Appendix A

APPENDIX A

List of Traditional Jazz “Standard” Tunes

Below is a listing of 100 tunes that are considered “standards” of traditional jazz. Students wishing to “freelance” with working traditional jazz bands or “pick-up” groups will find that they are expected to be able to play anything on this list without reading from music (although pianists and banjoists/guitarists can often get away with using chord sheets on the bandstand). There are many more such “standards” than are listed here, but the tunes below are universally regarded as essential. These tunes can be learned from recordings (a few are among the audio tracks in this Kit) and from the various “fake books” listed in the Resource Guide. This listing includes the keys (in “concert” pitch) in which each tune is most commonly performed.