Every year IC jazz studies creates a list of ten standards which all jazz students at Ithaca College must thoroughly internalize (the melody, chords, and often the lyrics completely memorized in all 12 keys). These songs are subsequently used as study material for jazz repertoire and jazz arranging classes, and are played in private jazz lessons, combos, ensembles and jam sessions.
This year, the theme for the songs is “The first 10 standards Jack Gale used as the foundation for his influential 24 Jazz Trombone Etudes book.” The songs are:
- Take the “A” Train (Billy Strayhorn)
- Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
- Bernie’s Tune (Bernie Miller, then Lieber/Stoller lyrics apparently)
- Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock)
- Doxy (Sonny Rollins, but also lots of other tunes use this chord progression)
- It’s Don’t Mean a Thing (Duke Ellington)
- Whispering / Groovin’ High (John Schonberger, Dizzy Gillespie)
- Jordu (Duke Jordan)
- Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington)
- Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson / Kahn)
There is a required listening list associated with the songs:
01 - Harlem Express - Jack Gale overdub - Superbones Suite.mp3
01 - Harlem Express - Jack.mp3
01 - Harlem Express - Video of Mike playing tenor.m4v
01 - O Pato Takes "A" Train - Clare Ficher.mp3
01 - Take the A Train - Clark Terry.m4a
01 - Take the A Train - Clifford Brown Max Roach - 1955 - Study in Brown.m4a
01 - Take the A Train - Duke Ellington Live in Newport 1956.mp3
01 - Take the A Train - Duke Ellington.mp3
01 - Take the A Train - Ella Fitzgerald Live.mp3
01 - Take the A Train - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook.m4a
01 - Take the A Train - Jack Gale excerpt.mp3
01 - Take the A Train - Pud Brown Trio.mp3
02 - Sunny - Bobby Hebb original.m4a
02 - Sunny - Erroll Garner.m4a
02 - Sunny - Frank Sinatra Duke Ellington.m4a
02 - Sunny - Gary Smulyan Mike LeDonne Peter Bernstein Kenny Washington.m4a
02 - Sunny - Nancy WIlson.m4a
02 - Sunny - Oscar Peterson arr. Claus Ogerman.m4a
02 - Sunny - Stanley Turrentine.m4a
02 - Sunny - Stevie Wonder.m4a
02 - Sunny - Wes Montgomery.m4a
02 - Sunny Face - Jack Gale - Sunny.mp3
02 - Sunny Face - Jack Gale - Superbones.mp3
03 - Bernie's Tune - Gerry Mulligan live in Paris 1954.mp3
03 - Bernie's Tune - Gerry Mulligan Quartet.m4a
03 - Bernie's Tune - Gerry Mulligan Sextet.m4a
03 - Bernie's Tune - JJ Johnson and Kai Winding European Tour.m4a
03 - Bernie's Tune - Lee Konitz from Konitz Meets Mulligan.mp3
03 - Bernie's Tune - Mel Torme.mp3
03 - Minor Excursion - Jack Gale overdub Superbones Suite.mp3
03 - Minor Excursion - Jack Gale.mp3
04 - Melon Dance - Jack Gale - Superbones.mp3
04 - Melon Dance - Jack Gale.mp3
04 - Watermelon Man - Herbie in 1963 - Alt Take.mp3
04 - Watermelon Man - Herbie in 1963.mp3
04 - Watermelon Man - Herbie in 1973.mp3
04 - Watermelon Man - Herbie in 2012 Live at Java Jazz Festival.mp4
04 - Watermelon Man - Julie London.m4a
04 - Watermelon Man - Lambert Hendricks and Bavan with Clark Terry and Coleman Hawkins.m4a
04 - Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria.m4a
04 - Watermelon Man - Poncho Sanchez.m4a
05 - Doxy - Miles Davis Quintet with Sonny Rollins.m4a
05 - Doxy - Oliver Nelson.m4a
05 - Doxy - Ray Brown with Herb Ellis.m4a
05 - Doxy - Sonny Rollins Live.m4a
05 - Jack Gale Doxy Etude for Superbones.mp3
05 - Jack Gale Doxy Etude.mp3
05 - Sig Ep - Woody Herman Live by Jack Gale.mov
05 - Sig EP - Woody Herman Studio by Jack Gale.mp3
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Bill Holman.mp3
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Bob Brookmeyer Jimmy Giuffre.mp3
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington 1945.mp3
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington from Complete Capitol Recordings.mp3
