List of Jazz Standards and Keys

List Of Jazz Standards And Keys

By Stef Ramin On 2017-08-31 3

A“standard” or “jazz standard” is referring to a popular music piece and/or jazz music composition that is held in continuing esteem and is frequently used in musical repertoire.

Many of these “jazz standards” were not necessarily originally jazz compositions. Music publishers include the term “jazz standards” in a description or a title they nearly always are referring to compositions used as the basis for improvisation or jazz arrangements.

You will find in this post a non-exhaustive list of jazz standards and their original keys to practice at home or in jam sessions.

Jazz Standards List

A	Original key
Take the ‘A’ Train	C
A Foggy Day	F
Afternoon in Paris	C
Ain’t Misbehavin’	Eb
Airegin	F-
Alice in Wonderland	C
All of Me	C
All of You	Eb
All the Things You Are	Ab
All or nothing at all	C
Alone Together	D-
Angel Eyes	D-
A Night In Tunisia	D-
Anthropology	Bb
Anything Goes	C
April in Paris	C
Autumn in New York	F
Autumn Leaves	Bb
Avalon	F
B
Baubles, Bangles and Beads	Ab
Beautiful Love	D-
Bemsha Swing	Ab
Bernie’s Tune	D-
Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea	F
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered	C
Billie's bounce	F
Blame It On My Mouth	Eb
Blue and Sentimental	Eb
Blue Bossa	C-
Blue Lou	Bb
Blue Monk	Bb
Blue Moon	Eb
Blue Seven	Bb
Blues	C
Body and Soul	Db
(The) Boulevard of Broken Dreams	D-
(The) Boy next door	Bb
Broadway	C
But Beautiful	G
But Not for Me	Eb
Bye bye Blackbird	F
C
Ceora	Ab
Cheek to cheek	C
Chega De Saudade	D-
Chelsea Bridge	Bb-
Cherokee	Eb
(The) Christmas Song	C
Come Fly With Me	C
Come Rain or Come Shine	F
Confirmation	F
Corcovado	F
Corner Pocket	Bb
Cry me a River	C-
Cute	F
D
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)	Bb
Days of Wine and Roses	F
Dear old Stockholm	D-
Dearly Beloved	C
Desafinado	F
Devil may Care	A-
Don’t go to Strangers	Bb
Don’t Take Your Love From Me	C
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me	Bb
Donna Lee	Ab
Doxy	Bb
Dream a little dream	C
Dream Dancing	C
(A) Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes	Eb
E
East of the Sun	G
Easy Living	F
Embraceable You	G
Emily	C
Every Time We Say Goodbye	Eb
Everything Happens to Me	Bb
Everything I Love	F
F
Falling in Love with Love	Bb
(A) Fine Romance	G
Flamingo	F
Fly Me to the Moon	C
(A) Foggy Day	F
For once in my life	Bb
Four	Eb
G
Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You	Eb
Georgia	F
A Ghost of a Chance	C
(The) Girl from Ipanema	F
Give me the night	Fm
Gone With The Wind	Eb
(On) Green Dolphin Street	Eb
Groovin’ High	Eb
H
Have You Met Miss Jones	F
Here’s That Rainy Day	G
Honeysuckle Rose	F
(A) House is Not a Home	Bb
How About You?	C
I
I Can’t Believe that You’re in Love	C
I Can’t Get Started	C
I Fall in Love Too Easily	Eb
I Get Along Without You Very Well	Bb
I Got it Bad	G
I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry	F
I Love You	F
I Loves You Porgy	F
I Remember Clifford	Eb
I Remember You	F
I Should Care	C
I Thought About You	F
I Wish You Love	Eb
I’ll Remember April	G
I’m Confessin’ that I Love You	Ab
I’m Old Frashioned	F
I’ve Got a Crush on You	Bb
I’ve Got the World on a String	F
I’ve Got Rhythm	Bb
I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face	C
I’ve Never Been in Love Before	Eb
If I Had You	Bb
Imagination	Eb
In a Mellow Tone	Ab
Invitation	C-
It Could Happen to You	Eb
It Don’t Mean a Thing	Bb
It Had to Be You	G
