A music idiom that originated sometime in the 20 th century in US, Jazz mixes musical influences from both African and EU styles of music. Some features that are awfully natural to Jazz are the utilising of blue notes, poly-rhythms, syncopation ( rhythms that stray from the regular succession of powerful and puny beats ), and swung note. Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis and Billie Vacation are just some of the maestros and jazz musicians who've made jazz music a globally recognized and loved style. Today, there's a confluence of diverse musical styles being played by modern artists and a lot of them accept the influence of Jazz in their styles. With such a long-standing heritage, it is troublesome to pick the top jazz songs in history. With some of the top jazz songs of the 1920s thought to be the harbingers of the acclamation for jazz music, it is hard to make the list all including of songs released over the decades. Here is our try to list out the top and famous jazz songs in history.

List of Top Jazz Songs

Making a catalogue of the top jazz songs could be a Herculean task, with the large number of songs that are out there. In this list we try and constrain ourselves to the hundred top jazz songs ever.
• What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
• It Ain't My Fault - feat. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz & Trombone Shorty
• Feeling Good - Nina Simone
• Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
• Just One of Those Things - Jamie Cullum
• Be My Baby - The Ronettes
• La Vie en Rose (Single) - Louis Armstrong
• The Dial Sessions - Charlie Parker
• Take Five - Dave Brubeck
• Ask the Ages - Sonny Sharrock
• Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's
• Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington & Bill Withers
• The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
• Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
• Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderly
• Don't Stop the Music - Jamie Cullum
• How Do You Keep the Music Playing - James Ingram & Patti Austin
• Places and Spaces - Donald Byrd
• When you’re in Love - Horace Silver
• Lazy River - Pete Fountain