ENDEIT

Jazz standards in C major

233 standards in the atlas are usually played in C major, among them “St. Thomas”, “Lady Bird”, “Bemsha Swing” and “Con Alma”. Players of B♭ instruments read these tunes in D major, alto and baritone saxophonists in A major.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
St. Thomas Sonny Rollins C major A · 16 Latin
Lady Bird Tadd Dameron C major A · 16 Up-tempo swing
Bemsha Swing Thelonious Monk C major Medium swing
Con Alma Dizzy Gillespie C major AABA · 32 Afro-Cuban 6/8
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Hot House Tadd Dameron C major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
I Can't Get Started Vernon Duke C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Three Little Words Harry Ruby C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Night And Day Cole Porter C major AAB · 48 Medium swing
Don't Blame Me Jimmy McHugh C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Let's Get Lost Jimmy McHugh C major ABB · 24 Medium swing
Yardbird Suite Charlie Parker C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
You're My Everything Harry Warren C major AB · 32 Medium swing
52nd Street Theme Thelonious Monk C major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Ain't Misbehavin' Fats Waller C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Anything Goes Cole Porter C major AABC · 32 Medium swing
At Last Harry Warren C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Blue Skies Irving Berlin C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Chicago Fred Fisher C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Corcovado Antonio-Carlos Jobim C major ABAC · 34 Bossa nova
Deed I Do Hirsch-Rose C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Early Autumn Burns-Herman C major BBAA · 32 Ballad
Exactly Like You Jimmy McHugh C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Fascination Fernando-Dante Marchetti C major ABAC · 32 Jazz waltz
Flamenco Sketches Davis-Evans C major A · 24 Ballad
Fly Me To The Moon Bart Howard C major AB · 32 Medium swing
I've Heard That Song Before Jule Styne C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Laura David Raksin C major ABAC · 32 Ballad
Moon River Henry Mancini C major AA · 38 Jazz waltz
More Than You Know Vincent Youmans C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Mountain Greenery Richard Rodgers C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
My Shining Hour Harold Arlen C major AB · 32 Medium swing
My Way Revaux-Francois-Thibaud-Anka C major AAB · 44 Ballad
Sentimental Journey Brown-Green-Homer C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
September Song Kurt Weill C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Take The A Train Billy Strayhorn C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
That Old Feeling Brown-Fain C major AB · 32 Medium swing
The Second Time Around Jimmy Van-Heusen C major AA · 36 Medium swing
When You Wish Upon A Star Leigh Harline C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Dancing In The Dark Arthur Schwartz C major AB · 32 Medium swing
Punjab Joe Henderson C major AB · 18 Medium swing
You Stepped Out Of A Dream Nacio-Herb-Brown C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
9.20 Special Earl Warren C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
A Beautiful Friendship Donald Kahn C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
A Fine Romance Jerome Kern C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
All Too Soon Duke Ellington C major AABA · 32 Ballad
At Long Last Love Cole Porter C major AB · 32 Medium swing
Black Coffee Burke-Webster C major AABA · 44 Slow swing
Dream Dancing Cole Porter C major AABC · 52 Medium swing
Goodbye Gordon Jenkins C major AAB · 32 Ballad
I Could Have Danced All Night Frederick Loewe C major ABCD · 32 Medium swing
I Feel Pretty Bernstein-Sondheim C major AAB · 57 Jazz waltz
I Surrender Dear Harry Barris C major AABA · 32 Ballad
I'll Be Around Alec Wilder C major AABA · 32 Ballad
If I Loved You Richard Rodgers C major AABC · 36 Ballad
Let's Face The Music And Dance Irving Berlin C major ABCA · 44 Medium swing
Let's Fall In Love Harold Arlen C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Meditation Antonio-Carlos Jobim C major AAB · 40 Bossa nova
Midnight Sun Hampton-Burke-Mercer C major AABA · 50 Medium swing
My Romance Richard Rodgers C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Satin Doll Strayhorn-Ellington C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Some Enchanted Evening Richard Rodgers C major AABAC · 60 Ballad
Só Danço Samba Antonio-Carlos Jobim C major AABA · 32 Bossa nova
The Boy Next Door Martin-Blane C major AB · 32 Jazz waltz
The Song Is You Jerome Kern C major AABA · 64 Up-tempo swing
Time After Time Jule Styne C major AB · 32 Medium swing
We'll Be Together Again Carl Fisher C major AABA · 32 Ballad
What'll I Do Irving Berlin C major AABA · 32 Jazz waltz
Who's Sorry Now? Snyder-Kalmar-Ruby C major AB · 32 Ballad
Young And Foolish Albert Hague C major ABAC · 32 Ballad
April In Paris Vernon Duke C major ABCD · 32 Medium swing
Begin The Beguine Cole Porter C major AABACC · 100 Medium swing
High Fly Randy Weston C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Sweet And Lovely Arnheim-Daniels-Tobias C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Undecided Charlie Shavers C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
What's New Bob Haggard C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Dearly Beloved Jerome Kern C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Cheryl Charlie Parker C major A · 12 Medium swing
Half Nelson Miles Davis C major A · 16 Up-tempo swing
Pannonica Thelonious Monk C major AABA · 33 Ballad
Perhaps Charlie Parker C major AB · 14 Up-tempo swing
Relaxin' At Camarillo Charlie Parker C major A · 12 Up-tempo swing
Subconscious Lee Lee Konitz C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
A Ballad Gerry Mulligan C major AABA · 47 Ballad
A Ghost Of A Chance Victor Young C major AB · 32 Ballad
A Kiss To Build A Dream On Kalmar-Ruby-Hammerstein C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
A Weaver Of Dreams Victor Young C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
After You Cole Porter C major ABC · 32 Ballad
Afternoon In Paris John Lewis C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Ahmid-6 Pat Metheny C major AB · 57 Even eighths
Airmail Special Charlie Christian C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Alice In Wonderland Sammy Fain C major AAB · 48 Jazz waltz
All By Myself Irving Berlin C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings Herpin-Jamblan-Rome C major AB · 31 Ballad
All Of Me Gerald Marks C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Autumn Nocturne Gannon-Myrow C major AABC · 36 Slow swing
Better Days Ahead Pat Metheny C major ABCD · 35 Samba
Bewitched Richard Rodgers C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Billy Boy Traditional C major AABA · 56 Medium-up swing
Black And Blue Fats Waller C major AABA · 32 Slow swing
Boo Boo's Birthday Thelonious Monk C major AAB · 21 Medium swing
Born To Be Blue Wells-Torme C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Butterfly Dreams Stanley Clarke C major AAB · 38 Jazz waltz
Bye Bye Blues Hamm-Bennett-Lown-Gray C major ABAC · 32 Up-tempo swing
C-Jam Blues Duke Ellington C major A · 12 Medium swing
Captain Marvel Chick Corea C major BBA · 58 Samba
Cheek To Cheek Irving Berlin C major AABBC · 56 Medium-up swing
Come Fly With Me Jimmy Van-Heusen C major AAB · 47 Medium-up swing
Cyclic Episode Sam Rivers C major A · 16 Medium swing
Dance Cadaverous Wayne Shorter C major AB · 64 Jazz waltz
Danny Boy Traditional C major ABC · 32 Medium swing
Day In, Day Out Rube Bloom C major A · 56 Medium swing
Detour Ahead Herb Ellis C major AABA · 34 Ballad
Dienda Kenny Kirkland C major ABA · 43 Jazz waltz
Do You Know What It Means? Louis Alter C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Don't Take Your Love From Me Henry Nemo C major ABAC · 32 Ballad
