New Thread #1: My top jazz tune list... thoughts?

[TrentAustin]

Here's a list I bring to gigs (even though I don't use it much).... feel free to add or subtract from the list as you like! It's about 400 tunes. I also have a "top" 100 list as well coming up soon.



A SLEEPIN' BEE
AFTERNOON IN PARIS
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
AIREGIN
ALFIE
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
ALL BLUES
ALL GOD'S CHILLUN
ALL OF ME
ALL OF YOU
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
ALONE TOGETHER
ALONG CAME BETTY
ANGEL EYES
ANTHROPOLOGY
APRIL IN PARIS
ASK ME NOW
AU PRIVAVE
AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
AUTUMN LEAVES
BAG'S GROOVE
BARBADOS
BAUBLES, BANGLES & BEADS
BEATRICE
BEAUTIFUL LOVE
BEMSHA SWING
BERNIE'S TUNE
BESSIE'S BLUES
BEST THING FOR YOU WOULD BE ME
BILLIE'S BOUNCE
BIRK'S WORKS
BLACK NARCISSUS
BLACK NILE
BLACK ORPHEUS/Day in the Life of a Fool
BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH
BLUE BOSSA
BLUE DANIEL
BLUE IN GREEN
BLUE MONK
BLUE SEVEN
BLUE TRAIN
BLUES FOR ALICE
BLUES ON THE CORNER
BLUES WALK, THE
BLUESETTE
BODY & SOUL
BOLIVIA
BORN TO BE BLUE
BOUNCIN' WITH BUD
BOY NEXT DOOR, THE
BUT BEAUTIFUL
BUT NOT FOR ME
BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
BYRDLIKE
C JAM BLUES
CALL ME
CANTALOUPE ISLAND
CAPTAIN MARVEL
CARAVAN
CEORA
CHEGA DE SAUDADE
CHELSEA BRIDGE
CHEROKEE
CHERYL
CHILD IS BORN
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT
COME RAIN OR SHINE
COME SUNDAY
CON ALMA
CONFIRMATION
COUNTDOWN
COUSIN MARY
CRISIS
CRYSTAL SILENCE
CTA
DAAHOUD
DANCING ON THE CEILING
DARN THAT DREAM
DAT DERE
DAY BY DAY
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
DEARLY BELOVED
DESAFINADO
DIG
DINDI
DOLPHIN DANCE
DONNA LEE
DOXY
EASY LIVING
EASY TO LOVE
EIGHTY ONE
ELSA
EMBRACEABLE YOU
EMILY
END OF A LOVE AFFAIR
EPISTROPHY
EQUINOX
ESP
EVIDENCE
FALL
FALLING GRACE
FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE
FEE-FI-FO-FUM
FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE
FIVE HUNDRED MILES HIGH
FLOATING
FLY ME TO THE MOON
FOGGY DAY
FOOTPRINTS
FOREST FLOWER
FORTUNE SMILES
FOUR
FOUR BROTHERS
FREDDIE FREELOADER
FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE
FUNKALLERO
GABRIELA, THEME
GENESIS
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU
GIANT STEPS
GINGERBREAD BOY
GIRL FROM IPANEMA
GLORIA'S STEP
GOD BLESS THE CHILD
GOLDEN EARRINGS
GONE WITH THE WIND
GOOD BAIT
GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE
GRAND CENTRAL
GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
GREGORY IS HERE
GROOVIN' HIGH
HACKENSACK
HALF NELSON
HALLUCINATIONS
HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES
HELLO YOUNG LOVERS
HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY
HI-FLY
HOT HOUSE
HOW HIGH THE MOON
HOW INSENSITIVE
HUMMIN'
I CAN'T GET STARTED
I COULD WRITE A BOOK
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD
I HEAR A RHAPSODY
I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART
I LOVE LUCY
I LOVE YOU
I MEAN YOU
I REMEMBER CLIFFORD
I REMEMBER YOU
I SHOULD CARE
I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU
I WON'T DANCE
I'LL REMEMBER APRIL
I'M ALL SMILES
I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU
I'M OLD FASHIONED
I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU
I'VE GOT RYTHYM
I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU
IF I WE'RE A BELL
IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW
IMPRESSIONS
IN A MELLOW TONE
IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD
IN LOVE IN VAIN
IN WALKED BUD
IN YOUR OWN QUIET PLACE
IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY
INDIANA
INFANT EYES
INNER URGE
INVITATION
ISOTOPE
ISRAEL
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
IT HAD TO BE YOU
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
IT'S YOU OR NO ONE
JEANNINE
JITTERBUG WALTZ, THE
JORDU
JOSHUA
JOY SPRING
JUJU
JUST FRIENDS
JUST IN TIME
JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
KATRINA BALLERINA
KILLER JOE
KILLING ME SOFTLY
LA FIESTA
LADY BE GOOD
LADY BIRD
LAMENT
LAURA
LAZY BIRD
LET'S FALL IN LOVE
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
