25 Important Jazz Standards To Learn (Harmonic Analysis and Listening Guide for Each Tune)

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https://youtu.be/mPL6Im-AkDs If you're just starting to learn how to play jazz, the sheer number of tunes you're expected to know how to play can seem a little overwhelming, as can all of the different recordings you need to be aware of of each tune. I've put together a list of 25 jazz standards you need to learn, ordered roughly from tunes with the simplest harmonic relationships, and getting increasingly harmonically complex, as well as a playlist where I've suggested 5 different recordings of each tuneto check out. Here is a link to that playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ12xkgS35S8jQpPK5QlrDVafi_GbtJkP I'm also going to give you a brief analysis of the chord progression to each tune. First, a definition is in order. When I say jazz standards, what I mean is the body of tunes written by non-jazz musician, pop songwriters, generally for either broadway or hollywood musicals, from roughly the 1920s-50s, which were then picked up by jazz musicians as familiar vehicles over which to improvise. These are pop tunes with lyrics, which the general audience at the time would have been familiar with. This body of tunes is also commonly reffered to as "The