| A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing |
Billy Strayhorn |
Ballad |
Db |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Vince Guaraldi Trio (A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing, 1957) |
| A Foggy Day |
George Gershwin |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959) |
| Afro Blue |
Mongo Santamaria |
Waltz |
Fm |
6 – m7 – 7 |
John Coltrane (Live at Birdland, 1964) |
| Ain’t Misbehavin’ |
Fats Waller & Harry Brooks |
Medium Swing |
C |
6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Louis Armstrong (1929) |
| Airegin |
Sonny Rollins |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Fm |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis (Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins, 1954) |
| All Blues |
Miles Davis |
Waltz |
G |
7 |
Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, 1959) |
| All of Me |
Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Johnny Hartman (All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman, 1957) |
| All of You |
Cole Porter |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Miles Davis (‘Round About Midnight, 1957) |
| Alone Together |
Arthur Schwartz |
Medium Swing |
Dm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Jim Hall & Ron Carter (Alone Together, 1972) |
| Always |
Irving Berlin |
Waltz |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Frank Sinatra (Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!!, 1961) |
| Angel Eyes |
Matt Dennis |
Ballad |
Cm |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, 1958) |
| Anthropology |
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Charlie Parker (1945) |
| As Long As I Live |
Harold Arlen |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Anita O’Day (This Is Anita, 1956) |
| As Time Goes By |
Herman Hupfeld |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Dooley Wilson (Casablanca, 1942) |
| At Last |
Harry Warren |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Etta James (At Last!, 1960) |
| Au Privave |
Charlie Parker |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Charlie Parker (1951) |
| Autumn in New York |
Vernon Duke |
Ballad |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Tal Farlow (Autumn in New York, 1954) |
| Autumn Leaves |
Joseph Kosma |
Medium Swing |
Gm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Cannonball Adderley (Somethin’ Else, 1958) |
| Bags’ Groove |
Milt Jackson |
Medium Swing |
F |
m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis (Bags’ Groove, 1957) |
| Beautiful Love |
Victor Young, Wayne King & Egbert Van Alstyne |
Medium Swing |
Dm |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Bill Evans (Explorations, 1961) |
| Bemsha Swing |
Thelonious Monk & Denzil Best |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 7 |
Thelonious Monk (Brilliant Corners, 1957) |
| Bernie’s Tune |
Bernie Miller |
Medium-Up Swing |
Dm |
6 – m7 – 7 |
Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952) |
| Bewitched |
Richard Rodgers |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book, 1956) |
| Beyond the Sea |
Charles Trenet |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Bobby Darin (That’s All, 1959) |
| Billie’s Bounce |
Charlie Parker |
Medium-Up Swing |
F |
m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Charlie Parker’s Re-Boppers (1945) |
| Blue and Sentimental |
Count Basie |
Ballad |
Eb |
6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ike Quebec (Blue & Sentimental, 1962) |
| Blue Bossa |
Kenny Dorham |
Bossa Nova |
Cm |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Joe Henderson (Page One, 1963) |
| Blue in Green |
Miles Davis & Bill Evans |
Ballad |
Dm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, 1959) |
| Blue Monk |
Thelonious Monk |
Medium Swing |
Bb |
7 |
Thelonious Monk Trio (Thelonious Monk Trio, 1954) |
| Blue Moon |
Richard Rodgers |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Mel Torme (1949) |
| Blues for Alice |
Charlie Parker |
Medium-Up Swing |
F |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Charlie Parker (Swedish Schnapps, 1951) |
| Bluesette |
Toots Thielemans |
Waltz |
Bb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Toots Thielemans (Bluesette, 1962) |
| Body and Soul |
Johnny Green |
Ballad |
Db |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Coleman Hawkins (1939) |
| Born to Be Blue |
Mel Tormé & Robert Wells |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Wes Montgomery (Full House, 1962) |
| Broadway |
Wilbur Bird, Teddy McRae & Henri Woode |
Medium-Up Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Dexter Gordon (Our Man in Paris, 1963) |
| But Not for Me |
George Gershwin |
Medium-Up Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ahmad Jamal (At the Pershing: But Not for Me, 1958) |
| Bye Bye Blackbird |
Ray Henderson |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis (‘Round About Midnight, 1957) |
| Bésame Mucho |
Consuelo Velazquez |
Bossa Nova |
Dm |
m7 – m6 – 7 |
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1944) |
| C Jam Blues |
Duke Ellington |
Medium Swing |
C |
7 |
Oscar Peterson Trio (Night Train, 1962) |
| Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man |
Jerome Kern |
Slow Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book, 1963) |
| Cantaloupe Island |
Herbie Hancock |
Straight 8ths |
Fm |
m7 – 7 |
Herbie Hancock (Empyrean Isles, 1964) |
| Caravan |
Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington |
Latin |
Fm |
6 – m7 – 7 |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Caravan, 1962) |
| Chameleon |
Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson & Harvey Mason |
Funk |
Bbm |
m7 – 7 |
Herbie Hancock (Head Hunters, 1973) |
| Cheek to Cheek |
Irving Berlin |
Medium-Up Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Ella and Louis, 1956) |
| Cherokee |
Ray Noble |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Study in Brown, 1955) |
| Come Rain or Come Shine |
Harold Arlen |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Bill Evans Trio (Portrait in Jazz, 1960) |
| Con Alma |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Afro |
C |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Dizzy Gillespie (Afro, 1954) |
| Confirmation |
Charlie Parker |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Charlie Parker (Now’s the Time, 1956) |
| Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Bossa Nova |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Stan Getz & João Gilberto (Getz/Gilberto, 1964) |
| Cotton Tail |
Duke Ellington |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Bb |
6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1940) |
| Darn That Dream |
Jimmy Van Heusen |
Ballad |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Billie Holiday (Body and Soul, 1957) |
| Days of Wine and Roses |
Henry Mancini |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Wes Montgomery (Boss Guitar, 1963) |
| Deed I Do |
Fred Rose |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie (Ella and Basie!, 1963) |
| Desafinado |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Bossa Nova |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (Jazz Samba, 1962) |
| Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me |
Duke Ellington |
Medium Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, 1957) |
| Don’t Blame Me |
Jimmy McHugh |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross, 1963) |
| Don’t Get Around Much Anymore |
Duke Ellington |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, 1957) |
| Donna Lee |
Charlie Parker |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Ab |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Charlie Parker Quintet (1947) |
| Doxy |
Sonny Rollins |
Medium Swing |
Bb |
7 – dim7 |
Miles Davis (Bags’ Groove, 1957) |
| Dream a Little Dream of Me |
Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt |
Ballad |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (1950) |
| Early Autumn |
Ralph Burns & Woody Herman |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Woody Herman and His Orchestra (1947) |
| Easy Living |
Ralph Rainger |
Ballad |
F |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday and Lester Young (1937) |
| Embraceable You |
George Gershwin |
Ballad |
G |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959) |
| Epistrophy |
Thelonious Monk & Kenny Clarke |
Medium Swing |
Db |
m6 – 7 |
Thelonious Monk (1948) |
| Equinox |
John Coltrane |
Slow Swing |
C#m |
m7 – 7 |
John Coltrane (Coltrane’s Sound, 1964) |
| Exactly Like You |
Jimmy McHugh |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Dizzy Gillespie & Stan Getz (Diz and Getz, 1953) |
| Fascinating Rhythm |
George Gershwin |
Medium-Up Swing |
F |
6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959) |
| Fever |
Eddie Cooley & Otis Blackwell |
Medium Swing |
Am |
m7 – 7 |
Peggy Lee (1958) |
| Fine and Dandy |
Kay Swift |
Medium-Up Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Anita O’Day (This Is Anita, 1956) |
| Fly Me to the Moon |
Bart Howard |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Frank Sinatra with Count Basie (It Might as Well Be Swing, 1964) |
| Footprints |
Wayne Shorter |
Waltz |
Cm |
m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis Quintet (Miles Smiles, 1967) |
| Four |
Miles Davis |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis (‘Four’ & More, 1966) |
| Freddie Freeloader |
Miles Davis |
Medium Swing |
Bb |
7 |
Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, 1959) |
| From This Moment On |
Cole Porter |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Fm |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book, 1956) |
