What standard(s) do you kick ass on when playing?

[Hardbopjazz]

Do you have a favorite standard that when you play it, you tear it up?

When I use to play, I could play my ass off when doing "The Shadows of Smile" and "On Green Dolphin Street".

List your's.

[Robert J]

Blue Bossa

Night and Day

Oleo

A Foggy Day

[Rosco]

All of 'em.

Seriously, though...

There Will Never Be Another You springs to mind. For some reason those changes always bring the best out of me. I never seem to run out of things to play on it.

[Free For All]

I enjoy playing these among others. Whether or not I "kick ass" is up to someone else.

Invitation

Alone Together

East Of The Sun

All The Things you Are

How Deep Is The Ocean

Like Someone In Love

Speak Low

Old Folks

Have You Met Miss Jones

I Hear A Rhapsody

You And The Night And The Music

BTW, check out jazzstandards.com for a list of 1000 standards. You can order them alphabetically, by year of composition or by popularity. Not sure how they determined that last category, but it's a great list.

[Rosco]

BTW, check out jazzstandards.com for a list of 1000 standards. You can order them alphabetically, by year of composition or by popularity. Not sure how they determined that last category, but it's a great list.

Apparently they did a survey of a zillion albums by jazz artists to determine which had been recorded most. They've also done a short analysis of the tunes 1 thru 100 and are working on 101 to 200 plus there are recommended recordings and backgrounds for each tune. The years of composition are a little out, but generally it's a nice site.

[Sundog]

I do fairly well with these lately....

Lady Bird

Four

Gentle Rain

My Ship

Groovin' High