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The 52 pages that link to Jazz standard, each with the reason it gives.
JazzRelated: Standards provide recurring melodies and harmonic forms that musicians reinterpret through arrangement and improvisation.
BebopRelated: Bebop musicians transformed familiar standards into vehicles for new melodies and improvisation.
Jazz improvisationNarrower topic: Standards supply familiar melodies and harmonic forms for improvised performances.
Duke EllingtonNarrower topic: Many Ellington compositions became standards interpreted by generations of performers.
Big bandRelated: Big band arrangements helped popular songs and jazz compositions circulate as enduring repertoire.
Louis ArmstrongNarrower topic: Armstrong’s interpretations helped establish popular songs as material for distinctive jazz performances.
Richard RodgersRelated: Several Rodgers melodies became standards through reinterpretation by jazz performers.
Charlie ParkerRelated: Parker’s compositions and contrafacts entered the repertoire used by generations of improvisers.
Great American SongbookNarrower topic: Many Songbook songs became standards shared across generations of jazz players.
Thelonious MonkNarrower topic: Monk’s songs became standards whose distinctive melodies and harmonies invite radically different interpretations.
John ColtraneRelated: Coltrane’s versions of “My Favorite Things” and “Body and Soul” became influential reference points.
George GershwinNarrower topic: Songs such as I Got Rhythm entered the shared repertoire of jazz musicians.
Scat singingRelated: Familiar standards give scat singers a common melody and harmonic structure to improvise over.
Walking bassRelated: Standard chord progressions provide familiar settings for improvised walking lines.
Jazz educationRelated: Learning standards gives students common material for performance and improvisation.
Jazz harmonyRelated: Standards give players recurring progressions on which to improvise and vary harmony.
Art BlakeyNarrower topic: The Messengers’ repertoire paired standards with original tunes that became part of the jazz canon.
Jazz pianoRelated: Standards provide familiar melodies and forms for varied piano interpretations.
Cab CallowayRelated: Calloway’s best-known songs entered a repertoire shared by performers beyond his own orchestra.
Chicago jazzRelated: Chicago recordings helped popularize repertoire later taken up by jazz musicians nationwide.
Fletcher HendersonRelated: Several pieces associated with Henderson’s orchestra entered the continuing swing and jazz repertory.
Free improvisationCompared with: It illustrates how improvisation can flourish within predetermined musical material.
Ira GershwinNarrower topic: Gershwin lyrics helped songs such as “I Got Rhythm” and “Embraceable You” enter jazz performance traditions.
Bix BeiderbeckeRelated: Songs associated with Beiderbecke's circle, including 'Riverboat Shuffle,' entered jazz performance repertory.
Cole PorterNarrower topic: Porter’s compositions became flexible material for jazz singers and instrumentalists.
Coleman HawkinsRelated: Hawkins’s “Body and Soul” became a landmark example of a standard transformed through improvisation.
King OliverNarrower topic: Oliver’s compositions, including Dipper Mouth Blues, entered the lasting repertoire of jazz pieces.
Paul WhitemanNarrower topic: The orchestra’s premiere helped establish Rhapsody in Blue as a lasting part of jazz and concert repertoires.
Fats WallerNarrower topic: Several Waller compositions entered the shared repertoire that later jazz musicians continue to reinterpret.
Jazz criticismRelated: Familiar material lets critics compare how performers reshape melody, harmony, and form.
Jazz guitarRelated: Standards provide common melodies and chord progressions for jazz guitar arrangements and solos.
Sidney BechetNarrower topic: Bechet’s “Petite Fleur” entered international popular and jazz repertoires through many later performances.
Art TatumNarrower topic: Tatum’s inventive versions helped establish how standards could serve as material for individual transformation.
Harold ArlenRelated: Jazz musicians repeatedly interpret Arlen’s songs, often reshaping their harmonies and rhythms.
Lounge musicRelated: Familiar standards let lounge performers shape a relaxed set around recognizable melodies.
Mack the KnifeRelated: Its adaptable melody and harmonic setting invite contrasting jazz performances.
Original Dixieland Jass BandRelated: “Tiger Rag,” associated with the band, became a durable standard despite disputed authorship.
Sun RaRelated: Sun Ra reworked familiar standards alongside original compositions, placing tradition inside his experiments.
The Girl from IpanemaNarrower topic: Jazz performers repeatedly reinterpret the song across styles and eras.
Buddy BoldenRelated: The standard linked to Bolden carries his name into later performance traditions.
CaravanNarrower topic: “Caravan” became a standard interpreted by artists across generations and styles.
Horace SilverNarrower topic: Several Silver themes entered the repertoire and continue to invite new interpretations.
Kind of BlueNarrower topic: Several album tracks became durable repertoire beyond their original performances.
Sonny RollinsNarrower topic: Familiar standards give Rollins room to make each performance structurally distinct.
Billy StrayhornNarrower topic: Several Strayhorn songs became standards, outlasting their original performances and arrangements.
Chet BakerNarrower topic: Baker’s “My Funny Valentine” helped make the song a defining jazz standard.
Hoagy CarmichaelNarrower topic: Many Carmichael compositions became standards that invite new arrangements and improvisation.
Keith JarrettRelated: The Standards Trio reshaped familiar tunes through spontaneous phrasing and interaction.
Leonard FeatherRelated: Feather contributed songs to the jazz repertoire as well as writing about it.
Take the "A" TrainNarrower topic: The song became a standard performed well beyond Ellington’s own orchestra.