Jazz Standards Great American Songbook

Yesterdays

January 23, 2012

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“Yesterdays” is a tune written in 1933 by Jerome Kern. It was written for the show “Roberta”(1933).
This song is performed in many different styles and tempos, but it was originally done as a ballad. This tune is most commonly played in the key of D minor.

Videos to learn the melody/changes

Wes Montgomery Yesterdays

Stan Getz - "Yesterdays"

The One O'Clock Lab Band Plays Yesterdays

Billie Holiday - "Yesterdays"

Miles Davis - Yesterdays

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Brent Vaartstra http://www.brentvaartstra.com

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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