The Best Jazz and Blues Music on YouTube

Looking for the best jazz and blues music on YouTube? Look no further than our list of top picks. From classic tracks to modern hits, we’ve got you covered.

Best Jazz Songs on YouTube

YouTube has a plethora of great jazz and blues songs. It can be hard to find the good ones, but we’ve compiled a list of the best ones for you. You’re welcome.

A Love Supreme- John Coltrane

A Love Supreme is a 1965 album by jazz musician John Coltrane. It is generally considered to be one of the greatest and most influential albums in the history of jazz, and it is one of Coltrane’s most acclaimed works. The record was released on Impulse! Records in February 1965.

The album is a reflection of Coltrane’s spirituality at the time, and includes such autobiographical elements as a dedication to his wife Naima (“A Love Supreme, Part One: Acknowledgement”) and a recitation of the Hindu mantra “om” (“A Love Supreme, Part Two: Resolution”). It also features some of Coltrane’s most memorable compositions, including “Acknowledgement” and “Pursuance”.

A Love Supreme was recorded in one session on December 9, 1964, at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The album was released just two months later, on February 4, 1965. It met with immediate critical acclaim and has since been widely regarded as one of the most important and influential albums in the history of jazz.

So What- Miles Davis

Miles Davis’ “So What” is one of the most iconic and important jazz songs of all time. It’s hard to believe that it was originally only meant as an interlude in Davis’ 1959 album Kind of Blue, but the tune quickly caught on and became one of the most performed jazz standards. “So What” has been covered by countless artists, but Davis’ original version is still the best.

Take Five- Dave Brubeck

“Take Five” is a jazz piece composed by Paul Desmond and originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet on its 1959 album Time Out. It is in 5/4 time, making it “one of the first popular jazz tunes to feature odd time signatures”.[1] It has become one of the best-known and most frequently played jazz standards,[2] having been recorded by many artists.

The tune was inspired by Anton Webern’s “Five Pieces for Orchestra”, Op. 10.[3] Desmond was quoted as saying: “I didn’t write ‘Take Five’ for commercial reasons or because I thought it would be popular. I just wrote it because I liked that rhythm.”[4]

TheDave Brubeck Quartet’s recording of “Take Five” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996.[5] In 2004, rolls of honor in both the Down Beat and Metronome magazines polls voted it fourth on their list of the “100 Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time”. In 2009, it was ranked 13th on Vault.com’s list of the “20 Greatest Jazz Songs of All Time”.[6][7]

Best Blues Songs on YouTube

There are a lot of great blues songs on YouTube. The best ones are the ones that make you feel something. They’re the ones that make you want to get up and dance, or cry, or both. They’re the ones that make you feel alive. Here are some of the best blues songs on YouTube.

The Thrill is Gone- B.B. King

The Thrill is Gone” is a song co-written by Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. B.B. King recorded the song for his album Completely Well in 1969. The song became one of his most popular and identifiable and won him two Grammy Awards in 1970, for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Instrumental Performance.

Crossroads- Eric Clapton

“Crossroads” is a song written and first recorded by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Johnson’s recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 and is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”. The song has been interpreted and recorded by many other artists. In 2004, it was ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time”.

In 1988, a cover version by British rock musician Eric Clapton became a hit on radio and MTV. It peaked at number one for two weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1988, twenty-six years after Johnson’s original recordings entered the chart. The success of Clapton’s single spurred interest in Johnson’s work among younger generations; thereafter, “Crossroads” became one of his most popular songs.

Stormy Monday- T-Bone Walker

“Stormy Monday” or “Stormy Monday Blues” is a song written by T-Bone Walker. It was first recorded in 1947 and released by Black & White Records the following year. Walker’s recording was a hit, and later versions were recorded by other performers including Muddy Waters, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Otis Rush, The Allman Brothers Band and Eric Clapton.
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