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The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever!
Type:Compilation
Artist:Various artists
Cover:The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever!.jpg
Border:yes
Caption:Polish cover
Released:May 10, 2004
Genre:Jazz
Label:EMI
Prev Title:The Best Spanish Songs... Ever!
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever! vol. 2
Next Year:2005

The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever! is a compilation album released in 2004 by EMI. It is the first jazz music part of the series "The Best... Ever!".

Track listing

CD 1

  1. US3 – "Cantaloop"
  2. Buddy Rich – "The Beat Goes On"
  3. Bobby Womack – "California Dreaming"
  4. Jose Feliciano/Minnie Riperton - "Light My Fire"
  5. Bill Withers – "Ain't No Sunshine"
  6. Cassandra Wilson – "I Can`t Stand The Rain"
  7. Louis Armstrong – "We Have All The Time In The World"
  8. Julie London – "Fly Me To The Moon"
  9. Billy Taylor – "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free"
  10. Ronnie Laws – "Always There"
  11. Charlie Hunter feat. Norah Jones – "More Than This"
  12. St. Germain – "Sure Thing"
  13. Paul Jackson Jr feat. Earic Dawkins – "Inner City Blues"
  14. Earl Klugh – "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
  15. Bobby McFerrin - "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
  16. Nina Simone – "Work Song"
  17. Nat King Cole – "Nature Boy"

CD 2

  1. Guru feat. D C Lee – "No Time To Play"
  2. D'Angelo – "Brown Sugar"
  3. Bobbie Gentry – "Son Of A Preacher Man"
  4. Bob Dorough – "Three Is A Magic Number"
  5. St. Germain – "Rose Rouge"
  6. Shuggie Otis – "Strawberry Letter 23"
  7. Nancy Wilson – "Call Me"
  8. Donald Byrd – "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"
  9. Luther Vandross – "So Amazing"
  10. Cassandra Wilson - "Time After Time"
  11. Minnie Riperton – "Loving You"
  12. Bob Belden – "Sister Moon"
  13. Carleen Anderson – "Maybe I'm Amazed"
  14. Peggy Lee – "I'm A Woman"
  15. Nat King Cole – "Unforgettable"
  16. Lou Rawls – "The Girl From Ipanema"
  17. Cannonball Adderley – "Sambop"
  18. Elsa Soares – "Mas Que Nada"

CD 3

  1. Lou Rawls – 'For What It's Worth"
  2. Maze – "Joy And Pain"
  3. Timmy Thomas – "Why Can't We Live Together"
  4. The Isley Brothers – "That Lady"
  5. Bobbi Humphrey – "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"
  6. Marlena Shaw – "Save The Children"
  7. Mica Paris – "Stay"
  8. Shara Nelson – "Down That Road"
  9. Arrested Development – "Everyday People"
  10. Doris – "You Never Come Closer"
  11. Natalie Cole – "This Will Be (1991 Remix)"
  12. Ronnie Laws – "Every Generation"
  13. Ronny Jordan feat. Roy Ayers – "Mystic Voyage"
  14. Bobby Hutcherson – "Theme From M.A.S.H"
  15. Herbie Hancock – "Cantaloupe Island"
  16. Cannoball Adderley – "Mercy Mercy"
  17. Sarah Vaughan – "Round Midnight"
  18. Dorothy Moore – "Misty Blue"

CD 4

  1. Chet Baker – "My Funny Valentine"
  2. Patricia Barber – "Use Me (Live)"
  3. Shirley Bassey – "Something"
  4. Julie London – "Cry Me A River"
  5. Peggy Lee – "Here's That Rainy Day"
  6. Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong – I'm Just A Lucky So And So"
  7. Jimmy Jones Orchestra – "Stormy Weather"
  8. Miles Davis & Cannoball Adderley – "Autumn Leaves"
  9. Bobby McFerrin – "Thinking About Your Body"
  10. Maze feat. Frankie Beverly – "While I'm Alone"
  11. Noel Pointer – "Living For The City"
  12. Ronnie Foster – "Me & Mrs Jones"
  13. Earl Klugh – "Living Inside Your Love"
  14. Tina Turner – "I've Been Loving You Too Long"
  15. Swing Out Sister – "Somewhere Deep In The Night"
  16. Lou Rawls – "You Made Me So Very Happy"
  17. Marlena Shaw" – Woman Of The Ghetto"