Jazz waltz

A Jazz waltz is a waltz in jazz style, thus played in a syncopated 3/4, 6/4, or 6/8 time signature, occasionally also in 5/4. Frequently a feeling of swing is created in the accompaniment by anticipating the second beat or third beat by a quaver. In most jazz waltzes, it usually contains a steady rhythm containing a pulse note, or the first note in the measure, followed by 2 following chords, usually the same and usually a chord inversion of the tonic note (pulse note or eighth note).

Contents 1 Familiar Jazz Waltzes 2 Notable Jazz Waltzes 3 Jazz Waltzes in Pop 4 Jazz Waltzes in Rock & Blues Rock 5 Jazz Waltzes in Folk & Electric Folk 6 Jazz Waltzes in Progressive & Indie Rock 7 Jazz Waltzes in Psychedelic Rock 8 Jazz Waltzes in Argentinian Progressive Rock 9 Jazz Waltzes in Danish Pop 10 Jazz Waltzes in Finnish Progressive Rock 11 Jazz Waltzes in French Jazz Pop 12 Jazz Waltzes in German Progressive Rock 13 Jazz Waltzes in Italian Jazz Rock 14 Jazz Waltzes in Japanese Smooth Jazz 15 Jazz Waltzes in Norwegian Pop & Folk Pop 16 Jazz Waltzes in Romanian Rock 17 Jazz Waltzes in Swedish Jazz Pop 18 Jazz Waltzes in Swedish Psychedelic & Alternative Rock 19 Jazz Waltzes in Swedish Hip Hop 20 References

Familiar Jazz Waltzes

A few familiar jazz waltzes would be: "My Favorite Things", "Jitterbug Waltz", Vince Guaraldi's "What Child Is This" (a.k.a.) "Greensleeves", and "Skating" from A Charlie Brown Christmas.^[1]

Notable Jazz Waltzes

The following were either composed as jazz waltzes, or are frequently played as such.

• "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones)
• "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaría, in arrangement by John Coltrane
• "Alice In Wonderland" (Sammy Fain)
• "All Blues" (Miles Davis), from the album Kind of Blue, 1959
• "And We Say Goodbye To The Perfumed Garden" (Big Lil) from John Peel's radio show
• "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (Robert Wright)
• "Besame Mucho" written by Consuelo Velázquez and played by (Wes Montgomery), 1963
• "Black Narcissus" (Joe Henderson)
• "Blues For A Four-String Guitar" (Lou Rawls) from the album Black And Blue And Tobacco Road, 1962
• "Blue Daniel" (Frank Rosalino)
• "Bluesette" (Toots Thielemans)
• "Blue Frenzy" (Frankie Hubbard) from the album Breaking Point, 1964
• "Dance Cadaverous" (Wayne Shorter) from Speak No Evil, 1965
• "Delphia" (Freddie Hubbard) from Red Clay, 1970
• "Effi" (Stanley Cowell) from the Max Roach album Members, Don't Git Weary, 1968
• "Elsa" (Earl Zinders)
• "Emily" (Bill Evans)
• "Footprints" (Wayne Shorter) (debatable whether an actual waltz)
• "Full House" (Wes Montgomery)
• "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Smokey Robinson)
• "Grandfather's waltz" (Stan Getz)
• "How My Heart Sings!" (Bill Evans) from How My Heart Sings!, 1962
• "Hello Young Lovers" (Wes Montgomery)
• "The Inch Worm" (Frank Loesser)
• "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin) from the musical Porgy and Bess
• "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller)
• "Ju Ju" (Wayne Shorter)
• "Last Tango in Paris" (Gato Barbieri)
• "Little B's Poem" (Bobby Hutcherson)
• "Little Niles" (Randy Weston)
• "Lover" (Dave Brubeck), 1955
• "Mamzelle Zizi" (Dr. John & Donald Harrison) from Funky New Orleans, 2000
• "Midnite Soul" (Freddie Hubbard) from A Soul Experiment, 1969
• "My Favorite Things" (associated with John Coltrane)
• "Night Dreamer" (Wayne Shorter) from Night Dreamer, 1964
• "Simone" (Frank Foster)
• "Skating In Central Park" (John Lewis)
• "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (associated with Miles Davis)
• "Soul Surge" (Frankie Hubbard)
• "Summer In Central Park" (Horace Silver)
• "Sweet Lady" (Monty Alexander)
• "Take Five" (Paul Desmond)
• "Tenderly" (Walter Gross)
• "The Girl Next Door" (Ahmad Jamal) from Ahmad's Blues, 1958
• "Three Views Of A Secret" (Jaco Pastorius)
• "Three Wishes (Donald Byrd)
• "Ugly Beauty" (Thelonious Monk)
• "Up Jumped Spring" (Freddie Hubbard) from Born To Be Blue, 1981
• "Valse Hot" (Sonny Rollins)
• "Valse Triste" (Wayne Shorter) from The Soothsayer, 1965
• "Very Early" (Bill Evans) from Moon Beams, 1962
• "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans) from New Jazz Conceptions, 1956, and Waltz for Debby, 1961
• "Waltz New" (Jim Hall) (based on the changes to Someday My Prince Will Come)
• "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery) from Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, 1969
• "Wild Flower" (Wayne Shorter), from Speak No Evil, 1965
• "Windows" (Chick Corea)

