Repertoire List for Bass Study
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Melody/ Changes: "2 Memorized Feel"; Walk; Title (*= Ballad; **=Bop Head) Year Composer Source Key(s) 8ves Voicings Solo Tempo /Recorded After You've Gone 1918 Turner Layton NRB 2 Bb Afternoon in Paris 1955 John Lewis RB C Ain't Misbehavin' 1929 Fats Waller NRB 2 Eb Airegin 1963 Sonny Rollins NRB 1 F- All Blues 1959 Miles Davis RB G All of Me 1931 Gerald Marks NRB1 C All The Things You Are 1939 Jerome Kern NRB 1 Ab Almost Like Being in Love 1947 Frederick Loewe NRB 3 Eb Alone Together 1932 Arthur Schwartz D- Angel Eyes* 1946 Matt Dennis NRB 1 D- As Time Goes By* 1931 Herman Hupfield DH 1 Eb Autumn Leaves 1947 Joeseph Kosma NRB 1 G- Beautiful Love 1931 Victor Young NRB 1 D- Blue Bossa 1963 Kenny Dorham NRB 1 C- Blue in Green* 1959 Miles Davis RB D- Blue Moon 1934 Richard Rogers NRB 3 Eb Body and Soul* 1930 Johnny Green NRB 2 Db But Beautiful* 1947 Jimmy Van Heusen NRB 1 G But Not For Me 1930 Gershwin F/Eb Bye Bye Blackbird 1926 Ray Henderson NRB 2 F Cantaloupe Island F- Caravan 1936 Ellington NRB 3 C Ceora NRB 3 Ab Cherokee 1938 Ray Noble NRB 2 Bb A Child Is Born* 1969 Thad Jones NRB 2 Bb Come Rain or Come Shine 1946 Harold Arlen FM ® F Confirmation** 1953 Charlie Parker RB F Darn That Dream* 1939 Jimmy Van Heusen NRB 1 G Day In The Life Of A Fool NRB 2* A- Days of Wine and Roses 1962 Henry Mancini DH 1 F Melody/ Changes: "2 Memorized Feel"; Walk; Title (*= Ballad; **=Bop Head) Year Composer Source Key(s) 8ves Voicings Solo Tempo /Recorded Desafinado 1959 Jobim NRB 1 F Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 1943 Ellington FM ® G Dolphin Dance 1966 Herbie Hancock NRB 3 C- Donna Lee** 1947 Parker RB Ab Don't Blame Me 1932 Jimmy McHugh NRB 3 C Don't Get Around Much Anymore 1942 Ellington FM ® C Doxy 1963 Sonny Rollins Bb Easy Living 1937 Ralph Rainger RJS Eb Embraceable You 1930 Gershwin DH 1 G Emily (W) 1964 Johnny Mandel NRB 3 C Everything Happens to Me 1941 Matt Dennis NRB 1 Bb Fly Me To The Moon 1954 Bart Howard NRB 2 C A Foggy Day 1937 Gershwin FM ® F Four** 1963 Miles Davis NRB 1 Eb Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis RB Bb Gentle Rain NRB 3 A- Georgia On My Mind 1930 Hoagy Carmichael RJS F Ghost of a Chance (I Don't Stand a ) 1932 Victor Young NRB 3 Giant Steps 1959 Coltrane NRB 2 B Girl From Ipanema 1963 Jobim RB F God Bless The Child 1941 Billie Holliday FM ® Eb Groovin' High 1944 Dizzy Gillespie RB Eb Half Nelson**/Ladybird 48/ Davis/Dameron RB C Have You Met Miss Jones 1937 Richard Rogers FM ® F Here's That Rainy Day 1953 Jimmy Van Heusen NRB 1 G Honeysuckle Rose 1929 Fats Waller NRB 2 F How Deep Is The Ocean 1932 Irving Berlin RJS F How High The Moon/Ornithology** 1940/?? Morgan Lewis/Bird FM ® G How Insensitive 1963 Jobim FM (B) D- Melody/ Changes: "2 Memorized Feel"; Walk; Title (*= Ballad; **=Bop Head) Year Composer Source Key(s) 8ves Voicings Solo Tempo /Recorded I Can't Get Started 1935 Vernon Duke FM (B) C I Could Write a Book 1940 Richard Rogers FM ® Eb I Cover The Waterfront 1933 Johnny Green DH 1 G I Didn't Know What Time It Was 1939 Richard Rogers FM ® G I Got It Bad* 1941 Ellington NRB 3 G I Got Rhythm 1930 Gershwin DH 1 Bb I've Found a New Baby 1926 Palmer/Williams F I Hear a