| Georgia on My Mind |
Hoagy Carmichael |
Slow Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ray Charles (The Genius Hits the Road, 1960) |
| Get Happy |
Harold Arlen |
Medium-Up Swing |
F |
6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Judy Garland (Summer Stock, 1950) |
| Giant Steps |
John Coltrane |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
John Coltrane (Giant Steps, 1960) |
| Groovin’ High |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Dizzy Gillespie (1945) |
| Half Nelson |
Miles Davis |
Up-Tempo Swing |
C |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis Quintet (Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1960) |
| Have You Met Miss Jones? |
Richard Rodgers |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book, 1956) |
| Honeysuckle Rose |
Fats Waller |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
6 – m7 – 7 |
Louis Armstrong (Satch Plays Fats, 1955) |
| How Deep Is the Ocean? |
Irving Berlin |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book, 1958) |
| How High the Moon |
Morgan Lewis |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife, 1960) |
| How Insensitive |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Bossa Nova |
Dm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1967) |
| I Can’t Give You Anything but Love |
Jimmy McHugh |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Louis Armstrong (1929) |
| I Didn’t Know What Time It Was |
Richard Rodgers |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book, 1956) |
| (I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance |
Victor Young |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Billie Holiday with Ben Webster (Music for Torching, 1955) |
| I Get a Kick Out of You |
Cole Porter |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Frank Sinatra (1953) |
| I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) |
Duke Ellington |
Ballad |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1941) |
| I Got Rhythm |
George Gershwin |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Bb |
6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959) |
| I Remember You |
Victor Schertzinger |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book, 1964) |
| I Should Care |
Axel Stordahl & Paul Weston |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Bill Evans Trio (How My Heart Sings!, 1962) |
| I Surrender Dear |
Harry Barris |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Thelonious Monk (Brilliant Corners, 1957) |
| I Wish I Knew |
Harry Warren |
Ballad |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
John Coltrane (Ballads, 1963) |
| I’ll Remember April |
Gene de Paul |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Clifford Brown & Max Roach (At Basin Street, 1956) |
| I’m Glad There Is You |
Jimmy Dorsey & Paul Madeira |
Ballad |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (Sarah Vaughan, 1955) |
| I’m in the Mood for Love |
Jimmy McHugh |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Louis Armstrong (1935) |
| I’m Just a Lucky So and So |
Duke Ellington |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington (Together for the First Time, 1961) |
| I’ve Found a New Baby |
Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
6 – m7 – 7 |
Benny Goodman Sextet (1940) |
| I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face |
Frederick Loewe |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Chet Baker (Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe, 1959) |
| If I Had You |
Ted Shapiro, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly |
Slow Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Etta Jones (Don’t Go to Strangers, 1960) |
| Impressions |
John Coltrane |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Dm |
m7 |
John Coltrane (Impressions, 1963) |
| In a Mellow Tone |
Duke Ellington |
Medium Swing |
Ab |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1940) |
| Indiana |
James F. Hanley |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917) |
| Isn’t It Romantic |
Richard Rodgers |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Tal Farlow (Tal, 1956) |
| It Could Happen to You |
Jimmy Van Heusen |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Miles Davis Quintet (Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1958) |
| It Don’t Mean a Thing |
Duke Ellington |
Medium-Up Swing |
Bb |
6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ivie Anderson (1932) |
| It Had to Be You |
Isham Jones |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ray Charles (The Genius of Ray Charles, 1959) |
| It’s Only a Paper Moon |
Harold Arlen |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (1945) |
| It’s You or No One |
Jule Styne |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Dexter Gordon (It’s You or No One, 1983) |
