Best Jazz Songs

Top 30 Jazz Songs for Weddings

We have created a list of our favorite jazz songs for weddings. Jazz music was influenced by West African folk music. Although it is thought that Jazz started in New Orleans in the early 20th century, many areas in America also started playing jazz music at the same time such as St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City. Jazz music is an American creation. Jazz music is more than just played by musicians. It is considered a heart-felt expression. Jazz spans many different styles of music such as Swing, Big Band, Dixieland, Scat, and much more. Early Jazz musicians were Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Jelly Roll Morton. In the 30’s Jazz Swing was most popular with artists like Count Basie, the Dorsey Brothers, and Artie Shaw.

Our Top 5 Jazz Songs for Weddings: 1) The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra, 2) At Last - Etta James, 3) What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong, 4) It Had To Be You - Harry Connick Jr., 5) Everything - Michael Buble.

Being former wedding DJs, we've calculated a list of our favorite Jazz Songs. If you have a special song that you think should be added to our list, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below. Be sure to also check out the song lyric link to find song relevance to what you want for in your song choice. Once decided, we provided a link to iTunes to purchase and Amazon.com to purchase and listen to a sample of each song.

The Best of Jazz vs. the Best of Swing. Please also see our Best of Swing songs. Songs could cross between both categories. However, we have decided to put artists like Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Count Basie and the likes on the Best of Swing list. Some Jazz songs that do not have lyrics or verbiage may also be listed in our Instrumental song category.

Best Jazz Songs for Weddings

Song	Artist	Format	Lyrics	iTunes	Amazon
A Kiss To Build A Dream On	Louis Armstrong	Jazz
A Wink And A Smile	Harry Connick Jr.	Jazz
At Last	Etta James	Jazz
Because Of You	Tony Bennett	Jazz
Can't Help Loving That Man of Mine	Lena Horne	Jazz
Come Away With Me	Norah Jones	Jazz
Don't Know Why	Norah Jones	Jazz
Everything	Michael Buble	Jazz
Fly Me To The Moon	Frank Sinatra	Jazz
Georgia On My Mind	Ray Charles	Jazz
Giving You The Best That I Got	Anita Baker	Jazz
Hey Big Spender	Susan Kohler	Jazz
Hold On	Michael Buble	Jazz
It Had To Be You	Harry Connick Jr.	Jazz
I've Got A Crush On You	Ella Fitzgerald	Jazz
Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)	Louis Armstrong	Jazz
L-O-V-E	Nat King Cole	Jazz
Moondance	Van Morrison	Jazz
My Dearest Darling	Etta James	Jazz
My Way	Frank Sinatra	Jazz
New York, New York	Frank Sinatra	Jazz
On Broadway	George Benson	Jazz
Recipe For Love	Harry Connick Jr.	Jazz
Save The Last Dance For Me	Michael Buble	Jazz
The Best Is Yet To Come	Michael Buble	Jazz
The Look Of Love	Diana Krall	Jazz
The Way You Look Tonight	Frank Sinatra	Jazz
They Can't Take That Away From Me	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Jazz
Unforgettable	Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole	Jazz
What A Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong	Jazz
You And I	Michael Bublé	Jazz
You Do Something To Me	Ella Fitzgerald	Jazz
You Stepped Out Of A Dream	Sarah Vaughan	Jazz