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Jazz standards in E minor

12 standards in the atlas are usually played in E minor, among them “My Favorite Things”, “My Man's Gone Now”, “Nardis” and “I'm A Fool To Want You”. Players of B♭ instruments read these tunes in F♯ minor, alto and baritone saxophonists in C♯ minor.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
My Favorite Things Richard Rodgers E minor AABCC · 72 Jazz waltz
My Man's Gone Now George Gershwin E minor AAB · 33 Jazz waltz
Nardis Miles Davis E minor AABA · 32 Medium swing
I'm A Fool To Want You Herron-Sinatra-Wolf E minor AABA · 40 Ballad
The Pink Panther Henry Mancini E minor AB · 16 Medium swing
500 Miles High Chick Corea E minor ABB · 26 Bossa nova
Fall Wayne Shorter E minor A · 16 Ballad
Moonchild Keith Jarrett E minor A · 8 Ballad
The Maze Herbie Hancock E minor AA · 28 Medium swing
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps Farres-Davis E minor AABA · 32 Latin
The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers Steve Kuhn E minor ABCD · 56 Jazz waltz
Wayne's Thang Kenny Garrett E minor AA · 16 Medium-up swing