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Jazz standards in A♭ major

77 standards in the atlas are usually played in A♭ major, among them “All The Things You Are”, “Donna Lee”, “In A Mellow Tone (In A Mellotone)” and “Sophisticated Lady”. Players of B♭ instruments read these tunes in B♭ major, alto and baritone saxophonists in F major.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
All The Things You Are Jerome Kern A♭ major ABCD · 36 Medium-up swing
Donna Lee Charlie Parker A♭ major AB · 32 Up-tempo swing
In A Mellow Tone (In A Mellotone) Duke Ellington A♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Sophisticated Lady Duke Ellington A♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Blues In The Closet Oscar Pettiford A♭ major A · 12 Medium-up swing
Our Delight Tad Dameron A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Baubles, Bangles and Beads Borodin-Wright-Forrest A♭ major ABCA · 36 Jazz waltz
Frenesi Alberto Dominguez A♭ major AABA · 32 Latin
Lullaby Of Birdland George Shearing A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Mood Indigo Duke Ellington A♭ major AB · 32 Ballad
Naima John Coltrane A♭ major AABAA · 29 Ballad
Poor Butterfly Raymon Hubbell A♭ major ABAC · 32 Ballad
Sweet Georgia Brown Pinkard-Casey-Bernie A♭ major AA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Limehouse Blues Braham-Furber A♭ major AB · 32 Up-tempo swing
A Sleepin' Bee Harold Arlen A♭ major ABAC · 36 Medium swing
Dig Miles Davis A♭ major AA · 32 Up-tempo swing
In Walked Bud Thelonious Monk A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Spring Is Here Richard Rodgers A♭ major ABAC · 36 Ballad
That Ole Devil Called Love Doris Fisher A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
The Best Is Yet To Come (Page 1) Cy Coleman A♭ major ABAA · 44 Medium swing
The Best Is Yet To Come (Page 2) Cy Coleman A♭ major CCDA · 32 Medium swing
The Good Life Sacha Distel A♭ major AB · 32 Ballad
Them There Eyes Tracy-Tauber-Pinkard A♭ major ABAC · 32 Up-tempo swing
Tonight Bernstein-Sondheim A♭ major AB · 32 Bossa nova
Bossa Antigua Paul Desmond A♭ major ABCA · 32 Bossa nova
Adam's Apple Wayne Shorter A♭ major A · 24 Even eighths
Along Came Betty Benny Golson A♭ major ABC · 34 Medium swing
Skippy Thelonious Monk A♭ major ABCD · 32 Medium swing
Why Do I Love You? Jerome Kern A♭ major AA · 32 Medium swing
Ablution Lennie Tristano A♭ major ABCD · 36 Medium swing
Bright Mississippi Thelonious Monk A♭ major AA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Little Rootie Tootie Thelonious Monk A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Nefertiti Wayne Shorter A♭ major A · 16 Slow swing
Seven Come Eleven Goodman-Christian A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Tadd's Delight Tadd Dameron A♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium-up swing
Tour De Force Dizzy Gillespie A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Almost Like Being In Love Frederick Loewe A♭ major AABA · 36 Medium swing
Ballad For Very Tired And Very Sad Lotus Eaters Billy Strayhorn A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Booker's Waltz Booker Little A♭ major A · 16 Jazz waltz
Bourbon Street Parade Paul Barbarin A♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium-up swing
Budo Davis-Powell A♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Bye-Ya Thelonious Monk A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Ceora Lee Morgan A♭ major ABAC · 32 Bossa nova
Close Enough For Love Mandel-Williams A♭ major AABA · 44 Ballad
Cousin Mary John Coltrane A♭ major A · 12 Medium-up swing
Crepuscule With Nellie Thelonious Monk A♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Don't Worry 'Bout Me Rube Bloom A♭ major AB · 32 Ballad
Falling Grace Steve Swallow A♭ major AB · 24 Even eighths
Four Brothers Jimmy Giuffre A♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Freight Train Tommy Flanagan A♭ major A · 12 Medium-up swing
Funk In Deep Freeze Hank Mobley A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Gallop's Gallop Thelonious Monk A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Gentle Wind And Falling Tear Gary Burton A♭ major AA · 32 Ballad
Godchild George Wallington A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Hideaway David Sanborn A♭ major ABCC · 45 Medium swing
I Think Of You Elliot-Marcotte A♭ major AABA · 38 Ballad
Incentive Horace Silver A♭ major AA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) Austin-Jordan A♭ major AABCB · 52 Medium swing
It's A Big Wide Wonderful World John Rox A♭ major AABA · 64 Jazz waltz
Jeannine Duke Pearson A♭ major AB · 56 Medium-up swing
Jinrikisha Joe Henderson A♭ major AA · 36 Medium-up swing
Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin Ellington-Strayhorn-Gaines A♭ major AABA · 32 Slow swing
Love Me Or Leave Me Walter Donaldson A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell A♭ major ABBCDD · 48 Medium swing
Oh! Look At Me Now DeVries-Bushkin A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Reflections Thelonious Monk A♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Rose Room Art Hickman A♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Slipped Disc Benny Goodman A♭ major AABACC · 48 Medium swing
Straighten Up And Fly Right Cole-Mills A♭ major AACD · 32 Medium swing
Tea For Two Vincent Youmans A♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
The Last Time I Saw Paris Henry Mancini A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
The Very Thought Of You Ray Noble A♭ major ABAC · 32 Ballad
Training Michel Petrucciani A♭ major AAB · 32 Medium swing
Two Not One Lennie Tristano A♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Under A Blanket Of Blue Jerry Livingston A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Valse Hot Sonny Rollins A♭ major A · 16 Jazz waltz
You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me Fain-Kaval-Norman A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing