[Harp-L] rhythm changes. Long - for the archives

["Mox Gowland" <mox.g@xxxxxxxxx>]

MusiCal wrote


>There are a lot of tunes built on changes similar to those found in "I've
Got Rhythm" (aka "Changes"). A few lists of such tunes can be found on the
web but the similarity of the listed tunes to "Changes" varies
considerably. <

This question has been asked before !!!

From: Kimberly Stephans <kstephan@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: Rhythm Changes



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

Constellation -- Charlie Parker 

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

The Jeep is Jumpin'  -- Duke Ellington

Jug Handle  -- Gene Ammons

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                " "

Northwest Passage -- Herman/Jackson/Burns

O Go Mo  -- Sonny Rollins

On the Scene  -- Gillespie/Fuller/Roberts

One Bass Hit  -- Dizzy Gillespie

Opp-Bop-Sha-Bam        " "

An Oscar for Treadwell " "

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 " "

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 postaltogether ....

Hope that's enough to get you started! All of the times above were taken from a list in David Baker's book "How to Leam Tunes" (Volmne 76), which is published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc.

 

 

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