Episode 119: The World ’s Most Popular Jazz Tunes

I found a list of the most recorded tunes, thanks to a website called Second Hand Songs. They’re almost all songs that jazz musicians like to play. In this podcast I examine the top 15 (not counting Christmas songs) and play you a version of 10 of them.

You’ll hear recordings by:

Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66,

Charles Mingus,

Steven Riley,

Patricia Barber,

Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse,

Gilson Peranzzetta & Mauro Senise,

The Jolly Tars (from The Naden Band),

Thelonious Monk,

Herbie Hancock & Stevie Wonder, Hoagy Carmichael,

Alex Pangman w. Bucky Pizzarelli,

Some of the versions are modern, and some are really old. But they’re all wonderful interpretations of great songs.