LIMELIGHT
LINE FOR LYONS
LITTLE SUNFLOWER
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
LOOP , THE
LOVE FOR SALE
LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
LOVER
LOVER COME BACK TO ME
LOVER MAN
LUCKY SOUTHERN
LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
LUSH LIFE
MACK THE KNIFE
MAHJONG
MAIDEN VOYAGE
MAN I LOVE
MANTECA
MASQUERADE IS OVER, THE
MEAN TO ME
MEDITATION
MEMORIES OF TOMORROW
MERCY, MERCY, MERCY
MIDNIGHT SUN
MILESTONES
MINORITY
MISTERIOSO
MISTY
MOLTEN GLASS
MOMENT'S NOTICE
MONK'S MOOD
MOOD INDIGO
MOON RAYS
MOON RIVER
MOONCHILD
MOONGLOW
MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT
MOOSE THE MOOCHE
MORE I SEE YOU
MORE THAN YOU KNOW
MR. CLEAN
MR. P.C.
MY CHERIE AMOUR
MY FAVORITE THINGS
MY FOOLISH HEART
MY FUNNY VALENTINE
MY OLD FLAME
MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE
MY ROMANCE
MY SHINING HOUR
NAIMA
NARDIS
NATURE BOY
NEARNESS OF YOU
NEFERTITI
NICA'S DREAM
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
NIGHT & DAY
NIGHT DREAMER
NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES, THE
NIGHT IN TUNISIA
NO BLUES
NO MORE BLUES
NOW'S THE TIME
NUTVILLE
OLD DEVIL MOON
OLD FOLKS
OLEO
ON A CLEAR DAY
ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
ONCE I LOVED
ONCE IN A WHILE
ONE NOTE SAMBA
ORNITHOLOGY
OUR DELIGHT
OUT OF NOWHERE
OVER THE RAINBOW
PARISIAN THOROUGHFARE
PASSION DANCE
PEACE
PENSITIVA
PENT UP HOUSE
PEOPLE
PERDIDO
POLKA DOTS & MOONBEAMS
PRELUDE TO A KISS
QUIET NIGHTS, QUIET STARS
QUIET NOW
RADIO
RECORDAME, NO ME ESQUECA
ROBBIN'S NEST
ROOM 608
ROUND MIDNIGHT
RUBY MY DEAR
RYTHYM-A-NING
SALT PEANUTS
SAMBA DE ORFEU
SANDU
SATIN DOLL
SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME
SCOTCH & SODA
SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE
SEARCH FOR PEACE
SECRET LOVE
SERENADE TO A BUS SEAT
SERENATA
SERENITY
SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN
SHADES OF LIGHT
SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE, THE
SHINY STOCKINGS
SISTER SADIE
SKYLARK
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
SO NICE (SUMMER SAMBA)
SO NICE TO COME HOME TO
SO TENDER
SO WHAT
SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE
SOLAR
SOME OTHER BLUES
SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
SONG FOR MY FATHER
SONG IS YOU, THE
SONNYMOON FOR TWO
SOPHISTICATED LADY
SOUL EYES
SPAIN
SPEAK LOW
SPEAK NO EVIL
SPRING IS HERE
SSOME OTHER TIME
ST. THOMAS
STABLEMATES
STAR EYES
STARDUST
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
STELLA BY STARLIGHT
STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY
STORMY WEATHER
STRAIGHT LIFE
STRAIGHT NO CHASER
STROLLIN
SUGAR
SUMMER KNOWS, THE
SUMMERTIME
SUNNY
SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE
SWEET DULCINEA
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN
TANGERINE
TENDERLY
TENOR MADNESS
THAT'S ALL
THEME FOR ERNIE
THEME FROM 'GABRIELA'(JOBIM)
THEME, THE
THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU
THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE
THINK ON ME
THREE LITTLE WORDS
THRIVIN' FROM A RIFF
TIME AFTER TIME
TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS
TRISTE
TUNE UP
UNIT SEVEN
UP JUMPED SPRING
UP WITH THE LARK
UPPER MANHATTAN MEDICAL GROUP
VALSE HOT
VERY EARLY
VIRGO
WAILBAIT
WALKIN'
WALTZ FOR DEBBIE
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS
WAVE
WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT, THE
WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN
WEAVER OF DREAMS
WELL, YOU NEEDN'T
WEST COAST BLUES
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
WHAT WAS
WHAT'S NEW
WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE
WHISPER NOT
WHO CAN I TURN TO?
WILD FLOWER
WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
WINDOWS
WITCH HUNT
WITCHHUNT
WITHOUT A SONG
WOODY 'N' YOU
WORK SONG
YARDBIRD SUITE
YES OR NO
YESTERDAYS
YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
YOU KNOW I CARE
YOU SAY YOU CARE
YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM
YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO
YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING
YOU'VE CHANGED

