List of 1940s jazz standards explained

Jazz standards are musical compositions that are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire. This list includes tunes written in the 1940s that are considered standards by at least one major fake book publication or reference work.

The swing era lasted until the mid-1940s, and produced popular tunes such as Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail" (1940) and Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train" (1941). When the big bands struggled to keep going during World War II, a shift was happening in jazz in favor of smaller groups. Some swing era musicians, like Louis Jordan, later found popularity in a new kind of music, called "rhythm and blues", that would evolve into rock and roll in the 1950s.[1]

Bebop emerged in the early 1940s, led by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and others. It appealed to a more specialized audience than earlier forms of jazz, with sophisticated harmonies, fast tempos, and often virtuoso musicianship. Bebop musicians often used 1930s standards, especially those from Broadway musicals, as part of their repertoire.[2] Among standards written by bebop musicians are Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" (1941) and "A Night in Tunisia" (1942), Parker's "Anthropology" (1946), "Yardbird Suite" (1946) and "Scrapple from the Apple" (1947), and Monk's "'Round Midnight" (1944), which is currently the most recorded jazz standard composed by a jazz musician.[3]

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1941

I Hear A Rhapsody” written by George Fragos, Jack Baker, and Dick Gasparre.

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Notes and References

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  5. Web site: All Too Soon . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  6. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 90.
  7. Web site: Cottontail . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  8. Web site: Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  9. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 107.
  10. Web site: Don't Get Around Much Anymore . JazzStandards.com . April 29, 2009.
  11. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 122.
  12. Web site: How High the Moon . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  13. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 180.
  14. Web site: In a Mellotone . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  15. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 206.
  16. The New Real Book, Volume III, p. 170.
  17. Web site: Polka Dots and Moonbeams . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  18. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 318.
  19. Web site: You Stepped Out of a Dream . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  20. The New Real Book, Volume III, p. 423.
  21. Web site: Brazil . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  22. The Real Book, Volume III, p. 60.
  23. Web site: Chelsea Bridge . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
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  25. Web site: Flamingo . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
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  27. Web site: I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  28. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 187.
  29. The New Real Book, Volume III, p. 153
  30. Web site: I'll Remember April . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  31. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 197,
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  33. Book: The Real Book Vol. VI, p 218.
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  35. Web site: Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  36. The Real Book, Volume III, p. 225.
  37. The New Real Book, Volume III, p. 194.
  38. Web site: Salt Peanuts . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  39. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 340.
  40. Web site: Take the "A" Train . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  41. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 398.
  42. The Real Book, Volume III, p. 447.
  43. Web site: You Don't Know What Love Is . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  44. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 459.
  45. Web site: C Jam Blues . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  46. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 74
  47. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 132.
  48. Web site: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  49. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 255.
  50. Web site: Night in Tunisia . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  51. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 302.
  52. Web site: Perdido . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  53. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 311.
  54. The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 287.
  55. Web site: Skylark . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  56. The Real Book, Volume III, p. 356.
  57. Web site: There Will Never Be Another You . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  58. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 407.
  59. Web site: Things Ain't What They Used to Be . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  60. The Real Book, Volume III, p. 401
  61. Web site: I Wish You Love . JazzStandards.com . February 17, 2023.
  62. Web site: Woody'n You . JazzStandards.com . June 1, 2009.
  63. The Real Book, p. ?
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  65. Book: Visser, Joop . The Woody Herman Story liner notes. Joop Visser . 2000 . Proper . Kent, England . 19–21 .
  66. Web site: Harlem Nocturne . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  67. The Real Book, Volume III, p. 140.
  68. The New Real Book, Volume II, p. 127.
  69. The New Real Book, Volume III, p. 351.
  70. Web site: Star Eyes . Wilson . Jeremy . Tyle . Chris . McElrath . K.J. . JazzStandards.com . October 16, 2013.
  71. Web site: The Surrey with the Fringe on Top . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  72. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 393.
  73. Web site: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  74. The Real Book, Volume III, p. 113.
  75. Web site: Groovin' High . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  76. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 166.
  77. Web site: I Fall in Love Too Easily . Burlingame . Sandra . JazzStandards.com . September 27, 2011.
  78. Web site: I Should Care . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  79. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 194.
  80. Web site: It Could Happen to You . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  81. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 204.
  82. Web site: Long Ago (And Far Away) . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  83. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 251.
  84. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 345.
  85. Web site: Well You Needn't . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  86. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 435.
  87. Web site: Billie's Bounce . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  88. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 44.
  89. Web site: Everything But You . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  90. Web site: Hot House . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  91. Web site: I'm Just a Lucky So and So . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  92. Web site: It Might as Well Be Spring . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  93. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 205
  94. Web site: Laura . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  95. The New Real Book, Volume III, p. 212.
  96. Web site: Now's the Time . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  97. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 293.
  98. Web site: Since I Fell for You . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  99. Web site: I'll Close My Eyes . JazzStandards.com . May 5, 2022.
  100. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 178.
  101. Listed in New Real Book, Volume I.
  102. Listed in The Real Vocal Book.
  103. Web site: Angel Eyes . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  104. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 28.
  105. Web site: Anthropology . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  106. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 29.
  107. Web site: Come Rain or Come Shine . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  108. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 88.
  109. Web site: Confirmation . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
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  111. Web site: Day Dream . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  112. The Real Book, Volume III, p. 91.
  113. The New Real Book, Volume III, p. 101.
  114. Web site: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  115. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 108.
  116. Web site: If You Could See Me Now. JazzStandards.com. December 7, 2011.
  117. Web site: Nobody Else But Me. JazzStandards.com. February 11, 2012.
  118. Web site: Ornithology . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  119. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 317.
  120. Web site: Stella by Starlight . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  121. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 382.
  122. Web site: Tenderly . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  123. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 389.
  124. Web site: The Things We Did Last Summer . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  125. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 394.
  126. Web site: Yardbird Suite . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  127. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 433.
  128. Listed in The Real Jazz Book
  129. Web site: Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  130. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 39.
  131. Web site: But Beautiful . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  132. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 62.
  133. Web site: Donna Lee . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  134. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 123.
  135. Web site: In Walked Bud . JazzStandards.com . April 29, 2009.
  136. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 200.
  137. Web site: Lady Bird . JazzStandards.com . April 29, 2009.
  138. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 235.
  139. Web site: Nature Boy . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  140. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 284.
  141. Web site: On Green Dolphin Street . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  142. The New Real Book, Volume III, p. 273.
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  146. Web site: Scrapple from the Apple . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
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  148. Web site: Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Honeysuckle Rose) . Leppanen . Rick . JazzStandards.com . January 8, 2010.
  149. Web site: Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Detour Ahead). www.jazzstandards.com. 2018-06-25.
  150. Web site: Four Brothers . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  151. The Real Book, Volume II, p. 138.
  152. Web site: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
  153. The Real Book, Volume I, p. 301.
  154. Web site: Lush Life . JazzStandards.com . February 20, 2009.
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  156. Web site: My Foolish Heart . JazzStandards.com . April 29, 2009.
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