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10th April 2007

I hope that you agree that it's been a great weekend of listening as we counted down theJazz 500. We've had such a great response that we've decided to make the chart an annual event every Easter, so you'll have the opportunity to have your say next year. In the next few days, we'll publish the full top 500 here on the website , but in the meantime, here's a reminder of the T op 30:

theJazz Top 30

1. Miles Davis - So What
2. Dave Brubeck - Take Five
3. Louis Armstrong - West End Blues
4. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
5. Miles Davis - All Blues
6. John Coltrane - My favorite things
7. Weather Report - Birdland
8. Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething
9. Duke Ellington - Take the A Train
10. Miles Davis - Blue in Green
11. Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches
12. Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing
13. Louis Armsrong - Potato Head Blues
14. Horace Silver - Song for my father
15. Miles Davis - Summertime
16. Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul
17. John Coltrane - Giant steps
18. Count Basie - Affirmation
19. Miles Davis - Freddie Freeloader
20. Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe island
21. Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
22. Stan Kenton - The Peanut Vendor
23. Bill Evans - Waltz For Debbie
24. John Coltrane - Blue Train
25. MJQ - Django
26. Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
27. Keith Jarrett Köln - Konzert
28. Stan Tracey - Starless and Bible Black
29. Jamie Cullum - All At Sea
30. Oscar Peterson - Night Train

Don't forget that our normal schedule of presenters kicks off in the morning with Mark Forrest at 6am, Anthony Davis at 10am, David Jensen at 2pm, Easy Jazz @ 6 with Margherita Taylor at 6pm and Helen Mayhew at 9pm. Click here to see the full station schedule.

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