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

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205	1919	Baby Won't You Please Come Home		J	R
898	1948	Baby, It's Cold Outside			R
41	1917	Back Home Again in Indiana	C	J	R	S	A	O
982	1927	Back Water Blues
451	1927	Back in Your Own Backyard
872	1953	Bad and the Beautiful (Theme from the)
343	1958	Bag's Groove			R
642	1938	Bahia			R
642	1938	Baia			R
677	1913	Ballin' the Jack			R
627	1948	Barbados
182	1928	Basin Street Blues	C	J	R		A	O
422	1953	Baubles, Bangles and Beads			R
724	1949	Be My Love			R
440	1944	Be-Bop
463	1916	Beale Street Blues			R
592	1931	Beautiful Love			R
247	1935	Begin the Beguine		J	R
967	1937	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen			R
321	1952	Bemsha Swing
394	1953	Bernie's Tune
294	1941	Besame Mucho		J
539	1935	Bess, You Is My Woman Now			R
878	1959	The Best Is Yet to Come			R
789	1950	The Best Thing for You			R
818	1927	The Best Things in Life Are Free			R
157	1931	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	C	J	R		A
335	1941	Bewitched			R
335	1941	Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered			R
733	1948	Big Foot
975	1902	Bill Bailey			R
975	1902	Bill Bailey Wont You Please Come Home			R
112	1945	Billie's Bounce	C	J			A
603	1957	Birk's Works
501	1926	Birth of the Blues			R
892	1948	Black Coffee			R
432	1929	Black and Blue			R
837	1927	Black and Tan Fantasy			R
808	1967	Blood Count			R
810	1953	Bloomdido
548	1944	Blue 'N' Boogie
557	1963	Blue Bossa
198	1935	Blue Lou	C	J				O
185	1954	Blue Monk	C	J			A
94	1934	Blue Moon	C	J	R	S	A	O
429	1926	Blue Room			R
129	1927	Blue Skies	C	J	R		A	O
744	1929	Blue Turning Grey Over You
327	1938	Blue and Sentimental
426	1959	Blue in Green