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Очередной пост, посвященный статистике. Сегодня нашей темой является джаз (точнее, топ-100 тега jazz).

Just another one statistical post. Jazz is our field of research today (top-100 of the tag jazz, to be exact).

предыдущие посты / previous entries
mainstream
russian rock
progressive rock
black metal

Сначала наше традиционное упорядочение по количеству прослушиваний и слушателей.

First of all, our traditional arrangement with respect to number of plays and number of listeners.








И тут, и там наиболее популярным исполнителем является Amy Winehouse (и, да, по личным соображениям я убрал из статистики Тома Уэйтса). Дальше начинается вполне классический джаз - Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong и так далее.

In both cases the most popular artist is Amy Winehouse (and, yes, I supposed it would be correct to exclude Tom Waits from jazz stats). Then the things go more classical: Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and so on.




А вот так выглядит общая зависимость количества прослушиваний джазовых исполнителей от числа слушателей. Заметно, что чем правее, тем сильнее эта зависимость идет вверх. Таким образом, получается, что лидеры находятся на каком-то особенном положении у слушателей.

And that's the way, general dependence of playcount to number of listeners looks like. You can notice, it's bending upwards with growing number of listeners. So, that means, the leaders of our statistics are treated by listeners in a different way, than other artists.




Это также подтверждается графиком удельного числа прослушиваний (число прослушиваний делить на число слушателей для каждого исполнителя). Вообще, у джаза этот показатель оказался рекордно низким - в среднем 11 прослушиваний. Наибольший показатель у вездесущей Эми Уайнхаус - 32.

The graph of specific number of scrobbles (a playcount divided by number of listeners for each artist) confirms that notation. Surprisingly, jazz artists have very low specific scrobble number - 11 in average. Amy Winehouse has the highest one - 32.




Гистограмма лишь подтверждает печальный факт концентрации удельного числа прослушиваний вблизи рекордно низких значений, в целом по форме повторяя распределение для других жанров. Джаз умер?

The histogram just supports concentrating of specific number of scrobbles near very low values, repeating the histogram for other genres in general. Sad, but true. Is jazz dead?




Немного статистики по активности слушателей в рупорах исполнителей. Как видно из графика, какой-либо строгой зависимости числа сообщений в рупоре от числа слушателей не наблюдается. То, что более популярным исполнителям больше пишут, понятно и так. Кстати, Эми Уайнхаус я сюда не включил - взглянув на следующий график, вы поймете, почему.

Some stats about the user activity in shoutboxes. As one can see, there's no strict dependence of number of shouts to number of listeners. It's obvious, that more popular artists should get more shouts. By the way, Amy Winehouse isn't included here - see the next plot to understand why.




А вот зависимость числа сообщений в рупоре от удельного числа прослушиваний. Эми Уайнхаус и здесь лидирует, причем с шестикратным отрывом. Короче говоря, для джаза она - исполнитель, аномальный по всем параметрам) А вот если убрать Эми, то будет видно обнаруженое ранее явление: среднее удельное число прослушиваний является чем-то вроде барьера, разделяющего исполнителей с малым и с большим числом сообщений в рупоре. Посмотрим, что покажут другие жанры)

And here's the dependence of number of shouts in the shoutbox to specific number of scrobbles. Amy Winehouse takes the lead again, having six times more shouts than others. So, she's really anomalous for the jazz. And without Amy, the graph exhibits the property, found in previous research: average specific number of scrobbles behaves like a barrier, separating artists with few shouts from artists with lots of them. Let us see, what another genres would show us the next time)

P.S. Суммарное число прослушиваний в top-100 джаза - 348 миллионов.
The total playcount in jazz's top-100 is 348 millions.

P.P.S. Спасибо Hzlqgmnzhh за полезный скрипт.
Thanks to Hzlqgmnzhh for his script.

