All of Me
All of Me is a popular Tin Pan Alley song (1931) that is a jazz standard played by everyone (pros and beginners). Words …
Dolphin Dance
“Dolphin Dance”, written by Herbie Hancock. He initially recorded it on his 1965 record “Maiden Voyage”. He rerecorded it on the 1981 …
Blue Bossa
“Blue Bossa” by Kenny Dorham is a popular Boss Nova standard. It appeared on Joe Henderson’s album Page One (1963). Listen to “Blue …
Freddie Freeloader
“Freddie Freeloader” by Miles Davis appeared on his album Kind of Blue. It is a twelve-bar blues in B-flat. It is the …
Tenderly
Tenderly is a popular song (1946) composed by Walter Gross with lyrics by Jack Lawrence. It has become a jazz standard. While originally …
Beautiful Love
Beautiful Love is a popular song (1931) composed by Wayne King, Victor Young and Egbert Van Alstyne with lyrics by Haven Gillespie. …
What’s New?
“What’s New?” composed in 1939 by Bob Haggart as an instrumental tune titled “I’m Free”. Later lyrics were written by Johnny Burke, …
Solar
Solar (pronounced “so-LAHR”) is a jazz standard from the Miles Davis 1954 album Walkin’. Like so many other of Miles’ composition, there is …