“Body And Soul” — Performed by Jazz Great Musicians

The jazz standard Body And Soul was written in 1930 with music by Johnny Green, lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour & Frank Eyton. I always thought Body And Soul was written by some jazz great — it wasn’t, but the jazz greats performed it.

I’ve spent some time discovering how many of the great jazz musicians recorded Body and Soul, and, if there were any new musicians playing the tune. I hope you’ll enjoy this treasure trove. I’m sure there are some renditions here that you’ve never heard.

Body and Soul was written in 1930 — I wonder, did Oscar Micheaux’s film Body and Soul (1925) influence Johnny Green, lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour & Frank Eyton?

Let me hear something from somebody! — Ronn

Barry Harris (Pianist)

Robert Glasper Trio (Pianist)

John Coltrane (Tenor Saxophonist)

Dexter Gordon (Tenor Saxophonist)

Billie Holiday (Songstress)

Art Tatum (Pianist)

Arturo Sandoval & Dizzy Gillespie‘s Big Band

Esperanza (Bassist)

Charlie Parker  (Saxophonist)

Oscar Peterson (Pianist)

Ella Fitzgerald (Songstress)

Sarah Vaughan (Songstress) & Ray Brown (Bassist)

Wes Montgomery (Guitarist)

Carmen McRae (Songstress)

Coleman Hawkins (Tenor Saxophonist)

Teddy Wilson (Pianist)