List of considered artists:

Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Frank Sinatra, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Louis Armstrong, Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, Amy Winehouse, Thelonious Monk, Jamie Cullum, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Michael Buble', Katie Melua, Madeleine Peyroux, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, Esbjo"rn Svensson Trio, Keith Jarrett, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Pat Metheny, The Cinematic Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, Cassandra Wilson, Count Basie, Pat Metheny Group, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Koop, Weather Report, John Zorn, Richard Cheese, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Pink Martini, The Bad Plus, Chick Corea, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Melody Gardot, Dexter Gordon, Julie London, Brad Mehldau, Cannonball Adderley, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Eva Cassidy, Stacey Kent, Benny Goodman, John Scofield, Horace Silver, Room Eleven, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Skalpel, Astrud Gilberto, Marcus Miller, Jan Garbarek, Wynton Marsalis, Lee Morgan, Tord Gustavsen Trio, Peggy Lee, Glenn Miller, Bill Frisell, Jimmy Smith, Jaga Jazzist, Sade, Harry Connick, Jr., Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Bill Evans Trio, Lisa Ekdahl, Lizz Wright, Erik Truffaz, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis, Ornette Coleman, Blossom Dearie, Jaco Pastorius, Sun Ra, Etta James, The Cat Empire, Paolo Conte, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Grant Green, Avishai Cohen, Quincy Jones, Al Di Meola, Keiko Matsui, Al Jarreau, Morphine, Silje Nergaard

Ce qui devait être au départ un top 100 précis est en vérité une agrégation de chansons qu'il me plaît d'écouter, avec un vague ordre plus ou moins précis. L'opération est d'ailleurs compliquée par le fait que pour certaines chansons, j'ai choisi des versions bien précises qui perdent de tout leur charme interprétées d'une autre façon voire par un autre artiste.
Enfin bref, enjoy !

100ème : Funky Blue Note - Madlib
99ème : Soleil d'Ork - Magma
98ème : Vein - Cannibal Ox
97ème : Waiting in Vain - Bob Marley
96ème : Contort Yourself (first version) - James Whites and the Blacks
95ème : All of You - Miles Davis
94ème : So long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen
93ème : Nodamnbrakes - Manes
92ème : Don't Call Me Nigga, Whitey - Sly and the Family Stone
91ème : You Really Got Me - The 13th Floor Elevators
90ème : Eléanor - The Gathering
89ème : I'm a Man - The Yardbirds
88ème : The Modern Bass Guitar - Squarepusher
87ème : Love Buzz - Nirvana (sic)
86ème : Secret Song - maudlin of the Well
85ème : Sea Song - Robert Wyatt
84ème : On Broadway - George Benson
83ème : Scratch'n'Sniff - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
82ème : Road - Virus
81ème : Beat 70 - Pat Metheny Group
80ème : Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
79ème : Airegin - Wes Montgomery
78ème : Porn Piece or the Scars of Cold Kisses - Ulver
77ème : Brand New You're Retro - Tricky
76ème : Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
75ème : A Quick One, While He's Away - The Who
74ème : White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
73ème : Ca Fait Partie de mon Passé - Fabe
72ème : Rainy Day Dream Away - Jimi Hendrix
71ème : Tutu - Miles Davis
70ème : Vital Transformation - Mahavishnu Orchestra
69ème : Lazy Bird - John Coltrane
68ème : Midnight In a Perfect World - DJ Shadow
67ème : Better Git It In Your Soul - Charles Mingus
66ème : Apelo - Baden Powell
65ème : Peg - Steely Dan
64ème : Michelle - The Beatles
63ème : Chez les Yé-yé - Serge Gainsbourg
62ème : It Could Be Sweet - Portishead
61ème : Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - Miles Davis
60ème : Water No Get Enemy -Fela Kuti
59ème : Crystal Mountain - Death
58ème : Olha Maria - Chico Buarqué
57ème : It's Only a Paper Moon - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
56ème : Just Friends - Charlie Parker
55ème : Penetration - Steve Khan
54ème : Method Man - Wu-Tang Clan
53ème : Heart of Gold - Neil Young
52ème : Horizon - Cinematic Orchestra
51ème : Donna Lee - Charlie Parker
50ème : The Stumble - Freddie King
49ème : Song for my Father - Horace Silver
48ème : Sleep is a Curse - maudlin of the Well
47ème : Lady Godiva's Operation - The Velvet Underground
46ème : Concerto for Cootie - Duke Ellington
45ème : Big Swifty - Frank Zappa
44ème : Zimbabwe - Bob Marley
43ème : I'm So Green - Can
42ème : Andmoreagain - Love
41ème : The Wizard - Al Di Meola
40ème : La Cancion de Sofia - Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola & Jean-Luc Ponty
39ème : Katve - Tenhi
38ème : Pushin too Hard - The Seeds
37ème : Michelangelo' 70 - Astor Piazolla
36ème : Right Off - Miles Davis
35ème : The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake
34ème : Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
33ème : Ad Astra - Arcturus
32ème : You Don't Know Me - Caetano Veloso
31ème : Bluebird - Buffalo Springfield
30ème : Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
29ème : La Cathédrale Engloutie - Naked City
28ème : I Was Made to Love Magic - Nick Drake
27ème : Remembrance of Things Past - Ved Buens Ende
26ème : Heatwave - Univers Zero
25ème : Reflections - Thelonious Monk
24ème : Yes the River Knows - The Doors
23ème : Peaches En Regalia - Frank Zappa
22ème : Lover Man - Django Reinhardt
21ème : Live and Let Live - Love
20ème : It is not Sound - Ulver
19ème : Blueberry Boat - The Fiery Furnaces
18ème : Giant Steps - John Coltrane
17ème : Stardust Hotel - Jaga Jazzist
16ème : Excursions - A Tribe Called Quest
15ème : First Movement - Diabolical Masquerade
14ème : Always - Amon Tobin
13ème : Rhinestone Cowboy - Madvillain
12ème : Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever
11ème : The Drum Thunder Suite - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

