List of jazz standards - Definition and Overview

The following is a list of jazz standards.

• Willow Weep for Me
  • lyrics and music by Ann Ronnell, 1932
    • Performed by Cannonball Adderley, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Paul Bley, Charlie Byrd, Cab Calloway, Dos, Wes Montgomery, Toots Thielemans, Elek Bacsik

• Take the 'A' Train
  • Billy Strayhorn
    • Performed by Louis Armstrong, Paul Bley, Dave Brubeck, Cab Calloway, Esquivel, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Kenton, Chaka Khan, Glenn Miller, Charles Mingus, Anita O'Day, Oscar Peterson, Andre Previn, Tito Puente, Sun Ra, Matthew Shipp, Toots Thielemans, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughan, Lawrence Welk, World Saxophone Quartet

• Take Five
  • Composed by Paul Desmond
    • Performed by Dave Brubeck, Quincy Jones, Tito Puente, Miles Davis, Elek Bacsik

• Summertime
  • Composed by George Gershwin
    • Performed by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz,Janis Joplin, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Hartman, Nina Simone, Joe Morello, Louis Armstrong, Jerry Garcia, Kiri Te Kanawa, Chet Baker, Don Byas

• The Thrill is Gone
  • Composed by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
    • Performed by Sarah Vaughan, BB King

• Lover Man
  • Composed by Jimmie Davis, Roger Ramirez and Jimmy Sherman
    • Performed by René Thomas, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Joe Newman, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker

• Milestones
  • Composed by Miles Davis
    • Performed by Miles Davis, Bobby Jaspar, Elek Bacsik

• Night in Tunisia
  • Composed by Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
    • Performed by René Thomas

See also: List of jazz pieces, List of jazz songs, Lists of pieces.