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unusual facts about jazz standard



Backdoor progression

The backdoor progression can be found in popular jazz standards in such places as measures 7 and 8 of the A section of "Cherokee," measures 9 and 11 of "My Romance" or measures 10 and 28 of "There Will Never Be Another You," as well as Beatles songs like "In My Life" and "If I Fell."

Bart Howard

Bart Howard (June 1, 1915 – February 21, 2004), born Howard Joseph Gustafson, was the composer and writer of the famous jazz standard "Fly Me To The Moon", which has been performed by singers (among others) Bobby Womack, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Della Reese, Diana Krall, June Christy and Astrud Gilberto.

C Jam Blues

"C Jam Blues" is a jazz standard composed in 1942 by Duke Ellington and performed by countless other musicians, such as Dave Grusin, Django Reinhardt, and Charles Mingus.

László Jávor

László Jávor was a Hungarian poet who wrote the poem that was the basis for the jazz standard "Gloomy Sunday", composed by Rezső Seress, later also notably recorded by Billie Holiday.

Milneburg

Musician Sharkey Bonano grew up in Milneburg, and the area is commemorated in the New Orleans Rhythm Kings tune "Milneburg Joys" which has remained a jazz standard.

Modal jazz

The compositions "So What" and "All Blues" from Kind of Blue are considered contemporary jazz standards.

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

The film's main theme (written by Jerry Brainin and Buddy Bernier) has gone on to become a jazz standard, having been recorded by Horace Silver, Carmen McRae, Paul Desmond and John Coltrane, among others.

The Original Salty Dogs Jazz Band

The Salty Dogs play standards and original pieces influenced by the Dixieland artists of the 1910s and 1920s as well as the 1940s and 1950s "revivalists" such as Lu Watters and Turk Murphy.

There Will Never Be Another You

The song was published in 1942, and is one of the most widely known and performed standards of the jazz repertoire.

Trio → Live

The album covers a mixture of standards, older pieces by Metheny (such as the title track from his debut album Bright Size Life) and recent compositions.

UAB SuperJazz, Featuring Ellis Marsalis

# "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - composed by Jerome (Jerry) Brainin and Buddy Bernier for the 1948 film Night Has a Thousand Eyes / Arr.

You're Blasé

"You're Blasé" is a jazz standard written in 1931 by Ord Hamilton (1900-1955) and Bruce Sievier (1894-1953) and sung by Ella Fitzgerald on her albums Like Someone in Love (1957) and Take Love Easy (1973).


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Frank McComb

The 14-track set produced by both McComb and Branford Marsalis was entirely self-penned with the exception of the bookending covers of the gospel staple "His Eye Is On The Sparrow," and the jazz standard "Some Other Time."

Luiz Eça

His own composition, the Dolphin, is considered a jazz standard, being recorded by artists as diverse as Stan Getz, Bill Evans and Denny Zeitlin.

Murder, He Says

"Murder, He Says" is also a jazz standard first recorded by Betty Hutton and later popularized by Dinah Shore.

Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra

NOJO has performed at such prestigious venues as the Umbria Jazz Winter Festival in Orvieto, Italy, The Jazz Standard in New York, and Montreal’s Festival International de Jazz.

Panzerballett

The song Iron Maiden Voyage shows these diverse influences; the song's name is a pun on the name of the band metal band Iron Maiden and the Jazz Standard Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock).

Royal Academy of Music Museum

Handwritten sketches and scores illuminate his creative process, from his very early arrangement of the jazz standard ‘Stella by Starlight’ to manuscripts from his latest big band offering ‘The Long Waiting’, among other exhibits.

Savoy Ballroom

"Stompin' at the Savoy", a 1934 Big Band classic song and jazz standard recorded by Chick Webb, was named after the ballroom.

Snake Rag

Snake Rag is a 1923 jazz standard composed by Joseph Oliver of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.

The Two Lonely People

The Two Lonely People is a 1971 jazz standard by Bill Evans, with lyrics by Carol Hall.