Latest music pages in the standards genre

This is a cover of the classic Christmas song Chestnuts Roasting on an open fire made famous by the legendary Nat King Cole way before most of us... download

By Eddie Harris this Jazz Standard is a real foot tapper. I play all instruments, arrange, produce the track. From the Back To Basics album. download

Miles Davis did this tune on his Blue Moods album (1955), released on Charles Mingus' Debut Records label. It brings Davis together with Mingus on ... download

I cannot believe that this track was written in the sixties, a great time for pop but a barren time for jazz. This was half a decade before jazz we... download

I'd had this track in mind for some time but couldn't see how to approach it - until I actually did! It's another great jazz standard with that str... download

I struggled with this track for some time. All the versions I'd heard before didn't really grab me. I knew I should like it but couldn't get a hand... download

I tackle this jazz standard by Charlie Parker with my first Big Band arrangement! The lush horn section chords on sound very contemporary and I can... download

This track absorbs House and Elektro beats and doesn't blink! Blue Train is the second studio album by John Coltrane, released in 1958 on Blue Note... download

We all like music that swings, this one introduced the world to the notion of swing and presaged the swing era by three years. I keep close to the ... download

I give this track the full jazz House makeover and it is a testament to it's longevity that it sound comfortable with a 'modern' treatment. I give ... download

On this track I indulge my usual inclination to do something rebellious when playing jazz standards. There's House, Techno and Elektro beats pushin... download

Dolphin Dance is a jazz standard by Herbie Hancock. from his 1965 Maiden Voyage album, though Herbie also re-recorded it in 1974 and again in 1981... download

This album 'Blue Notes' celebrates the pioneering Jazz record label, Blue Note Records. Not all the tracks made it onto the Blue Note catalogue yet... download

John Coltrane, the saxophonist, is another influential Blue Note Artiste. He was certainly a virtuoso player. This track is notoriously difficult t... download

I've always loved this track by Bill Evans. Bill, as far as I can tell, never recorded his own material on Blue Note but I think he may well have d... download

My version of Footprints is very modern and could have been written yesterday, not 1996 when it first appeared. download

Devian Zikri's arrangement updates the bossa nova beat of this Latin Jazz standard. Don't miss the drum solo at 3 minutes 10 seconds. Blue Bossa is... download

This is Autumn leaves as you've never heard it before. It's Autumn leaves on acid! There's a loop mash beat, some crazy Techno stutters, and inappr... download