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Chord changes and keys for 1,382 standards, 3,999 musicians with discographies, 133 jazz clubs and 720 radio stations — free, in English, German and Italian.
Popular standards
Chord charts with a one-click transposer for B♭, E♭ and F instruments
D♭ major
Body And Soul
Johnny Green
AABA · 32 · Ballad
E♭ major
The Man I Love
George Gershwin
AABA · 32 · Ballad
G major
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
A · 12 · Medium swing
A minor
Summertime
George Gershwin
A · 16 · Slow swing
F minor
Caravan
Duke Ellington
AAB · 48 · Latin
B♭ major
I Got Rhythm
George Gershwin
AABA · 32 · Up-tempo swing
C major
Night And Day
Cole Porter
AAB · 48 · Medium swing
E♭ major
These Foolish Things
Strachey-Link
AABA · 32 · Ballad
A♭ major
All The Things You Are
Jerome Kern
ABCD · 36 · Medium-up swing
G major
Oh, Lady Be Good
George Gershwin
AABA · 32 · Medium-up swing
C major
I Can't Get Started
Vernon Duke
AABA · 32 · Ballad
G major
Embraceable You
George Gershwin
ABAC · 32 · Ballad
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This day in jazz
Jazz musicians born on October 21
Dizzy Gillespie
1917–1993 · American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)
Malcolm Arnold
1921–2006 · English composer and conductor (1921–2006)
Steve Lukather
1957 · American musician (born 1957)
Manfred Mann
1940 · South African-born musician (born 1940)
Fred Hersch
1955 · American jazz pianist
Sunny Murray
1937–2017 · American jazz drummer (1936–2017)
Don Byas
1912–1972 · American jazz saxophonist (1912–1972)
Jerry Bergonzi
1947 · American jazz musician
Died on October 21
- † 1982Radka Toneff
- † 2020Viola Smith
- † 1955Dick Twardzik
- † 1962Monette Moore
Album anniversaries today
- 1996George Gershwin Plays Rhapsody in Blue — George Gershwin; Michael Tilson Thomas, Columbia Jazz Band · 30 years ago
- 2011Christmas — Michael Bublé · 15 years ago
- 2016Nobody but Me — Michael Bublé · 10 years ago
- 1990The Red Back Book / Elite Syncopations — Scott Joplin; The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble, Gunther Schuller, The Southland Stingers · 36 years ago
- 2011Bad as Me — Tom Waits · 15 years ago
- 1975Nighthawks at the Diner — Tom Waits · 51 years ago
Standards by key
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Players by instrument
Jazz cities
Clubs, festivals and the musicians who were born there
New York City
31 venues · 213 musicians
Chicago
6 venues · 126 musicians
New Orleans
2 venues · 115 musicians
Philadelphia
1 venue · 100 musicians
London
1 venue · 77 musicians
Los Angeles
2 venues · 77 musicians
Brooklyn
77 musicians
Detroit
1 venue · 65 musicians
Boston
1 venue · 32 musicians
Paris
6 venues · 22 musicians
Oslo
1 venue · 25 musicians
Rio de Janeiro
34 musicians
Jazz festivals
Jazz radio, live
Classic Vinyl HD
US · MP3 320k · 1930, 1940, 1950
Adroit Jazz Underground
US · MP3 320k · avant-garde, bebop, big band
Adroit Jazz Underground HD Opus
US · OGG 192k · avant-garde, bebop, big band
Classic Vinyl HD Opus
US · OGG 192k · 1930, 1940, 1950
SomaFM Secret Agent (128k MP3)
US · MP3 128k · ambient, downtempo, jazz
Спокойное радио
RU · MP3 320k · ambient, chillout, easy listening
Analysed solos
Tempo, key and note statistics from the Weimar Jazz Database
- Chris Potter — Anthropologytenor saxophone · 245 BPM
- Steve Coleman — Cross-Fadealto saxophone · 146 BPM
- Lee Konitz — Wowalto saxophone · 174 BPM
- Don Byas — Harvard Bluestenor saxophone · 99 BPM
From the 78 rpm archive
Digitised shellac records from the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project
- "I CAN'T GET STARTED." Alan Nash and His Orchestra · Johnny Bamford · Neville Maddison ·… archive.org ↗
- I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME MEL HENKE · Milt Holland · Mike Rubin · Gaskill · McHugh · 1953 archive.org ↗
- When the Saints Go Marching In Sharkey Bonano and His Kings of Dixieland · Sharkey Bonano · Santo… archive.org ↗
- SWEET LORRAINE KENNY KERSEY TRIO · Kenny Kersey · Buddy Rich · Benny Fonville ·… archive.org ↗
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