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Jazz standards are musical compositions that are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire. This list includes tunes written in the 1940s that are considered standards by at least one major fake book publication or reference work. The swing era lasted until the mid-1940s, and produced popular tunes such as Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail" (1940) and Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train" (1941). When the big bands struggled to keep going during World War II, a shift was happening in jazz in favor of smaller groups. Some swing era musicians, like Louis Jordan, later found popularity in a new kind of music, called "rhythm and blues", that would evolve into rock and roll in the 1950s. Bebop emerged in the early 1940s, led by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and others. It appealed to a more specialized audiences than earlier forms of jazz, with sophisticated harmonies, fast tempos, and often virtuoso musicianship. Bebop musicians often used 1930s standards, especially those from Broadway musicals, as part of their repertoire. Among standards written by bebop musicians are Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" (1941) and "A Night in Tunisia" (1942), Parker's "Anthropology" (1946), "Yardbird Suite" (1946) and "Scrapple from the Apple" (1947), and Monk's "'Round Midnight" (1944), which is currently the most recorded jazz standard composed by a jazz musician. ==1940== * "All Too Soon" is a jazz ballad composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Carl Sigman. Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster's performance on the tune was so highly regarded by audiences that his successors in the band were asked how they dare sit on Webster's seat. Webster later recorded the tune with young Sarah Vaughan in 1946. * "Cotton Tail"〔''The Real Book, Volume I'', p. 90〕〔 is a swing jazz composition by Duke Ellington, with lyrics later added by Jon Hendricks. It was based on the Rhythm changes, a chord progression later used as a basis for many bebop tunes. Ben Webster was often asked by audiences to play his famous tenor saxophone solo note for note.〔 The name of the tune is sometimes spelled as "Cottontail". * "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (aka "Concerto for Cootie")〔''The Real Book, Volume II'', p. 107〕〔〔 is a song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Bob Russell. * "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"〔''The Real Book, Volume I'', p. 122〕〔〔〔 is a song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Bob Russell. * "How High the Moon"〔''The Real Book, Volume I'', p. 180〕〔〔 is a song composed by Morgan Lewis with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton. Among the many takes by jazz instrumentalists there are two vocal renditions which made their way, the classic Ella Fitzgerald live performance, and Sarah Vaughan's rendition. * "In a Mellow Tone" (aka "In a Mellotone")〔''The Real Book, Volume I'', p. 206〕〔''The New Real Book, Volume III'', p. 170〕〔〔 is a song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Milt Gabler. * "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"〔''The Real Book, Volume II'', p. 318〕〔〔 is a song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke. * "You Stepped Out of a Dream"〔''The New Real Book, Volume III'', p. 423〕 is a song composed by Nacio Herb Brown with lyrics by Gus Kahn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of 1940s jazz standards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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