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Since the acclaimed jazz singer was still quite young at the time of this release and had only four albums to her name, it may seem a bit premature to release an album tiled THE VERY BEST OF JANE MONHEIT. Yet Monheit's vocal gifts are such that a best-of compilation seems far from precocious, especially since Monheit has more nuance, precision, and timbral control than most jazz singers twice her age. This sampler cherry-picks from her first efforts, and session help from old-school luminaries like Kenny Barron (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and David "Fathead" Newman (saxophone) give the set a
| 1 | Intro | ♡ | 0:06 | |
| 2 | Just Squeeze Me | ♡ | 4:03 | Lee Gaines / Duke Ellington |
| 3 | Save Your Love for Me | ♡ | 5:23 | Buddy Johnson |
| 4 | Hit the Road to Dreamland | ♡ | 4:07 | Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer |
| 5 | In the Still of the Night | ♡ | 5:07 | Cole Porter |
| 6 | Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most | ♡ | 6:50 | Tommy Wolf / Fran Landesman |
| 7 | I Wish You Love | ♡ | 4:21 | Albert Beach / Léo Chauliac / Charles Trenet |
| 8 | Cheek to Cheek | ♡ | 4:48 | Irving Berlin |
| 9 | Waters of March | ♡ | 4:44 | Antônio Carlos Jobim |
| 10 | Dindi | ♡ | 4:53 | Aloysio de Oliveira / Antônio Carlos Jobim / Jane Monheit |
| 11 | The Folks Who Live on the Hill | ♡ | 4:32 | |
| 12 | Some Other Time | ♡ | 5:10 | Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Leonard Bernstein |
| 13 | Love Me or Leave Me | ♡ | 3:34 | |
| 14 | Never Never Land | ♡ | 4:02 | |
| 15 | Over the Rainbow | ♡ | 6:39 | Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg |
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000389753
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