Bebop
Characterized by angular melodies and instrumental virtuosity. Source language of the modern jazz idiom.
Jazz Standards
Cool Blues
Cool Blues is a blues head written by Charlie Parker. This is a great blues head to know and add to your repertoire. It...
Bebop
Groovin’ High
Groovin' High was written by the great trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in 1945. The chord changes are based off of Paul Whiteman's composition Whispering. Be...
Jazz Standards
Steeplechase
Steeplechase was written by Charlie Parker. It is a melody written over a 32 bar "Rhythm Changes", with a slight alteration: The A sections...
Jazz Standards
Round Midnight
"'Round Midnight" is a tune written by the great innovative pianist Thelonious Monk. Monk claims that he composed Round Midnight when he was 18...
Jazz Standards
Rhythm-A-Ning
Rhythm-A-Ning was written by the great pianist Thelonious Monk. It was first recorded on "Mulligan Meets Monk" in 1957 and Monk continued to release...
Jazz Standards
Moose the Mooche
Moose the Mooche was written by the bebop pioneer Charlie Parker. The composition was written shortly after Dizzy Gillespie left him to return to...
Jazz Standards
Freight Trane
"Freight Trane" was written by the great pianist Tommy Flanagan for John Coltrane, as the title suggests. It was recorded on the 1958 record...
Jazz Standards
Airegin
Airegin was composed by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins in 1954. It's title derives from the spelling of Nigeria backwards(Airegin). The Miles Davis Quintet was...
Jazz Standards
Let’s Cool One
"Let's Cool One" is a tune written by Thelonious Monk. This composition is one of Monk's more traditional pieces in the sense of jazz...
Jazz Standards
Au Privave
"Au Private" was written in 1951 by the great Charlie Parker.
This bebop tune is a 12 bar blues in the key of F. It's...
