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A playlist of Big Band Standard Repertoire can be found here: 

A playlist of small group jazz (trios, quartets, quintets etc.) can be found here: 

Trumpet

Miles Davis

  • Blue in Green 

  • Stella by Starlight

  • So What

Louis Armstrong (trumpet and vocals)

  • I’m In The Mood For Love

  • What A Wonderful World 

  • Summertime

Wynton Marsalis 

  • Where or When 

  • When it’s Sleepy Time Down South

  • Pedro Navaja

Trombone

JJ Johnson

  • My Funny Valentine 

  • My Favorite Things 

  • Blue Trombone

Bill Watrous 

  • No More Blues

  • Unforgettable

  • The Shadow of Your Smile 

Wycliffe Gordon 

  • Swing That Music

  • Dig This!!

  • Trombone Joe

Saxophone

Charlie Parker

  • Summertime 

  • All the Things You Are

  • Scrapple from The Apple

John Coltrane 

  • In a Sentimental Mood

  • My Little Brown Book 

  • My One and Only Love

Gerry Mulligan 

  • Stardust

  • Lullaby of The Leaves

  • Let’s Fall in Love

Percussion

Thelonious Monk (piano) 

  • ‘Round Midnight

  • I’m Confessin’ (that I Love You)

  • Straight, No Chaser

Mel Lewis (drum set) 

  • All of Me

  • Low Down 

  • Cherry Juice

Milt Jackson (vibraphone) 

  • Bags’ Groove 

  • The Nearness of You 

  • People Make The World Go Round

Bass

Charles Mingus

  • Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

  • Better Get it In Your Soul

  • Moanin’

Christian McBride

  • I Have Dreamed 

  • Sister Rosa 

  • Ham Hocks and Cabbage

Ray Brown

  • Cry Me A River 

  • Exactly Like You 

  • Sweet Georgia Brown

Link to Musician's Playlist

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Louis Armstrong

Stompin at The Savoy – Benny Goodman 

I Got Rhythm – Ella Fitzgerald/Ira & George Gershwin

Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman 

Take the A Train – Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn

Chatanooga Choo Choo – Glen Miller/Mack Gordon

String of Pearls – James Malcolm Rymer

When You Wish Upon A Star – Ned Washington 

Moon River – Johnny Mercer 

Fly Me to The Moon – Bart Howard 

Sway – Pablo Ruiz 

Mack The Knife – Bertolt Brecht 

Boogie Woogie Blues – Count Basie 

Jumpin at the Woodside – Count Basie

Whirly-Bird – Count Basie

Lullaby of Birdland- Count Basie

Confirmation – Charlie Parker

Bloomdido – Charlie Parker 

Leap Frog – Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker 

The Bird – Charlie Parker 

Now’s The Time – Charlie Parker 

Sella By Starlight – Miles Davis 

Blue in Green – Miles Davis 

Freedie Freeloader – Miles Davis 

On Green Dolphin Street – Miles Davis 

I Have Dreamed – Christian McBride 

I Fall in Love Too Easily – Sammy Cahn 

Ev’rything I love – Bill Evans 

Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma 

Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer 

Blue Monk – Thelonius Monk

Caravan – Duke Ellington 

Meghan Wald- Instrumental Methods

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