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Jazz standards in F minor

36 standards in the atlas are usually played in F minor, among them “Caravan”, “You Don't Know What Love Is”, “Django” and “Lament”. Players of B♭ instruments read these tunes in G minor, alto and baritone saxophonists in D minor.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Caravan Duke Ellington F minor AAB · 48 Latin
You Don't Know What Love Is Raye-DePaul F minor AABA · 32 Ballad
Django John Lewis F minor AABBC · 40 Medium swing
Lament J.J. Johnson F minor ABAC · 32 Ballad
Work Song Nat Adderley F minor A · 16 Medium-up swing
St. James Infirmary Joe Primrose F minor A · 8 Medium swing
Tin Tin Deo Dizzy Gillespie F minor ABBCB · 40 Latin
From This Moment On Cole Porter F minor AAB · 56 Up-tempo swing
The Summer Knows Michel Legrand F minor ABC · 24 Ballad
Airegin Sonny Rollins F minor ABAC · 36 Up-tempo swing
So In Love Cole Porter F minor AABA · 72 Up-tempo swing
Butterfly Herbie Hancock F minor AAB · 44 Funk
Once Upon A Summertime (La Valse Des Lilas) Legrand-Barclay-Marnay-Mercer F minor ABCD · 34 Jazz waltz
Afro Blue Mongo Santamaria F minor A · 16 Jazz waltz
Birk's Works Dizzy Gillespie F minor A · 12 Up-tempo swing
Be-Bop Dizzy Gillespie F minor AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
This Masquerade Leon Russell F minor AB · 32 Rock/pop
Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock F minor A · 16 Rock/pop
Song For My Father Horace Silver F minor AAB · 24 Latin
Minority Gigi Gryce F minor A · 16 Up-tempo swing
Mas Que Nada Jorge Ben F minor ABCD · 40 Latin
Little Waltz Ron Carter F minor AA · 34 Jazz waltz
Voyage Kenny Barron F minor AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Puttin' On The Ritz Irvin Berlin F minor AABA · 32 Medium swing
Full House Wes Montgomery F minor AABA · 56 Jazz waltz
Lady Sings The Blues Nichols-Holiday F minor AABA · 32 Ballad
Little B's Poem Bobby Hutcherson F minor A · 16 Jazz waltz
Minor Mood Clifford Brown F minor AB · 24 Medium swing
Iris Wayne Shorter F minor A · 16 Jazz waltz
Decision Sonny Rollins F minor A · 13 Medium swing
Eye of the Hurricane Herbie Hancock F minor AB · 27 Up-tempo swing
Interplay Bill Evans F minor A · 12 Medium swing
Mahjong Wayne Shorter F minor ABCA · 28 Latin
Serenade To A Cuckoo Roland Kirk F minor AB · 16 Medium swing
Blues For Wood Woody Shaw F minor A · 12 Up-tempo swing
Backstage Sally Wayne Shorter F minor A · 16 Medium swing