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28 Jazz Blues Tunes You Need to Know:
- All Blues– blues in 3/4 by Miles Davis.
- Au Privave– bebop blues head by Charlie Parker.
- Bag's Groove– easy blues head in concert F.
- Billie's Bounce– bebop blues head by Charlie Parker.
- Birk's Works– easy minor blues head.
- Blue Monk– classic Thelonious Monk blues.
- What are the characteristics of jazz blues?
- What are blues standards?
- What qualifies as a jazz standard?
What are the characteristics of jazz blues?
The main features of blues include: specific chord progressions, a walking bass, call and response, dissonant harmonies, syncopation, melisma and flattened 'blue' notes. Blues is known for being microtonal, using pitches between the semitones defined by a piano keyboard.
What are blues standards?
Blues standards are blues songs that have attained a high level of recognition due to having been widely performed and recorded. They represent the best known and most interpreted blues songs that are seen as standing the test of time.
What qualifies as a jazz standard?
Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. ... The jazz standard repertoire has some overlap with blues and pop standards.
