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  1. "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a #popularSong written by #IrvingBerlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the #ZiegfeldFollies. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the #GreatAmericanSongbook and are often covered as a #jazzStandard.
    youtube.com/watch?v=N_BGWbryBkA

  2. "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a #popularSong written by #IrvingBerlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the #ZiegfeldFollies. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the #GreatAmericanSongbook and are often covered as a #jazzStandard.
    youtube.com/watch?v=N_BGWbryBkA

  3. "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a #popularSong written by #IrvingBerlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the #ZiegfeldFollies. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the #GreatAmericanSongbook and are often covered as a #jazzStandard.
    youtube.com/watch?v=N_BGWbryBkA

  4. "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a #popularSong written by #IrvingBerlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the #ZiegfeldFollies. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the #GreatAmericanSongbook and are often covered as a #jazzStandard.
    youtube.com/watch?v=N_BGWbryBkA

  5. "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a #popularSong written by #IrvingBerlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the #ZiegfeldFollies. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the #GreatAmericanSongbook and are often covered as a #jazzStandard.
    youtube.com/watch?v=N_BGWbryBkA

  6. "'Round Midnight" (sometimes titled "'Round About Midnight") is a 1943 composition by American jazz #pianist #TheloniousMonk that quickly became a #jazzStandard and has been recorded by a wide variety of artists. A version recorded by Monk's quintet was added to the #GrammyHallOfFame in 1993. It is one of the most recorded jazz standards composed by a jazz musician.
    youtube.com/watch?v=K0EY67-amQM

  7. "Bugle Call Rag", also known as "Bugle Call Blues", is a #jazzStandard written by Jack Pettis, Billy Meyers and #ElmerSchoebel. It was first recorded by the #NewOrleansRhythmKings in 1922 as "Bugle Call Blues", although later renditions as well as the published sheet music and the song's copyright all used the title "#BugleCallRag". The song's hook is based on the "#Assembly" bugle call.
    youtube.com/watch?v=-9iw9Nm47cw

  8. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5I32ft4Sse4

  9. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5I32ft4Sse4

  10. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5I32ft4Sse4

  11. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5I32ft4Sse4

  12. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5I32ft4Sse4

  13. "Take Five" is a #jazzStandard composed by #PaulDesmond and originally recorded in 1959 by the #DaveBrubeckQuartet for their album #TimeOut. Written in #quintupleTime (54), the composition is built around a distinctive blues-scale #melody in E♭ minor and a recurring two-#chord #vamp. It became the third track on Time Out, which was released by #ColumbiaRecords later that year.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ryA6eHZNnXY

  14. "Take Five" is a #jazzStandard composed by #PaulDesmond and originally recorded in 1959 by the #DaveBrubeckQuartet for their album #TimeOut. Written in #quintupleTime (54), the composition is built around a distinctive blues-scale #melody in E♭ minor and a recurring two-#chord #vamp. It became the third track on Time Out, which was released by #ColumbiaRecords later that year.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ryA6eHZNnXY

  15. "Take Five" is a #jazzStandard composed by #PaulDesmond and originally recorded in 1959 by the #DaveBrubeckQuartet for their album #TimeOut. Written in #quintupleTime (54), the composition is built around a distinctive blues-scale #melody in E♭ minor and a recurring two-#chord #vamp. It became the third track on Time Out, which was released by #ColumbiaRecords later that year.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ryA6eHZNnXY

  16. "Take Five" is a #jazzStandard composed by #PaulDesmond and originally recorded in 1959 by the #DaveBrubeckQuartet for their album #TimeOut. Written in #quintupleTime (54), the composition is built around a distinctive blues-scale #melody in E♭ minor and a recurring two-#chord #vamp. It became the third track on Time Out, which was released by #ColumbiaRecords later that year.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ryA6eHZNnXY

  17. "Take Five" is a #jazzStandard composed by #PaulDesmond and originally recorded in 1959 by the #DaveBrubeckQuartet for their album #TimeOut. Written in #quintupleTime (54), the composition is built around a distinctive blues-scale #melody in E♭ minor and a recurring two-#chord #vamp. It became the third track on Time Out, which was released by #ColumbiaRecords later that year.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ryA6eHZNnXY

  18. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" is a traditional #gospel song and #jazzStandard that has been performed and recorded by many artists. Performed as either an instrumental or vocal, "A Closer Walk" is perhaps the most frequently played number in the #hymn and #dirge section of #traditionalNewOrleansJazz funerals. The title and lyrics of the song allude to the Biblical passage from #2Corinthians 5:7 which states, "We walk by faith, not by sight" and #James 4:8.
    youtube.com/watch?v=aTI8jhKAJDw

  19. "Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VGNwXq6vPoI

  20. "Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VGNwXq6vPoI

  21. "Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VGNwXq6vPoI

  22. "Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VGNwXq6vPoI

  23. "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" is an American popular song and #jazzStandard by #JimmyMcHugh (music) and #DorothyFields (lyrics). The song was introduced by #AdelaideHall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in #NewYork in January 1928 in #LewLeslie's Blackbird Revue, which opened on Broadway later that year as the highly successful #BlackbirdsOf1928 (which ran for 518 performances), wherein it was performed by Hall, #AidaWard, and Willard McLean.
    youtube.com/watch?v=4H-LOHdEa1w

