20 Jazz Standards to Know for Vocalists and Instrumentalists

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Leah Hinton
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20 Jazz Standards to Know for Vocalists and Instrumentalists

Here is my list of top 20 Jazz Standards(songs) that are a must know as a vocalist and an instrumentalist. I listed the Song title, composer(s) and added a Youtube link. Just know that there are many different versions of each song(including versions with vocals and only instrumental version). 

1. Summertime - George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward Ira Gershwin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XivELBdxVRM

 

2. My Funny Valentine - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv6Pw7UV4Yo

 

3. All Blues - Miles Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-488UORrfJ0

 

4. Girl/Boy From Ipanema - João Gilberto and lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QfXjsoNe4

 

5. Fly Me to the Moon - Bart Howard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR0bXO_yI8

 

6. 'Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxwvOncHVbQ

 

7. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxwvOncHVbQ

 

8. In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCQfTNOC5aE

 

9. Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMxESFBS4mY

 

10. Take The A-Train - Duke Ellington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agkj-c-WWGU

 

11. Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me - Duke Ellington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjApoRdEOi4

 

12. All of Me - Gerald Marks  & Seymour Simons 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFzxo-XI8As

 

13. Sweet Georgia Brown -  Ben Bernie & Maceo Pinkard, with lyrics by Kenneth Casey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRbfLlYjsBU

 

14. How High The Moon - Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w-hkyprwQ0

 

15. Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma with original lyrics by Jacques Prévert in French, and later by Johnny Mercer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z8KuwI7Gc

 

16. All The Things You Are - Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPapxr8GvGA

 

17. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKNtP1zOVHw

 

18. Lady Sings the Blues - Billie Holiday & Herbie Nichols

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCYCad_Y53U

 

19. Four - Miles Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xNbqG9PtyE

 

20. Giant Steps - John Coltrane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30FTr6G53VU

 

 

2 Bonuses

1. At Last - Mack Gordon & Harry Warren

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-cbOl96RFM

2. My Favorite Things - Rogers & Hammerstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI

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