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Jazz standards in D♭ major

37 standards in the atlas are usually played in D♭ major, among them “Body And Soul”, “Ask Me Now”, “Dolores” and “Chelsea Bridge”. Players of B♭ instruments read these tunes in E♭ major, alto and baritone saxophonists in B♭ major.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Body And Soul Johnny Green D♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Ask Me Now Thelonious Monk D♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Dolores Wayne Shorter D♭ major AABAA · 38 Up-tempo swing
Chelsea Bridge Billy Strayhorn D♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Lush Life Billy Strayhorn D♭ major AB · 40 Ballad
Stompin' At The Savoy Webb-Goodman-Sampson D♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Conception George Shearing D♭ major AABA · 44 Medium swing
Isfahan Strayhorn-Ellington D♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Don't Be That Way Edgar Sampson D♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
The Star-Crossed Lovers Strayhorn-Ellington D♭ major ABC · 22 Ballad
Epistrophy Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke D♭ major ABCB · 32 Medium swing
A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing Billy Strayhorn D♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
A Little Tear Deodato-Valle D♭ major AB · 32 Bossa nova
Afro Centric Joe Henderson D♭ major A · 26 Up-tempo swing
Benny's Tune Lionel Loueke D♭ major AAB · 35 Afro-Cuban 6/8
Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love Charles Mingus D♭ major ABC · 32 Ballad
Ecaroh Horace Silver D♭ major AAB · 24 Medium swing
Horace-Scope Horace Silver D♭ major A · 69 Medium-up swing
Midnight Mood Joe Zawinul D♭ major A · 24 Jazz waltz
Monk's Mood Thelonious Monk D♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Onmo Kenny Wheeler D♭ major A · 16 Medium-up swing
Pee Wee Tony Williams D♭ major A · 21 Jazz waltz
Peggy's Blue Skylight Charles Mingus D♭ major AABC · 48 Medium swing
Social Call Gigi Gryce D♭ major AABA · 34 Medium swing
Stablemates Benny Golson D♭ major ABA · 36 Medium swing
Star Dust Hoagy Carmichael D♭ major AA · 32 Ballad
Strollin' Horace Silver D♭ major AA · 32 Medium swing
Summer Serenade Benny Carter D♭ major ABAC · 32 Bossa nova
The Sorcerer Herbie Hancock D♭ major A · 16 Up-tempo swing
Things Ain't What They Used To Be Duke Ellington D♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Tickle-Toe Lester Young D♭ major ABAB · 32 Up-tempo swing
Tonight I Shall Sleep Ellington-Mercer D♭ major ABAC · 32 Ballad
Tricotism Oscar Pettiford D♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Twisted Blues Wes Montgomery D♭ major A · 19 Medium-up swing
Ugly Beauty Thelonious Monk D♭ major AABA · 32 Jazz waltz
Upper Manhattan Medical Group Billy Strayhorn D♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Woody'n You Dizzy Gillespie D♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing