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Jazz standards in B♭ major

171 standards in the atlas are usually played in B♭ major, among them “Anthropology”, “Oleo”, “Avalon” and “Perdido”. Players of B♭ instruments read these tunes in C major, alto and baritone saxophonists in G major.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Anthropology Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Oleo Sonny Rollins B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Avalon Jolson-Sylva-Rose B♭ major AB · 32 Up-tempo swing
Perdido Juan Tizol B♭ major AABA · 32 Latin
Good Bait Tadd Dameron B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Basin Street Blues Spencer Williams B♭ major AA · 32 Slow swing
Cherokee Ray Noble B♭ major AAB · 48 Up-tempo swing
Cotton Tail Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
I Got Rhythm George Gershwin B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Milestones (Old) Miles Davis B♭ major ABBA · 40 Medium-up swing
Countdown John Coltrane B♭ major A · 24 Up-tempo swing
Ko Ko Charlie Parker B♭ major AAB · 48 Up-tempo swing
Peace Horace Silver B♭ major A · 10 Ballad
Alfie Burt Bacharach B♭ major AB · 32 Ballad
Blues March Benny Golson B♭ major AABB · 48 Medium swing
Creole Love Call Duke Ellington B♭ major AABB · 46 Medium swing
Doxy Sonny Rollins B♭ major A · 16 Medium swing
Easter Parade Irving Berlin B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis B♭ major AA · 24 Medium swing
If I Didn't Care Jack Lawrence B♭ major ABAB · 32 Medium swing
If I Had You Campbell-Connelly-Shapiro B♭ major AABA · 32 Slow swing
It Don't Mean A Thing Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
It's Magic Jule Styne B♭ major ABCD · 32 Ballad
Jeepers Creepers Harry Warren B♭ major AABA · 34 Medium swing
Mercy Mercy Mercy Joe Zawinul B♭ major AB · 20 Funk
My Foolish Heart Victor Young B♭ major ABAC · 32 Ballad
My Melancholy Baby Burnett-Norton B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Someday My Prince Will Come Frank Churchill B♭ major ABAC · 32 Jazz waltz
Straight No Chaser Thelonious Monk B♭ major A · 12 Medium-up swing
There Is No Greater Love Isham Jones B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
There'll Be Some Changes Made Benton Overstreet B♭ major AB · 18 Medium swing
Elora J.J. Johnson B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Trane’s Blues John Coltrane B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Blue Monk Thelonious Monk B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Bluesette Toots Thielemans B♭ major A · 24 Jazz waltz
Broadway William-Henri-Woode B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Candy David-Whitney-Kramer B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Charleston James Johnson B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium-up swing
Come Sunday Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Copenhagen Davis-Melrose B♭ major AABA · 40 Medium swing
Dexterity Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Dream Johnny Mercer B♭ major ABAC · 32 Slow swing
Hallelujah I Love Her So Ray Charles B♭ major AABA · 44 Medium swing
I Love Being Here With You Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee B♭ major AABC · 32 Medium swing
If I Should Lose You Ralph Rainger B♭ major BACA · 32 Medium swing
Manteca Dizzy Gillespie B♭ major AABA · 40 Latin
Moose The Mooche Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Opus De Funk Horace Silver B♭ major A · 12 Up-tempo swing
Parker's Mood Charlie Parker B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
People Jule Styne B♭ major ABAC · 46 Ballad
Rhythm-a-ning Thelonious Monk B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
That's All Haymes-Brandt B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
The Chicken Pee-Wee Ellis B♭ major A · 15 Funk
Too Young Lippman-Dee B♭ major AB · 32 Ballad
You Make Me Feel So Young Josef Myrow B♭ major AABC · 40 Medium swing
Tune Up Miles Davis B♭ major AA · 32 Up-tempo swing
No Moe Sonny Rollins B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Nutty Thelonious Monk B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
On A Slow Boat To China Frank Loesser B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Tenor Madness Sonny Rollins B♭ major A · 12 Medium-up swing
Shaw 'Nuff Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
After You've Gone Henry Creamer B♭ major ABAC · 40 Up-tempo swing
Bloomdido Charlie Parker B♭ major A · 12 Up-tempo swing
C.T.A. Jimmy Heath B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Celia Bud Powell B♭ major AABAC · 40 Up-tempo swing
Eternal Triangle Sonny Stitt B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Passport Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Room 608 Horace Silver B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
S'posin' Paul Denniker B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
The Theme Miles Davis B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Tippin' Horace Silver B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
A Blossom Fell Barnes-Cornelius B♭ major AB · 20 Ballad
A Child Is Born Roland Hanna B♭ major AB · 30 Jazz waltz
All About Ronnie Joe Greene B♭ major AB · 30 Ballad
Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are Thelonious Monk B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Bein' Green Joe Raposo B♭ major AABA · 32 Even eighths
Bess You Is My Woman George Gershwin B♭ major ABBC · 46 Ballad
Beyond The Blue Horizon Whiting-Harding B♭ major AB · 32 Medium swing
Blue (And Broken Hearted) Leslie-Handman-Clarke B♭ major AA · 32 Medium swing
Blue Lou Irving Mills B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Blue Sphere Thelonious Monk B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Blue Turning Grey Over You Fats Waller B♭ major AABA · 32 Slow swing
Bluehawk Thelonious Monk B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Blues Five Spot Thelonious Monk B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Bouncin' With Bud Bud Powell B♭ major AABAC · 40 Up-tempo swing
