Modal Jazz Playlist

Modal Jazz — Modal jazz is jazz that makes use of musical modes, often modulating among them to accompany the chords instead of relying on one tonal center used across the piece.

🔒 The top 10 are this genre's must-play anthems — the biggest hits no DJ leaves out — so they stay pinned. Tap 🔀 and everything from #11 down refreshes into a fresh mix (from a pool of 140).

1. So What (feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans) — Miles Davis
2. Blue in Green (feat. John Coltrane & Bill Evans) — Miles Davis
3. My Man's Gone Now — Bill Evans
4. Melinda — Stan Getz
5. In A Sentimental Mood — Duke Ellington
6. Take Five — The Dave Brubeck Quartet
7. All Blues (feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans) — Miles Davis
8. Blue Skies — Art Tatum
9. Maiden Voyage — Herbie Hancock
10. Autumn Leaves — Bill Evans
11. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes — Clifford Brown
12. My Favorite Things — John Coltrane
13. Naima — John Coltrane
14. Strange Meadow Lark — The Dave Brubeck Quartet
15. Everytime We Say Goodbye — Oscar Peterson
16. How My Heart Sings — Bill Evans
17. Las Vegas Tango — Gil Evans
18. Contemplation — McCoy Tyner
19. But Beautiful — Stan Getz
20. After Hours — Roy Haynes
21. Give Me Something — Marc Hemmeler
22. Love Walked In — Marc Hemmeler
23. Bye Bye Blackbird — Ray Brown
24. Cantaloupe Island — Herbie Hancock
25. My Favorite Things (Stereo) — John Coltrane
26. Autumn Leaves — Cannonball Adderley
27. Freddie Freeloader (feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly & Paul Chambers) — Miles Davis
28. When Sunny Gets Blue — McCoy Tyner
29. Take Ten — Paul Desmond
30. In Your Own Sweet Way — Dave Brubeck
31. Dolphin Dance — Herbie Hancock
32. Unsquare Dance — The Dave Brubeck Quartet
33. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise — Sonny Clark Trio
34. Blue Rondo à la Turk — The Dave Brubeck Quartet
35. Violets For Your Furs — Jutta Hipp
36. My Foolish Heart — Bill Evans
37. Fin De L'affaire — Hank Mobley
38. Sugar Ray — Roy Haynes
39. Exactly Like You — Ray Brown Trio
40. Ceora — Lee Morgan
41. Girl Talk — Marc Hemmeler
42. When your lover has gone — Stan Getz
43. There'll Be Some Changes Made — Dave Brubeck
44. A Taste Of The Show — Mark Pinkus
45. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes — Light Jazz Academy
46. Take Theatrain — Marc Hemmeler
47. Greensleeves — John Coltrane Quartet
48. Bags Groove — Ray Brown
49. I Love Paris — Ralph Sharon Trio
50. Venus de Milo — J.J Johnson
51. I Got Rhythm (Part I) — Jo Jones
52. Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana) — Ray Brown
53. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good — Oscar Peterson
54. I Didn't Know What Time It Was — Cecile McLorin Salvant
55. Something For The Bass Boss — Ray Brown
56. Honey Dripper — Oscar Peterson
57. Windows — Chick Corea
58. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat — Charles Mingus
59. Footprints — Wayne Shorter
60. Summertime — John Coltrane
61. Speak No Evil — Wayne Shorter
62. Little Sunflower — Freddie Hubbard
63. Inner Urge — Joe Henderson
64. Juju — Wayne Shorter
65. Passion Dance — McCoy Tyner
66. Mosaic — Art Blakey
67. Humpty Dumpty — Chick Corea
68. I'm Moving On — The John Barry Seven Plus Four
69. Night And Day — Joe Henderson
70. Stolen Moments — Oliver Nelson
71. Tis Autumn — Red Garland
72. Easy Does It — Oscar Peterson
73. Yes Indeed — Ron Carter
74. I Should Care — Tete Montoliu
75. La Comparsa — Bebo Valdés
76. Moanin' — Art Blakey
77. Blue Bossa — Joe Henderson
78. Love For Sale — Cannonball Adderley
79. Along Came Betty — Art Blakey
80. Infant Eyes — Wayne Shorter
81. Butterfly — Herbie Hancock
82. Lonnie's Lament — John Coltrane Quartet
83. Wise One — John Coltrane Quartet
84. Red Clay — Freddie Hubbard
85. My One And Only Love — Chick Corea
86. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise — John Coltrane Quartet
87. Search For The New Land — Lee Morgan
88. Free For All — Art Blakey
89. We'll Be Together Again — McCoy Tyner
90. Wee — Charles Mingus
91. Matrix — Chick Corea
92. Litha — Stan Getz
93. A Shade Of Jade — Joe Henderson
94. A Foggy Day — Charles Mingus
95. Easy Living — Clifford Brown
96. Concorde — Gil Evans
97. Mr. Kenyatta — Lee Morgan
98. Yes, Indeed! — Ron Carter
99. Dorian Dance — Dave Brubeck
100. The Littlest One Of All — Freddie Hubbard

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