherwise miss.
Below is a list of all the tracks featured as Song of the Day since the launch of jazz.com, each with a link to the review. Whenever possible, the review includes a link for fast, easy and legal downloading.
Donna Lee Saxophone Quartet: Four to Go
Previous Songs of the Day:
October 2008
Take 6: Someone to Watch Over Me
Denise Donatelli: Crystal Silence
Charlie Haden: He's Gone Away
Chico Hamilton: Ain't Nobody Calling Me
September 2008
Dave Holland: The Sum of All Parts
Bruno Raberg: Elegy
Aaron Irwin: Little Hurts
Marshall Gilkes: The Crossover
McCoy Tyner & John Scofield: Mr. P.C.
Pete Rodriquez: Who Do I Trust?
Patricia Barber: Miss Otis Regrets
Michael Moore & Fred Hersch: The Sad Bird
Lafayette Gilchrist: Between Us
Blink: Glass
Savina Yannatou: O Yannis kai O Drakos
Joe Lovano: Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
Carla Bley: Awful Coffee
Bobo Stenson: A Fixed Goal
Southside Johnny (with Tom Waits): Walk Away
Bill Cantrall: Axiom
B.B. King: Get These Blues Off Me
George Duke: Everyday Hero
Surinder Sandhu: Avi's Theme
Jay D'Amico: Tuscan Prelude
Chris Greene: Bernie's Tune
Bob Mintzer (with Kurt Elling): Minuano
August 2008
Mathias Eick: October
John Lee Hooker, Jr.: Dear John
John Pizzarelli: This Can't Be Love
Kenny Barron & Lionel Loueke: Duet
Donny McCaslin: The Champion
Aaron Parks: Peaceful Warrior
Sonny Landreth: When I Still Had You
Wayne Wallace: Fascinating Rhythm
Glenn White: Sacred Machines
Tim Kuhl: Versus
David Berger: Jeepers Creepers
Chriss Campion: Recado Swing
Kate McGarry: Let's Face the Music and Dance
Jeff Barone: Open Up
Stephane Wrembel: Eternal Cycle 2
Alyssa Graham: America
Steve Allee: Bus to Belmopan
Roy Hargrove: I'm Not So Sure
Omar Sosa: D'Son
Trio Sud: Renaissance
Miles in India: All Blues
July 2008
Lee Konitz & Grace Kelly: Alone Together
John Ellis: Tattooed Teen Waltzes With Grandma
Gunther Schuller: Concertino for Jazz Quartet & Orchestra
David Murray & Mal Waldron: Soul Eyes
Brian Beninghove: Tape Side Up
Marc Rossi: Hidden Mandala
Adrián Iaies & Michael Zisman: 'Round Midnight
Susie Ibarra: Drum Sketches
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: Kids Are Pretty People
Gene Harris: Misty
Antonio Ciacca: Squazin
Jeff Coffin Mu'tet: Bubble Up
Yellowjackets: Double Nickel
Emilio Solla: Conversas
John Beasley: Bedtime Voyage
Wynton Marsalis & Willie Nelson: Stardust
Al Foster: The Chief
Gustavo Assis-Brasil: The Same Day
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Just a Closer Walk
The Stein Brothers: Quixotic
Ahmad Jamal: Back to the Island
June 2008
Too Blue Lou & the Groove: Blue in Green
Wadada Leo Smith: Rosa Parks
Mario Pavone: Hello Again
Reptet: Danger Notes
Franco Ambrosetti:Frasi
Orchestra Baobab: Pape Ndiaye
Sean O'Bryan Smith: Tapestry
Gene Bertoncini: You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Robin Nolan: Once in a While
Sergio Mendes: The Look of Love
Ben Wolfe: No Pat No
Cassandra Wilson: Lover Come Back to Me
Vijay Iyer: Comin' Up
Don Immel: Long Way Home
Yoon Sun Choi: Somebody Come and Play
Gary Morgan & Panamericana!: Moragatu
David Sánchez: Manto Azul
Martial Solal: Here's That Rainy Day
George Schuller: The Survivors' Suite
Brian Blade: Omni
Jamie Baum: Solace
Andreas Öberg: Uptown Downtown
May 2008
Kenny Neal: Louisiana Stew
James Carter: Bro. Dolphy
Marc Copland: Like You
Wolfgang Haffner: Star
Tony Grey: Chasing Shadows
Arturo O'Farrill: Humility
Pat Metheny: At Last You're Here
Hilde Hefte: For Heaven's Sake
Steve Elmer: Sister Joan
Dr. Michael White: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Piers Lawrence: Reza
Dianne Reeves: Just My Imagination
Adrien Moignard: Impressions
Esperanza Spalding: Ponta de Areia
Taylor Eigsti: I Love You
John McLaughlin: Five Peace Band
Ted Kooshian: Top Cat
Norma Winstone: The Mermaid
Thom Rotella: Who Dat?
