The most poignant jazz tracks

The list author says:
	"LOST LIFE.  A brilliantly played, emotional track, recorded just after Pepper was released from prison.  Pepper had it all in jazz terms/fame early in his life  - but lost so much to drugs and prison."

The list author says:
	"BLOODCOUNT.  Billy Strayhorn's last composition for Duke Ellington - he had terminal cancer with a few weeks to live.  Getz's interpretation is outstanding - tender and angry - it says it all."

The list author says:
	"LOVER MAN.  Recorded just before Parker's complete breakdown in California.  The first few notes and last few notes of his solo are spine chilling in the extreme."

The list author says:
	"STAIRWAY TO THE STARS.  There's something very poignant about this track.  It has the great Bud Powell in Paris "way past his prime" (umm), a long way from home, but playing his heart out"

The list author says:
	"ONCE IN A WHILE.  Clifford Brown's solo spot on this Art Blakey-led concert.  Every time you listen to Brown's beautiful playing of this tune - what a loss."

The list author says:
	"STRANGE FRUIT.  Not a lot more one can say about the depth of lyrics/poetry of the words, or the music, or Holiday's credentials to sing this song."

The list author says:
	"ALICE IN WONDERLAND.  The whole of this marvellous live set is very moving, since it was recorded just 10 days before Scott LaFaro was killed in a car crash.  This track is my personal favourite"

The list author says:
	"FIRST SONG (FOR RUTH).  I'm generally not a fan of last-ever recordings of musicians who know they are about to die.  But this one, with Getz only a few months to live, is really magical"

The list author says:
	"TASTE OF HONEY.  Great CD title, and just one of the sweetest jazz solos ever recorded."

The list author says:
	"COMO SIENTO YO.  Imagine having so much talent, for so long, only to be "discovered" very late in life.  A missed opportunity?  No...much better late than never"

The list author says:
	"JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.  Grappelli was always second string to Reinhardt...but on his own, as a star played fantastically well even in ripe old age."