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Sounds of Harlem

Featuring a host of jazz songs from The Harlem Renaissance, to musicians who have played at the world famous Apollo Theater, to modern day artists who were born in this vibrant neighborhood.

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  1. Summertime
    Billie Holiday
    2:53
  2. West End Blues
    Louis Armstrong
    3:15
  3. Pennies from Heaven
    Louis Prima
    2:21
  4. Minnie the Moocher
    Cab Calloway
    3:15
  5. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
    Louis Armstrong/Duke Ellington
    4:00
  6. Ton of Dynamite
    Frankie Crocker
    2:43
  7. Whisper Not
    Anita O’Day and The Three Sounds
    2:57
  8. Hold on I’m Comin’
    Sam & Dave
    2:36
  9. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
    Jackie Wilson
    2:59
  10. I Get The Sweetest Feeling
    Jackie Wilson
    2:58
  11. L-O-V-E
    Nat King Cole
    2:35
  12. Think
    Aretha Franklin
    2:20
  13. In a Sentimental Mood
    Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
    4:15
  14. Blue in Green
    Miles Davis & John Coltrane
    5:38
  15. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
    Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong
    4:40
  16. Shufflin’ & Rollin’
    Buddy Johnson
    3:12
  17. Walk ‘Em
    Buddy Johnson
    2:50
  18. Spanish Harlem
    Ben E. King
    2:54
  19. Stand By Me
    Ben E. King
    2:55
  20. Supernatural Thing, Pt. 1
    Ben E. King
    4:12
  21. Summertime/Sometimes I feel motherless
    Mahalia Jackson
    6:43
  22. Songs For My Father
    Horace Silver
    7:18
  23. (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay
    Otis Redding
    2:44
  24. Misty
    Sarah Vaughan
    3:03
  25. Serenade to a Soul Sister
    Horace Silver
    6:19
  26. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
    Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong
    3:05
  27. All of me
    Billie Holiday
    3:01
  28. Everyday
    Buddy Holly
    2:09
  29. Heartbeat
    Buddy Holly
    2:08
  30. Bang Bang
    Dizzy Gillespie
    3:03
  31. Smile
    Nat King Cole
    2:53
  32. Soul Travelin’ Pt I (The G.B.E)
    Gary Byrd
    3:22
  33. One Step Ahead
    Aretha Franklin
    2:34
  34. Round Midnight
    Thelonious Monk
    3:14
  35. Birdland
    Maynard Ferguson
    5:38
  36. The Girl From Ipanema
    Stan Getz
    5:20
  37. Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars)
    Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim
    4:17
  38. Take Five
    Dave Brubeck
    5:24
  39. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
    Bessie Smith
    2:57
  40. Miss Independent
    Ne-Yo
    3:52
  41. All Along the Watchtower
    Jimi Hendrix
    4:01
  42. Killing me Softly With His Song
    Lauryn Hill, Fugees
    4:59
  43. California Love
    2pac, Roger, Dr. Dre
    4:45
  44. I’ll Be Missing You
    Diddy, 112, Faith Evans
    5:07
  45. Vivir Mi Vida
    Marc Anothony
    4;12
  46. Banana Boat (Day-O)
    Harry Belafonte
    3:03
  47. Jump in the line
    Harry Belafonte
    3:42
  48. Porcelin
    Moby
    4:01
  49. Natural Blues
    Moby
    4:14
  50. You Are My Lady
    Freddie Jackson
    4:44
  51. If I ain’t got you
    Alicia Keys
    3:49
  52. Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
    Alicia Keys
    3:36
  53. The Breaks
    Kurtis Blow
    7:49
  54. Back to the Crib
    Juelz Santana, Chris Brown
    4:22
  55. Is It Good To You
    Teddy Riley, Tammy Lucas
    4:17
  56. Closer to God
    Diddy (ft. Teyana Taylor)
    4:04
  57. Stay
    Alicia Keys (ft. Lucky Daye)
    3:39
  58. Soul Man
    Sam & Dave
    2:39
  59. Little Wing
    Jimi Hendrix
    2:26
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