[tunefultrumpet]

Trent, do you mean you have a folder with these tunes all filed alphabetically?

How many of them have you memorised? I often read that memorising the tunes is a must but it has always seemed like a huge task/amount of time to do so.

[Dupac]

Beautiful list, indeed. But what about "Lonely Woman" by Ornette Coleman-Don Cherry (or the Modern Jazz Quartet, using the vibes played melody transposed for trumpet) ?

[TrentAustin]

Originally Posted by tunefultrumpet

Trent, do you mean you have a folder with these tunes all filed alphabetically?

How many of them have you memorised? I often read that memorising the tunes is a must but it has always seemed like a huge task/amount of time to do so.

I have all the tunes on my hard drives (home computer and laptop). I do have almost all of these tunes internalized (memorized). I'll chat a bit about my "ABC" list next when it comes to learning tunes. It took a while to learn these but it's worth it. I also have a great photographic memory and really good "relative" pitch. I know I have an advantage when it comes to my tune learning/memorization. Someone asked for "What'll I do" on my gig Saturday and I played it for them. I had never played it before but have heard it many times. That felt like I was cheating almost :)


Dupac, I love Lonely Woman but never find myself playing it on gigs. I should play it more often!

Cheers,

T

[jazz9]

Wow! Just wow! That's a lot of tunes! I think that list includes every jazz tune I've ever heard. I don't know how you would even begin to keep them organized.
BTW, I Remember Clifford is one of my favorites. I know you have it up there, I just wanted to put in my thoughts. :)

[TrentAustin]

we'll work on getting them organized in the next few weeks. stay tuned.

[highschoolbugler253]

wow! thats a pretty thick list.
i love "i can't get started"
good maynard ferugson piece.
i am also playing an arrangement in my high school jazz band.

[RGood]

Trent -

That's a great list - sort of your own personal jazz fake book!!!

Also a kind of a stump the stars exercise - I'd look at the list and try to think of something to add - and have to say "Nope - he's got that one too!"

Did come up with one fav/classic to add: "These Foolish Things".

Regards,

Bob Good (aka RGood)

[jim miller]

Trent---Do you have all the bridges down too??? or do you do what many of us do & jam or play jazz on the bridge--have to admit I've had to do this on a few requests jim

[veery715]

They all laughed
Fascinating Rhythm
Who Cares?
Limehouse Blues
Honeysuckle Rose
Let yourself go
Never let me go
They can't take that away from me
So many stars
Shall we dance?
Isn't this a lovely day?
One for my baby
A kiss to build a dream on
Bewitched (bothered and bewildered)
Witchcraft
If I only had a brain
The look of love

Lots of Gershwin.
veery715
Hey Trent, check your PM.