Rhapsody 1940 Jack Baker NRB 3 C- I Love You 1944 Porter RB F I Mean You 1947 Monk NRB 1 F I'll Remember April 1941 Gene De Paul FM ® G I Remember You 1942 Victor Schertzinger RJS F I Should Care 1944 Sammy Cahn NRB 1 C I Thought About You 1939 Jimmy Van Heusen NRB 2 F If I Had You 1928 Campbell/Connelly/Shapiro Bb If I Should Lose You 1935 Ralph Rainger RJS Bb If I Were a Bell 1950 Frank Loesser NRB 1 F In A Mellow Tone 1940 Ellington NRB 3 Ab In A Sentimental Mood 1935 Ellington NRB 3 F In Your Own Sweet Way 1959 Brubeck NRB 2 Bb Indiana 1917 James Hanley FM (B) F Isfahan 1964 Ellington/Strayhorn NRB 2 Db It Could Happen To You 1944 Jimmy Van Heusen RJS G It Don't Mean A Thing 1932 Ellington NRB 2 G- It Had To Be You 1924 Isham Jones DH 2 G It Might As Well Be Spring 1945 Richard Rogers RJS G It's You Or No One 1948 Jule Styne F I've Got the World on a String 1932 Harold Arlen NRB 2 F Melody/ Changes: "2 Memorized Feel"; Walk; Title (*= Ballad; **=Bop Head) Year Composer Source Key(s) 8ves Voicings Solo Tempo /Recorded Joy Spring 1954 Clifford Brown RB F Just Friends 1931 John Klenner NRB 3 F Just One Of Those Things 1935 Cole Porter F Killer Joe 1959 Miles Davis C Laura * 1945 David Raskin NRB 3 C Like Someone in Love 1944 Jimmy Van HeusenNRB 1 C Love For Sale 1930 Cole Porter DH 1 Eb Love is Here To Stay 1938 Gershwin FM ® F Lover Come Back To Me 1928 Sigmund Romberg RJS C Lover Man* 1942 Davis/Ramirez/Sherman FM (B) F Lullaby of Birdland 1952 George Shearing DH 1 G Lush Life 1949 Strayhorn NRB 1 Db The Man I Love 1924 Gershwin DH 1 Eb Mean To Me 1929 Ahlert/Turk NRB 2 F Meditation 1962 Jobim FM (B) C Memories of You 1930 Eubie Blake NRB 2 Eb Minority RB F Misty 1954 Erroll Garnor FM (B) Eb Moment's Notice 1957 John Coltrane NRB 2 Eb Mood Indigo 1931 Ellington NRB 2 Ab Moon River 1961 Henry Mancini C Moonglow 1934 Irving Mills NRB 3 G Moonlight in Vermont 1944 Karl Suessdorf NRB 1 Eb More Than You Know 1929 Vincent Youmans FM ® C My Favorite Things 1959 Richard Rogers FM ® C My Foolish Heart 1949 Victor Young FM ® Bb My Funny Valentine 1937 Richard Rogers FM ® C- My Ideal 1930 Chase/Whiting RJS Eb My One and Only Love 1953 Wood/Mellin FM® C Melody/ Changes: "2 Memorized Feel"; Walk; Title (*= Ballad; **=Bop Head) Year Composer Source Key(s) 8ves Voicings Solo Tempo /Recorded My Romance 1935 Richard Rogers NRB 1 Bb My Secret Love 1953 Sammy Fain Eb Naima 1960 John Coltrane NRB 2 Ab Nancy 1944 Jimmy Van Heusen Eb Nardis 1959 Miles Davis RB E- Nature Boy 1948 Eden Ahbez NRB 1 D- The Nearness of You 1937 Hoagy Carmichael RJS F Nica's Dream 1956 Horace Silver NRB 2 Bb- Night and Day 1932 Cole Porter DH 1 Eb The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 1948 Jerry Brainin RB F Night in Tunisia 1942 Gillespie RB Oh, Lady Be Good 1924 Gershwin DH 1 F Old Folks 1938 Willard Robison F On A Clear Day 1966 Burton Lane FM (B) G On Green Dolphin Street 1947 Bronislau Kaper NRB 3 Eb On The Sunny Side of the Street 1930 Jimmy McHugh NRB 2 C Once I Loved 1963 Jobim NRB 1 D- One Note Samba 1961 Jobim FM (B) Bb Out Of Nowhere 1931 Johnny Green RJS G Over the Rainbow 1938 Harold Arlen NRB 3 Eb Paper Moon 1933 Harold Arlen NRB 2 G Peace 1959 Horace Silver NRB 2 Bb Pennies From Heaven 1936 Arthur Johnston FM ® Pent Up