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Jazz standards in G minor

27 standards in the atlas are usually played in G minor, among them “Autumn Leaves”, “It Ain't Necessarily So”, “Milestones (New)” and “Comes Love”. Players of B♭ instruments read these tunes in A minor, alto and baritone saxophonists in E minor.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Autumn Leaves Joseph Kosma G minor AABC · 32 Medium swing
It Ain't Necessarily So George Gershwin G minor AABA · 32 Medium swing
Milestones (New) Miles Davis G minor ABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Comes Love Brown-Stept-Tobias G minor AABA · 32 Medium swing
Off Minor Thelonious Monk G minor AABA · 32 Medium swing
Harlem Nocturne Hagen-Rogers G minor AABBA · 42 Medium swing
Bohemia After Dark Oscar Pettiford G minor AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Baltimore Oriole Hoagy Carmichael G minor AB · 36 Ballad
Little Niles Randy Weston G minor AABBA · 64 Jazz waltz
Criss Cross Thelonious Monk G minor AABA · 30 Medium swing
Favela Antonio-Carlos Jobim G minor ABA · 40 Bossa nova
Four On Six Wes Montgomery G minor A · 16 Up-tempo swing
Sway Ruiz-Gimbel G minor AABA · 32 Latin
Devil May Care Dorough-Kirk G minor ABC · 44 Medium-up swing
Zingaro (Retrato Em Branco E Preto) Antonio-Carlos Jobim G minor AB · 48 Bossa nova
Prism Keith Jarrett G minor AB · 32 Ballad
Nothing Personal Don Grolnick G minor A · 24 Up-tempo swing
The Balance Dave Holland G minor A · 8 Even sixteenths
Eiderdown Steve Swallow G minor AABCA · 40 Medium swing
One By One Wayne Shorter G minor AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Road Song Wes Montgomery G minor AABA · 32 Latin
Recado Bossa Nova Djalma Ferreira G minor AAB · 40 Bossa nova
Comrade Conrad Bill Evans G minor AB · 32 Medium swing
Katrina Ballerina Woody Shaw G minor AABA · 48 Jazz waltz
Petit Fleur Sidney Bechet G minor ABCD · 48 Medium swing
Shutterbug J.J. Johnson G minor A · 20 Up-tempo swing
No Splice Lee Konitz G minor AB · 32 Medium-up swing