Playboy's 40th Anniversary: Four Decades of Jazz 1953–1993 is a 1993 box set, which was released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Playboy magazine and its long association with jazz music.
The four-disc set contains 51 songs total, selected by Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner himself and a 48-page booklet written by jazz musician and historian Leonard Feather and music critic and journalist Neil Tesser.Four Decades of Jazz, 1953–1993 – Playboy's 40th Anniversary at AbeBooks
Tracklist Disc one (1953–1963) "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker – 3:01 "Every Day I Have the Blues" by Count Basie and Joe Williams – 5:24 "Lullaby of Birdland" by Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown – 3:58 "A Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie – 4:14 "Lady Sings the Blues" by Billie Holiday – 3:44 "Misty" by Erroll Garner – 2:45 "Take the "A" Train" by Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington – 6:36 "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" by Dinah Washington – 2:28 "Django" by the Modern Jazz Quartet – 7:03 "I Apologize" by Billy Eckstine – 3:00 "Blue Monk" by Thelonious Monk – 7:34 "Too Close for Comfort" by Mel Tormé – 3:59 "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" by Charles Mingus – 4:46 "Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet – 5:25 "'Round Midnight" by Miles Davis – 5:13 "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane – 4:43
Disc two (1963–1973) "Night Train" by Oscar Peterson – 4:50 "I Loves You, Porgy" by Nina Simone – 2:31 "Maiden Voyage" by Herbie Hancock – 7:55 "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by Cannonball Adderley – 5:08 "The Girl from Ipanema" by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto – 5:21 "Song for My Father" by Horace Silver – 7:16 "Sidewinder" by Lee Morgan – 10:20 "A Day in the Life" by Wes Montgomery – 5:30 "Walk on the Wild Side" by Jimmy Smith – 5:50 "Compared to What" by Les McCann and Eddie Harris – 8:41 "Soul Sauce" by Cal Tjader – 2:22 "Memphis Underground" by Herbie Mann – 7:07 "Captain Marvel" by Return to Forever – 4:53
Disc three (1973–1983) "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" by Eumir Deodato – 8:58 "Pieces of Dreams" by Stanley Turrentine – 4:32 "Crystal Silence" by Gary Burton and Chick Corea – 9:01 "Birds of Fire" by the Mahavishnu Orchestra – 5:41 "My Song" by Keith Jarrett – 6:09 "Body Heat" by Quincy Jones – 4:18 "Black Byrd" by Donald Byrd – 8:00 "Feels So Good" by Chuck Mangione – 9:41 "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" by Roy Ayers – 4:01 "Mister Magic" by Grover Washington Jr. – 9:11
Disc four (1983–1993) "Phase Dance" by Pat Metheny – 8:17 "For the Love of You" by Earl Klugh – 5:59 "Here's to Life" by Shirley Horn – 5:36 "Lush Life" by Joe Henderson – 4:57 "Restoration" by Bob James – 5:44 "Look What I Got!" by Betty Carter – 5:41 "The Lady in My Life" by Stanley Jordan – 6:26 "Bird Alone" by Abbey Lincoln and Stan Getz – 8:33 "Songbird" by Kenny G – 5:00 "Max-O-Man" by Fourplay – 5:32 "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin – 4:48 "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock – 5:24
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