House NRB 1 G Perdido 1942 Juan Tizol NRB 2 Bb Poinciana 1936 Nat Simon FM (B) G Polkadots and Moonbeams 1940 Jimmy Van Heusen NRB 1 F Prelude To A Kiss 1938 Ellington NRB 3 C Quiet Nights 1962 Jobim FM (B) C Melody/ Changes: "2 Memorized Feel"; Walk; Title (*= Ballad; **=Bop Head) Year Composer Source Key(s) 8ves Voicings Solo Tempo /Recorded Recorda Me Joe Henderson RB A- Round Midnight 1944 Monk DH 1 Eb Satin Doll 1958 Ellington/Strayhorn NRB 1 C Scrapple From the Aple 1957 Parker RB F September Song 1938 Kurt Weill NRB 2 Seven Steps to Heaven NRB 2 F Shadow of Your Smile 1965 Johnny Mandel NRB 3 G Sister Sadie 1959 Horace Silver G Skylark 1941 Hoagy Carmichael NRB 1 Eb Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 1933 Jerome Kern FM (B) So What 1959 Miles Davis RB D- Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise 1928 Sigmund Romberg RJS C- Solar 1963 Miles Davis NRB 1 C- Someday My Prince Will Come 1937 Frank Churchill NRB 1 F Someone to Watch Over Me 1926 Gerswhin DH 1 Eb Sometime Ago 1962 Sergio Mihanovich RB C Song For My Father Horace Silver RB F- (The) Song is You 1932 Jerome Kern NRB 1 C Sophisticated Lady 1933 Ellington NRB 2 Ab Soul Eyes 1964 Mal Waldron Eb Speak Low 1943 Kurt Weil FM ® F St. Louis Blues 1914 W.C Handy RJS G St. Thomas 1963 Sonny Rollins NRB 1 C Stablemates 1955 Benny Golson NRB 2 Db Star Dust 1929 Hoagy Carmichael NRB 2 C Star Eyes 1943 Gene De Paul NRB 3 Eb Stars Fell on Alabama 1934 Frank Perkins NRB 3 C Stella By Starlight 1946 Victor Young RJS Bb Stompin' At The Savoy 1936 Goodman/Webb NRB 3 C Melody/ Changes: "2 Memorized Feel"; Walk; Title (*= Ballad; **=Bop Head) Year Composer Source Key(s) 8ves Voicings Solo Tempo /Recorded Sugar 1927 Macy Pinkard NRB 3 C- Summertime 1935 Gershwin FM ® D- Sweet and Lovely 1931 Gus Arnheim NRB 2 C Sweet Georgia Brown 1925 Bernie/Casey/Pinkard DH 1 F Sweet Lorraine 1928 Cliff Burwell NRB 3 F S'Wonderful 1927 Gershwin Eb Take Five 1960 Paul Desmond RB Eb- Take the A Train 1941 Ellington NRB 1 C Tea For Two 1924 Vincent Youmans DH 1 F Teach me Tonight 1953 Gene De Paul RJS Eb Tenderly 1946 Walter Gross NRB 1 Eb That's All 1952 Ames/Brandt NRB 2 F There is No Greater Love 1936 Isham Jones NRB 2 Bb There Will Never Be Another You 1942 Harry Warren NRB 1 Eb These Foolish Things 1936 Strachey/Link NRB 1 Eb They Can't Take That Away From Me 1937 Gershwin FM ® Eb Things Ain't What They Used To Be 1942 Mercer Ellington This I Dig of You Bb Time After Time 1947 Jule Styne DH 1 C Triste 1967 Triste NRB 1 Bb Tune Up 1963 Miles Davis NRB 1 D Up Jumped Spring NRB 1 Bb Valse Hot RB Ab The Very Thought Of You 1934 Ray Noble DH 1 Ab Waltz For Debbie 1964 Bill Evans NRB 1 F Watch What Happens 1964 Michael Jean Legrand NRB 1 Eb Watermelon Man 1973 Hancock F7 Wave 1967 Jobim NRB 1 D The Way You Look Tonight 1936 Jerome Kern NRB 1 Eb Melody/ Changes: "2 Memorized Feel"; Walk; Title (*= Ballad; **=Bop Head) Year Composer Source Key(s) 8ves Voicings Solo Tempo /Recorded Weaver of Dreams NRB 1 G Well You Needn't 1944 Monk NRB 1 F West Coast Blues 1960 Wes Montgomery NRB 1 Bb What a Difference a Day Makes 1934 Maria Grever NRB 2 C What Is This Thing Called Love 1930 Cole Porter DH 1 C What's New 1939 Bob Haggart NRB 1 C When I Fall in Love 1952 Victor