Jazz Waltzes in Pop

• "A Taste of Honey" (Tom Jones) from his album From The Heart, 1966
• "Blessed" (Simon & Garfunkel) from Sounds of Silence, 1966
• "Everything's Alright" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's opera Jesus Christ Superstar, 1970
• "I Just Don't Understand" (The Beatles) from Live at the BBC
• "It's For You" (The Beatles)
• "Mirror, Mirror" (The Osmonds) from The Plan, 1973
• "My Girl Maria" (Tom Jones), from Help Yourself, 1968
• "The Last Waltz" (Engelbert Humperdinck)
• "Wives And Lovers" (Burt Bacharach)

Jazz Waltzes in Rock & Blues Rock

• "Golden Brown" (The Stranglers), 1981
• "Second Movement" (vocal parts) (Deep Purple) from Concerto for Group and Orchestra, 1969
• "Here's to the new year" (Slade) from Crackers - The Christmas Party Album, 1986
• "She belongs to me" (Jake Holmes), from The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes, 1967
• "The Way Young Lovers Do" (Van Morrison), from Astral Weeks, 1968
• "What's the Use in Trying" (Moneybrother), from To Die Alone, 2006

Jazz Waltzes in Folk & Electric Folk

• "Autopsy" (Fairport Convention), from Unhalfbricking, 1968
• "Gaea" (Pentangle), from So Early In The Spring, 1989
• "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Pentangle), from Berkeley Community Theatre, May 29, 1970
• "Hear My Call" (Pentangle), from The Pentangle, 1968
• "In Time" (Pentangle), from Berkeley Community Theatre, May 29, 1970
• "Light Flight" (Pentangle), from Basket Of Light, 1968

Jazz Waltzes in Progressive & Indie Rock

• "Black Lace" (Frijid Pink) from Defrosted, 1970
• "Cressida" (Cressida) from Cressida, 1970
• "Digging My Lawn" (Giles, Giles & Fripp) from The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp, 1968
• "Hello hello" (Caravan) from Caravan, 1968
• "Jazz Waltz #3 in B flat" (The Dears) from End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story, 2000
• "Move on Alone" (Jethro Tull) from This Was, 1968
• "Poet and Peasant" (Beggars Opera) from Act One, 1974 (partial jazz waltz)
• "Once Upon a Hill" (Aardvark) from Aardvark, 1970
• "Something Following Me" (Procol Harum) from Procul Harum, 1967
• "To 'B'" (Brainchild) from Healing Of The Lunatic Owl, 1970
• "To Play Your Little Game" (Cressida) from Cressida, 1970
• "Up And Coming" (Blodwyn Pig) from Ahead Rings Out, 1969 (jazz waltz-blues)
• "Water Curtain Cave" (Jade Warrior) from Released, 1971 (partial jazz waltz)
• "Winter" (Hannibal) from Hannibal, 1971

Jazz Waltzes in Psychedelic Rock

• "An Invitation to Cry" (Saturday's Children) on compilation album Pebbles Vol. 1
• "Ascension" (Kahvas Jute) from Wide Open, 1971
• "Benedictus" (The Electric Prunes) from Mass In F Minor, 1968
• "Cynical Watcher Mr Peep" (The Seeds), 1966
• "Deck Five" (Saturday's Children), 1966
• "Fly" (Ora) from Ora, 1969
• "Gold And Silver" (Quicksilver Messenger Service) from Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1968
• "Huautla" (Canned Heat) from Hallelujah, 1969
• "I Want You Back Again" (The Zombies) from Zombie Heaven, 1967
• "Jabberwock" (Boeing Duveen & Beautiful Soup) on compilation album Rubble Vol. 8
• "Judge With a Bomb" (The Seeds)
• "Shaman's Blues" (The Doors) from The Soft Parade, 1968
• "Soul Sync" (The Sun) on compilation album Psychedelic Archaeology Vol. 6
• "Sonny Goode Street" (Donovan)
• "Stephanie Knows Who" (The Move) from Shazam, 1970
• "Suburban Lament" (Leyne Martine Jr) on compilation album Psychedelic Archaeology Vol. 1
• "The Garden Is Open" (The Fugs) from Tenderness Junction, 1967
• "Tube" (The Psycheground Group), 1971
• "White Panther" (Arcesua), 1968, on compilation album - Love, Peace and Poetry: American Psychedelic Bands
• "War lord" (The Shadows), 1965
• "Wintertime Love" (The Doors) from Waiting For The Sun, 1968

