All Currently 137 Available Songs

• A Child is Born •

  A jazz ballad. It was written in 1969 by the jazz trumpeter Thad Jones and Alec Wilder and has since become a jazz standard.

• A Foggy Day •

  From the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress and originally titled "A Foggy Day (In London Town)".

• Ain't Misbehavin •

  by "Fats" Waller

• All Blues •

  by Miles Davis

• All My Loving •

  Written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and from the 1963 album With The Beatles.

• All The Things You Are •

  Written for the 1939 Musical "Very Warm for May".

• All of Me •

  A jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931.

• Any Song Will Do •

  When any song here can be used for the concepts in the lessons.

• Autumn Leaves •

  Originally it was a 1945 French song "Les Feuilles mortes" (literally "The Dead Leaves").

• Beer Barrel Polka •

  Also known as Roll Out the Barrel, is a song which became popular worldwide during World War II.

• Bingo •

  Also known as "Bingo Was His Name-O" and "There Was a Farmer Who Had a Dog."

• Black Orpheus •

  A Boss Nova standard from the 1959 film, Orfeu Negro made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn.

• Blue Bossa •

  Blue Bossa is one of the easier songs that beginning jazz players tackle.

• Blue Skies •

  Written by Irving Berlin in 1926 as a last minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical, Betsy.

• Blues in G •

  A basic / standard I, IV, V blues in the key of G major.

• Bluesette •

  The “Toots” Thielemans Jass Classic

• Brown Eyed Girl •

  Written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns, it was first released in May 1967.

• Call Me •

  A Tony Hatch composition first recorded by Petula Clark.

• Classical Gas •

  Composed and originally performed by Mason Williams with instrumental backing by members of the Wrecking Crew.

• Crazy •

  Composed by Willie Nelson.

• Cute •

  By Neal Hefti an American jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and arranger. Best known for the theme music for the Batman tel

• Danny Boy •

  Ballad written by Frederic Weatherly and usually set to the tune of the "Londonderry Air".

• Days Of Wine And Roses •

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• Desafinado •

  By Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics (in Portuguese) by Newton Mendonça.

• Don't Get Around Much Anymore •

  A jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Bob Russell.

• Donna Lee •

  A bebop jazz standard attributed to Charlie Parker.

• Eleanor Rigby •

  By The Beatles, originally released on the 1966 album Revolver.

• Embraceable You •

  A popular jazz song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

• Every Breath You Take •

  Written by Sting, the single was the biggest hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks.

• Feliz Navidad •

  A Christmas song written in 1970 by the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter José Feliciano.

• Finding Love •

  Original song by Curt Sheller.

• Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue •

  An American popular song that achieved its greatest popularity in the 1920s.

• Fly Me to the Moon •

  A popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954.

• Fm Blues •

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• Georgia •

  Georgia On My Mind

• Giant Steps •

  By John Coltrane, first appearing as the first track on the album of the same name (1960).

• Girl From Ipanema •

  The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) is an essential jazz standard that every jazz musician should know.

• God Bless This Child •

  Written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. in 1939.

• Happy Birthday •

  Happy Birthday is now in the Public Domain.

• Happy Together •

  by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon

• Have You Meet Miss Jones •

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• Heat Wave •

  Made popular by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas.

• Hello Dolly, Mame, Cabaret Medley •

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• Here's that Rainy Day •

  Popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1953.

• Hey, Good Lookin •

  By Hank Williams as a variation of a song of the same name, similar lyrics, and similar melody written by Cole Porter in 1942.

• Hide Away •

  King Blues Blues Classic

• How High the Moon •

  A jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis.

• How Insensitive •

  A bossa nova jazz standard composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, loosely based on Frédéric Chopin's Prelude No.4.

• I'll Remember April •

  Published in 1942 and written by Gene de Paul with the lyrics by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye

• I'm A Believer •

• Inspector Gadget •

  Composed by Shuki Levy & Haim Saban

• Irish Washerwoman •

  A traditional Irish jig.

• Jingle Bells •

  Published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857

• Jordu •

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• Joy Spring •

  A bebop standard by Clifford Brown.

• Just the Way Your Are •

  The classic Billy Joel song.

• Kelle Belle •

  An original jazz blues by Curt Sheller.

• Lady Is A Tramp •

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• Light My Fire •

  A song by The Doors which was recorded in August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967.

• London Bridge •

  London Bridge Is Falling Dowm, also known as My Fair Lady.

• Lullaby of Birdland •

  By George Shearing and lyrics by George David Weiss under the pseudonym "B. Y. Forster"

• Maui Hawai'ian Sup'pa Man •

  This song immortalizes Maui, the mischievous demi-god and the great hero of Polynesian/Hawaiian folklore in song.

• Mele Kalikimaka •

  A Classic Hawai'ian Christmas Song from 1949.

• Michelle •

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• Midnight Cafe •

  An original song by Curt Sheller from his 2002 Midnight at the Jazz Cafe CD.

• Misty •

  A jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner.

• Moanin •

  A composition by Bobby Timmons, first recorded by Art Blakey's band on the 1958 album of the same title.

• Moon River •

  Composed by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music) in 1961.

• Moondance •

  Title song on Van Morrison's 1970 album Moondance.

• Moonlight In Vermont •

  The lyrics are also unconventional in that each verse (not counting the bridge) is a haiku.

• Moonlight Serenade •

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• My Favorite Things •

  From the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.

• My Funny Valentine •

  A show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms.

• Norwegian Wood •

  Written mainly by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership.

• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da •

  Credited to Lennon–McCartney, but written by Paul McCartney.

• Oh! Susanna •

  The song was introduced by a local quintette at a concert in Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• Old MacDonald Had a Farm •

  A children's song and nursery rhymem.

• On Broadway •

  Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in collaboration with the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

• On Green Dolphin Street •

  Originally entitled "Green Dolphin Street" is a 1947 popular song composed by Bronisław Kaper with lyrics by Ned Washington.

• Pink Panther •

  An instrumental composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther.

• Pony Express •

  An orginal, bluegrass inspired song by Curt Sheller.

• QuickStart Aeolian Playalong Tracks •

  Aeolian Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar

• QuickStart Blues Playalong Tracks •

  QuickStart Blues - Minor Pentatonic Play-along Tracks

• QuickStart Dorian Playalong Tracks •

  Dorian play-along tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar

• QuickStart Ionian Playalong Tracks •

  Ionian Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar

• QuickStart Mixolydian Playalong Tracks •

  Mixolydian Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar

• QuickStart Pentatonic Playalong Tracks •

  Pentatonic Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar

• Red River Valley •

  A folk song and cowboy music standard of controversial origins that has gone by different names.

• Road Song •

  By guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1968. It reached number one on the Billboard Jazz album chart.

• Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree •

  By Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958 on Decca.

• Row, Row, Row Your Boat •

  An English language nursery rhyme, and a popular children's song

• Sailors Hornpipe •

  Also known as The College Hornpipe and Jack's the Lad is a traditional hornpipe melody.

• Satin Doll •

  A 1953 song by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

• Scrapple The Apple •

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• Shadow of Your Smile •

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• Shiny Stockings •

  By Frank Foster.

• Silent Night •

  Composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.

• Soft Winds •

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• Solar •

  The first two measures of this song adorn Miles Davis' tombstone in Woodlawn Cemetery.

• Someday My Prince Will Come •

  From Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

• Somewhere Over the Rainbow •

  Over the Rainbow (often referred to as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow) is a classic ballad song with music by Harold Arlen.

• Spain •

  A modern jazz standard by Chick Corea.

• Spanish Eyes •

  Originally titles Moon Over Naples.

• St. James Infirmary Blues •

  Am American blues song of uncertain origin, made famous by Louis Armstrong in his 1928 recording,

• St. Thomas •

  The most recognizable instrumental in the repertoire of American jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins.

• Stairway to Heaven •

  From Led Zeppelin IV.

• Star Spangled Banner •

  The national anthem of the United States of America.

• Summer Samba •

  Also known as So Nice or its original Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão".

• Summers Dawn •

  From How About More Uke by Curt Sheller

• Summertime •

  Form the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin

• Sunny •

  BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century".

• Super Mario Bros - Main Theme •

  Main Theme to Super Mario Bros is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo.

• Super Mario Bros - Underwater Theme •

  Theme to Super Mario Bros is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo.

• Super Mario Bros - Underworld Theme •

  Theme to Super Mario Bros is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo.

• Surf •

  Mainly a 1 6 4 5 chord progression like a lot of songs written in the fifties.

• Sway •

  The English version of ¿Quién será?, a 1953 mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz.

• Take Five •

  Written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out.

• Take the A Train •

  Arguably the most famous of the many compositions to emerge from the collaboration of Ellington and Strayhorn.

• The Lion Sleeps Tonight •

  Also known as "Wimoweh", "Wimba Way" or "Awimbawe", is a song written and recorded originally by Solomon Linda.

• There Will Never Be Another You •

  The song was published in 1942, and is one of the most widely known and performed standards of the jazz repertoire.

• This Land - Handwritten Melody and Chord Leadsheet •

  This Land is Your Land

• This Old Man •

  An English language children's song, counting and nursery rhyme.

• This Train •

  This Train is Bound for Glory

• Three Blind Mice •

  An English nursery rhyme and musical round.

• Tweaking the Daily Ukulele a.k.a, the Yellow Book •

  The Yellow book changes.

• Walk Don't Run •

  A rock'n'roll instrumental composition written and first performed by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith in 1955.

• Wave •

  By Antonio Carlos Jobim. Recorded as an instrumental on Jobim's 1967 album of the same name.

• West Coast Blues •

  A jazz classic by the last jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery.

• What What Happens •

  Written by Michel Jean Legrand (born 24 February 1932) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist.

• What's New? •

  A 1939 popular song composed by Bob Haggart, with lyrics by Johnny Burke.

• When Sunny Gets Blue •

  A jazz standard written by Marvin Fisher and Jack Segal/

• While My Guitar Gently Weeps •

  Written by George Harrison of The Beatles for their double album The Beatles (also known as The White Album)

• Witchcraft •

  By Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. Released as a single by Frank Sinatra, and reached number twenty in the US.

• Yesterday •

  Recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help.

• You Are The Sunshine of My Life •

  1973 R&B pop single released by Stevie Wonder.

• You Send Me •

  By American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released on September 7, 1957 by Keen Records.

• You've Got A Friend In Me •

  Theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story by Randy Newman