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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435	1959	So What				R
443	1948	So in Love (Am I)				R
314	1940	Soft Winds
132	1928	Softly As in a Morning Sunrise	C		J	R		A
402	1954	Solar		M
136	1934	Solitude	C		J	R		A
295	1934	Sombre Demijour			J	R
631	1939	Some Other Spring
405	1910	Some of These Days				R
172	1924	Somebody Loves Me	C		J	R		A
593	1918	Somebody Stole My Gal				R
240	1937	Someday My Prince Will Come	C		J	R		A
364	1919	Someday Sweetheart				R
77	1926	Someone to Watch Over Me	C		J	R	S	A	O
439	1939	Something to Live For				R
831	1962	Sometime Ago
505	1918	Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child				R
149	1925	Sometimes I'm Happy	C		J	R		A
719	1956	Somewhere				R
63	1938	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	C		J	R	S	A	O
598	1927	The Song Is Ended				R
159	1932	The Song Is You	C		J	R		A
334	1936	Song of the Tree				R
664	1928	Sonny Boy				R
381	1929	Soon				R
31	1933	Sophisticated Lady	C		J	R	S	A	O
477	1957	Soul Eyes
849	1924	South
120	1943	Speak Low	C		J	R		A
755	1955	Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most				R
228	1938	Spring Is Here	C		J	R		A
711	1941	Squatty Roo
171	1925	Squeeze Me	C		J			A
20	1914	St Louis Blues	C		J	R	S	A	O
239	1928	St. James Infirmary			J	R
371	1963	St. Thomas
424	1955	Stablemates
167	1935	Stairway to the Stars (Park Avenue Fantasy)	C		J	R		A
829	1944	Star Crossed Lovers
12	1929	Star Dust	C		J	R	S	A	O
87	1943	Star Eyes	C		J	R	S	A	O
12	1929	Stardust	C		J	R	S	A	O
238	1934	Stars Fell on Alabama			J	R
10	1946	Stella By Starlight	C		J	R	S	A	O
853	1961	Stolen Moments
48	1936	Stompin' At the Savoy	C		J	R	S	A	O
925	1942	Stormy Monday Blues				R
106	1933	Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)	C		J	R		A
163	1951	Straight No Chaser	C		J	R		A
951	1944	Straighten Up and Fly Right				R