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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Origin

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Year

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903	1960	Equinox
720	1960	Estate
822	1960	Exodus
890	1960	Make Someone Happy			R
263	1960	Naima		J
646	1960	The Second Time Around			R
709	1960	Strollin'
656	1960	Take Five			R
893	1960	A Taste of Honey
768	1960	West Coast Blues
350	1960	Work Song
963	1961	I Believe in You			R
771	1961	Impressions
684	1961	Moon River			R
533	1961	One Note Samba
853	1961	Stolen Moments
854	1961	Walk on By
382	1962	Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)			R
765	1962	Daahoud
135	1962	Days of Wine and Roses	C	J	R	A
497	1962	Evidence
470	1962	The Good Life
685	1962	Meditation
798	1962	Monk's Dream
831	1962	Sometime Ago
647	1962	Trinkle Tinkle
993	1962	What Kind of Fool Am I?			R
293	1963	Airegin		J
557	1963	Blue Bossa
691	1963	Doxy
537	1963	Four
479	1963	The Girl from Ipanema
552	1963	How Insensitive
887	1963	Mas Que Nada
769	1963	More			R
280	1963	Oleo		J
683	1963	Once I Loved
508	1963	People			R
371	1963	St. Thomas
652	1963	Tune Up
609	1963	Watermelon Man			R
996	1963	Wives and Lovers (Hey Little Girl)
506	1964	Emily			R
883	1964	Goin' Out of My Head
758	1964	Hello Dolly			R
718	1964	Isfahan
512	1964	Waltz for Debby			R
400	1964	Watch What Happens
694	1965	Dindi
611	1965	Girl Talk