Common Jazz tunes in your area?

[Pete Martin]

This summer at festivals, I've had a number of folks who are interested in playing acoustic string Jazz ask what tunes are common among the folks I with whom I play regularly (Seattle area). I compiled the following list, which has more emphasis on 40s and 50s era jazz than swing.

Because we are playing a non traditional Jazz instrument, it made me wonder what other Jazz mando players in different areas of the country commonly play? If you feel so inclined, post some tune titles.

A Foggy Day
Ain’t Misbehaving
Alice in Wonderland
All Blues
All of Me
All of You
All The Things You Are
Alone Together
Ask Me Now
Au Privave
Autumn Leaves
Avalon
Beatrice
Bernie’s Tune
Black Orpheus
Blue Bossa
Bluesette
Bye Bye Blackbird
Ceora
Cherokee
Confirmation
Days of Wine and Roses
Donna Lee
Don't Blame Me
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Doxy
Exactly Like You
Five Brothers
Fly Me To The Moon
Four
Four Brothers
Four on Six
Gentle Rain
Georgia on My Mind
Gone With The Wind
Good Bait
Gravy Waltz
Green Dolphin St.
Groovin’ High
Have You Met Miss Jones
How High The Moon
How Insensitive
I Love You
I'll Remember April
Impressions
In A Mellow Tone
In A Sentimental Mood
In Your Own Sweet Way
Indiana
It's You or No One
I've Found a New Baby
Jeannine
Jordu
Joy Spring
Just Friends
Like Someone in Love
Line For Lyons
Little Sunflower
Lullaby of Birdland
Minority
Miyako
Move
Mr PC
My One and Only Love
My Romance
Nardis
Night and Day
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Nostalgia in Times Square
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Ornithology
Our Love is Here to Stay
Out of Nowhere
Pent Up House
Perdido
Peri's Scope
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Preacher, The
Recordame
Road Song
Satin Doll
Scrapple From the Apple
Seven Come Eleven
Skylark
Slow Boat to China
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
Soon
St Thomas
Stella By Starlight
Stompin at the Savoy
Straight, No Chaser
Swing 42
Take the A Train
There is No Greater Love
There Will Never Be Anther You
This I Dig of You
Tickle Toe
Tune Up
Unit 7
Up Jumped Spring
Watch What Happens
West Coast Blues
Whisper Not
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
Yardbird Suite
Yes and No
Yesterdays
You Took Advantage of Me

[Tom Wright]

Girl From Ipanema
Chega De Saudade
My Funny Valentine
'Round Midnight
Some Other Time
Well, You needn't

[John Soper]

Some great tunes. I get together with a vocalist/guitar player & other players Sunday afternoons & pick many of those tunes- also (Mainly Swing):

Blue Skies
Djangology
Georgia Brown
Honeysuckle Rose
I Can't get Started
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
I Can't Believe that You're in Love With Me
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Lady Be Good
Nuages
Shine (no vocals)
Sweet Sue

[Tom Wright]

They Can't Take That Away From Me
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Oleo

[djweiss]

Aside from the rhythm department, I play with a clarinet/steel player...some of our regulars include:

All of Me
Sunny Side of the Street
Rosetta
Pennies From Heaven
Honeysuckle Rose

[Benski]

I've had a chuckle or two doing these...they are fun and provide lots of fertile territory for working on my improvising and weirder jazz cords and swing rhythms. Some can be pretty soulfull also. There IS life beyond bluegrass!


Time After Time (think the Miles Davis version)
Human Nature (ditto)
If I Only had a Brain (my life's soundtrack)
When you Wish Upon a Star
American Patrol
Rose of San Antone
The Girl I Left Behind Me
(That's Why the) Lady is a Tramp
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Fools Rush In
Take Me Out to the Ballgame (thanks Don Stiernberg!)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow

I know I'll think of a few more as the night goes on..........

Cheers,

[Benski]

Ah...and don't forget "As Time Goes By" (think Stephane Grapelli)

A lot of these (see posts above) are on YouTube in some form or fashion. I just play along with them...keeps me amused for hours. Cheers.

[Dan Margolis]

Hackensack; Moten's Swing

[Benski]

Hackensack?? I was born in Hackensack! Didnt know someone wrote a commemorative song...

[farmerjones]

Olive Me
Kansas City Kitty
Sioux City Sue
Old Spinning Wheel
Panhandle Rag
Turkey Knob
In the Mood
Try an get the guys to play Take Five & Honeysuckle Rose with me.

Generally we take a tune like San Antonio Rose or Faded Love, or When You & I Were Young (Maggie), and swing the hell out of it. Some find it contemptable. Myself, am on the fence about it.

[Shelby Eicher]

Moonlight in Vermont
When Sunny Gets Blue
Daphane
Coquette
Tears
Sunny Side of the Street
Blue Moon
Summertime
Lullabye of the Leaves
Autumn Leaves
They Can't Take That Away
S'Wonderful
Our Love Is Here To Stay

[AlanN]

Hackensack?? I was born in Hackensack! Didnt know someone wrote a commemorative song...

That would be Monk.