10ème : Saint-Thomas - Sonny Rollins
09ème : She's a Woman - Jeff Beck
08ème : Monk's Dream - Thelonious Monk
07ème : La Mère de la Mer - Mahavishnu Orchestra
06ème : All The Things You Are - Charlie Parker
05ème : Deixa - Baden Powell
04ème : Adios Nonino - Astor Piazzolla
03ème : I'm on my Way to Atlanta - Freddie King
02ème : Autumn Leaves - Ved Buens Ende


1er : Counter Strike - Taille Crayon
Non je déconne, non mais qui écoute ce groupe ? ^.^
1er : Oro, Incienso Y Mirra - Dizzy Gillespie

Obsolète sous peu.

11 août : définitivement obsolète.

Put your music player on shuffle
Post the first 40 songs that come up. You can repeat artists if you want. If you have any repeats, skip to the next track.
Then answer the questions.

1. Lemongrass - Restful Motion
2. David Bowie - Changes
3. Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
4. Talvin Singh - Sway of the Verses
5. Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Today
6. Lotus - Spiritualize
7. Nicola Conte - Missione A Bombay
8. Aphex Twin - Domino
9. Toubab Krewe - Bamana Niya
10. The Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
11. Bob Dylan - When The Ships Come In
12. Muse - Hyper Chondriac Music
13. The Greyboy Allstars - Fire-Eater
14. The Egg - She's Terrific
15. Thievery Corporation - Strange Days
16. The Chemical Brothers - Private Psychedelic Reel
17. Emancipator - With Rainy Eyes
18. Cat Stevens - Ghost Town
19. Tortoise - I Set My Face To The Hillside
20. The Disco Biscuits - Home Again
21. Medeski, Martin & Wood - Latin Shuffle
22. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Skylark
23. Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets (Live)
24. Kombo - Simmer Down
25. Bombay Dub Orchestra - To The Shore
26. Sound Tribe Sector 9 - By The Morning Sun
27. Sly & The Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song
28. Herbie Hancock - Just Around The Corner
29. Telepath - Black Box
30. Björk - Desired Constellation
31. Soulive - E.D. Hambone
32. John Coltrane - Blue Train
33. Lotus - Flower Sermon
34. Lights Out Asia - The Wrong Message Could End You
35. MIDIval PunditZ - 136 (Gautam's Downtempo Mix)
36. Radiohead - All I Need
37. Harry and the Potters - Gryffindor Rocks
38. Thelonious Monk - Nutty
39. Tristeza - Beige Finger
40. Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Baraka

QUESTIONS:

1. Which song do you prefer, #1 or #40?
Baraka - no disrespect to Lemongrass, it's not even fair really.

2. Have you ever listened to #12 continuously on repeat?
Nope

3. What album is #26 from?
Dunno, I think it was from an '06 show.

4. What do you think about the artist who did #15?
I love Thievery

5. Is #19 one of your favorite songs?
Nope

6. Who does #38 remind you of?
It reminds me of the Mudhouse

7. Does #20 have better lyrics or music?
Music by far. I can't stand their lyrics/signing.

8. Do any of your friends like #3?
Steve's brother?

9. Is #33 from a movie soundtrack?
I want to see this movie if it is

10. Is #18 overplayed on the radio?
I doubt it

11. What does #21 remind you of?
Jazzerific

12. Which song do you prefer, #5 or #22?
"Today"

13. What album is #17 from?
Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

14. When did you first hear #39?
Probably a month or so ago

16. What genre is #8?
"Electronic" or "IDM"

17. Do any of your friends like #14?
Yeah, to an extent

18. What color does #4 remind you of?
Orange

19. Have you ever blasted #11 on your stereo?
Nope

20. What genre is #37?
WIZARD ROCK!

21. Can you play #13 on any instrument?
Nope

22. What is your favorite line from #30?
I don't have one

23. What is your favorite lyric from #23?
Instrumental...

24. Would you recommend #24 to your friends?
Yes I would. Friends, I recommend it.

25. Is #2 a good song to dance to?
Not really

26. Do you ever hear #16 on the radio?
Nope

27. Is #32 more of a “nighttime” or “daytime” song?
Night

28. Does #36 have any special meaning to you?
Nope, it's just good.

29. Do any of your friends like #31?
I bet they would if they had heard it!

30. Is #25 a fast or slow song?
Down-tempo

31. Is #35 a happy or sad song?
It makes me happy

32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from #9?
...

33. Is #34 better to listen to alone or with friends?
Alone

34. When did you first hear #27?
Probably a long time ago

35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did #29?
Global rights, Jadhi, All Fruits Ripe

36. Do you know all the words to #6?
No words....

37. Does #28 have better lyrics or music?
Instrumental

38. What album is #10 from?
Past Masters

I'm bored...so here it is. Something about my top 50 artists.

1. What's your favorite song by 14?
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (especially the Live After Death version)

2. How did you get into 20?
Tom Petty - I think it was just from hearing various songs on the radio and being like...wow, this guy is good!

3. Who is your favorite member in 8?
Guns N' Roses - I guess Slash. Axl Rose is a moron and everyone else isn't all that good. Oh, and Slash isn't a bad guitarist either :P

4. What's your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Upsize - I don't even know.

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Cannonball Adderley - I wish

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
Deep Purple - Yikes that's hard since they have so many albums, but I think right now my favorite one would be Deep Purple in Rock

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
fleet - Besides CDs and vinyls? No.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
The Doors - uhh waking up to The End is actually sort of cool.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
Led Zeppelin - No way!

10. When did you first get into 1?
The Velvet Underground - It was a very gradual process. First my sister had their debut album and I listened occasionally...then they just got to me one day. And from that day on...nothing in the world was the same.

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Sublime - Quite a few people I would say.

12. Which song did you first hear from 15?
Cinderella - Nobody's Fool

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Jefferson Airplane - We Can Be Together

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
Dire Straits - I like everything that I have from them

15. Why do you like 16 songs?

Def Leppard - Because they have that "awesome" 80's catchy hair metal sound that I so shamefully enjoy so much.

16. Where did you first hear 6?
Skid Row - I was looking up hair metal bands and they were on a list

17. How long was 19 a band before you liked them?

Yes - They formed in 1968...and i found them in 2008. Took 40 years. Not bad considering I've been alive for 17 years.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Poison - Uhh besides feeling guilty for loving it? Nope.

19. When did you get into 17?
The Clash - Back in 7th grade!

20. How long have you been into 11?
Genesis - Just a year...if even.

21. If 9 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
The Who - Without. A. Doubt.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
Brazilian Girls - I own a lot of CDs by artists I like...but I don't have a physical copy of any of their albums. I have 3 of them on mp3 though.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
Black Sabbath - No...not really.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter. Only if adrenaline rush and excitement counts as happy.

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
Buckingham Nicks - Not that I can think of

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
Sebastian Bach - According to iTunes, its Our Love Is A Lie

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
Ozzy Osbourne - mr. crowly, Over The Mountain and Goodbye to Romance

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
Jimi Hendrix - That I own? No.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
Savatage - nah.

30. What song got you into 40?
Steve Vai - Erotic Nightmares

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
Violent Femmes - I'm assuming Blister in the Sun was one of their few singles...but its not my favorite from them.

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
Freddie Hubbard - Cry

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
Television - I love your music...but you're a bunch of guys and not to good looking either.

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Stevie Nicks - Yes I would. Grrrr.

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - No voices...

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
T. Rex - no.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
Andrew Lloyd Weber - Gethsemane (I only want to say). 30 times.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
Whitesnake - I own a lot of mp3s of them...I do have one cassette though.

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
Ratt - nope.

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
311 - I don't know the band itself well enough to care

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
The Stooges - All of it reminds me of teenage angst.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Cream - I didn't think they were great, but I didn't hate them

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
White Lion - Of course not

44. Do you think your parents would like 36?
Return to Forever - They wouldn't hate them.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
Lou Reed - If I had to choose one, I'm So Free

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
The Beatles - No.