| Jeepers Creepers |
Harry Warren |
Medium Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Louis Armstrong (1938) |
| Jordu |
Duke Jordan |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Cm |
Maj7 – m6 – 7 |
Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Brown and Roach Incorporated, 1954) |
| Joy Spring |
Clifford Brown |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Clifford Brown & Max Roach, 1954) |
| Just Friends |
John Klenner |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Charlie Parker (Charlie Parker with Strings, 1950) |
| Just in Time |
Jule Styne |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Frank Sinatra (Come Dance with Me!, 1959) |
| Just One of Those Things |
Cole Porter |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Nat King Cole (Just One of Those Things, 1957) |
| Just You, Just Me |
Jesse Greer |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Swings Lightly, 1958) |
| La Vie en Rose |
Louiguy |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Louis Armstrong (1950) |
| Lady Bird |
Tadd Dameron |
Up-Tempo Swing |
C |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Tadd Dameron with Fats Navarro (1948) |
| Like Someone in Love |
Jimmy Van Heusen |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Chet Baker (Chet Baker Sings, 1956) |
| Little Boat (O Barquinho) |
Roberto Menescal |
Bossa Nova |
Bb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Lorez Alexandria (More of the Great Lorez Alexandria, 1964) |
| Love for Sale |
Cole Porter |
Medium-Up Swing |
Bbm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Cannonball Adderley (Somethin’ Else, 1958) |
| Love Is Here to Stay |
George Gershwin |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Ella and Louis Again, 1957) |
| Lover |
Richard Rodgers |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Peggy Lee (Lover, 1952) |
| Lover Come Back to Me |
Sigmund Romberg |
Medium-Up Swing |
Eb |
6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
John Coltrane (Black Pearls, 1964) |
| Lullaby of Birdland |
George Shearing |
Medium Swing |
Ab |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (Sarah Vaughan, 1955) |
| Lush Life |
Billy Strayhorn |
Ballad |
Db |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 1963) |
| Mack the Knife |
Kurt Weill |
Medium Swing |
Bb |
6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin, 1960) |
| Manhã de Carnaval (Black Orpheus) |
Luiz Bonfa |
Bossa Nova |
Am |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Stan Getz (Big Band Bossa Nova, 1962) |
| Mean to Me |
Fred E. Ahlert |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and Lester Young (1937) |
| Midnight Sun |
Lionel Hampton & Sonny Burke |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Like Someone in Love, 1957) |
| Milestones |
Miles Davis |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Gm |
m7 |
Miles Davis (Milestones, 1958) |
| Misty |
Erroll Garner |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Erroll Garner (Contrasts, 1954) |
| Moment’s Notice |
John Coltrane |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
John Coltrane (Blue Train, 1958) |
| Mona Lisa |
Jay Livingston |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Nat King Cole (1950) |
| Mood Indigo |
Duke Ellington & Barney Bigard |
Ballad |
Ab |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1930) |
| Moon River |
Henry Mancini |
Waltz |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Henry Mancini & Orchestra (Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Music from the Motion Picture, 1961) |
| Moondance |
Van Morrison |
Medium Swing |
Am |
6 – m7 – 7 |
Van Morrison (Moondance, 1970) |
| Moonglow |
Will Hudson & Irving Mills |
Ballad |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Benny Goodman Quartet (1936) |
| Moose the Mooche |
Charlie Parker |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Charlie Parker Septet (1946) |
| More Than You Know |
Vincent Youmans |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Like Someone in Love, 1957) |
| Mr. P.C. |
John Coltrane |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Cm |
m7 – 7 |
John Coltrane (Giant Steps, 1960) |
| My Favorite Things |
Richard Rodgers |
Waltz |
Em |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
John Coltrane (My Favorite Things, 1961) |
| My Funny Valentine |
Richard Rodgers |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker (1953) |
| My Ideal |
Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase |
Ballad |
Eb |
6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Chet Baker (Chet Baker Sings, 1956) |
| My Romance |
Richard Rodgers |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Bill Evans Trio (Waltz for Debby, 1962) |
| My Shining Hour |
Harold Arlen |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
