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Post by windmill on Jun 22, 2021 19:34:49 GMT -5
Could you please give suggestions for jazz tunes that you would expect to be played at a jazz jam session or open mic.
I have an ambition to get up and join in at the local jazz open mic one day and I need to focus my learning on the most likely tunes to be played.
Of late I have been learning bits and pieces of a range of songs so I am thinking of concentrating my practice to learn 10 songs down pat.
Autumn Leaves is one that will be on the list.
thanks
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Post by larryguitar54 on Jun 22, 2021 22:10:10 GMT -5
Sweet Georgia Brown goes on the list.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jun 23, 2021 8:19:11 GMT -5
Off the top of my head:
All of Me
Take the A Train
Black Orpheus
The Girl with Emphysema (from Epanima, actually)
Blue Bossa
Stella by Starlight
Fly Me To The Moon
Misty
All the Things You Are
My Funny Valentine
Satin Doll
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Post by hushnel on Jun 24, 2021 9:23:35 GMT -5
Fever
Take Five
Summer Time
At Last
Chan Chan
From time to time I pick a tune to learn that is way above my skills. It can take me weeks even months if I work on all the parts and even at that it’s not great. It takes me out of my comfort zone and forces me to play what seems impossible, Chan Chan was my most recent “Over Reaching exercise” the way that song starts is just so cool. The vocals are way above my pay grade.
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Post by mikem on Jul 1, 2021 19:26:34 GMT -5
Off the top of my head: All of Me Take the A Train Black Orpheus The Girl with Emphysema (from Epanima, actually) Blue Bossa Stella by Starlight Fly Me To The Moon Misty All the Things You Are My Funny Valentine Satin Doll Add:
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
The Chicken
Tenor Madness (up tempo blues in Bb) Wave Meditation
If the band is hip: Dindi
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Post by tahitijack on Aug 10, 2021 15:56:26 GMT -5
Hit the Frank Sinatra or Wes Montgomery song book for ideas. All the above are great starting points adding:
The Way You Look Tonight
The Summer Wind
Georgia On My Mind
As Time Goes By
Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
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Post by roly on Aug 14, 2021 14:51:09 GMT -5
Minor Swing.
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Post by jazzguy on Aug 17, 2021 0:19:28 GMT -5
More than 10 but these are some good jam session tunes
Bye Bye Blackbird
Green Dolphin St.
Night In Tunisia
Days Of Wine And Roses
Freddie Freeloader
Killer Joe
Little Sunflower
Mercy Mercy Mercy
Moanin
On A Clear Day
Straight No Chaser
Shadow Of Your Smile
Song For My Father
Speak Low
Sugar
There Will Never Be Another You
Watermelon Man
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Post by achase4u on Dec 15, 2021 0:21:26 GMT -5
Something "rhythm changes", usually.(Oleo, Rhythm-a-Ning, Lester Leaps In(not as common)
All Blues
Alone Together
Body and Soul
My Romance
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
Gone with the Wind(maybe)
Have you met Miss Jones
Now you have way more than 10 songs. Whoops.
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Post by Riff Twang on Dec 15, 2021 10:17:54 GMT -5
My list would include:
Sunny
Blue Skies
God Bless The Child
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