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In the first part of a two-part show, Nick checks out a selection of jazz’s greatest hits – from Benny Goodman’s ‘Sing Sing Sing’ to Peggy Lee’s ‘Fever’.
Go here for part 2 of Jazz's Greatest Hits, including tracks by Dave Brubeck, Horace Silver, and Miles Davis.
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Benny Goodman & his Orchestra | Sing, Sing, Sing | Prima | Benny Goodman: Sing, Sing, Sing (Compilation) | Bluebird | 08:42 |
| 2 | Peggy Lee | Fever | Cooley / Blackwell | Ultimate Peggy Lee | Capitol | 03:19 |
| 3 | Dinah Washington | This Bitter Earth | Otis | Dinah Washington: Compact Jazz (Compilation) | Mercury | 02:26 |
| 4 | Charles Mingus | Better Git It in Your Soul | Mingus | Mingus Ah Um | Columbia | 07:22 |
| 5 | Frank Sinatra | Fly Me to the Moon | Howard | Sinatra at the Sands | Reprise | 02:50 |
| 6 | Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers | Moanin' | Timmons | Moanin' | Blue Note | 09:42 |
| 7 | Wes Montgomery | Four On Six | Montgomery | The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery | Riverside | 06:15 |
| 8 | Sonny Rollins | St Thomas | Rollins | Saxophone Colossus | Avid | 06:48 |
| 9 | Lester Young & Count Basie | Lester Leaps In | Young | Lester Young: Story | Auvidis | 03:14 |