John Coltrane (Coltrane Jazz, 1961) |
| Naima |
John Coltrane |
Ballad |
Ab |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
John Coltrane (Giant Steps, 1960) |
| Nardis |
Miles Davis |
Medium Swing |
Em |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Bill Evans Trio (Explorations, 1961) |
| Night and Day |
Cole Porter |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Bill Evans (Everybody Digs Bill Evans, 1959) |
| Now’s the Time |
Charlie Parker |
Medium Swing |
F |
m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Charlie Parker’s Re-Boppers (1945) |
| Nuages |
Django Reinhardt |
Slow Swing |
G |
6 – m6 – 7 |
Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France (1940) |
| Oh, Lady Be Good! |
George Gershwin |
Medium-Up Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959) |
| Oleo |
Sonny Rollins |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis Quintet (Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1958) |
| On Green Dolphin Street |
Bronislau Kaper |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis Sextet (Jazz Track, 1958) |
| On the Sunny Side of the Street |
Jimmy McHugh |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins (Sonny Side Up, 1959) |
| Once I Loved |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Bossa Nova |
Dm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1967) |
| One Note Samba |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Bossa Nova |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (Jazz Samba, 1962) |
| Ornithology |
Charlie Parker & Benny Harris |
Up-Tempo Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Charlie Parker Septet (Dial single, 1946) |
| Out of Nowhere |
Johnny Green |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Dave Brubeck Quartet (Jazz Goes to College, 1954) |
| Pennies from Heaven |
Arthur Johnston |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Frank Sinatra (Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!, 1956) |
| Perdido |
Juan Tizol |
Latin |
Bb |
6 – m7 – 7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1942) |
| Polka Dots and Moonbeams |
Jimmy Van Heusen |
Ballad |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Wes Montgomery (The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, 1960) |
| Prelude to a Kiss |
Duke Ellington |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1938) |
| Recorda Me |
Joe Henderson |
Bossa Nova |
Am |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Joe Henderson (Page One, 1963) |
| Remember |
Irving Berlin |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Hank Mobley (Soul Station, 1960) |
| Rhythm-a-Ning |
Thelonious Monk |
Medium-Up Swing |
Bb |
6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958) |
| ‘S Wonderful! |
George Gershwin |
Medium-Up Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959) |
| Salt Peanuts |
Dizzy Gillespie & Kenny Clarke |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Dizzy Gillespie (1945) |
| Satin Doll |
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1953) |
| Scrapple from the Apple |
Charlie Parker |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Dexter Gordon (Our Man in Paris, 1963) |
| Skylark |
Hoagy Carmichael |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Stan Getz & Jimmy Rowles (The Peacocks, 1975) |
| Smile |
Charlie Chaplin |
Ballad |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Nat King Cole (1954) |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
Jerome Kern |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
The Platters (1958) |
| So Nice (Summer Samba) |
Marcos Valle |
Bossa Nova |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Walter Wanderley (Rain Forest, 1966) |
| So What |
Miles Davis |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Dm |
m7 |
Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, 1959) |
| Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise |
Sigmund Romberg |
Medium Swing |
Cm |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Sonny Rollins (A Night at the Village Vanguard, 1958) |
| Solar |
Miles Davis & Chuck Wayne |
Medium Swing |
Cm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Bill Evans Trio (Sunday at the Village Vanguard, 1961) |
| Solitude |
Duke Ellington |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Billie Holiday (Solitude, 1956) |
| Someday My Prince Will Come |
Frank Churchill |
Waltz |
Bb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Miles Davis (Someday My Prince Will Come, 1961) |
| Someone to Watch Over Me |
George Gershwin |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Lee Wiley (1939) |
| Sonnymoon for Two |
Sonny Rollins |
Medium-Up Swing |
Bb |
m7 – 7 |
Sonny Rollins (A Night at the Village Vanguard, 1958) |
| Soon |
George Gershwin |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959) |
