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This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
"Broadway" is a 1940 jazz standard written by Wilbur H. Bird, Teddy McRae, and Henri Woode.It was popularized and long associated with the Count Basie Orchestra.Other recordings were made by The Gerry Mulligan sextet, The Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band, Stanley Turrentine, Art Pepper, Hampton Hawes, Ahmad Jamal, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Dexter Gordon, Tal Farlow and ...
Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell's tap dance to the tune in the 1940 film Broadway Melody of 1940 became one of the most popular dance scenes on film. [103] "In a Sentimental Mood" [4] [10] [104] [105] is a jazz song with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Manny Kurtz
In a 2011 Concord Theatricals Musical, Top Hat, titled after the 1935 RKO Productions film Top Hat-being a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance musical, features “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” as a key song. The Classic Broadway, jazz style musical won the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards for Best New Musical, Best Costume Design and Best ...
Jazz Dance is a performance dance and style that arose in the United States in the early 20th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Jazz Dance may allude to vernacular Jazz , Broadway or dramatic Jazz. The two types expand on African American vernacular styles of dance that arose with Jazz Music.
"Chinatown, My Chinatown" is a popular song written by William Jerome (words) and Jean Schwartz (music) in 1906 and later interpolated into the musical Up and Down Broadway (1910). [1] [2] The song has been recorded by numerous artists and is considered an early jazz standard.
Go: "How to Dance in Ohio," Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St., $48 to $518; 212-239-6200, howtodanceinohiomusical.com. This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: How to Dance in Ohio ...
"Broadway Rose" by Ted Lewis Jazz Band "Broadway Sam" music by Leo Edwards; lyrics by Blanche Merrill "Broadway School Days" from The Passing Show of 1916 "Broadway Serenade (For Every Lonely Heart)" (from Broadway Serenade) "The Broadway Show" by Ludwig Englander; lyrics by J. Clarence Harvey and Sydney Rosenfeld "Broadway (So Many People)" by Low