In you opinion what is the 10 must know jazz standards ?

I agree with you Pebber.... This question gets asked in all jazz forums and people always have different lists, you are the first honest strait foward guy...
I like you because you say it like it is, no BS...
I hate the type of people who try to elaborate a complex answer and try to make you look stupid...
Pebber where do you play??
Any link on jam sections, jazz stuff?
Do you use flat wounded strings?
Do you use your strat to play jazz?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdrnO_O-z-M&feature=relmfu

What is this???
Bad sound quality, ugly picture...

Sorry about not explaining anything about that. It's a segment of an interview with musicians Shawn Lane and Jonas Hellborg at the Calcutta School of Music. In this segment the question of "what is jazz" is discussed. It's pretty abstract but I think is pertinent to the topic.

I cant hear anything, sorry..

sorry, I didnt realize it was that bad. When you say jazz standards do you mean songs, phrases, chords, or principles?

Jazz standards means the tunes, jazz tunes.

Based on the very little jazz I know and the jazz guys I know I have to agree w/ Pebber. Every jazz guy has 10 different tunes he would put up there. So you might as well grab a Real Book, open up to a random page, and learn that tune. Do it 10 times and you've got your own 10 tunes.

However, since you're asking for specific tunes, here are a few I enjoy...

How High The Moon
Girl from Ipanema
One Note Samba
Blue Bossa

I like those tunes as well, I can play one note samba and the girl from ipanema by heart...
I like summertime , wave, meditation , fly me to the moon...
There are too many to list here...
The fake book is a real good idea.
There is an application on the AppStore I think it is called Realbook , it has thousands of tunes and all tunes have a backing track , very cool app I think it cost 12$ ...
Check it out, it is better than having paper.. I think.

Here are some songs that I consider jazz standards
Cannonball Adderly - Straight No Chaser, Dishere (This Here)
Art Tatum - Tiger Rag, Too Marvelous For Words
Phineas Newborn jr - Oleo
Oscar Peterson - Round Midnight
Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby
Koji Kondo - The Legend Of Zelda
YMCK - Major Swing, Kira*Kira
Cowboy Bebop - Waltz For Venus, Jupiter Jazz, Piano Black, Memory

Quote: condoriano wrote in post #12

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Here are some songs that I consider jazz standards
Koji Kondo - The Legend Of Zelda

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The tunes condoriano posted I don't know any of them...
Legends of Zelda ??? Sounds like a video game title...

These are just songs that indicate jazz to me. I didn't mean to say that it would be the same for anybody esle.

Yes that is a video game but I meant to be referring to the soundtrack. These are just songs that I personally consider to be standards of jazz. I didn't mean that they should be anyone elses standards.

i don't know if its a standard. but my all time favorite jazz tune is solo version of 'autumn leaves' by joe pass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=795sG19cPmU

honeysuckle rose - martin taylor and tommy emmanuel

http://youtu.be/9z9d4qwhA-E


somewhere over the rainbow jose feliciano version

http://youtu.be/QmxEl47Z-uY