| Sophisticated Lady |
Duke Ellington |
Ballad |
Ab |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1933) |
| Speak Low |
Kurt Weill |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Chico Hamilton Quintet (The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached, 1958) |
| Speak No Evil |
Wayne Shorter |
Medium Swing |
Cm |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Wayne Shorter (Speak No Evil, 1966) |
| St. Louis Blues |
W.C. Handy |
Medium Swing |
G |
7 |
Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong (1925) |
| St. Thomas |
Sonny Rollins |
Latin |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Sonny Rollins (Saxophone Colossus, 1956) |
| Stella by Starlight |
Victor Young |
Medium Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis Sextet (Jazz Track, 1958) |
| Stolen Moments |
Oliver Nelson |
Medium Swing |
Cm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Oliver Nelson (The Blues and the Abstract Truth, 1961) |
| Stompin’ at the Savoy |
Edgar Sampson |
Medium Swing |
Db |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) |
| Stormy Weather |
Harold Arlen |
Ballad |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Lena Horne (Stormy Weather, 1957) |
| Straight No Chaser |
Thelonious Monk |
Medium-Up Swing |
Bb |
7 |
Miles Davis (Milestones, 1958) |
| Street of Dreams |
Victor Young |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Grant Green (Street of Dreams, 1967) |
| Strike Up the Band |
George Gershwin |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, 1959) |
| Summertime |
George Gershwin |
Slow Swing |
Am |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Porgy and Bess, 1959) |
| Sunny |
Bobby Hebb |
Straight 8ths |
Am |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Bobby Hebb (Sunny, 1966) |
| Sweet Georgia Brown |
Ben Bernie & Maceo Pinkard |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Ab |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Brother Bones and His Shadows (1949) |
| Sweet Lorraine |
Cliff Burwell |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Nat King Cole Trio (After Midnight, 1957) |
| Só Danço Samba |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Bossa Nova |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto (Getz/Gilberto, 1964) |
| Take Five |
Paul Desmond |
Medium-Up Swing |
Ebm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
The Dave Brubeck Quartet (Time Out, 1959) |
| Take the “A” Train |
Billy Strayhorn |
Medium-Up Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1941) |
| Tangerine |
Victor Schertzinger |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1942) |
| Tea for Two |
Vincent Youmans |
Medium Swing |
Ab |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Art Tatum (1939) |
| Tenderly |
Walter Gross |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Ella and Louis, 1956) |
| Tenor Madness |
Sonny Rollins |
Medium-Up Swing |
Bb |
m7 – 7 |
Sonny Rollins (Tenor Madness, 1956) |
| The End of a Love Affair |
Edward Redding |
Ballad |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Billie Holiday (Lady in Satin, 1958) |
| The Girl from Ipanema |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Bossa Nova |
F |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto featuring Astrud Gilberto (Getz/Gilberto, 1964) |
| The Lady Is a Tramp |
Richard Rodgers |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book, 1956) |
| The Man I Love |
George Gershwin |
Ballad |
Eb |
6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants, 1959) |
| The Nearness of You |
Hoagy Carmichael |
Ballad |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Ella and Louis, 1956) |
| The Sidewinder |
Lee Morgan |
Funk |
Eb |
7 |
Lee Morgan (The Sidewinder, 1964) |
| The Song Is You |
Jerome Kern |
Up-Tempo Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Charlie Parker (Now’s the Time, 1956) |
| The Surrey with the Fringe on Top |
Richard Rodgers |
Medium Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Miles Davis Quintet (Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1961) |
| The Way You Look Tonight |
Jerome Kern |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book, 1963) |
| There Is No Greater Love |
Isham Jones |
Medium Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Sonny Rollins (Way Out West, 1957) |
| There Will Never Be Another You |
Harry Warren |
Medium-Up Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Chet Baker (Chet Baker Sings, 1954) |
| These Foolish Things |
Jack Strachey & Harry Link |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday (1936) |
| They Say It’s Wonderful |
Irving Berlin |
Medium Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 1963) |
| Things Ain’t What They Used to Be |
Mercer Ellington |
Medium Swing |
Db |
m7 – 7 |
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1942) |
