Tim,
Well, you asked for it, here it is: a Very Incomplete Yet Still Very Long List of Tunes Based on Rhythm Changes.
[ahem...]
Allen's Alley (AKA Wee)
Denzil Best
Almost
David Baker
Anthropology (AKA Thrivin' From a Riff)
Parker/Gillespie
Apple Honey
Woody Herman
Bop Kick
Nat Cole
Boppin' a Riff
Sonny Stitt
Brown Gold
Art Pepper
Bud's Bubble
Bud Powell
Call the Police
Nat Cole (?)
Calling Dr. Jazz
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Celerity
Charlie Parker
Chant of the Groove
Coleman Hawkins (?)
Chasin' the Bird
Charlie Parker
Cheers
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Constellation
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Coolie Rini
Howard McGhee
Coppin' the Bop
J.J. Johnson
Cottontail
Duke Ellington
Delerium
Tadd Dameron
Dexter's Deck
Dexter Gordon
Dexterity
Charlie Parker
Don't Be That Way
Edgar Sampson
Dorothy
Howard McGhee
The Duel
Dexter Gordon
Eb Pob
Fats Navarro/Leo Parker
Fat Girl
Fats Navarro
Father Steps In
Dixon/Randall/Hines/Fox
Fifty Second Street Theme
Thelonius Monk
The Flintstones
Hoyt Curtain
Fox Hunt
J.J. Johnson
Goin' To Minton's
Fats Navarro
Good Queen Bess
Duke Ellington
The Goof and I
Al Cohn
Hamp's Paws
Hampton Hawes
Harlem Swing
Nat Cole (?)
Hollerin' and Screamin'
Eddie Davis
I'm an Errand Boy for Rhythm
Nat Cole (?)
In Walked Horace
J.J. Johnson
Jay Jay
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Jaybird
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The Jeep is Jumpin'
Duke Ellington
Jug Handle
Gene Ammons
Juggernaut
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Juggin' Around
Frank Foster
Jumpin' at the Woodside
Count Basie
Lemon Drop
George Wallington
Lester Leaps In
Lester Young
Lila Mae
Nat Cole (?)
The Little Man on the White Keys
" "
Miss Thing
Count Basie
Moody Speaks (original version)
James Moody/Dave Burns
Moody's Got Rhythm
James Moody
Moose the Mooche
Charlie Parker
Mop, Mop
Gaillard/Stewert/Tatum
Newk's Fadeway
Sonny Rollins
No Moe
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Northwest Passage
Herman/Jackson/Burns
O Go Mo
Sonny Rollins
Oleo
" "
On the Scene
Gillespie/Fuller/Roberts
One Bass Hit
Dizzy Gillespie
Opp-Bop-Sha-Bam
" "
An Oscar for Treadwell
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Ow
Charlie Greenlea
Passport
Charlie Parker
Pogo Stick Bounce
Eden Ahbez
Raid the Joint
Erskine Hawkins (?)
Red Cross
Charlie Parker
Rhythm in a Riff
Billy Eckstine
Rhythm Sam
Nat Cole (?)
Rhythm-a-ning
Thelonius Monk
Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie
Seven Come Eleven
Charlie Christian
Shag
Sidney Bechet
Shaw Nuff
Dizzy Gillespie
Shoo Shoo Baby
Phil Moore
Solid Potato Salad
DePaul/Prince/Raye
Sonnyside
Sonny Stitt
Squatty Roo
Johnny Hodges
Stay On It
Tadd Dameron
Steeplechase
Charlie Parker
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Nat Cole
The Street Beat
C. Thompson/ Robert Mellin
Strictly Confidential
Bud Powell
Swedish Schnapps
Charlie Shavers
Swing Spring
J.J. Johnson
Swingin' With Diane
Art Pepper
Syntax
J.J. Johnson
Ta-de-ah
Nat Cole (?)
The Theme
Miles Davis
Tiptoe
Thad Jones
Turnpike
J.J. Johnson
Wail
Bud Powell
Webb City
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Wee (AKA Allen's Alley)
Dizzy Gillespie
Who's Who
Art Farmer
Wire Brush Stomp
Gene Krupa (?)
XYZ
Budd Johnson
Yeah Man
J. Russel Robinson
And then of course there are a bunch of Aebersold tunes over Rhythm changes:
Ah! A Bossa
Almost Like...
Bebop O'Rooney
Blue Top Expresso
Climbing Up
Flat Tire! Flat Tire!
Groovin'
Homecourt Advantage
Is This Blues?
Oh, Yell!
Put On Your Thinking Cap
Slidin' Home
Weaving Thru Changes
AND, there are plenty of tunes that use Rhythm changes, but alter the
A section or use a different bridge. But I think that's another post
altogether....
Hope that's enough to get you started! All of the tunes above were taken from a list in David Baker's book "How to Learn Tunes" (Volume 76), which is published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc.
And yes, the class with David Baker was absolutely incredible! I've never felt so overwhelmed in my life -- on the other hand, I've also never had so much fun in a class (although this semester's jazz combo course with Pat Harbison is pretty awesome too).
Kimberly
kstephan@indiana.edu