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21 Standards on Tap

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
July 19, 2022
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What makes a song a standard? How does a tune enter the commonly shared repertoire that jazz musicians have been expected to know at any moment? Tonight, we spin a variety of well-worn standards for your listening pleasure. Sonny Rollins once said, "Jazz and standards are forever locked in loving embrace." Some commentary in this episode is inspired by Ted Gioia's Book, The Jazz Standards, A Guide to the Repertoire.

Playlist

The Delfonics "La-La-Means I love You" from single (Philly Groove Records) 00:00

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Epistrophe (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 03:36

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

woodwinds
1935 - 1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Sweet Georgia Brown" from The Return of the 5000 lb. Man (Warner Bros. Records) 05:36

Illinois Jacquet

saxophone, tenor
1922 - 2004

" data-original-title="" title="">Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra "Stardust" from History of Jazz (Verve Records) 10:37

Johnny Hodges

saxophone, alto
1907 - 1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Johnny Hodges "The Sheik of Araby" from single (Norgran Records) 14:16

Cecile McLorin Salvant

vocals
b.1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Cecile McLorin Salvant "Jitterbug Waltz" from Woman Child (Mack Avenue) 17:34

Anthony Braxton

woodwinds
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Braxton "Why Shouldn't I" from Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House) 25:57

Sonny Rollins

saxophone
b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Sonny Rollins,

Coleman Hawkins

saxophone, tenor
1904 - 1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Coleman Hawkins "Yesterdays" from Sonny Meets Hawk) (RCA Victor) 35:38

Thumbscrew

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Thumbscrew "East of the Sun" from Theirs (Cuneiform Records) 40:50

Keef Jackson,

Oscar Jan Hoogland

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Oscar Jan Hoogland,

Joshua Abrams

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Joshua Abrams,

Mikel Patrick Avery

drums
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Mikel Patrick Avery "Epistrophe" from These Things Happen (Astral Spirits) 45:41

Dorothy Donegan

piano
1924 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Dorothy Donegan "Prelude To A Kiss—Mood Indigo—Perdido and Take The A Train" from Live at the Widder Bar (Timeless Records) 1:02:48

Yusef Lateef

woodwinds
1920 - 2013

" data-original-title="" title="">Yusef Lateef "I Remember Clifford" from Live at Pep's Volume Two (Impulse!) 1:16:54

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

saxophone, tenor
1922 - 1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis "Misty" from single (Prestige) 1:30:20

Sarah Vaughan

vocals
1924 - 1990

" data-original-title="" title="">Sarah Vaughan,

Clifford Brown

trumpet
b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Clifford Brown "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" from single (EmArcy) 1:40:00

Helen Sung

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Helen Sung Trio "Autumn Leaves" from Helenistique (Fresh Sound New Talent) 1:45:46

Tyshawn Sorey

drums
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Tyshawn Sorey Trio "Willow Weep for Me" from Mesmerism (Self Released) 1:52:12

Kahil El'Zabar

drums
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">Kahil El'Zabar Quartet "Summertime" from A Time For Healing (Spirit Muse Records) 2:00:57

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