Jazz tunes

[Andrew]

Okay, I have worked through most of the lessons on jazz-primer.com, I think I need to learn some songs, to practice. I looked at this page - http://guitar-primer.com/Charts/index2.html
but there is too many. What are the most famous ones?

[cyberfret]

This list is full of common Jazz Standards, but here are some that you might start with.


All The Things You Are
All of Me
Take the 'A' Train
Autumn Leaves
Blue Bossa
Days of Wine and Roses
Four
Green Dolphin Street
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Stella by Starlight
Straight No Chaser
Summertime
Satin Doll



Then below is a quick edit of the others in the list leaving the most common Jazz Standards. This is just to give you a starting point. I am sure that I deleted some tunes that others would consider very important standards.



All Blues
Aint Misbehavin
All of You
Angel Eyes
April In Paris
As Time Goes By
Au Privave
Autumn In New York
Blue Monk
Blue Moon
Bluesette
Body And Soul
Bye, Bye Blackbird
Caravan
Cherokee
Confirmation
Come Rain / Shine
Darn That Dream
Desafinado
Donna Lee
Don't Get Around Much
Easy To Love
Fly Me/To The Moon
Fools Rush In
Footprints
Four on Six
Giant Steps
Goodbye Pork Hat
God Bless/Child
Groovin' High
Half Nelson
Honeysuckle Rose
How High The Moon
How Insensitive
I Can't Get Started
It Don't Mean Thing
Jordu
Joy Spring
Lullaby of Birdland
Maiden Voyage
Meditation
Mercy,Mercy, Mercy
Misty
Moonlight in Vermont
My Favorate Things
Lullaby Of Birdland
My Funny Valentine
Night And Day
Night In Tunisia
One Note Samba
Out Of Nowhere
Perdido
Polkadots-Moonbeams
'Round Midnight
Shadow/Smile
Smoke Gets/Your Eyes
Softly/Morning Sunrise
Solitude
Speak Low
Stormy Weather
What's New
When Sunny - Blue
Wave
West Coast Blues
Willow Weep For Me
Yesterdays - Kern


--Shawn

[Andrew]

Thanks a lot

[lam]

Hi andrew. The list given by Cyberfret is pretty good but I would add something. It is difficult to learn a lot of jazz standards at the same time. It could take a very long time to become confortable with melo., chord ch., blowing etc.. I suggest you choose 10 different tunes to start with. Also, don t forget to play with others.
Good luck.

LAM

[Andrew]

Thanks, I think it will take me awhile to work my way through those songs