Essential Tune List

Afro-Blue * Afternoon in Paris+ Ain't Misbehavin'+ Alice in Wonderland* All Blues* All of Me * All of You* All or Nothing at All* All the Things* Almost Like Being in Love # Alone Together* Angel Eyes* April in Paris # Ask me Now* Au Privave* Autumn Leaves* Bag's Groove+ Barbados* Barbara ! Basin Street Blues+ Be My Love ! Beatrice* Beautiful Love* Bemsha Swing* Bernie's Tune+

Besame Mucho+ Bessie's Blues* Billie's Bounce* Birk's Works+ Black Orpheus* Black Nile # Bloomdido ! Blue Bossa* Blue in Green+ Blue Monk* Blue Moon+ Blue Seven* Blue Train # Blues for Alice+ Blues for Philly Joe Blues March # Bluesette* Body and Soul* Bolivia* But Beautiful+ But Not for Me+ Buzzy # Bye Bye Blackbird* Bye-Ya* C Jam Blues* Cantaloupe Island* Caravan* Ceora*

Cedar's Blues + Cheek to Cheek ! Chega De Saudade+ Chelsea Bridge # Cherokee* Chi-Chi ! Cold Duck Time* Come Rain or Come Shine+ Con Alma # Confirmation* Cool Blues+ Corcovado* Cottontail+ Daahoud # Dancing in the Dark Darn That Dream* Dat Dere ! Days of Wine and Roses* Dear Old Stockholm ! Dearly Beloved # Deluge # Desafinado+ Dewey Square # Dindi + Diverse (also called Segment)+ Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Dolphin Dance* Dont Get Around Much Anymore+

Donna Lee* Don't Blame Me+ Doxy* East of the Sun* Easy Living* Easy to Love (not the Real Book Changes) Eiderdown ! Embraceable You + Epistrophy+ Equinox* Eternal Triangle+ Every time We Say Goodbye Everything Happens to Me ! Evidence+ Exactly Like You ! Falling in Love With Love # Falling Grace+ Fascinating Rhythm ! Firm Roots ! Flamingo ! Flower is a Lovesome Thing ! Fly Me to the Moon* A Foggy Day* Fools Rush In ! Footprints* Four* Freddie the Freeloader* Fried Bananas*

Gentle Rain # Georgia* Get Out of Town ! Giant Steps+ Girl From Ipanema* Girl Talk # God Bless the Child* Gone With the Wind # Good Bait* Goodbye Porkpie Hat+ Grand Central # Green Dolphin Street (Eb & C)* Groovin' High+ Half Nelson* Have You Met Miss Jones* Here's That Rainy Day+ Honeysuckle Rose* Hot House+ How Deep is the Ocean* How High the Moon* How Insensitive* I Can't Get Started* I Concentrate on You # I Could Write a Book* I Fall in Love Too Easily ! I DIdn't Know What Time it Was ! I Got it Bad ! I Got Rhythm*

I Hear a Rhapsody* I Love You* I Mean You* I Remember You* I Should Care+ I Thought About You* I Want to Talk About You # If Ever I Would Leave You If I Should Lose You* If I Were a Bell* If You Could See Me Now+ I'll Close My Eyes ! I'll Remember You* I'll Take Romance ! I'm Getting Sentimental Over You* Impressions* In a Mellow Tone* In a Sentimental Mood* In Walked Bud* Indiana+ Inner Urge+ Invitation* Isfahan ! Isotope+ It Could Happen to You* It Don't Mean a Thing It's Only a Paper moon* It's You or No One+

Jeannine ! Jitterbug Waltz # Jody Grind ! Jordu ! Joy Spring* Just Friends* Just in Time ! Killer Joe* Lady Bird * Lament ! Laura # Lazy Bird + Lester Leaps In* Let's Cool One ! Let's Fall in Love ! Like Someone in Love* Limehouse Blues ! Line For Lyons # Little Molonae ! Little Rootie Tootie Little Suede Shoes* Little Sunflower+ Long Ago and Far Away ! Lotus Blossom ! Love for Sale* Love Walked In ! Lover (3/4 & 4/4) ! Lover Come Back to Me !