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson 1932.mp3
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington with multiple vocalists.mp3
06 - It Don't Mean a Thing - Eastman Jazz Ensemble live in Montreux.mp3
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington live on Ed Sullivan show.mp4
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Ella Fitzgerald from Duke Ellington Songbook.m4a
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Ella Fitzgerald Jazz at the Philharmonic 1958.mp4
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Ella Fitzgerald Live 1957.mp4
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington Live at the Cote D'Azur.m4a
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - June Christy.mp3
06 - It Don't Mean a Thing - Louis Armstrong with Duke Ellington.m4a
06 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Marty Paich.mp3
06 - Meaning of Swing - Jack Gale Etude.mp3
06 - Meaning of Swing - Jack Gale for Superbones.mp3
07 - Groovin' High - Cannonball Adderley and Milt Jackson.mp3
07 - Groovin' High - Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie 1945 studio.mp3
07 - Groovin' High - Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie live in 1945.mp3
07 - Groovin' High - Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie live on the radio.mp3
07 - Groovin' High - Charlie Parker live at Storyville.mp3
07 - Groovin' High - Charlie Parker live at the Roost.mp3
07 - In High Groove - Jack Gale Etude.mp3
07 - In High Groove - Jack Gale for Superbones.mp3
07 - Whispering - Bing Crosby.mp3
07 - Whispering - Frank Sinatra.mp3
07 - Whispering - Lee Konitz.mp3
07 - Whispering - Les Paul 1951.mp3
07 - Whispering - Louis Armstrong.mp3
07 - Whispering - Miles Davis Sonny Rollins.m4a
08 - Jordu - Bud Powell.m4a
08 - Jordu - Clifford Brown.mp3
08 - Jordu - Duke Jordan trio.m4a
08 - Jordu - Eastman Jazz Ensemble - Spiral Galaxy.mp3
08 - Jordu - Stan Getz - from Getz Meets Chet.m4a
08 - Jordu - Tito Puente.m4a
08 - Jordu Etude - Jack Gale..mp3
09 - Hip Chick - Jack Gale Jazz Trb Etude.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Art Tatum.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Billie Holiday.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - DIzzy Gillespie arr. Clare Fischer.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington - Brunswick 1933.m4a
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington - from Masterpieces by Ellington.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington 1940.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington duet with Jimmy Blanton.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington featuring Harry Carney.mp4
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington live at Newport 1956.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Jack Gale for Brass Quintet.aiff
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Johnny Hodges Live at Buckminster Square.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Johnny Hodges.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Rosemary Clooney.mp3
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Sarah Vaughan.m4a
09 - Sophisticated Lady - Thelonious Monk.m4a
10 - Love Me Or Leave Me - 1929 Ruth Etting.m4a
10 - Love Me Or Leave Me - Benny Goodman 1936.m4a
10 - Love Me or Leave Me - Count Basie.m4a
10 - Love Me or Leave Me - Dick Hyman and NHOP.m4a
10 - Love Me or Leave Me - Ella Fitzgerald.m4a
10 - Love Me Or Leave Me - Jane Monheit.m4a
10 - Love Me or Leave Me - Lester Young 1956.m4a
10 - Love Me Or Leave Me - Nina Simone on The Ed Sullivan Show.mp4
10 - Love Me Or Leave Me - Nina Simone.m4a
10 - Love Me or Leave Me - Peggy Lee.m4a
10 - Yes or No - Jack Gale Jazz Trb Etude.mp3
10 - Yes or No - Jack Gale Superbones Quartet.mp3
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