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk B♭ major ABA · 22 Medium swing
Bye Bye Baby Jule Styne B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
C'est Si Bon Henri Betti B♭ major AABC · 40 Medium swing
Cheers Howard McGhee B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Cheetah Kenny Burrell B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Could It Be You Cole Porter B♭ major AA · 32 Ballad
Day Dreaming Jerome Kern B♭ major ABB · 24 Ballad
Dedicated To You Cahn-Chaplin-Zaret B♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me Duke Ellington B♭ major AB · 32 Medium swing
Don't Go To Strangers Kent-Mason-Evans B♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Don't Know Why Jesse Harris B♭ major AAABAA · 50 Ballad
Down For Double Freddie Green B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
El Cajon Johnny Mandel B♭ major ABAC · 32 Bossa nova
Everything Happens To Me Matt Dennis B♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Falling In Love With Love Richard Rodgers B♭ major AA · 64 Jazz waltz
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum Wayne Shorter B♭ major ABA · 24 Medium swing
Flintstones Hoyt Curtain B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
For Once In My Life Orlando Murden B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Forever Sonny Jimmy Heath B♭ major AABA · 32 Bossa nova
Fran Dance Miles Davis B♭ major AABAB · 40 Medium swing
Freckle Face Sammy Nestico B♭ major AABC · 40 Medium swing
Get Out Of Town Cole Porter B♭ major AB · 32 Medium swing
Gregory Is Here Horace Silver B♭ major AABA · 55 Bossa nova
Heaven Duke Ellington B♭ major AABC · 32 Ballad
Home At Last Hank Mobley B♭ major AAB · 38 Bossa nova
I Get Along Without You Hoagy Carmichael B♭ major AAB · 64 Ballad
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Harold Arlen B♭ major AB · 32 Ballad
I've Got A Crush On You George Gershwin B♭ major AB · 18 Ballad
I've Never Been In Love Before Frank Loesser B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
If Ever I Would Leave You Frederick Loewe B♭ major AABA · 56 Medium swing
Ill Wind Harold Arlen B♭ major AABA · 40 Ballad
In Love In Vain Leo Robin Jerome Kern B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain) Irving Berlin B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
It's A Lovely Day Today Irving Berlin B♭ major ABB · 28 Medium swing
Jackie-ing Thelonious Monk B♭ major Medium swing
Jumpin With Symphony Sid Lester Young B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Just In Time Jule Styne B♭ major AB · 32 Up-tempo swing
Last Train Home Pat Metheny B♭ major A · 33 Even eighths
Laurie Bill Evans B♭ major AA · 38 Ballad
Leaving Richie Beirach B♭ major A · 16 Even eighths
Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) Cole Porter B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Little Boat (O Barquinho) Roberto Menescal B♭ major A · 16 Bossa nova
Little Chicago Fire Frank Foster B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Locomotion John Coltrane B♭ major AABA · 58 Up-tempo swing
Lonely Dreams Terry Gibbs B♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Mack The Knife Weill-Brecht B♭ major A · 16 Medium swing
Maybe I Should Change My Ways Duke Ellington B♭ major AA · 32 Ballad
Misterioso Thelonious Monk B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Move Denzil Best B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
My Little Brown Book Billy Strayhorn B♭ major AABC · 34 Slow swing
Never Let Me Go Jay Livingston B♭ major ABC · 28 Ballad
Never Will I Marry Frank Loesser B♭ major A · 24 Medium swing
Nevertheless Kalmar-Ruby B♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
New Picture Jimmy Heath B♭ major ABCD · 40 Jazz waltz
Nicolette Kenny Wheeler B♭ major AABCAA · 38 Jazz waltz
On The Street Where You Live Frederick Loewe B♭ major BBAA · 64 Medium-up swing
One Note Samba Antonio-Carlos Jobim B♭ major ABA · 40 Bossa nova
Orange Colored Sky DeLugg-Stein B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Questar Keith Jarrett B♭ major AB · 23 Even eighths
Say the Brother's Name Pat Metheny B♭ major ABC · 28 Even eighths
Serpent's Tooth Miles Davis B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Sonnymoon For Two Sonny Rollins B♭ major A · 12 Medium-up swing
Stella By Starlight Victor Young B♭ major ABC · 32 Medium swing
Suddenly It's Spring Jimmy Van-Heusen B♭ major ABCA · 32 Medium swing
Surrey With The Fringe On The Top Richard Rodgers B♭ major AABAC · 40 Medium swing
That's Amore (That's Love) Warren-Brooks B♭ major AB · 32 Medium swing
The Chase Dexter Gordon B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
The Frim Fram Sauce Joe Richardel B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
The Kicker Joe Henderson B♭ major A · 12 Up-tempo swing
The Look Of Love Burt Bacharach B♭ major ABC · 37 Bossa nova
The Swinging Shepherd Blues Koffman-Roberts-Jacobson B♭ major A · 12 Slow swing
Thelonious Thelonious Monk B♭ major AABA · 36 Medium swing
This I Dig Of You Hank Mobley B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium-up swing
Thriving From A Riff Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Tiny Capers Clifford Brown B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Up Jumped Spring Freddie Hubbard B♭ major AAB · 44 Jazz waltz
Warm Valley Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
We See Thelonious Monk B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Webb City Bud Powell B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
West Coast Blues Wes Montgomery B♭ major AA · 36 Jazz waltz
When You're Smilin' Shay - Fisher - Goodwin B♭ major AB · 32 Medium swing
Wild Flower Wayne Shorter B♭ major AB · 32 Jazz waltz
Yesterday's Gardenias Robertson Mysels B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
You Better Leave It Alone Clifford Jordan B♭ major AA · 32 Medium-up swing
Young At Heart Johnny Richards B♭ major AA · 32 Ballad