The Jazz Standards

An introduction for new fans, a useful handbook for jazz enthusiasts and performers, and an important reference for students and educators, this second edition of Ted Gioia's The Jazz Standards--now updated by popular demand-- belongs on the shelf of every serious jazz lover or musician.

Ted Gioia is a pianist, critic, scholar, historian and educator. He is author of 11 books, including The History of Jazz and Delta Blues-both honored by the New York Times on their list of 100 notable books of the year. His three books on the social history of music-Work Songs, Healing Songs, and Love Songs-have each been honored with the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Gioia holds degrees from Stanford and Oxford, and previously served on the faculty of Stanford's Department of Music. Praised as one of the leading music historians of our day, Gioia is a preeminent guide to songs of the past, present, and future.

- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- After You've Gone
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Airegin
- Alfie
- All Blues
- All of Me
- All of You
- All the Things You Are
- Almost Like Being in Love
- Alone Together
- Along Came Betty
- Angel Eyes
- April in Paris
- Autumn in New York
- Autumn Leaves
- Bags' Groove
- Basin Street Blues
- Beale Street Blues
- Bemsha Swing
- Billie's Bounce
- Birdland
- Blue Bossa
- Blue in Green
- Blue Monk
- Blue Moon
- Blue Skies
- Blues in the Night
- Bluesette
- Body and Soul
- But Beautiful
- But Not for Me
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- C Jam Blues
- Cantaloupe Island
- Caravan
- Chelsea Bridge
- Cherokee
- A Child is Born
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Come Sunday
- Con Alma
- Confirmation
- Corcovado
- Cotton Tail
- Darn That Dream
- Days of Wine and Roses
- Desafinado
- Dinah
- Django
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
- Dolphin Dance
- Donna Lee
- Don't Blame Me
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
- Easy Living
- Easy to Love
- Embraceable You
- Emily
- Epistrophy
- Everything Happens to Me
- Evidence
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
- Exactly Like You
- Falling in Love with Love
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Fly Me to the Moon
- A Foggy Day
- Footprints
- Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
- Georgia on My Mind
- Ghost of a Chance
- Giant Steps
- The Girl from Ipanema
- God Bless the Child
- Gone with the Wind
- Good Morning Heartache
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
- Groovin' High
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- Here's That Rainy Day
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Hot House
- How Deep Is the Ocean?
- How High the Moon
- How Insensitive
- How Long Has This Been Going On?
- I Can't Get Started
- I Can't Give You Anything but Love
- I Cover the Waterfront
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- I Fall in Love Too Easily
- I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
- I Got Rhythm
- I Hear a Rhapsody
- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
- I Love You
- I Mean You
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- I Remember Clifford
- I Should Care
- I Surrender, Dear
- I Thought about You
- I Want to Be Happy
- If I Should Lose You
- If You Could See Me Now
- I'll Remember April
- I'm in the Mood for Love
- Impressions
- In a Mellow Tone
- In a Sentimental Mood
- In Your Own Sweet Way
- Indiana
- Invitation
- It Could Happen to You
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
- It Had to Be You
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- It Never Entered My Mind
- I've Found a New Baby
- The Jitterbug Waltz
- Joy Spring
- Just Friends
- Just One of Those Things
- Just You, Just Me
- King Porter Stomp
- Lady Bird
- The Lady is a Tramp
- Lament
- Laura
- Lester Leaps In
- Like Someone in Love
- Limehouse Blues
- Liza
- Lonely Woman
- Lotus Blossom
- Love for Sale
- Love is Here to Stay
- Lover
- Lover, Come Back to Me
- Lover Man
- Lullaby of Birdland
- Lush Life
- Mack the Knife
- Maiden Voyage
- The Man I Love
- Manhã de Carnaval
- Mean to Me
- Meditation
- Memories of You
- Milestones
- Misterioso
- Misty
- Moanin'
- Moment's Notice
- Mood Indigo
- Moonlight in Vermont
- Moose the Mooche
- More Than You Know
- Muskrat Ramble
- My Favorite Things
- My Foolish Heart
- My Funny Valentine
- My Heart Stood Still
- My Old Flame
- My One and Only Love
- My Romance
- Naima
- Nardis
- Nature Boy
- The Nearness of You
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Night and Day
- Night in Tunisia
- Night Train
- Now's the Time
- Nuages
- Oh, Lady Be Good!
- Old Folks
- Oleo
- On a Clear Day
- On Green Dolphin Street
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Once I Loved
- One Note Samba
- One o'Clock Jump
- Ornithology
- Out of Nowhere
- Over the Rainbow
- Peace
- The Peacocks
- Pennies from Heaven
- Perdido
- Poinciana
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Prelude to a Kiss
- Rhythm-a-ning
- 'Round Midnight
- Royal Garden Blues
- Ruby, My Dear
- St. James Infirmary Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- St. Thomas
- Satin Doll
- Scrapple from the Apple
- Secret Love
- The Shadow of Your Smile
- Skylark
- Smile
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- So What
- Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
- Solar
- Solitude
- Some of These Days
- Someday My Prince Will Come
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Song for My Father
- The Song Is You
- Sophisticated Lady
- Soul Eyes
- Speak Low
- Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
- Spring Is Here
- Star Dust
- Star Eyes
- Stella by Starlight
- Stolen Moments
- Stompin' at the Savoy
- Stormy Weather
- Straight, No Chaser
- Struttin' with Some Barbecue
- Summertime
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- 'S Wonderful
- Take Five
- Take the A Train
- Tea for Two
- Tenderly
- There Is No Greater Love
- There Will Never Be Another You
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
- They Can't Take That Away from Me
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be
- Tiger Rag
- Time after Time
- Tin Roof Blues
- The Very Thought of You
- Waltz for Debby
- Watermelon Man
- Wave
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Well, You Needn't
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- What's New?
- When the Saints Go Marching In
- Whisper Not
- Who Can I Turn To?
- Willow Weep for Me
- Yardbird Suite
- Yesterdays
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- You Go to My Head
- You Stepped Out of a Dream
- You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To