Jazz Waltzes in Argentinian Progressive Rock

• "Aventura en el arbol" (Aquelarre) from Aquelarre, 1972
• "El Viaje De Anabelas" (Bubu) from Anabelas, 1978

Jazz Waltzes in Danish Pop

• "Dansevise" (Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann) won the Eurovision Song Contest 1963

Jazz Waltzes in Finnish Progressive Rock

• "Hamarapuolella" (Alamaailman Vasarat) from Kaarmelautakunta, 2003

Jazz Waltzes in French Jazz Pop

• "Boom Boom" (France Gall), 1966. Originally a Danish song called "Say Boom Boom" composed by Poul Reinau and first recorded by his wife Lise.
• "Les Oubliettes" (Serge Gainsbourg), c. 1961-63
• "Les Yeux Bleu" (France Gall), 1967
• "Pense à Moi" (France Gall), 1963
• "Wake me at five" (Serge Gainsbourg) from the film Strip Tease, 1963

Jazz Waltzes in German Progressive Rock

• "Alabaster Keaton" (Aera) from Hand und Fuss, 1976 (jazz waltz/fusion)
• "Difference" (Häx Cel) from Zwai, 1972
• "Hallelujah" (Hallelujah) from Hallelujah Babe, 1971
• "Hysterical" (My Solid Ground) from SWF, 1973
• "Mosaik" (Joy Unlimited), from Reflektions, 1973
• "Music" (Häx Cel) from Zwai, 1972
• "Bosco Biati Weib Alles" (Brainstorm), from Smile A While, 1973
• "There Was a Time" (Brainstorm), from Last Smile, 1974

Jazz Waltzes in Italian Jazz Rock

• "Valzer per Domani" (Arti e Mestieri) from Giro Di Valzer per Domani, 1975
• "Dimensione Terra" (Arti e Mestieri) from Giro Di Valzer per Domani, 1975

Jazz Waltzes in Japanese Smooth Jazz

• "Night Waltz" (Keiko Matsui), 1991

Jazz Waltzes in Norwegian Pop & Folk Pop

• "Intet er nytt under solen" (Åse Kleveland), Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966
• "It's just a game" (Bendik Singers), Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Jazz Waltzes in Romanian Rock

• "Într-un cer violet" (Sfinx), 1984

Jazz Waltzes in Swedish Jazz Pop

• "Att angöra en brygga" (Monica Zetterlund) from the film Att angöra en brygga, 1965
• "Bedårande sommarvals" ("Bluesette")(Monica Zetterlund) from Monica Zetterlund sjunger Olle Adolphson, 1976
• "Den sista valsen" ("The Last Waltz") (Svante Thuresson), 1967
• "En visa om ett rosenblad" (Cornelis Vreeswijk) from Poem, ballader och lite blues, 1966
• "En snäcka i sanden" (Alice Babs)
• "Farfars vals" (Monica Zetterlund) from Ohh! Monica,1965
• "Hajar'u de' då, Jack" (Cornelis Vreeswijk) from Poem, ballader och lite blues, 1970
• "Har du nån'sin hört någon spela jazz på en elektrisk flöjt" (Monica Zetterlund)
• "Mer än vänskap" (Alice Babs) from Illusion
• "I New York" ("Take Five") (Monica Zetterlund) from Ahh! Monica, 1962
• "Jag tror att jag är kär i dig, Maria" ("My Girl Maria") (Svante Thuresson), 1964
• "Leva mitt liv" (Svante Thuresson), 1968
• "Nygammal vals" (Svante Thuresson & Lill Lindfors), Swedish entry in the European Song Contest, 1966
• "Pense à moi" (instrumental version) (Spotnicks), 1964
• "Telegram för fullmånen" (Cornelis Vreeswijk) from Grimascher och telegram, 1966
• "Ångbåtsblues" (Cornelis Vreeswijk) from Grimascher och telegram, 1966

Jazz Waltzes in Swedish Psychedelic & Alternative Rock

• "Blå vardag" (Atlas) from Blå vardag, 1979
• "Canada lumberyard" (Hansson & Karlsson) from Hansson & Karlsson, 1979
• "February" (Hansson & Karlsson) from Hansson & Karlsson, 1967
• "Här kommer natten" (Pugh Rogefeldt) from Ja, dä ä dä, 1969
• "Space with in" (Hansson & Karlsson) from Man at the moon, 1969
• "Peace on earth" (Hansson & Karlsson) from Man at the moon, 1969

Jazz Waltzes in Swedish Hip Hop

• "A-kasseblues revisited" (Movits!) from This Is Swedish Hip Hop Evolution, 2010

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