Talk:Jazz standard

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Contents 1 Fake books 2 Link 3 Definition 4 Not Bebop

[edit] Fake books

Its not clear what is meant with the inclusion of the following line:

However, time spent working through a respectable 'fake book', such as The New Real Book, will help in such situations.

There are a number of 'fake books' available. There is a collection, known as 'The Real Books', which were produced without permission of the copyright owners and which are also often regarded as having many errors. Sher Publishing has released a series known as 'The New Real Books', which do have appropriate permissions and are regarded as being more accurate.

-Yes, the Real Books do have some questionable changes- however, they are universally accepted as the standard gigging books to carry. I smell astroturfing in the above comments!

When was the last time you went gigging? The Chuck Sher books are the standard these days--Giggidy 00:44, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

The sentence is a bit vague - perhaps you could spin out a new page about 'fake books', so that they can be mentioned without further discussion being needed on the range available and their relative merits. Basswulf 11:22, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Take the A Train is now listed on List of jazz standards along with a list of performers and is thus redundant, but it can stay here for now. Hyacinth 02:39, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Link

The second link is not working anymore???

This is the answer I get:

"

Forbidden You don't have permission to access /ea/jazz/standards.html on this server.

Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.music.sc.edu Port 80

"

Ggonnell 11:00, 06 Feb 2005 (CET)

[edit] Definition

Well that sounds a lot better already. A wider discussion about standards should be held so that the corrections and changes could be done. For example List of jazz standards is a very mixed combination of adapted tunes, bebop era tunes and Davis` repertoire.

I suggest that the List should be very limited and for the definitive songs only. Therefore another list should be also made: for example List of famous jazz tunes.

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An alternate definition of a jazz standard: A song, originally from a genre of music other than jazz, which has been adapted to be a vehicle for jazz improvisation. One example is "Lady Bird." Original jazz pieces, such as "Take Five," are not jazz standards under this definition.

I think that the definiton of a 'jazz standard' is not clear, however it Should Be.

As musician and a student, I think that a jazz standard is (only) a tune from the Broadway musicals and popular tunes in 20's and 30's, such as Some Day My Prince Will Come.

This would mean that all the standards existed already in the 40's to 60's when Mr. Davis and Mr. Hancock wrote their repertoire.

Nevertheless, I think that a strict definiton for a standard is needed, because with the current approach we will find ourselves putting every song of the New Real Book (vol. 1, 2 and 3) to the list. It cannot be like that...

-a Finn

I have some sympathy with this, but I think giving a strict definition would be misleading. I think a lot of jazz musicians would identify "Take The A-Train" or "Round Midnight" as "jazz standards" because they're "standard tunes that jazz musicians learn and play", even though both were created as jazz compositions. I don't think they'd necesserily be mistaken in doing that.

Probably there are quite a few jazz musicians out there who don't really know (or care) whether a particular tune was written for stage, screen or bandstand. It might, however, be worth discriminating these two senses in the introduction if others agree.

On another note, I think the list of tunes should go in a separate page. That way how long the list gets doesn't matter so much. Any thoughts?

Ornette

Yeah, the list should be merged into List of jazz standards, and maybe put a few sentences with examples in the article.

I also think that the strict definition is not the whole story, but it should be mentioned more clearly, preferably with a book cite. - mako 02:37, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not Bebop

The following tunes listed as bebop standards are not bebop:

Giant Steps: too advanced to be bebop ? Taking bebop further Milestones: definitely not bebop - this is Modal jazz

Round Midnight and Well you Needn't are Hard Bop jazz standards, I'd have thought.

Anyone like to disagree with me ? Maybe I'm splitting hairs but if noone complains, when I get the time I'll do a thorough list on a separate page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.44.79.145 (talk) 19:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC).