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    The following is a list of tunes (with links) that have been covered in the various Practical Standards threads. I will try to keep it updated, and feel free to PM me if I've missed anything.


    2010
    Dec: Have You Met Miss Jones

    2011
    Jan: Fly Me To The Moon
    Feb: Bright Size Life
    Mar: Joy Spring
    Apr: Ceora
    Days of Wine & Roses
    May: Nica’s Dream
    How Insensitive
    Jun: You Go To My Head
    Jul: Round Midnight
    Dolphin Dance
    Aug: Cry Me A River
    Sep: Body and Soul
    Desafinado
    Dec: The Christmas Song

    2012
    Jan: Straight No Chaser
    Feb: Autumn Leaves
    Mar: Misty
    Apr: Ruby My Dear
    May: Green Dolphin Street
    Jun: Solar
    Jul: Summertime
    Aug: My Funny Valentine
    Sep: Alone Together


    2013
    Jan: You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
    Feb: Come Rain Or Shine
    Mar: East Of The Sun
    Apr: I Should Care
    What’s New
    May: Angel Eyes
    Jun: Here’s That Rainy Day
    Jul: Donna Lee
    Aug: I Remember You
    Sep: This I Dig Of You
    Oct: My Foolish Heart
    Nov: Night and Day
    Dec: Milestones

    2014
    Jan: Black Orpheus
    Feb: I’ve Got You Under My Skin
    Mar: These Foolish Things
    Apr: I Remember April
    May: ??
    Jun: The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
    Jul: Georgia On My Mind
    Aug: Beautiful Love
    Sep: Like Somebody In Love
    Oct: Estate
    Nov: Wendy
    Dec: What Is This Thing Called Love

    2015
    Feb: But Beautiful
    Mar: All Of You
    Apr: But Not For Me
    May: Dancing In The Dark
    Jun: I Wish You Love
    Jul: Poinciana
    Aug: Good Morning Heartache
    Sep: Joy Spring
    Oct: You've Changed
    Nov: In Your Own Sweet Way
    Dec: Stella By Starlight

    2016

    Jan: (More Stella!)
    Feb: There Will Never Be Another You
    Mar: Skylark
    Apr: Naima
    May: What's New
    Jun: I'll Remember April
    Jul: Alone Together
    Aug: Georgia On My Mind
    Sep: My Funny Valentine
    Nov: All The Things You Are
    Dec: I Can't Get Started

    2017
    Jan: Lover Man
    Feb: Yesterdays
    Mar: Star Dust
    Apr: Willow Weep For Me
    May: Honeysuckle Rose
    Jun: Sweet Georgia Brown
    Jul: Caravan
    Aug: The Man I Love
    Sep: In A Sentimental Mood
    Oct: St. Louis Blues
    Nov: How High The Moon
    Dec: Oh, Lady Be Good!

    2018
    Jan: Take the A Train
    Feb: Embraceable You
    Mar: Tenderly
    Apr: The Way You Look Tonight
    May: Love For Sale
    Jul: Ain't Misbehavin'
    Aug: After You've Gone
    Sep: Laura
    Oct: Lush Life
    Nov: Sweet Lorraine
    Dec: Don't Blame Me

    2019
    Jan: Cherokee
    Feb: Night In Tunisia
    Mar: Indiana
    Apr: Satin Doll
    May: Prelude To A Kiss
    Jun: Stompin' At The Savoy
    Jul: How Deep Is The Ocean
    Aug: I Cover The Waterfront
    Sep: There Is No Greater Love
    Oct: You Don't Know What Love Is
    Nov: On The Sunny Side Of The Street
    Dec: Love Is Here To Stay

    2020
    Jan: Perdido
    Feb: Tea For Two
    Mar: It Could Happen To You
    Apr: I Got It Bad
    May: Over The Rainbow
    Jun: The Nearness Of You
    Jul: If I Had You
    Aug: I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
    Sep: Out Of Nowhere
    Oct: Lover Come Back to Me
    Nov: Darn That Dream
    Dec: All of Me

    2021
    Jan: More Than You Know
    Feb: I Got Rhythm
    Mar: Just One of Those Things
    Apr: Mean to Me
    May: September Song
    Jun: Someone to Watch Over Me
    Jul: I've Found a New Baby
    Aug: Polkadots & Moon Beams
    Sep: Easy Living
    Oct: Pennies From Heaven
    Nov: I didn't Know What Time It Was
    Dec: Memories of You
    Last edited by Jehu; 03-22-2016 at 05:44 PM.