Dreamsville Henry Mancini C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Easy Does It Oliver-Young C major ABA · 24 Medium swing
Everything I Have Is Yours Burton Lane C major ABAC · 32 Ballad
Falling In Love Again Frederick Hollander C major AABA · 32 Jazz waltz
Farmer's Trust Pat Metheny C major AB · 24 Jazz waltz
Five Brothers Gerry Mulligan C major AABA · 28 Medium-up swing
Fools Rush In Rube Bloom C major ABAC · 32 Slow swing
Forest Flower Charles Lloyd C major AAB · 46 Bossa nova
H & H Pat Metheny C major ABB · 42 Up-tempo swing
Hello Dolly Jerry Herman C major AB · 38 Medium swing
Hello Young Lovers Richard Rogers C major AABA · 72 Medium-up swing
How My Heart Sings Earl Zindars C major ABC · 36 Jazz waltz
Humpty Dumpty Chick Corea C major AB · 18 Up-tempo swing
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me Jimmy McHugh C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
I Could Write A Book Richard Rodgers C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
I Don't Know Enough About You Peggy Lee C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry Jule Styne C major AABAA · 38 Ballad
I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan Arthur Schwartz C major ABC · 20 Ballad
I Left My Heart In San Francisco George Cory C major ABA · 32 Ballad
I Only Have Eyes For You Harry Warren C major AABC · 36 Ballad
I Should Care Cahn-Stordahl-Weston C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
I Want To Be Happy Vincent Youmans C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) Ahlert-Turk C major A · 28 Medium swing
I'm Beginning To See The Light Hodges-James-Ellington C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
I'm In The Mood For Love Jimmy McHugh C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket Irving Berlin C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
If There Is Someone Lovelier Dietz-Schwartz C major ABC · 28 Ballad
If You Ever Should Leave Cahn-Chaplin C major A · 24 Medium swing
If You Never Come To Me (Inutil Paisagem) Antonio-Carlos Jobim C major A · 16 Bossa nova
In Pursuit Of The 27th Man Horace Silver C major AABA · 32 Latin
In The Middle Of A Kiss Sam Coslow C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning Mann-Hilliard C major AB · 18 Ballad
Is That So? Duke Pearson C major A · 8 Medium-up swing
Isn't It A Pity George Gershwin C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Isotope Joe Henderson C major A · 12 Medium-up swing
It Only Happens When I Dance With You Irving Berlin C major AA · 36 Medium-up swing
It Was So Good While It Lasted Poll-Ackers C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
It's A Dance Michel Petrucciani C major ABC · 46 Jazz waltz
It's A Good Day Peggy Lee C major AABA · 64 Medium-up swing
Jazz Folk John Abercrombie C major AAB · 44 Medium swing
Just In Tune John Abercrombie C major ABB · 24 Medium-up swing
Just You, Just Me Jesse Greer C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
La Vie En Rose Guglielmi-Piaf-David C major ABC · 20 Ballad
Lazybones Carmichael-Mercer C major AABA · 32 Slow swing
Leila Wes Montgomery C major AABA · 32 Slow swing
Let There Be You Young-Cavanaugh C major AABA · 32 Slow swing
Light Blue Thelonious Monk C major A · 8 Ballad
Like A Lover Dori Caymmi-Nelson Motta C major AAB · 41 Bossa nova
Limbo Wayne Shorter C major A · 17 Jazz waltz
Little Peace In C For You Michel Petrucciani C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Lyresto Kenny Burrell C major ABB · 24 Up-tempo swing
Ma Belle Hélène Kenny Wheeler C major A · 48 Medium-up swing
Milano John Lewis C major AABA · 32 Slow swing
Miles Ahead Miles Davis C major ABA · 40 Medium swing
Mirror, Mirror Chick Corea C major AB · 32 Jazz waltz
Monk's Dream Thelonious Monk C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
My Last Affair Haven Johnson C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
My Lucky Star DeSylva-Brown-Henderson C major AB · 32 Medium swing
