The 50 Best Jazz Love Songs to Play at Your Reception

“My One and Only Love,” by John Coltrane featuring Johnny Hartman

Lyrics of Love: “The very thought of you makes my heart sing/Like an April breeze on the wings of spring”

“The Man I Love,” by Billie Holiday

Lyrics of Love: “And so all else above/I'm dreaming of the man I love”

“There Is No Greater Love,” by Chet Baker

Lyrics of Love: “No greater love/Than what I feel for you”

“A Sunday Kind of Love,” by Etta James

Lyrics of Love: “And I'd like to know it's more than love at first sight/I want a Sunday Kind of Love”

“Who Loves You?” by Billie Holiday featuring Teddy Wilson

Lyrics of Love: “Who loves you, sweetheart/And tell me who thinks of you

a million times a day”

“Mind if I Make Love to You,” by Harry Connick, Jr.

Lyrics of Love: “Dawn is nearing time is fleeting/Mind if I make love to you”

“Love Is Here to Stay,” by Tony Bennett featuring Diana Krall

Lyrics of Love: “It's very clear our love is here to stay/Not for a year, but ever and a day”

“Loving You,” by Shirley Horn

Lyrics of Love: “I find something more to love in you/And that’s how it’s been right from the day you came my way”

“All Of You,” by Helen Merrill

Lyrics of Love: “I love the looks of you, the lure of you/The sweet of you, the pure of you”

“It Amazes Me,” by Blossom Dearie

Lyrics of Love: “It amazes me, it simply amazes me/What he sees in me dazzles me”

“It’s a Wonderful Time for Love,” by Norah Jones

Lyrics of Love: “It's a wonderful time for love/Sun shines down from above”

“I Fall In Love Too Easily,” by Chet Baker

Lyrics of Love: “I fall in love too easily/I fall in love too fast”

“The Man I Love,” by Herbie Hancock featuring Joni Mitchell

Lyrics of Love: “And when he comes my way/I'll do my best to make him stay”

“Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” by Jeff Goldblum featuring The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

Lyrics of Love: “So while there's music and moonlight and love and romance/Let's face the music and dance”

“The Nearness of You,” by Michael Brecker

Lyrics of Love: “When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me/All my wildest dreams come true”

“L-O-V-E,” by Nat King Cole

Lyrics of Love: “Two in love can make it, take my heart and please don't break it/Love was made for me and you”

“I Love My Baby,” by Nina Simone

Lyrics of Love: “Just say you love me/And we'll go to the preacherman”

“How Sweet It Is to Be In Love,” by Johnny Hartman

Lyrics of Love: “Can't we sail away on a little dream/And settle high on the crest of a thrill?”

“You Go to My Head,” by Billie Holiday

Lyrics of Love: “And I find the very mention of you/Like the kicker in a julep or two”

“The Look of Love,” by Diana Krall

Lyrics of Love: “How long I have waited/Waited just to love you”

“You’re My Thrill,” by Cecile McLorin Salvant

Lyrics of Love: “You send chills right through me/When I look at you 'cause you're my thrill”

“I’ve Got a Crush on You,” by Sarah Vaughan

Lyrics of Love: “I never had the least notion that/I could fall with so much emotion”

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” by Frank Sinatra

Lyrics of Love: “I've got you deep in the heart of me/So deep in my heart that you're really a part of me”

“Never My Love,” by Astrud Gilberto

Lyrics of Love: “You ask me if there'll come a time when I grow tired of you/Never my love”

“Feeling Good,” by Nina Simone

Lyrics of Love: “It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me/And I'm feeling good”

“Cheek to Cheek,” by Ella Fitzgerald featuring Louis Armstrong

Lyrics of Love: “And I seem to find the happiness I seek/When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek”

“At Last,” by Etta James

Lyrics of Love: “At last my love has come along/My lonely days are over and life is like a song, oh yeah”

“Moonlight Serenade,” by Frank Sinatra

Lyrics of Love: “I stand at your gate and the song that I sing is of moonlight/I stand and I wait for the touch of your hand in the June night”

“Fever,” by Peggy Lee

Lyrics of Love: “You give me fever (you give me fever) when you kiss me/Fever when you hold me tight (you give me fever)”

“The Way You Look Tonight,” by Harry Connick, Jr.

Lyrics of Love: “I will feel a glow, just thinking of you/And the way you look tonight”

“A Kiss to Build a Dream On,” by Louis Armstrong

Lyrics of Love: “Leave me one thing before we part/A kiss to build a dream on”

“Let’s Get Lost,” by Frank Sinatra

Lyrics of Love: “Let's get crossed, off everybody's list/To celebrate this night we found each other”

“The Very Thought of You,” by Nat King Cole

Lyrics of Love: “I see your face in every flower/Your eyes in stars above”

“Come Away With Me,” by Norah Jones

Lyrics of Love: “Come away with me/And I'll never stop loving you”

“My Baby Just Cares for Me,” by Nina Simone

Lyrics of Love: “My baby don't care who knows/My baby just cares for me”

“Look for the Silver Lining,” by Leslie Odom Jr.

Lyrics of Love: “So always look for the silver lining/And try to find your sunny side of life”

“Holding On,” by Gregory Porter

Lyrics of Love: “I thought my heart had grown colder/But the warmth of your kiss, I can't dismiss”

“I Can’t Help It,” by Esperanza Spalding

Lyrics of Love: “Love came and possessed you/Bringing sparkles to your eyes”

“What a Wonderful World,” by Jon Batiste

Lyrics of Love: “I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do/They're really saying, I love you”

“These Things You Are to Me,” by Jamison Ross

Lyrics of Love: “You're natures, nature's precious gift to my dreams/These things you are, these things you are to me”

“If I Had You,” by Etta Jones

Lyrics of Love: “There is nothing I couldn't do/If I had you”

“Dream a Little Dream of Me,” by Ella Fitzgerald featuring Louis Armstrong

Lyrics of Love: “Stars shining bright above you/Night breezes seem to whisper ‘I love you’”

“My Funny Valentine,” by Chet Baker

Lyrics of Love: “Stay little Valentine, stay/Each day is Valentine's Day”

“Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words),” by Frank Sinatra featuring Count Basie

Lyrics of Love: “Fill my heart with song/Let me sing forevermore”

“I Put a Spell on You,” by Nina Simone

Lyrics of Love: “I love you, I love you anyhow and I don't care/If you don't want me, I'm yours right now”

“Unforgettable,” by Natalie Cole featuring Nat King Cole

Lyrics of Love: “Never before has someone been more/Unforgettable in every way”

“What a Diff’rence a Day Made,” by Dinah Washington

Lyrics of Love: “My lonely nights are through dear/Since you said you were mine”

“I’m in the Mood for Love,” by Julie London

Lyrics of Love: “I'm in the mood for love/Simply because you're near me”

“Do It Again,” by Shirley Horn

Lyrics of Love: “My lips just ache/To have you take the kiss”

“The Summer Wind,” by Madeleine Peyroux

Lyrics of Love: “Two sweethearts/And the summer wind”