"A Night in Tunisia" is a #musicalComposition written by American trumpeter #DizzyGillespie in 1942. He wrote it while he was playing with the #BennyCarter band. It has become a #jazzStandard. It is also known as "Interlude", and with lyrics by Raymond Leveen was recorded by #SarahVaughan in 1944.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqihuIeMF1Q

"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a #jazzStandard written by composer #DukeEllington. The song was originally entitled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" quickly became a hit after #BobRussell wrote its lyrics in 1942. Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by #TheInkSpots and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ4BolIbdUg

"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by #DukeEllington with lyrics by #BubberMiley, first published by #IrvingMills. It is now accepted as a #jazzStandard, and jazz historian #GuntherSchuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uALSQWYZWSE

"Misty" is a #jazzStandard written and originally recorded in 1954 by pianist #ErrollGarner. He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional #32barFormat, and recorded it on July 27, 1954 for the album #Contrasts. Lyrics were added later by #JohnnyBurke. It appeared on #JohnnyMathis' 1959 album #Heavenly, and this recording reached number 12 on the #USPopSingles chart later that year. It has since become Mathis’ #signatureSong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzt2rdWBazo

"'Round Midnight" (sometimes titled "'Round About Midnight") is a 1943 composition by American jazz #pianist #TheloniousMonk that quickly became a #jazzStandard and has been recorded by a wide variety of artists. A version recorded by Monk's quintet was added to the #GrammyHallOfFame in 1993. It is one of the most recorded jazz standards composed by a jazz musician.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTO438Ps0xU

"Come Rain or Come Shine" is a #popularMusic song and #jazzStandard with music by #HaroldArlen and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer. It was written for the #Broadway musical #StLouisWoman, which opened on March 30, 1946, and closed after 113 performances. The show also produced another notable standard, "#AnyPlaceIHangMyHatIsHome." "Come Rain or Come Shine" is one in a series of enduring songs with meteorological themes that Arlen composed through the course of his career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35bF9TBilPo

"How Insensitive" (#Portuguese: Insensatez) is a #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song composed by Brazilian musician #AntônioCarlosJobim. The original lyrics are by #ViníciusDeMoraes (in Portuguese); an English version was written by #NormanGimbel. Jobim recorded the song in 1994 with #Sting on lead vocals for his last studio album #AntônioBrasileiro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uunRtLQtwc

"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a #popularSong written by #IrvingBerlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the #ZiegfeldFollies. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the #GreatAmericanSongbook and are often covered as a #jazzStandard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPfX-39gbs4

"I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by #GeorgeGershwin with lyrics by #IraGershwin and published in 1930, which became a #jazzStandard. Its #chordProgression, known as the "#rhythmChanges", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as #CharlieParker's and #DizzyGillespie's #bebop standard "Anthropology (Thrivin' on a Riff)".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4hI-xhGZug

"Giant Steps" is a jazz #composition by American saxophonist #JohnColtrane. It was first recorded in 1959 and released on the 1960 album #GiantSteps. The composition features a cyclic chord pattern that has come to be known as #ColtraneChanges. The composition has become a #jazzStandard, covered by many artists. Due to its speed and rapid transition through the three keys of B major, G major and E♭ major, #Vox described the piece as "the most feared song in jazz".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIC6B_dvW4

"Fine and Mellow" is a #jazzStandard written by #BillieHoliday, who first recorded it on April 20, 1939 on the #Commodore label. It is a #blues lamenting the bad treatment of a woman at the hands of "my man".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqxG09wlIA

"Desafinado" (a #Portuguese word, usually rendered into English as "Out of Tune", or as "Off Key") is a 1959 #bossaNova song and #jazzStandard composed by #AntônioCarlosJobim with lyrics (in Portuguese) by #NewtonMendonça.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCMhuN3053o

"One O'Clock Jump" is a #jazzStandard; a #12barBlues #instrumental, written by #CountBasie in 1937.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfwhkDmM1g

"Ja-Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!)" is a #hitSong written in 1918 by #BobCarleton. The title is sometimes rendered simply as "#Jada." The song has flourished through the decades as a #jazzStandard. In his definitive American Popular Songs, #AlecWilder writes about the song's simplicity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcfzwFpKzs

Body and Soul ️ by Green and Heyman (1930)
With my beloved @maxi_muses

https://youtube.com/shorts/vBkK8Z3M4HE?si=IobM6d1f2yd-OCeW

Wow, this is just wonderful.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LY8xgdrxjKQ

#TunesOnTuesday goes back to the American Songbook for "Everything Happens To Me" by Matt Dennis and Tom Adair (1940). Maybe the lyric needs a 21st century update? #songwriting #songwriter #americansongbook #jazzstandard #jazztodon #jazz https://ohljazz.com/2025/04/08/tunes-on-tuesday-everything-happens-to-me/

#TunesOnTuesday goes back to the standards with "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" by McHugh and Adamson from 1943. Next step is to learn the lyrics! #jazzstandard #jazzpiano #solopiano https://ohljazz.com/2025/03/18/tunes-on-tuesday-a-lovely-way-to-spend-an-evening/

"Django" is a 1954 #jazzStandard written by #JohnLewis as a tribute to the Belgian-born jazz guitarist #DjangoReinhardt. It was a signature composition of the #ModernJazzQuartet, of which Lewis was the pianist and musical director.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncMmN90fYFY

"I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by #GeorgeGershwin with lyrics by #IraGershwin and published in 1930, which became a #jazzStandard. Its #chordProgression, known as the "#rhythmChanges", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as #CharlieParker's and #DizzyGillespie's #bebop standard #AnthropologyThrivinOnARiff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFMHveWGCa0