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A Child is Born
A Child Is Born is a jazz ballad. It was written in 1969 by the jazz trumpeter Thad Jones and Alec Wilder and has since become a jazz standard. An arrangement of this "Jazz" standard for ukulele in "C" tuning G C E A, with a low "G". suitable for performance on standard high "G" C tuning.
Author(s): Curt Sheller Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications Code: UL400
Main Category: Jazz Main Instrument: Any
Categories: Jazz, Arrangement, Ballad
2026-08-19
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A Child Is Born is a jazz ballad. It was written in 1969 by the jazz trumpeter Thad Jones and Alec Wilder and has since become a jazz standard. An arrangement of this "Jazz" standard for ukulele in "C" tuning G C E A, with a low "G". suitable for performance on standard high "G" C tuning.
The piece has been recorded by a number of musicians including Tony Bennett, Stanley Turrentine and Bill Evans[1] (also released on Christmas with Sinatra & Friends), Richard Davis, Kenny Burrell, and Hank Jones.
A Child is Born - An arrangement of this standard for ukulele in "C" tuning G C E A, with a low "G". suitable for performance on standard high "G" C tuning.
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"A Child Is Born" is 32 bars long, and when soloing over it, jazz musicians "usually omit the last two bars", leaving a "30-bar solo form". The original was recorded in B-flat major. It features a slow, lengthy introduction on the piano, lasting over a minute. Bob Yurochko in his book A Short History of Jazz refers to it as a "beautiful ballad" of mainstream jazz.