The Greatest Sad Songs of Jazz?

[Andrea]

I've been a frustrated jazz fan for so many years. I think it's because I was born with the internet age, and couldn't afford vinyls, so I listen on YouTube. 99% of the jazz I listen to have no lyrics. When I'm listening to Pink Floyd or The Doors, I can tell immediately, but not with jazz. 

But I think I'm not stuck on certain artists, but certain characteristics. I never got into early jazz. I love sad music. Minor keys with 7th chords, but diminished chords. Byzantine scales. I love slow-tempo so much, probably because I have enough anxiety, and I'm trying to listen to music that will make me feel better, as opposed to listening to the same 6,500 songs because I'm familiar with them, which gives me comfort. But I'm always looking to expand, so if you have recommendations, I would be grateful.

When I say "greatest", I don't mean the most popular, but your favorites, OR, songs you think I'd love (and hopefully others reading this in the future). 

[jlhoots]

Sonny Rollins: You Don't Know What Love Is on Saxophone Colossus (not a "jazz" song, but a jazz version).

[JSngry]

 

[kh1958]

Ornette Coleman, Sadness

Charles Mingus, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Duke Ellington Orchestra (composed by Billy Strayhorn), Dirge

Eric Dolphy, You Don't Know What Love Is

Booker Ervin, A Day To Mourn

David Newman, Violet Don't Be Blue

Charlie Parker, Embraceable You

Booker Little, If I Should Lose You

Shirley Horn, If You Go Away

Edited 16 hours ago by kh1958

[dicky]

 

[jlhoots]

Art Pepper: Everything Happens To Me

[medjuck]

Gil Evans: All the Sad Young Men

Gil & Miles:  The Meaning of the Blues

[JSngry]