Modern Jazz All Request Best 500 was assembled by the editors of Selected Jazz Workshop, based on the result of extensive poll. In 1986 , FM Radio Program “Selected Jazz Work Shop (S.J.W.) ” , sponsored by JT, asked the Japanese jazz audiences to pick your favorite five jazz plays. Poll results reached 29,120 answers.
Modern Jazz Best 500 listing by S.J.W.
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- 1. “Autumn Leaves / 枯葉” (from Somethin’ Else) by Cannoball Adderley – 12,396
- 2. “Round Midnight / ラウンド・ミッドナイト” (from ‘Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis – 8,076
- 3. “Waltz for Debby / ワルツ・フォー・デビー” (from Waltz for Debby) by Bill Evans Trio – 6,278
- 4. “St. Thomas / セント・トーマス” (from Saxophone Colossus) by Sonny Rollins – 6,168
- 5. “My Favorite Things / マイ・フェイバリット・シングス” (from My Favorite Things (1961)) by John Coltrane – 5,842
- 6. “So What / ソー・ホワット” (from Kind of Blue) by Miles Davis – 5,801
- 7. “Moritat / モーリタニア” (from Saxophone Colossus) by Sonny Rollins – 5,426
- 8. “Cleopatra’s Dream / クレオパトラの夢” (from The Scene Changed ) by Bud Powell Trio – 4,200
- 9. “Moanin’ / モーニン” (from Moanin’) by Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers – 4,193
- 10. “Cool Struttin’ / クール・ストラッティン” (from Cool Struttin’) by Sonny Clark – 3,250
- 11. “Maiden Voyage / 処女航海” (from Maiden Voyage) by Harbie Hancock – 3,139
- 12. “Autumn Leaves / 枯葉” (from Portrait in Jazz) by Bill Evans Trio – 2,978
- 13. “A Love Supreme / 至上の愛” (from A Love Supreme (1964)) by John Coltrane – 2,880
- 14. “Blue Train / ブルー・トレイン” (from A Love Supreme (1964)) by John Coltrane – 2,856
- 15. “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To / ” (from Meets the Rhythm Section) by Art Pepper – 2,810
- 16. “Left Alone / ” (from Loft Alone) by Mal Waldron – 2,806
- 17. “My Foolish Heart / マイ・フーリッシュ・ハート” (from Portrait in Jazz) by Bill Evans Trio – 2,597
- 18. “Milestones / マイルストーン” (from Milestone) by Miles Davis – 2,482
- 19. “Someday My Prince Will Come / いつか王子様が” (from Someday My Prince Will Come) by Miles Davis – 2,344
- 20. “Take Five / テイク・ファイヴ” (from Time Out) by Dave Brubeck – 2,242
- 21. “The Koln Concert / ” (from The Koln Concert) by Kieth Jalett – 1,934
- 21. “My Funny Valentine / マイ・ファニー・バレンタイン” (from Cookin’) by Miles Davis – 1,934
- 23. “Say It / セイ・イット” (from Ballades) by John Coltrane – 2,856
- 24. “You Don’t Know What Love Is / ” (from Last Date) by Eric Dolphy – 1,550
- 25. “Softly As In A Morning Sunrise / ” (from The Last Concert) by Modern Jazz Quartet – 1,538
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- 26. “Django / ” (from Django) by Modern Jazz Quartet – 1,531
- 27. “Softly As In A Morning Sunrise / ” (from Sonny Clark Trio) by Sonny Clark – 1,493
- 28. “Bugs Groove / バグス・グルーブ” (from Bugs Groove) by Miles Davis – 1,464
- 29. “Five Spot After Dark/ ” (from Blues-Atte) by Curtis Fuller – 1,458
- 30. “Giant Steps / ジャイアント・ステップス” (from Giant Steps) by John Coltrane – 1,440
- 31. “Moanin’ / モーニン” (from Au Club Saint-German) by Art Blakey & Jazz Mwssengers – 1,435
- 32. “Fire Waltz / ” (from At The Five Spot Vol. 1) by Eric Dolphy – 1,416
- 33. “My Funny Valentine / マイ・ファニー・バレンタイン” (from Undercurrent) by Bill Evans Trio – 1,291
- 34. “Pithecaantropus Erectus / ” (from Pithecaantropus Erectus) by Charles Mingus – 1,279
- 35. “C Jam Bluses / C ジャム・ブルース” (from Groovy) by Red Garland – 1,198
- 36. “The Side Winder / ” (from The Side Winder) by Lee Morgan – 1,198
- 37. “Blue in Green / ブルー・イン・グリーン” (from Kind Of Blue) by Miles Davis – 1,192
- 38. “My Favorite Things / マイ・フェイバリット・シングス” (from Selflessness) by John Coltrane – 1,164
- 39. “I Remember Clifford / ” (from Lee Morgan Vol.3) by Lee Morgan – 1,111
- 40. “My One And Only Love / ” (from John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman) by John Coltrane – 1,085
- 41. “Kelly Blue / ” (from Kelly Blue) by Wynton Kelly – 1,078
- 42. “‘Round Midnight / ” (from Thelonious Himself) by Thelonious Monk – 1,049
- 43. “Bitches Brew / ビッチェス・ブリュー” (from Bitches Brew) by Miles Davis – 1,037
- 44. “Recado Bossa Nova / ” (from Dippin’) by Hank Mobley – 1,025
- 45. “You Don’t Know What Love Is / セント・トーマス” (from Saxophone Colossus) by Sonny Rollins – 1,013
- 46. “Concierto De Aranjuez / アランフェス協奏曲” (from Sketches Of Spain) by Miles Davis – 955
- 47. “Softly As In A Morning Sunrise / ” (from Kelly Blue) by Wynton Kelly – 922
- 48. “Stardust / ” (from Stardust) by Lionel Hampton – 917
- 49. “Waikin’ / ウォーキン” (from Sketches Of Spain) by Miles Davis – 955
- 50. “Blue Minor / ” (from Cool Stuttin’) by Sonny Clark – 905
- 50. “You And The Night And The Music / あなたと夜と音楽と” (from Interplay) by Bill Evans Trio – 905