  24. "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" is an American popular song and #jazzStandard by #JimmyMcHugh (music) and #DorothyFields (lyrics). The song was introduced by #AdelaideHall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in #NewYork in January 1928 in #LewLeslie's Blackbird Revue, which opened on Broadway later that year as the highly successful #BlackbirdsOf1928 (which ran for 518 performances), wherein it was performed by Hall, #AidaWard, and Willard McLean.
    youtube.com/watch?v=4H-LOHdEa1w

  25. "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" is an American popular song and #jazzStandard by #JimmyMcHugh (music) and #DorothyFields (lyrics). The song was introduced by #AdelaideHall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in #NewYork in January 1928 in #LewLeslie's Blackbird Revue, which opened on Broadway later that year as the highly successful #BlackbirdsOf1928 (which ran for 518 performances), wherein it was performed by Hall, #AidaWard, and Willard McLean.
    youtube.com/watch?v=4H-LOHdEa1w

  26. "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" is an American popular song and #jazzStandard by #JimmyMcHugh (music) and #DorothyFields (lyrics). The song was introduced by #AdelaideHall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in #NewYork in January 1928 in #LewLeslie's Blackbird Revue, which opened on Broadway later that year as the highly successful #BlackbirdsOf1928 (which ran for 518 performances), wherein it was performed by Hall, #AidaWard, and Willard McLean.
    youtube.com/watch?v=4H-LOHdEa1w

  27. "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" is an American popular song and #jazzStandard by #JimmyMcHugh (music) and #DorothyFields (lyrics). The song was introduced by #AdelaideHall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in #NewYork in January 1928 in #LewLeslie's Blackbird Revue, which opened on Broadway later that year as the highly successful #BlackbirdsOf1928 (which ran for 518 performances), wherein it was performed by Hall, #AidaWard, and Willard McLean.
    youtube.com/watch?v=4H-LOHdEa1w

  28. - Star Dust -

    ➡️youtube.com/shorts/hS9Tj8C0vGM

    It all started with some chords and a melody. Singing along with my own accompaniment always brings me great joy. And even if the result is far from perfect, it sometimes feels good to go back to where it all began. 🌄

    A little snippet of Star Dust Composed by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Mitchell Parish

    #cover #music #jazz #jazzmusic #standard #jazzstandard #stardust

  29. "In the Mood" is a popular #bigBand-era #jazzStandard recorded by American bandleader #GlennMiller. "In the Mood" is based on the composition "#TarPaperStomp" by #WingyManone. The first recording under the name "In the Mood" was released by #EdgarHayes and his Orchestra in 1938. In 1983, the Glenn Miller recording from 1939 was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame. In 2004, the recording was inducted into the Library of Congress #NationalRecordingRegistry.
    youtube.com/watch?v=8u4TCvwCbgY

  30. "Giant Steps" is a jazz #composition by American saxophonist #JohnColtrane. It was first recorded in 1959 and released on the 1960 album #GiantSteps. The composition features a cyclic chord pattern that has come to be known as #ColtraneChanges. The composition has become a #jazzStandard, covered by many artists. Due to its speed and rapid transition through the three keys of B major, G major and E♭ major, #Vox described the piece as "the most feared song in jazz".
    youtube.com/watch?v=KwIC6B_dvW4

  31. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" is a traditional #gospel song and #jazzStandard that has been performed and recorded by many artists. Performed as either an instrumental or vocal, "A Closer Walk" is perhaps the most frequently played number in the #hymn and #dirge section of #traditionalNewOrleansJazz funerals. The title and lyrics of the song allude to the Biblical passage from #2Corinthians 5:7 which states, "We walk by faith, not by sight" and #James 4:8.
    youtube.com/watch?v=xI0GbdoiRO4

  32. "Midnight Sun" was originally an instrumental composed by #LionelHampton and #SonnyBurke in 1947 and is now considered a #jazzStandard. Subsequently, #JohnnyMercer wrote the words to the song.
    youtube.com/watch?v=-f53xo_NNF8

  33. My new song "Angel Eyes" is out; a cover of the jazz standard, performed by Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker and many others. Tell me, which of the classic jazz versions You like best!

    It's on my new album, "But Live It", which is already ready to pre-order on Bandcamp. It will at first be released there exclusively:
    7sven.bandcamp.com/album/but-l

    Spotify
    open.spotify.com/intl-de/track

    #franksinatra
    #jazzfm
    #georgemichael
    #jazzstandard
    #bandcamp
    #GreatAmericanSongbook
    #LateNightJazz
    #JazzDE
    #Crooners

  34. "Meditation" ("Meditação" in #Portuguese) is a #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song composed by #AntônioCarlosJobim and #NewtonMendonça. The #English version has lyrics by #NormanGimbel. In Finland, the song was recorded in 1963 by Olavi Virta with lyrics by Saukki under the title "Hymy, kukka ja rakkaus". Erkki Liikanen recorded the song in 1967 with lyrics by Aarno Raninen under the title "Taas on hiljaisuus".
    youtube.com/watch?v=uIP4TN-Zs1o

  35. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=myRc-3oF1d0

  36. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=myRc-3oF1d0

  37. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=myRc-3oF1d0

  38. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=myRc-3oF1d0