Lucky Southern ! Lullaby of Birdland+ Makin' Whoopie # Masquerade is Over ! Meditation* Mercy, Mercy, Mercy* Mile's Mode ! Minority* Misty* Moanin' ! Moment's Notice* Monk's Dream* Mood Indigo # Moonlight in Vermont* Moose the Mooche* Morning ! Move ! Mr. Lucky ! Mr. P.C.* My Favorite Things ! My Foolish Heart* My Funny Valentine* My Ideal ! My Little Boat # My Old Flame ! My One and Only Love* My Romance* My Secret Love*

My Shining Hour ! Naima+ Nancy ! Nardis* Nature Boy* Nearness of you+ Never Can Say Goodbye Nica's Dream* Night and Day* Night Has a Thousand Eyes* Night In Tunisia* Nostalgia In Times Square+ Now's the Time* Off Minor ! Old Devil Moon # Old Folks ! Oleo* On a Clear Day # On a Slow Boat to China+ On the Sunny Side of the Street+ Once I Love # One Finger Snap ! One Note Samba + Ornithology* Our Love is Here to Stay* Out of Nowhere* Over the Rainbow ! Peace !

Pennies From Heaven+ Pensativa ! Perdido+ Played Twice ! Poinciana* Polka dots and Moonbeams* Prelude to a Kiss # Prince Albert+ Prince of Darkness ! Rain Check # Ray's Idea ! Recorda-me* Relaxin' at Camarillo ! Rhyth-A-Ning* Round Midnight* Ruby My Dear+ St. Thomas* Samba De Orfeu ! Sandu # Satin Doll* Scrapple* Sea Journey ! Serenity ! Seven Steps to Heaven* Shadow of Your Smile+ Sidewinder* Simone ! Sister Sadie !

Skylark+ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes+ Softly* Solar* Someday My Prince Will Come* Song For My Father* Song Is You+ Sonnymoon For Two* Sophisticated Lady + Soul Eyes+ Speak Low* Stompin at the Savoy+ Stablemates* Star Eyes* Stars Fell on Alabama Stella* Strollin' Sub-concious-lee ! Sugar* Summertime* Sweet Georgia Brown* Sweet Loraine ! Take the A Train* Taking a Chance On Love ! Tangerine ! Tea For Two+ Tenderly ! Tenor Madness*

There is No Greater Love* There Will Never be Another You* These Foolish Things+ This I Dig of You ! Three Little Words ! Time After Time+ Triste* Tune Up* Turn Around+ Unit Seven+ Up Jumped Spring* U.M.M.G. # Valse Hot+ Very Early ! Walkin'* Waltz for Debby ! Watch What Happens+ Watermelon Man* Wave* Way You Look Tonight+ Weaver of Dreams+ Well You Needn't* What is This Thing* What's New?+ When I Fall in Love ! When Lights are Low+ Whisper Not+ Willow Weep for Me*

Windows ! Without a Song (Joe Hen changes)+ Work Song+ Yardbird Suite* Yes and No+ Yesterdays* You and the Night and the music* You Go to My Head+ You Stepped Out of a Dream* You'd be so Nice to Come Home to* You're my Everything* You've Changed+ * = Do not wait another second to learn!!! + = Make sure you know these tunes next because you will need to know them!! # = Still important tunes to know, but learn the first two catagories first (*+) ! = Last category of tunes to learns, called less frequently, but still important This list is somewhat arbitrary, being only a list of the tunes that I have personally experienced players calling most frequently in the 25 years that I've been playing Jazz professionally. Always keep a list of the tunes that you know and take it to gigs with you. This way the other players on the gig will be able to pick tune to play that everyone knows. Until you know all of the tunes on this list by heart print them out in your key and put them in a binder. There are many other tunes that I have not included that should be on this list, including many of my personal favorite tunes. The list is just a rough study guide to help you make the most of your time as you are learning tunes. You will be pretty well prepared for a Jazz career by the time you learn all the tunes on this list.