Most Memorable Tune

[joe pass jr]

I liked seeing peoples favourite jazz albums in the recent thread. It got me wondering if people have all time favourite Composition.

It does not need to be something technically challenging, although It may well be. Just a tune that stuck with you from the day you heard it. Or maybe it grew on you over a period of time and it's now always at the top of your CD rack.

For me it's ' The Fields, The Sky ' as recorded in 1983 by the Pat Metheny Group.
This tune just cuts right through me every time I listen to it. Such a lovely story and it flows unlike anything I have heard before or since.

How about yourself?

[maughaim]

"Maria" as recorded by Dave Brubeck on "The Essential Dave Brubeck CD2"
It's just wonderfull.

[mr. beaumont]

"all across the city."

[patskywriter]

i could change my answer every other day, but for now i'd say "caminhos cruzados" by tom jobím.

[dougal]

Bill Evans' version of "Elsa."

[fep]

Weather Report - A Remark You Made

[Rawbert]

"black orpheus" the dave brubeck recording. although i do love the original luiz bonfa version which is commonly known as "manha de carnaval".

[phil.guitarnut]

I'm recently digging "Don't let me lose this Dream" by George Benson a lot.
I also love "Minuano" by Pat Metheny !

[randalljazz]

four brothers, mantran version

...or airegin...or corner pocket...or move...

...or chega de saudade, ana caram version...or samba do aviao...or tristeza, toquinho version (or astrud)...

...or four on six...or teaneck...or emily's smokin' version of daahoud...

...never mind

[wizard3739]

I am currently into "Ceora". Also, Thelonius Monks' "Round Midnight" and "Ruby My Dear"

wiz

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

It has to have a melody I can whistle. "Bluesette." Damn you, Toots, I can't stop whistling it!

[FatJeff]

Originally Posted by wizard3739

I am currently into "Ceora".wiz

Great tune. We played that last semester in our little 7-piece combo.

Right now for me, the songs I can't stop humming are:

• "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy Smith, "Back at the Chicken Shack").
• "Monk's Dream" (Larry Young, "Unity")
• "Bemsha Swing" (Thelonius Monk, "Essential Thelonius Monk")
• "Miles' Mode" (John Coltrane, "Coltrane")

[kaige]

I have had, for several years, a case of the "West Coast Blues."

[coltranejazz]

Autumn Leaves...The Cannonball Adderley version on Somethin' Else. Its been in my head for over 10 years!!!

[akubra]

So many great tunes, but probably Monk's - Round About Midnight.
YouTube - Thelonious Monk - Round About Midnight

[Stringbean]

Originally Posted by joe pass jr

Just a tune that stuck with you from the day you heard it.

NATURE BOY - eden ahbez

[markf]

Originally Posted by fep

Weather Report - A Remark You Made

this one, and

Naima - John coltrane and friends live in germany.

[Tom Karol]

Wow - very tough to pick just one! But for some reason, Gary Burton doing, "My Foolish Heart," from the album, "Lofty Fake Anagram," (I think) comes to mind first.

[tramber]

Pat Metheny's "Change of Heart"

[reventlov]

Hank Garland's take on All the Things You Are, from Jazz Winds from a New Direction. Classic, well known tune, played as never before or since IMO.

[A. Bruno]

"All Blues," Miles.

[billkath]

Me, it's "It's Only a Paper Moon", by Nat King Cole. I just LOVE it. Also-A nightingale sang in Berkley Square. Although, for songs running through my head at the Moment, theres a few-That's Life (Sinatra version), Lost by Buble and The first time ever I saw your face, simply because they're numbers I've to learn for an upcoming charity bash. The show will have lots of different singers and dancers, of all styles, so we put together a hybrid band-Bass, Drums, Me on guitars and a keyboard player, plus a 6 part brass section. 21 songs to learn in 18 days. Fun, fun, fun!

[a22]

At the moment I'd say Take the A train, awesome melody!

[Vik.Dizzie]

my top 5:
5 Once I Loved- (Antonio Jobim)
4 All The Things You Are (J. Kern)
3 Summertime (J. Gershwin)- most well-known tune.
2 Slow Hot Wind(H.Mancini)
And the First is... "The Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini!

[msr13]

Romaine and All Across the City.

[mangotango]

Too many favourites to have a Favourite.

Currently - Jonathan Kreisberg - Autumn In New York. Love that tune.

Oh, and a little waltz-time ditty entitled "Red Becomes Blue" by that less well-known English composer, Steve Duke. (Not to be confused with the saxophonist who teaches at Northern Illinois).

Catchy little tune. Just needs the ending finished off. BUT, everyone I play it to loves it and walks around singing it, which is a good sign, and other muso's want to play it, which is even better, so......hope for that Mango man yet.

[robby27]

The Last Train Home by Pat Metheny Group does it for me.

[amusiathread]

Joy Spring. Particularly, the up-tempo version by Jimmy Bruno.

[a22]

Originally Posted by robby27

The Last Train Home by Pat Metheny Group does it for me.

excellent choice!