Bobby Broom: Body and Soul
Marcin Wasilewski: Cinema Paradiso
Nicholas Payton: Chinatown
April 2008
Meddy Gerville: Di Amwin
Marilyn Scott: Every Time We Say Goodbye
The Brubeck Brothers: Good Question
Stanley Jordan: A Place in Space
Brad Mehldau: The Very Thought of You
Drew Gress: True South
Rosey: Who Am I
Rave Tesar: The Vision
Avery Sharpe: Fly with the Wind
Jason Kao Hwang: Cloud Call
Ketil Bjørnstad & Terje Rypdal: The Sea V
Marilyn Mazur & Jan Garbarek: Joy Chant
Tobias Gebb & Trio West: How Deep Is the Ocean?
Kurt Rosenwinkel: Chords
Hendrik Meurkens: Hot and Stuffy
Russ Nolan: Naima
Marcus Miller: Blast!
Tal Wilkenfeld: Serendipity
Miguel Zenón: Camarón
Grand Pianoramax: Tempest
Irvin Mayfield & Ellis Marsalis: Yesterday
Karrin Allyson: Estrada do Sol
March 2008
David Finck: Four Flags
Bobby Watson: Purple Flowers
Dave Samuels (and the Caribbean Jazz Project): Soul Sauce
Lionel Loueke: Skylark
Grupo Janke Randalu: Confidance
Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani: The Third Man
Jack Reilly: All the Things You Are
The Cannonball - Coltrane Project: Fast Trak
Dafnis Prieto: Take the Soul For a Walk
John Brown: Children of the Night
Charles Lloyd: Prometheus
North Mississippi Allstars: I'd Love to Be a Hippy
Marian McPartland: Lonely Woman
Vince Seneri: Prince's Groove
Eric Bibb: New Beale Street Blues
Felipe Salles: Seven Days
Pat Metheny: Is This America?
Hans Glawischnig (with Chick Corea): Oceanography
Géraldine Laurent: I Fall in Love Too Easily
Raya Yarbrough: Early Autumn
Otis Taylor: Absinthe
Cuong Vu: Accelerated Thoughts
February 2008
Ben Allison: Respiration
Diane Schuur: Nice Work If You Can Get It
Human Bell: Ephaphatha
Giacomo Gates: Melodious Funk
Tom Scott: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Maceo Parker: Hallelujah I Love Her So
Clark Terry & Louie Bellson: Terry's Mood
Hendrik Meurkens: Hot and Stuffy
Ryan Blotnick: Thinning Air
David Linx: Black Crow
Marty Sheller: The Route 44 Flyer
Bill Dixon: Entrances / One
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: This Is It
David Rogers: Oboo Ketua Nyom
Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani: Estate
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Modul 45
Pat Metheny: At Last You're Here
David Finck: Ballad for a Future Day
Jane Ira Bloom: Mental Weather
Horace Silver: Señor Blues (live at Newport)
January 2008
Eliane Elias: Waltz for Debby
Frank Macchia: Down in the Valley
Marc Copland: River's Run
Josh Nelson & Sara Gazarek: Leaving Here
Ben Allison: Little Things Run the World
Sathima Bea Benjamin: Solitude
Joachim Kühn & Majid Bekkas: Youmala
Robert Glasper: Of Dreams to Come
Fred Hersch: Misterioso
Michael Blake: Ghostlines
Michael Wollny: Initiation
Carla Bley: Ad Infinitum
Ron Carter: My Funny Valentine
Cyrus Chestnut: Don't Be Cruel
Frank
Kimbrough: It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago
Maria Schneider: Cerulean Skies
Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau: Ahmid-6
Keith Jarrett: Oleo
Eldar: Place St. Henri
James Moody & Nnenna Freelon: Just Squeeze Me
Bruce Hornsby: Questions and Answers
John Scofield: Shoe Dog
2007
Maria Schneider: The 'Pretty' Road
Abbey Lincoln: Throw It Away
Kurt Elling: A New Body and Soul
Al Di Meola: Milonga del Angel
Herbie Hancock & Corinne Bailey Rae: River
Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau: A Night Away
The Bad Plus: This Guy's In Love With You
Stefano Bollani: Don't Talk
Chick Corea and Béla Fleck: Brazil
Jacky Terrasson: You've Got a Friend
Paul Bley: Mondsee Variations I
Stanley Clarke: The Toys of Men
Michael Brecker: The Mean Time
Dave Brubeck: Thank You
Herbie Hancock and Norah Jones: Court and Spark
