1939 List of 1930s jazz standards

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clarinetist , bandleader benny goodman popularized many of 1930s standards, including darn dream , how deep ocean , , stompin @ savoy .



things song jerome kern , oscar hammerstein ii s broadway musical warm may. kern first felt song, shifting tonal centers, complex mass appeal. however, has enjoyed lasting popularity since , 1 of recorded standards. song s chord progression has been used such tunes bird of paradise charlie parker , prince albert kenny dorham.
darn dream composed jimmy van heusen broadway musical swingin dream. lyrics written eddie delange. although musical disappointment, benny goodman s version of song featuring vocalist mildred bailey number 1 hit.
frenesi latin jazz composition alberto dominguez. composed marimba, jazz arrangements later made leonard whitcup , others. 1940 hit version recorded artie shaw arrangement william grant still inducted grammy hall of fame in 2000.
didn t know time sung richard kollmar , marcy westcott in richard rodgers , lorenz hart musical many girls. benny goodman recorded first jazz version in 1939 vocalist louise tobin.
thought composed jimmy van heusen lyrics johnny mercer. mildred bailey recorded first hit version benny goodman orchestra. guitarist johnny smith recorded in 1950s roost label. miles davis included song on 1961 album someday prince come.
in mood jazz composition joe garland based on wingy manone s tar paper stomp . andy razaf wrote lyrics song. garland recorded in mood edgar hayes , offered artie shaw, never recorded piece. popularized glenn miller orchestra in 1939. final arrangement result of work garland, miller, eddie durham, , pianist chummy macgregor, although miller profited financial success. song remains popular , performed instrumental.
moonlight serenade composed glenn miller lyrics mitchell parish. miller s orchestra used signature tune, , recording charted @ number 3 in 1939. song recorded rhythm , blues group rivieras in 1959. carly simon sang on 2005 album moonlight serenade.
on rainbow ballad introduced judy garland in film wizard of oz, composed harold arlen lyrics yip harburg. immediate hit: 4 different versions, including garland s, rose top ten within month after film s release. influential piano solo recording made art tatum in 1955, , live solo piano recording released singer-songwriter tori amos in 1996. song known somewhere on rainbow .
live jazz ballad written billy strayhorn. based on poem composer had written teenager, song introduced duke ellington s orchestra composer strayhorn on piano. ellington co-credited composition. song has been recorded ella fitzgerald, has called favorite song.
s new? started out instrumental titled m free , composed bob haggart when playing in bob crosby s orchestra, , later retitled when johnny burke wrote lyrics it. song introduced crosby, , other hit versions 1939 include bing crosby s , benny goodman s renditions. australian singer catherine o hara recorded song in 1966 own lyrics, titled m free .
woodchopper s ball jazz composition joe bishop , woody herman. introduced woody herman orchestra, band s first , biggest hit selling on million records. original recording inducted grammy hall of fame in 2002. composition known @ woodchopper s ball .




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^ real book, volume i, p. 22
^ wilson, jeremy. things . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ real book, volume i, p. 99.
^ wilson, jeremy. darn dream . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ frenesi . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ real book, volume ii, p. 142.
^ cite error: named reference grammy-hall-of-fame invoked never defined (see page).
^ real book, volume iii, p. 158.
^ wilson, jeremy. didn t know time . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ real book, volume ii, p. 180.
^ new real book, volume ii, p. 141.
^ tyle, chris. thought . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 29 april 2009. 
^ in mood . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ real book, volume i, p. 208.
^ schuller 1991, p. 674
^ studwell & baldin 2000, p. 75
^ listed in new real book, volume iii.
^ moonlight serenade . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 25 september 2011. 
^ studwell & baldin 2000, p. 78
^ warner 2006, pp. 284–285
^ jurek, thom. moonlight serenade . allmusic. retrieved 25 september 2011. 
^ new real book, volume iii, p. 287.
^ wilson, jeremy. on rainbow . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ live . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ van de leur 2002, pp. 177–178
^ bradbury 2005, p. 49
^ giddins 2000, p. 257
^ real book, volume ii, p. 420.
^ wilson, jeremy. s new . jazzstandards.com. retrieved 20 february 2009. 
^ real book, volume i, p. 447.
^ studwell & baldin 2000, p. 151
^ yanow, scott. woody herman . allmusic. retrieved 25 september 2011. 






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