Café Jazz

A fine selection of uptempo jazz classics. 14 classic bop tracks form many of the finest and most innovative artists of their day, including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson (and separately the Modern Jazz Quartet), and Dexter Gordon, to name a few. Cafe Jazz CD music There are many ways to find a good introduction to bop, and although this is not necessarily the best, it is certainly a stomping compilation without a weak cut in the batch.

tracks

01. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker - Salt Peanuts (3:19)
02. Fats Navarro - Goin' to Minton's (2:51)
03. Stan Getz - Opus de Bop (2:33)
04. Duke Jordan - Night in Tunisia (5:09)
05. J.J. Johnson featuring Sonny Rollins - Bee Jay (2:27)
06. Kenny Clarke featuring Milt Jackson - Strollin' (4:25)
07. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker - Shaw 'Nuff (3:04)
08. Dexter Gordon featuring Bud Powell - Dexter Rides Again (3:14)
09. Modern Jazz Quartet - Moving Nicely (3:16)
10. Lester Young - Ding Dong (2:26)
11. Kenny Dorham - Groovin' High (4:22)
12. Miles Davis & Charlie Parker - Little Willie Leaps (2:52)
13. Ray Brown featuring James Moody - Moody Speaks (2:33)
14. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - KoKo (2:54)

Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker - Salt Peanuts 

Modern Jazz Quartet - Moving Nicely