| Too Close for Comfort |
Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener & George David Weiss |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Frank Sinatra (Come Dance with Me!, 1959) |
| Too Marvelous for Words |
Richard Whiting |
Medium Swing |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Frank Sinatra (Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!, 1956) |
| Topsy |
Edgar Battle & Eddie Durham |
Medium Swing |
Dm |
m7 – 7 |
Cozy Cole (1958) |
| Triste |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Bossa Nova |
A |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Antonio Carlos Jobim (Wave, 1967) |
| Tune Up |
Miles Davis |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Bb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis Quintet (Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, 1957) |
| Undecided |
Charlie Shavers |
Medium-Up Swing |
C |
6 – m7 – 7 |
Chick Webb and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald (1939) |
| Unforgettable |
Irving Gordon |
Ballad |
G |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Nat King Cole (Unforgettable, 1952) |
| Walkin’ |
Richard Carpenter |
Up-Tempo Swing |
F |
m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Miles Davis (Walkin’, 1957) |
| Watch What Happens |
Michel Legrand |
Bossa Nova |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Wes Montgomery (A Day in the Life, 1967) |
| Watermelon Man |
Herbie Hancock |
Straight 8ths |
F |
7 |
Herbie Hancock (Takin’ Off, 1962) |
| Wave |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Bossa Nova |
D |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 – dim7 |
Antonio Carlos Jobim (Wave, 1967) |
| Well, You Needn’t |
Thelonious Monk |
Medium Swing |
F |
6 – 7 |
Thelonious Monk with Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane (Monk’s Music, 1957) |
| What a Difference a Day Made |
Maria Grever |
Ballad |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Dinah Washington (What a Diff’rence a Day Makes!, 1959) |
| What a Wonderful World |
George David Weiss & Bob Thiele |
Ballad |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Louis Armstrong (What a Wonderful World, 1967) |
| What Is This Thing Called Love? |
Cole Porter |
Up-Tempo Swing |
C |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Clifford Brown & Max Roach (At Basin Street, 1956) |
| What’s New? |
Bob Haggart |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
John Coltrane (Ballads, 1963) |
| When I Fall in Love |
Victor Young |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Nat King Cole (Love Is the Thing, 1957) |
| When Lights Are Low |
Benny Carter |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Miles Davis (Blue Haze, 1956) |
| When You Wish Upon a Star |
Leigh Harline |
Ballad |
C |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Cliff Edwards (Pinocchio, 1940) |
| Whisper Not |
Benny Golson |
Medium Swing |
Cm |
m7 – 7 |
Benny Golson (Benny Golson’s New York Scene, 1957) |
| Will You Still Be Mine |
Matt Dennis |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Red Garland Trio (Groovy, 1957) |
| Willow Weep for Me |
Ann Ronell |
Slow Swing |
G |
6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Frank Sinatra (Only the Lonely, 1958) |
| Without a Song |
Vincent Youmans |
Up-Tempo Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Sonny Rollins (The Bridge, 1962) |
| Work Song |
Nat Adderley |
Medium-Up Swing |
Fm |
m7 – 7 |
Nat Adderley (Work Song, 1960) |
| Yardbird Suite |
Charlie Parker |
Medium-Up Swing |
C |
6 – m7 – 7 |
Charlie Parker Septet (1946) |
| You Can Depend on Me |
Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap & Earl Hines |
Medium-Up Swing |
F |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Louis Armstrong (1931) |
| You Don’t Know What Love Is |
Gene de Paul |
Ballad |
Fm |
Maj7 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Sonny Rollins (Saxophone Colossus, 1956) |
| You Go to My Head |
J. Fred Coots |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Billie Holiday (1938) |
| You Stepped Out of a Dream |
Nacio Herb Brown |
Medium Swing |
C |
Maj7 – m7 – 7 |
Sonny Rollins (Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2, 1957) |
| You Took Advantage of Me |
Richard Rodgers |
Medium Swing |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book, 1956) |
| You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to |
Cole Porter |
Medium-Up Swing |
Am |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 – dim7 |
Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown (Helen Merrill, 1954) |
| You’re My Thrill |
Jay Gorney & Sidney Clare |
Medium Swing |
A |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – 7 |
Peggy Lee (Black Coffee, 1956) |
| You’ve Changed |
Carl Fischer |
Ballad |
Eb |
Maj7 – 6 – m7 – m6 – 7 |
Billie Holiday (Lady in Satin, 1958) |