The jazz standards : a guide to the repertoire / Ted Gioia.

Includes bibliographical references, discographical references, and index.

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Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; After You've Gone; Ain't Misbehavin'; Airegin; Alfie; All Blues; All of Me; All of You; All the Things You Are; Alone Together; Angel Eyes; April in Paris; Autumn in New York; Autumn Leaves; Bags' Groove; Basin Street Blues; Beale Street Blues; Bemsha Swing; Billie's Bounce; Blue Bossa; Blue in Green; Blue Monk; Blue Moon; Blue Skies; Bluesette; Body and Soul; But Beautiful; But Not for Me; Bye Bye Blackbird; C Jam Blues; Cantaloupe Island; Caravan; Chelsea Bridge; Cherokee; A Child Is Born; Come Rain or Come Shine; Come Sunday; Con Alma.

ConfirmationCorcovado; Cotton Tail; Darn That Dream; Days of Wine and Roses; Desafinado; Dinah; Django; Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me; Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?; Donna Lee; Don't Blame Me; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; East of the Sun (and West of the Moon); Easy Living; Easy to Love; Embraceable You; Emily; Epistrophy; Everything Happens to Me; Evidence; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; Exactly Like You; Falling in Love with Love; Fascinating Rhythm; Fly Me to the Moon; A Foggy Day; Footprints; Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?; Georgia on My Mind; Ghost of a Chance.

Giant StepsThe Girl from Ipanema; God Bless the Child; Gone with the Wind; Good Morning Heartache; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Groovin' High; 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; How Long Has This Been Going On?; I Can't Get Started; I Can't Give You Anything but Love; I Cover the Waterfront; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; I Fall in Love Too Easily; I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good); I Got Rhythm; I Hear a Rhapsody; I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart; I Love You; I Mean You; I Only Have Eyes for You.

I Remember CliffordI Should Care; I Surrender, Dear; I Thought about You; I Want to Be Happy; If You Could See Me Now; I'll Remember April; I'm in the Mood for Love; Impressions; In a Mellow Tone; In a Sentimental Mood; In Your Own Sweet Way; Indiana; Invitation; It Could Happen to You; It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); It Might as Well Be Spring; I've Found a New Baby; The Jitterbug Waltz; Joy Spring; Just Friends; Just One of Those Things; Just You, Just Me; King Porter Stomp; Lady Bird; The Lady Is a Tramp; Lament; Laura; Lester Leaps In; Like Someone in Love.

Limehouse BluesLiza; Lonely Woman; Love for Sale; Lover; Lover, Come Back to Me; Lover Man; Lullaby of Birdland; Lush Life; Mack the Knife; Maiden Voyage; The Man I Love; Manhã de Carnaval; Mean to Me; Meditation; Memories of You; Milestones; Misterioso; Misty; Moment's Notice; Mood Indigo; More Than You Know; Muskrat Ramble; My Favorite Things; My Foolish Heart; My Funny Valentine; My Old Flame; My One and Only Love; My Romance; Naima; Nardis; Nature Boy; The Nearness of You; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Night and Day; Night in Tunisia; Night Train; Now's the Time; Nuages; Oh, Lady Be Good!

This comprehensive guide tells the story of more than 250 key jazz songs and includes a listening guide to more than 2,000 recordings. The author draws on his deep personal experience with jazz music to outline the history and significance of the compositions and tell how they have been performed by different generations of jazz artists.

English.

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