My One And Only Love Wood-Mellin C major AABA · 32 Ballad
My Song Keith Jarrett C major AAB · 48 Even eighths
Nascimento Barry Harris C major AAB · 38 Bossa nova
Nice 'n Easy Spence-Bergman-Keith C major BBAA · 36 Medium swing
Nobody Else But Me Jerome Kern C major ABAC · 36 Medium swing
Oliloqui Valley Herbie Hancock C major AA · 28 Even eighths
On The Sunny Side Of The Street Jimmy McHugh C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Only Trust Your Heart Benny Carter C major AABAC · 40 Bossa nova
Pennies From Heaven Arthur Johnston C major AB · 32 Medium swing
People Will Say We're In Love Richard Rodgers C major AABD · 48 Medium swing
Peri's Scope Bill Evans C major A · 24 Medium swing
Ping Pong Wayne Shorter C major AAB · 48 Medium-up swing
Played Twice Thelonious Monk C major ABC · 16 Medium swing
Prelude To A Kiss Duke Ellington C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Pretend Douglas-Parman-Lavere C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Quiet Now Denny Zeitlin C major ABCA · 34 Ballad
Re: Person I Knew Bill Evans C major A · 16 Medium swing
Robbin's Nest Thompson-Jacquet C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Sail Away Tom Harrell C major ABCA · 65 Bossa nova
Samba De Orfeu Luiz Bonfa C major AAB · 40 Bossa nova
Search For Peace McCoy Tyner C major AABC · 32 Ballad
Skating In Central Park John Lewis C major AABA · 85 Jazz waltz
Skyliner Charlie Barnet C major AAB · 48 Medium-up swing
Slow Hot Wind Henry Mancini C major AABA · 32 Bossa nova
Some Other Spring Herzog-Kitchings C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Some Other Time Leonard Bernstein C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Sometime Ago Sergio Mikanovich C major AA · 36 Jazz waltz
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most Tommy Wolf C major AABC · 44 Ballad
Stairway To The Stars Matt Maineck C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Stars Fell On Alabama Frank Perkins C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Summer Band Camp Mick Goodrick C major A · 24 Even eighths
Sweet Georgia Bright Charles Lloyd C major A · 16 Medium-up swing
Tell Me A Bedtime Story Herbie Hancock C major ABCDA · 45 Funk
The Best Thing For You Is Me Irving Berlin C major AABC · 36 Medium swing
The Best Things In Life Are Free DeSylva-Brown-Henderson C major AB · 32 Medium-up swing
The Birth Of The Blues Ray Henderson C major AABA · 32 Slow swing
The Duke Dave Brubeck C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
The Folks Who Live On The Hill Jerome Kern C major AABA · 44 Ballad
The Gravy Waltz Ray Brown C major AABA · 32 Jazz waltz
The Lady is a Tramp Richard Rodgers C major AABC · 48 Medium swing
The Lamp Is Low DeRose-Shefter C major AABC · 34 Medium swing
The Opener Bill Evans C major ABB · 30 Medium swing
The Touch Of Your Lips Ray Noble C major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Tonight You Belong To Me Rose-David C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Too Close For Comfort Bock-Weiss-Holofcener C major AABAD · 40 Medium swing
Turnaround Ornette Coleman C major A · 12 Medium swing
Unit Seven Sam Jones C major AABA · 44 Medium-up swing
Unrequited Brad Mehldau C major ABA · 39 Even eighths
Up With The Lark Jerome Kern C major ABA · 60 Medium swing
Very Early Bill Evans C major AAB · 54 Jazz waltz
Walk Tall Cannonball Adderley C major AABB · 40 Funk
Walkin' up Bill Evans C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
What Is This Thing Called Love Cole Porter C major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
When It's Sleepy Time Down South Traditional C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Who Cares George Gershwin C major AB · 32 Medium swing
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Harry Barris C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
You Are Too Beautiful Richard Rodgers C major AABA · 32 Ballad
You Made Me Love You James Monaco C major AB · 32 Medium swing
Zoltan Woody Shaw C major AABA · 32 Latin