Miss Wald's Listening Guide
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
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Blue in Green
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Stella by Starlight
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So What
Louis Armstrong (trumpet and vocals)
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I’m In The Mood For Love
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What A Wonderful World
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Summertime
Wynton Marsalis
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Where or When
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When it’s Sleepy Time Down South
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Pedro Navaja
Trombone
JJ Johnson
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My Funny Valentine
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My Favorite Things
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Blue Trombone
Bill Watrous
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No More Blues
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Unforgettable
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The Shadow of Your Smile
Wycliffe Gordon
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Swing That Music
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Dig This!!
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Trombone Joe
Saxophone
Charlie Parker
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Summertime
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All the Things You Are
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Scrapple from The Apple
John Coltrane
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In a Sentimental Mood
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My Little Brown Book
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My One and Only Love
Gerry Mulligan
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Stardust
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Lullaby of The Leaves
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Let’s Fall in Love
Percussion
Thelonious Monk (piano)
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‘Round Midnight
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I’m Confessin’ (that I Love You)
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Straight, No Chaser
Mel Lewis (drum set)
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All of Me
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Low Down
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Cherry Juice
Milt Jackson (vibraphone)
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Bags’ Groove
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The Nearness of You
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People Make The World Go Round
Bass
Charles Mingus
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Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
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Better Get it In Your Soul
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Moanin’
Christian McBride
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I Have Dreamed
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Sister Rosa
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Ham Hocks and Cabbage
Ray Brown
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Cry Me A River
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Exactly Like You
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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