47. Do you like 44's name?
Hanoi Rocks? It sounds pretty cool.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
Heart - I guess Nancy Wilson back in the day...but even that, not really.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
Judas Priest - I don't know that many people that know who they are.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
Alice Cooper - Dance. No. Rocked out too? Yeah.

The weekly High Rotation playlist, consisting of 5 tunes that will be played frequently over the next 7 days:

1. Adele - Make You Feel My Love
   Adele's album 19 is one of my favorite new releases of 2008 and now I noticed with pleasure that she has been nominated for several Grammys.
   
   
2. Wreckless Eric - (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World
   I (again) watched the movie "Stranger than Fiction" this week, this tune remained in my head since then.
   
   
3. Brandi Carlile - Turpentine (Live @ Jools Holland)
   Unbelievable that my most played artist is so hard to find in my Hypelists. I love Brandi's Turpentine, this is a great live performance from the show "Later with Jools Holland" this year. Watch it here:
   
   
   
4. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
   Reviewing my jazz albums I stumbled (again) upon this wonderful tune.
   
   
5. Gov't Mule - You Keep Me Hangin' On
   This great cover of the Motown song (You Keep Me Hangin' On) is from Gov't Mule's show on 2007/8 New Year's Eve.
   

Want to listen to "Moon River" over and over again? I've tagged as many cover versions as I could find on last.fm - plus the original sung and instrumental versions, of course - as moon river covers, and the list is still growing.

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"MOON RIVER" is a song composed by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music) in 1961, for whom it won that year's Academy Award for Best Original Song. It is most well-known for being sung in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's by Audrey Hepburn, although it has been covered by many other artists.

It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded the song in 1961 and performed it at the Academy Awards ceremonies in 1962. He sang the first eight bars of the song at the beginning of his television show; he also named his production company and venue in Branson, Missouri after Moon River. Williams' version was vetoed by Cadence president Archie Bleyer, who believed it had little or no appeal to teenagers. Williams' famous version never charted, except as an LP track, which he recorded for Columbia in a hit album of 1962.

The success of the song was responsible for relaunching Mercer's career as a songwriter, which had stalled in the mid-1950s because rock and roll replaced jazz standards as the popular music of the time. An inlet near Savannah, Georgia, Johnny Mercer's hometown, was named Moon River in honor of him and this song. The popularity of the song is such that it has been used as a test sample in a study on people's memories of popular songs.

The original version
Mercer and Mancini wrote the song for Audrey Hepburn to fit her vocal range. Initially the lyrics started, "I'm Holly, like I want to be / like Holly on a tree back home...", however they were later changed to fit the theme to the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Although an instrumental version is played over the film's opening titles, the lyrics are first heard in a scene where Paul 'Fred' Varjak (George Peppard) discovers Holly Golightly (Hepburn) singing them, accompanied by her guitar, on the fire-escape outside their apartments.



There was much behind-the-scenes consternation which erupted when a Paramount Pictures executive suggested deleting the song from the film immediately after a very successful San Francisco preview. Hepburn's reaction has been described by Mancini and others in degrees varying from her saying "over my dead body" to her using somewhat more colorful language to make the same point.

Hepburn's version was not included in the original score album to Breakfast at Tiffany's. Instead, an album version recorded by Mancini and his chorus was released as a single and became a #11 hit. In different versions, Joel Whitburn's "Top Adult (Contemporary) Songs" reported the song as a #3 or #1 easy listening hit, due to unpublished charts in Billboard. Only months after Hepburn's death in 1993, her version was released on an album entitled Music From the Films of Audrey Hepburn.

Other recordings
"Moon River" was released by South African singer Danny Williams, and reached #1 in the UK. Shortly thereafter, Andy Williams recorded the song and made it his theme song. It was a hit for Jerry Butler in 1961, reaching #11 in the Billboard charts. Artists who have recorded the song include:

Moon River - Henry Mancini
Moon River Cha Cha - Henry Mancini
Moon River - Danny Williams
Moon River - Andy Williams
Moon River - Afghan Whigs
Moon River - John Altman
Moon River - Paul Anka
Moon River - Louis Armstrong
Moon River - John Barrowman
Moon River - Shirley Bassey

