Jazz Standards Origins, History, Chord Progressions, and CD Recommendations

Songs and Instrumentals

Preserving jazz history by documenting the origins of the standards

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56	1954	Misty	C		J	R	S	A	O
701	1954	A Sleepin' Bee
524	1954	Smile				R
402	1954	Solar		M
968	1954	Stranger in Paradise				R
764	1954	Young At Heart				R
561	1954	Young and Foolish				R
532	1955	Afternoon in Paris
543	1955	Blues in the Closet
875	1955	Bohemia After Dark
211	1955	Django			J	R
833	1955	The Duke
340	1955	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning				R
755	1955	Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most				R
424	1955	Stablemates
972	1955	Too Young to Go Steady
523	1956	Au Privave
563	1956	Canadian Sunset
301	1956	Con Alma
856	1956	Fever
841	1956	I Could Have Danced All Night				R
304	1956	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face				R
230	1956	Just in Time	C		J	R		A
306	1956	King Porter Stomp
587	1956	My Little Suede Shoes
782	1956	Namely You
332	1956	Never Let Me Go				R
418	1956	Nica's Dream
330	1956	On the Street Where You Live				R
704	1956	The Party's Over				R
599	1956	The Preacher
421	1956	Shiny Stockings
719	1956	Somewhere				R
391	1956	Too Close for Comfort				R
522	1956	Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)
558	1956	Upper Manhattan Medical Group (UMMG)
517	1956	When Sunny Gets Blue
297	1956	Whisper Not			J
966	1957	An Affair to Remember				R
570	1957	All the Way				R
603	1957	Birk's Works
138	1957	I Remember Clifford	C		J			A
591	1957	Maria				R
730	1957	Meaning of the Blues
576	1957	Moment's Notice
271	1957	Scrapple from the Apple			J
477	1957	Soul Eyes
916	1957	Tonight				R
373	1957	What Am I Here For
343	1958	Bag's Groove				R