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    Damn, some good tunes there that I would have liked to do!

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    I know! I didn't realize until I was putting the list together. It probably wouldn't be the end of the world if we repeated a couple of these; I don't think many of the current participants were involved when most of these were covered (Wiz excepted).

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    As it happens, I've done 4 of these on my youtube channel already: Blue Bossa, Round Midnight, Autumn Leaves and Solar.

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    Jehu: Thank you for posting this. Your list and mine are pretty much the same. I agree with your thoughts on repeating some of the earlier songs, however, I would still like everyone to send me a request (PM) so I can add the songs to the monthly polls. We can start doing this with the September poll if I get some requests. This should be really good for the current participants and easy for me since the backing tracks are all saved. I would also like to hear comments on this approach from some of the other members.

    wiz (Howie)

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    Wow, what a list.

    My first entry was in Feb. 2013, Come Rain Or Come Shine. I was completely unaware of how many months I've missed since.
    I mean, I know I did not post a lot, but for much of the listed I did not even know they were voted.

    Practical standards threads are the best thing on the whole forum, IMO.

    BTW, here's where I've participated (all clips on YT):

    2013
    Feb: Come Rain Or Shine
    Mar: East Of The Sun
    May: Angel Eyes
    Sep: This I Dig Of You
    Oct: My Foolish Heart

    2014
    Jan: Black Orpheus
    Feb: I’ve Got You Under My Skin
    Apr: I Remember April
    Oct: Estate
    Nov: Wendy
    Dec: What Is This Thing Called Love

    2015
    May: Dancing In The Dark,

    Also I have my version of My Funny Valentine, but I did not participate in that thread back in Aug. 2012.
    Last edited by Vladan; 09-04-2015 at 01:25 PM.

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    Where can a newcomer to the forum learn the "process" or rules for the Practical Standards thread? Is this a pretty fixed thing that is done or is it just discussion around a single tune? I apologize if I've missed some obvious place where this is explained. I've hunted a bit, but could have missed it. At my age, that happens a lot…

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    No rules. Just record something on "theme" and give as much info about the process as you are willing to. Critiques are welcome. No hard feelings ...

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    I keep losing the current (December, 2015) thread, and searches such as Stella Practical Standards doesn't bring it up. Please add the link to the list at the top of THIS thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
    I keep losing the current (December, 2015) thread, and searches such as Stella Practical Standards doesn't bring it up. Please add the link to the list at the top of THIS thread.
    Rob, why don't you just subscribe to it, then you'll always have it in quick links?
    Plus, you can always find this post, with this link in it:
    winner-december-2015-practical-standards-poll


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    Thanks, Vladan. I'm already subscribed to it, as I contributed to it. I've bookmarked this page, and am glad to see it now has the link for this month. Thanks again for the help.

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    Looking over this again, Jehu. Thanks for putting it together. Some of the old threads are just an incredible amount of information. At some point it would be cool for one of us to break down by style etc. Ballad, Waltz, Bop, Modal, Latin, etc.

    I think the later ones have tended a lot more towards being ballads, it seems like. I wonder about something like focused thematic nominations occasionally. Nominations for a Latin or Bossa Month once a year or so? At first glance, it looks like waltzes are pretty slim as well. Anyway, I'm an occasional participant only and don't nominate anything. So, I should be quiet.

    Thanks again for this thread, and kudos to Howie, as always, for keeping the fire burning.

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    As the new kid on the block, thanks for taking your time to put and keep up this great listing! Scott

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    Has there never been a Practical Standards thread on "How About You?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by lawson-stone
    Has there never been a Practical Standards thread on "How About You?"
    At this point, I don't believe so ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by M-ster
    At this point, I don't believe so ...
    Given how many tunes have been played, that's pretty remarkable. These threads are like an encyclopedia of standards for jazz guitar. I just love browsing them.

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    just joined saw list of standards are they lessons or for common use

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    If it hasn't already been suggested, "I Get Along Without You Very Well", written by Hoagy Carmichael, particularly the version by Chet Baker.


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    I apologize for the dumb question. For someone looking to get started with these, the links to jazz standards don't have any charts. Are players using The Real Book or other resources for these, along with the recordings?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JSanta
    I apologize for the dumb question. For someone looking to get started with these, the links to jazz standards don't have any charts. Are players using The Real Book or other resources for these, along with the recordings?
    Yes, just use whatever chart or fakebook etc. you can get, there is no specific requirement about that.

    If you’re stuck there’s a PDF floating around the web called ‘557 Jazz Standards’ which has most of these tunes, just google it and you should find it.