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.