Moon River - Benny Anderssons Orkester
Moon River - Beru Revue
Moon River - Brook Benton
Moon River - Mary Black
Moon River - Blake
Moon River - Art Blakey
Moon River - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Moon River - Sarah Brightman
Moon River - Till Brönner
Moon River - Jerry Butler

Moon River - Liz Callaway
Moon River - Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra
Moon River - Celia Chavez
Moon River - Richard Clayderman
Moon River - Christine Collister
Moon River - Perry Como
Moon river - Ray Conniff
Moon River - Ania Dąbrowska
Moon River - Bobby Darin
Moon River - Neil Diamond

Moon River - The Divine Comedy
Moon River - Bob Dorough
Moon River - Dr. John
Moon River - Dump
Moon River - Billy Eckstine
Moon River (From The Motion Picture "Breakfast At Tiffany's") - Ferrante & Teicher
Moon River - The Four Freshmen
Moon River - Connie Francis
Moon River - Aretha Franklin
Moon River - Bill Frisell

Moon River - Emi Fujita
Moon River - Judy Garland
Moon River - Lesley Garrett
Moon river - Ed Gerhard
Moon River - Karel Gott
Moon River - Amalia Grè
Moon River - Grant Green
Moon River - Greyhound
Moon River - Patty Griffin
Moon River - Vince Guaraldi

Moon River - Vince Guaraldi Trio
Moon River - Audrey Hepburn
Moon River - Lena Horne
Moon River (Live) - Toninho Horta
Moon River - Toninho Horta
Moon River - The Innocence Mission
Moon River - Horst Jankowski
Moon River - Henry Jerome
Moon River - Stanley Jordan
Moon River - Bradley Joseph

Moon River - Kid Koala
Moon River - Eartha Kitt
Moon River (feat. Barry Manilow) - Dave Koz
Moon River - James Last
Moon River - Liberace
Moon River - Helmut Lotti
Moon River w/Stevie Wonder & Take 6 - Henry Mancini*
Moon River (feat. Stevie Wonder & Take 6) - Henry Mancini
Moon River - Mantovani
Moon River - Johnny Mathis

Moon River - Billy May
Moon River - Joey McIntyre
Moon River - Brad Mehldau
Moon River - Katie Melua
Moon River - Johnny Mercer¹
Moon River - Migala
Moon River - Jane Monheit
Moon River - Morrissey
Moon River - Willie Nelson
Moon River - Patsy Ann Noble

Moon River - Fausto Papetti
Moon River - Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't
Moon River - Jim Reeves
Moon River - R.E.M.
moon river - Mia Riddle
Moon River - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
Moon River - Andrea Ross
moon river - Nini Rosso
Moon River - Satélite Kingston
Moon River - Frank Sinatra

Moon River - Barbra Streisand
Moon River - Various Artists
Moon River - Sarah Vaughan
Moon River - Nan Vernon
Moon River - Lawrence Welk
Moon River - Westlife
Moon River - Victoria Williams
Moon River - Nancy Wilson
Moon River - Tata Young


(this list is still growing.)

¹Mercer himself recorded the song in 1974 for his album (appropriately named) My Huckleberry Friend.


source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_River

John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Coltrane - A love supreme
John Coltrane - My favourite things
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - Bitches brew
Miles Davis - Steamin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis - My funny valentine
Buddy Rich - Big Swing Face
Buddy Rich - The roar of 74'
Buddy Rich - Blues Caravan
Buddy Rich & Max Roach - Rich Versus Roach
Max Roach - It's time
Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet
Max Roach - Parisian Sketches
Clifford Brown & Max Roach - At basin street
Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams!
Dizzy Gillespie - For Musicians Only [with Stan Getz & Sonny Stitt]
Elvin Jones - illumination!
Elvin Jones - Puttin' it together
Abbey Lincoln - Abbey is blue
Charles Mingus - The black saint and the sinner lady
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Ugetsu
Louis Armstrong - Plays W.C Handy
Herbie Hancock - Empyrian Isles
Herbie Hancock - Takin' off
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Oscar Peterson Trio - Night train
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich - Krupa and Rich
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich - The Drum Battle at JATP
Wayne Shorter - Speak no evil
Bill Evans - Interplay
Count Basie - One O'Clock jump
Ahmad Jamal - Live at the pershing (But not for me)
Lee Morgan - Search for the new land
Lee Morgan - The Rumproller
Lee Morgan - The Procrastinator
Lee Morgan - The Cooker
Duke Ellington - Money Jungle
Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Stan Kenton - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm
Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds

will add quite a few in the near future!