List of jazz standards

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The following is a list of songs standard to the jazz repertoire.

• "All Or Nothing At All"
  • Composed by Arthur Altman (music) and Jack Lawrence (lyrics)
    • Performed by Patricia Barber, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Joey DeFrancesco, Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Freddie Hubbard, Diana Krall, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Pharoah Sanders, Wayne Shorter, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, John Coltrane.

• "All the Things You Are"
  • Composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
    • Performed by Tony Martin, Artie Shaw, Keith Jarrett, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Erroll Garner, Bill Evans, Kenny Barron

• "As Time Goes By"
  • Composed by Herman Hupfeld
    • Performed by Jacques Renard, Rudy Vallee, Murray Burnett, Dooley Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker, John Lennon, Jimmy Durante, Billie Holiday

• "Autumn Leaves" ("Les Feuilles Mortes")
  • Composed by Joseph Kosma with lyrics by Johnny Mercer (English) and Jacques Prévert (French)
    • Performed by Yves Montand, Jo Stafford, Artie Shaw, Bing Crosby, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Roger Williams, Édith Piaf, Paul Weston, Mitch Miller, Jackie Gleason, Keith Jarrett, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Paul Desmond, Ahmad Jamal

• "Body and Soul"
  • Composed by Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman and Robert Sour
    • Performed by Gertrude Lawrence, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Don Byas, Lester Young, Stan Getz

• "Caravan"
  • Composed by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol
    • Performed by Duke Ellington, Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross, Duane Eddy, The Ventures, Hank Jones

• "Donna Lee"
  • Composed by Miles Davis (see article)
    • Performed by Charlie Parker, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten

• "Groovin' High"
  • Composed by Dizzy Gillespie
    • Performed by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, Keith Jarrett, Al Jarreau

• "Honeysuckle Rose"
  • Composed by Thomas Waller with lyrics by Andy Razaf
    • Performed by Bob Brookmeyer, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Jordan, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli, Sarah Vaughan, Fats Waller

• "How High The Moon"
  • Composed by Morgan Lewis with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton
    • Performed by Dave Brubeck, June Christy, Ella Fitzgerald, Gloria Gaynor, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Stan Kenton, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Oscar Peterson, The Manhattan Transfer, Boyd Raeburn, Sonny Rollins, Paul Smith, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Joe Pass

• "In the Mood"
  • Composed by Joe Garland and Andy Razaf
    • Performed by Glenn Miller (best known version), Johnny Maddox, Andrews Sisters, Xavier Cugat, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw (the first rendition?), The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Jerry Lee Lewis and others

• "Israel"
  • Composed by John Carisi
    • Performed by Miles Davis in "The Birth Of Cool" album.

• "Laura"
  • Music by David Raskin with lyrics by Johnny Mercer
    • Performed by Sonny Stitt, Charles Mingus, Branford Marsalis, Woody Herman, Victor Young, Clifford Brown, Eric Dolphy, the Stan Kenton Orchestra and others.

• "Love For Sale"
  • Composed by Cole Porter
    • Performed by Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Stéphane Grappelli, Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Smith, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, George Benson, Dave Brubeck, Buddy Rich. Tony Bennett, Arthur Lyman,Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Cannonball Adderley

• "Lover Man"
  • Composed by Jimmie Davis, Roger Ramirez and Jimmy Sherman
    • Performed by René Thomas, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Joe Newman, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Carmen McRae

• "Milestones"
  • Composed by Miles Davis
    • Performed by Elek Bacsik, Chet Baker, Anthony Braxton, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Joe Henderson, Bobby Jaspar, Wynton Kelly, Dave Liebman, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Enrico Rava, Buddy Rich, Jimmy Smith

• "My Funny Valentine"
  • Performed by Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, the Stan Kenton Orchestra

• "Nature Boy"
  • Eden Ahbez
    • Performed by Nat King Cole, Kurt Elling, Lisa Ekdahl, David Bowie, John Coltrane

• "A Night in Tunisia"
  • Composed by Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
    • Performed by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, René Thomas, Victor Wooten, Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Ella Fitzgerald

• "Oleo"
  • Composed by Sonny Rollins
    • Performed by Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis

• "'Round Midnight"
  • Composed by Thelonious Monk
    • Performed by Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Sun Ra, Modern Jazz Quartet, Bob Cooper, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, George Russell, Sam Most, Gil Evans, Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, Martial Solal

• "Scrapple from the Apple"
  • Composed by Charlie Parker
    • Performed by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Dexter Gordon, Milt Jackson, Blue Mitchell, Keith Jarrett

• "Skylark"
  • Composed by Hoagy Carmichael
    • Performed by Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey, Paul Desmond

• "So What"
  • Composed by Miles Davis
    • Performed by Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, George Benson, Chet Baker, Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green, Barney Kessel, Marcus Miller, Nicholas Payton, Buddy Rich, Larry Coryell

• " Stardust"
  • Composed by Hoagy Carmichael
    • Performed by Hoagy Carmichael, Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Otis, Ben Webster, Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Mel Torme, Harry Connick Jr, Ella Fitzgerald, The Peanuts, Django Reinhardt, Don Redman, Jack Jenney

• "Summertime"
  • Composed by George Gershwin
    • Performed by Ella Fitzgerald, Sidney Bechet, Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Janis Joplin, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Hartman, Nina Simone,Billy Stewart, Joe Morello, Louis Armstrong, Jerry Garcia, Kiri Te Kanawa, Chet Baker, Don Byas, The Zombies, Simon Rattle, Morcheeba

• "Sweet Georgia Brown"
  • Composed by Ben Bernie
    • Performed by Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Shavers, Eddie South, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie

• "Take Five"
  • Composed by Paul Desmond
    • Performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Paul Desmond, Quincy Jones, Tito Puente, Miles Davis, Elek Bacsik

• "Take the A Train"
  • Billy Strayhorn
    • Performed by Louis Armstrong, Paul Bley, Dave Brubeck, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Esquivel, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Kenton, Chaka Khan, Glenn Miller, Charles Mingus, Anita O'Day, Oscar Peterson, Andre Previn, Tito Puente, Sun Ra, Matthew Shipp, Toots Thielemans, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughan, Lawrence Welk, World Saxophone Quartet

• "The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema)"
  • Composed by Antonio Jobim, with Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes and English lyrics written later by Norman Gimbel.
    • Performed by Pery Ribeiro, Astrud Gilberto along with João Gilberto and Stan Getz, Gal Costa, Don Byas, Eliane Elias, Ella Fitzgerald, Archie Shepp, Frank Sinatra, Oscar Peterson

• "The Thrill is Gone"
  • Composed by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
    • Performed by Sarah Vaughan, BB King, Diamanda Galás, Chet Baker

• "When The Saints Go Marching In"
  • Composer is indeterminate - see article
    • Performances are too numerous to mention

• "Willow Weep for Me"
  • lyrics and music by Ann Ronnell, 1932
    • Performed by Frank Sinatra on his concept album ...Sings For Only The Lonely, Cannonball Adderley, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Paul Bley, Charlie Byrd, Cab Calloway, Dos, Wes Montgomery, Toots Thielemans, Elek Bacsik, Dexter Gordon

• "Yardbird Suite"
  • Composed by Charlie Parker
    • Performed by John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Frank Morgan Quartet, Wynton Marsalis

[edit] See also

• Category:Jazz standards - a structural list
• List of jazz pieces
• Lists of pieces