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The first jazz recording was made by Sidney Bechet in 1954 under the title "La Complainte de Mackie". Louis Armstrong's 1955 version established the song's popularity in the jazz world. [135] It is also known as "The Ballad of Mack the Knife". [135] "Nagasaki" [136] is a jazz song composed by Harry Warren with lyrics by Mort Dixon.
The song is arguably the most recorded popular song, and one of the top jazz standards. Billboard magazine conducted a poll of leading disk jockeys in 1955 on the "popular song record of all time"; four different renditions of "Stardust" made it to the list, including Glenn Miller's (1941) at third place and Artie Shaw's (1940) at number one. [127]
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the period that "stretched roughly from 1920 to 1960". [2] Although several collections of music have been published under the "Great American Songbook" title, the term does not refer to any actual book or specific list of songs.
Singin' the Blues (Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Con Conrad and J. R. Robinson song) Snake Rag; Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise; Somebody Loves Me; Someone to Watch Over Me (song) Squeeze Me; Stardust (1927 song) Sugar: That Sugar Baby O'Mine; Sweet Georgia Brown; Sweet Lorraine; Sweet Sue, Just You
For a list of the core jazz standards, see the following lists by decade: . Before 1920; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s and later; For a looser, more comprehensive A-Z list of jazz standards and tunes which have been covered by multiple artists, see the List of jazz tunes
Incidental music or music for stage and screen: music written for the score of a film, play, musicals, or other spheres, such as filmi, video game music, music hall songs and showtunes and others; Independent music. Multi-instrumentalist. A cappella; Bassist; Drummer. Percussion. Found object (music) Guitarist; Pianist. Keyboardist; One-man ...
A jazz song is a song in the jazz idiom. ... Smooth jazz songs (10 C, 20 P) Vocal jazz songs (1 C, 24 P) A. Area (band) songs (1 P) B. Alice Babs songs (3 P) Basia ...