1932 List of 1930s jazz standards

virtuoso pianist art tatum played broadway , popular standards. radically reworked songs , had ability make standards sound new compositions. tatum s influential piano solos include tiger rag , willow weep me , on rainbow .



alone ballad arthur schwartz , howard dietz s broadway musical flying colors. introduced jean sargent on stage. rendition leo reisman , orchestra charted in 1932, , artie shaw made first jazz recording in 1939. dizzy gillespie borrowed harmony song s bridge 1942 composition night in tunisia .
april in paris broadway show tune walk little faster, composed vernon duke lyrics yip harburg. sung evelyn hoey in musical, did not became popular until after broadway production ended , blues singer marian chase started including in repertoire. thelonious monk s 1947 piano trio rendition helped popularize song jazz vehicle. count basie s 1955 recording became biggest hit , inducted grammy hall of fame in 1985.
how deep ocean? (how high sky?) , song written irving berlin, first made hit paul whiteman , orchestra vocalist jack fulton. song s jazz popularity established benny goodman s 1941 recording singer peggy lee. coleman hawkins made popular jazz version in 1943, , charlie parker recorded ballad in 1947.
don t stand ghost of chance composed victor young lyrics bing crosby , ned washington. first recording crosby became immediate hit, reaching number 5 on pop singles chart. saxophonist chu berry made influential jazz recording cab calloway in 1940. song s name shortened ghost of chance .
don t mean thing (if ain t got swing) jazz song singer ivie anderson introduced duke ellington band. lyrics ellington composition written irving mills. same year, rendition mills brothers rose charts. song s title introduced term swing common usage , gave name swing era.
new orleans song hoagy carmichael. first recorded bennie moten s kansas city orchestra , casa loma orchestra up-tempo number, song achieved success after carmichael recorded slower version vocalist ella logan. song based on chord progressions of took advantage of me , wrap troubles in dreams .
night , day written cole porter musical gay divorce. introduced on stage fred astaire, sang in 1934 film gay divorcee, based on musical. song remained popular throughout swing era , charted 5 times in 1930s , 1940s. became frank sinatra s first hit under own name in 1942.
willow weep me song music , lyrics ann ronell. first recorded ted fio rito , orchestra and, 2 weeks later, paul whiteman , orchestra. art tatum recorded piece 6 times; 1949 performance on piano starts here considered definitive instrumental version of song. count basie s taxi war dance based on song s harmony. ronell dedicated song george gershwin.




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