Jazz Standards Great American Songbook

Summertime

April 4, 2012

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“Summertime” is a tune written by the great George Gershwin for the 1935 opera “Porgy and Bess”. Lyrics were written by DuBose Hayward. This tune is recognized as one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music. More than 25,000 covers of Summertime have been recorded by groups and solo performers.
This is a very important tune to know in the jazz idiom.

Videos to learn the melody/changes

Summertime (Jazz) -- Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen (b), Kenny Drew (p), Ed Thigpen (ds)

Charlie Parker - Summertime (Jazz Instrumental)

Ray Brown Trio - Summertime

Joshua Redman - Summertime (NPA live, 1998)

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Brent Vaartstra is a professional jazz guitarist and educator living in New York City. He is the head blogger and podcast host for learnjazzstandards.com which he owns and operates. He actively performs around the New York metropolitan area and is the author of the Hal Leonard publication "Visual Improvisation for Jazz Guitar." He's also the host of the music entrepreneurship podcast "Passive Income Musician."

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