April is Jazz Month

Yes, after listening to Air America Radio for the past couple weeks, I've learned, from ads, that April is Jazz Month. Some of the artist in the PSA's recommend taking a friend to see some live jazz, but since I can't really do that with you all, I made a mix. It's a long one, but I know you'll all live.

It's mostly male stuff, I left the great divas and torch bearers alone for the time being (I thought that'd be cheating, frankly. Who doesn't love Nina wailing away about how she's been done wrong by men?

So here we are. It's mostly familiar names, and maybe one or two familiar tracks.

Part 1
1. Maynard Ferguson - Sesame Street 2. Thelonious Monk - Just A Gigolo
3. John Coltrane and Don Cherry - Bemsha Swing
4. Miles Davis - Prince of Darkness
5. Oscar Peterson Trio - Have You Met Miss Jones
6. Antonio Carlos Jobim - God And The Devil In The The Land Of The Sun
7. Gene Ammons - Canadian Sunset
8. Charles Mingus - Open Letter to Duke

Part 2
9. Serge Gainsbourg - Intoxicated Man
10. charlie parker - funky blues
11. Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon
12. Pharoah Sanders - Astral Traveling
13. Sun-Ra - Plutonium Nights
14. Thievery Corporation - Lebanese Blonde
15. Miles Davis - Miles Runs the Voodoo Down