"Welcome to the Jazz Caf Madame et Monsieur. Where would you like to sit?" A table near the band if you please. "Certainly and we guarantee a splendid show, if only you are willing to put down your soup spoons and listen." We can only hope diners are not offended by the supercilious tone of the head waiter at our imaginary Jazz Cafe. But he is a connoisseur of le jazz hot and can't abide people talking during performances by artists such as Carmen McRae, Nina Simone and Peggy Lee, not to mention Dave Brubeck, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker.

CD 1:

1. Take Five - Carmen Mcrae

2. Ain't Nobodys Business - Abbey Lincoln

3. When I Fall In Love - Chet Baker

4. My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone

5. 'round Midnight - Toni Harper

6. Out Of Nowhere - Charlie Parker & Miles Davis

7. Baby, I Don't Cry Over You - Billie Holiday

8. Fly Away, My Sadness - Mark Murphy

9. A Sunday Kind Of Love - Dinah Washington

10. (i Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Ella Fitzgerald

11. Misty - Johnny Mathis

12. Why Don't You Do Right - Peggy Lee

13. One Room Country Shack - Mose Allison

14. I Cry By Night - Kay Starr

15. Moonray - Dakota Staton

16. Blue Moon - Art Tatum

17. Taking A Chance On Love - Carol Sloane

18. You Go To My Head - Lena Horne

19. Blue Shadows In The Street - Dave Brubeck

20. Cry Me A River - Julie London

CD 2:

1. Fever - Peggy Lee

2. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker

3. Stormy Weather - Billie Holiday

4. These Foolish Things - Count Basie & His Orchestra

5. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Dinah Washington

6. Let's Slip Away - Cleo Laine

7. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Art Pepper

8. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Ella Fitzgerald

9. S'posin' - Frank Sinatra

10. Old Devil Moon - Carmen Mcrae

11. (get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - Nat 'king' Cole & His Trio

12. How High The Moon - Mary Osborne

13. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Johnny Mathis

14. Hot Blues - Charlie Parker & Miles Davis

15. Angel Eyes - Anita O'day

16. Exactly Like You - The Ramsey Lewis Trio

17. When You're Smiling - Louis Armstrong

18. Lulu's Mood - Zutty Singleton's Trio

19. The Masquerade Is Over - Abbey Lincoln

20. Groove Yard - The Montgomery Brothers

CD 3:

1. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Sarah Vaughan

2. Strange Meadow Lark - The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) - Billie Holiday

4. I've Got The World On A String - Oscar Peterson

5. Black Coffee - Julie London

6. It Could Happen To You - Chet Baker

7. What A Diff'rence A Day Makes - Dinah Washington

8. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Ella Fitzgerald

9. Opus 1/2 - Benny Goodman Quartet

10. Moonlight Cocktail - Mel Torm

11. The Late, Late Show - Dakota Staton

12. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - Wes Montgomery

13. Night And Day - Carol Sloane

14. Perdido - Morgana King

15. Embraceable You - Miles Davis

16. What Do You See In Her? - Kay Starr

17. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Peggy Lee

18. Mean To Me - Cleo Laine

19. It Don't Mean A Thing - Louis Armstrong

20. Good-bye - Anita O'day