It Might as Well be Spring	C
It’s You or No-one	F
J
(The) Joint is Jumpin’	Bb
Just Friends	G
Just in Time	Bb
Just one of those things	F
Just the Way You Are	D
L
Ladybird	C
(Oh) Lady be Good	G
(The) Lady is a Tramp	C
Laura	C
Let it Snow!	C
Li’l Darlin’	F
Like Someone in Love	C
Love Came on Stealthy Fingers	Bb
Love for Sale	Eb
(Our) Love is Here to Stay	F
Love Walked In	F
Lover	Eb
Loverman	F
Lullaby of Birdland	C
Lullaby of the Leaves	C-
M
Makin’ Whoopee	F
Manhattan	F
(The) Masquerade (is Over)	Eb
Mean to Me	F
Meditation	C
Memories of You	Eb
Minority	F-
Misty	Eb
Moment’s Notice	Eb
Moonglow	C
Moonlight in Vermont	Eb
Moon River	C
(The) More I See You	Ab
My cherie amour	G
My Foolish Heart	Bb
My Funny Valentine	C-
My Old Flame	G
My Romance	C
My Shining Hour	C
N
Nancy with the Laughing Face	Eb
Nardis	Dm
(The) Nearness of You	F
Night and Day	Eb
A Night in Tunisia	D-
Nobody Else But Me	Bb
O
Old Devil Moon	Eb
Oléo	Bb
On a Clear Day	G
On a Misty Night	Eb
On the Street Where You Live	Bb
On the Sunny Side of the Street	C
Ornithology (How High the Moon)	G
Our Delight	Ab
Out of Nowhere	G
Over the Rainbow	Eb
P
(It’s only a) Paper Moon	F
Peace	Bb
Pennies from Heaven	C
Perdido	Bb
Polkadots and Moonbeams	F
Poor Butterfly	Ab
Prelude to a Kiss	F
R
Recorda-me	A-
Red roses for a blue lady	C
Red Sails in the Sunset	G
Remember	Ab
Rosetta	F
S
S’Wonderful	Eb
Saint Thomas	C
Santa Claus is Coming to Town	G
Satin Doll	C
Scrapple from the Apple	F
Secret Love	Eb
September in the Rain	Eb
September Song	C
Shiny Stockings	F
Skylark	Eb
Slow Boat to China	C
Smile	F
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise	C-
Solar	C-
Solitude	Eb
Some Other Time	C
Somebody Loves Me	F
Someday My Prince Will Come	Bb
Soon	Eb
Soul Eyes	Eb
Stardust	Db
Star Eyes	Eb
Stars Fell on Alabama	C
Stella by Starlight	Bb
Strike up the Band	Bb
Summertime	D-
Sweet and Lovely	Bb
Sweet Georgia Brown	F
Taking a Chance on Love	F
T
Tangerine	F
Teach me Tonight	Eb
Tenderly	Eb
That’s All	Bb
There is no Greater Love	Bb
There’s no You	F
There Will Never Be Another You	Eb
These Foolish Things	Eb
They Can’t Take That Away from Me	Eb
Thunderbirds (theme)	C
(A) Time for Love	Bb
Too Close for Comfort	Eb
Too Marvelous for Words	G
(The) Touch of Your Lips	C
Tune Up	D
U
Undecided	C
Unforgettable	G
Under a Blanket of Blue	C
V
Violets for Your Furs	F
Very early	C
W
Wave	D
We’ll Be Together Again	C
(You’re a) Weaver of Dreams	C
What’s New?	C
What a Little Moonlight Can Do	G
What Am I Here For?	Bb
What is This Thing Called Love?	C
When I Fall in Love	Eb
When You Wish Upon a Star	F
Whisper Not	D-
White Christmas	C
Willow Weep for Me	G
Winter Wonderland	Eb
Woody ‘n’ You	Db
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	C
Y
You go to my Head	Eb
You Stepped out of a Dream	C
You Turned the Tables on Me	C
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To	Bb
Young and fine	Eb
Young and foolish	C
Yours is My Heart Alone	C

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Comments

1 NR On 2022-10-22

Thanks. Nice post and research for a hard to find simple list. "Just the key please." :)
2 Francois On 2022-02-13

Hi. Really cool and useful page. What about having the standards classified by key instead of alphabetic order. In my case, I come here to find titles related to a specific key. Having to scroll all the way becomes a bit tedious.

jazz-guitar-licks On 2022-02-14

Hello,
Yes that's a good idea. All depends on what you're searching for...keys or a specific standard.