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The Big List Of Jazz Blues

A long, source-preserved list of jazz blues compositions, keys, notes, and where they appear in the Real Book Software catalog.

Originally published on RealBookSoftware.com

The Big List Of Jazz Blues

As promised on our web page "Blues You Can Use" here is a rather extensive list of jazz blues compositions that have been recorded but in no way is it comprehensive. There are thousands upon thousands of jazz blues songs on recordings.

This list will continue to grow as more songs are added but these initial 400 jazz blues compositions should certainly be enough to keep you busy for a while.

The blues is a critical component of the jazz genre. The more of them you know, the better off you are.

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Meanwhile, dig in and have fun researching, listening and playing through these jazz gems!

This list contains the song's name and composer as well as the key of the song and occasional notes about the song.

There is also an indication for where you can find the song within the vast catalog of songs available within the Real Book Software family of products.

Jazz Blues Compositions

A source-parsed table of jazz blues compositions from the old RealBookSoftware page.

SONG	ARTIST	KEY, NOTES	WHERE	PLUGIN
3 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West	Lewis, John	C	Monster Jazz
6M’s	Byrd, Donald
Advance Notion	Mobley, Hank
Afro Blue	Santamaria, Mongo	Fm, Non Blues form, solo over Fm blues	Volume 1
All Blues	Davis, Miles	G, 6/8	Volume 1
All Members	Heath, Jimmy
All Right, Ok, You Win	Wyche, Sid
Another Hairdo	Parker, Charlie
Antabus	Gordon, Dexter
Apex Blues	Dixieland
Armageddon	Shorter, Wayne	Bbm, 16 bar blues with an intro	Volume 1
Au Privave	Parker, Charlie	F	Volume 1	Charlie Parker
Avars	Dorham, Kenny
Back Home Blues	Parker, Charlie	C	Charlie Parker
Back to the Tracks	Brooks, Tina
Backstage Sally	Shorter, Wayne
Backstairs	Gordon, Dexter	Fm	Volume 2
Bag’s Groove	Jackson, Milt	F	Volume 2
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are	Monk, Thelonious	Bb	Volume 2
Barbados	Parker, Charlie	F	Volume 2,	Charlie Parker
Bass Blues	Coltrane, John
Beas Flat	Freeman, Russ	Bb	Monster Jazz
Bemsha Swing	Monk, Thelonious	C, 16 bars	Monster Jazz
Bessie’s Blues	Coltrane, John	Eb	Volume 1
Big P	Heath, Jimmy	Dm	Volume 2
Billie’s Bounce	Parker, Charlie	F	Volume 2
Bird Feathers	Parker, Charlie
Birdlike	Hubbard, Freddie
Bird’s Mother	Byard, Jaki	Bb	Monster Jazz
Birk’s Works(Black Coffee)	Gillespie, Dizzy	Minor blues head
Black And Crazy Blues, The	Kirk, Rahsaan Roland	C, 8 bar intro	Monster Jazz
Black And Tan Fantasy	Ellington, Duke	Bbm	Volume 2
Blackjack	Byrd, Donald
Bloomdido	Parker, Charlie	Bb	Volume 2	Charlie Parker
Blowin’ The Blues Away	Silver, Horace	Bb	Monster Jazz
Blue Ching	Dorham, Kenny
Blue Concept	Gryce, Gigi	Bb	Monster Jazz
Blue Frenzy	Hubbard, Freddie
Blue Friday	Dorham, Kenny
Blue Funk	Adderley, Cannonball
Blue Haze	Davis, Miles
Blue Monk	Monk, Thelonious	Bb	Volume 1
Blue Seven	Rollins, Sonny	Bb	Volume 2
Blue Spring	Dorham, Kenny
Blue Spring Shuffle	Dorham, Kenny
Blue Train	Coltrane, John	Cm	Volume 1
Bluebird	Parker, Charlie	Eb	Charlie Parker
Bluehawk	Monk, Thelonious	C	Monster Jazz
Blues #2	Mobley, Hank
Blues A la Mode	Tyner, McCoy	Bb	Volume 2
Blues After All	Smith, Jimmy
Blues and I, The	Brooks, Tina
Blues Backstage	Foster, Frank
Blues by Five	Garland, Red	Bb	Volume 2
Blues Connotation	Coleman, Ornette
Blues for Alice	Parker, Charlie	F, alternate changes known as “Bird Blues”	Volume 1
Blues for Barbara	Davis, Wild Bill
Blues for Brenda	Hubbard, Freddie
Blues for Duane	Hubbard, Freddie
Blues for Jackie	Dorham, Kenny
Blues For Philly Joe	Rollins, Sonny
Blues for Stephanie	Clayton, John	F	Volume 2
Blues for Wood	Shaw, Woddy	Fm	Volume 2
Blues in a Jiff	Clark, Sonny
Blues In The Closet	Pettiford, Oscar	Ab	Volume 2
Blues Inn	McLean, Jackie
Blues March	Golson, Benny
Blues Minor	Coltrane, John
Blues O’Mighty	Hodges, Johnny	C	Monster Jazz
Blues On Sunday	Redmon, Joshua
Blues on the Corner	Tyner, McCoy
Blues Peru	Ford, Ricky	F	Monster Jazz
Blues Walk	Brown, Clifford
Blues Waltz	Dorham, Kenny
Bluesanova	Morgan, Lee
Bluesette	Thielemans, Toots	Bb, 24 bar 3/4 blues “Bird” blues (variation)	Volume 1
Bob’s Place	Hubbard, Freddie
Bongo Bop	Parker, Charlie	Bb	Monster Jazz
Boogie Stop Shuffle	Mingus, Charles	Bbm	Volume 2
Booker’s Blues	Little, Booker
Bop Boy	Mintzer, Bob	F, 24 bar blues	Volume 3
Bossa	Byrd, Donald
Boy, What a Night!	Morgan, Lee
Breakthrough, The	Mobley, Hank	Bb	Monster Jazz
Brian’s Bounce	Hargrove, Roy
Bright Blues	Jackson, Milt	Bb	Monster Jazz
Bud’s Blues	Stitt, Sonny
Buffalo	Dorham, Kenny
Butch and Butch	Nelson, Oliver	“Bird” Blues with 8 bar intro
Butch’s Blues	Dorham, Kenny
Buzzy	Parker, Charlie	Bb	Charlie Parker
Byrdlike	Hubbard, Freddie	F	Volume 2
Caddy for Daddy	Mobley, Hank
Canal St. Blues	Dixieland
Careful	Hall, Jim	Ab	Volume 2
Cariba	Montgomery, Wes	Fm, latin feel	Monster Jazz
Carol’s Interlude	Mobley, Hank
Cascades	Nelson, Oliver
Catyisms	Hargrove, Roy
Cecile	Byrd, Donald
Cedar’s Blues	Walton, Cedar
Charcoal Blues	Shorter, Wayne	F	Monster Jazz
Chasin’ the Trane	Coltrane, John	F	Volume 2
Cheryl	Parker, Charlie	C	Volume 3	Charlie Parker
Chi Chi	Parker, Charlie	Ab	Charlie Parker
Chitlins con Carne	Burrell, Kenny
Chronic Blues	Coltrane, John	Ebm	Monster Jazz
C-Jam Blues	Ellington, Duke	C, only two melody notes	Volume 2
Comin’ Home baby	Bob Dorough, Ben Tucker	Gm	Volume 2
Commin’ Back	Mobley, Hank
Cookin’	Donaldson, Lou	Bb	Volume 2
Cookin at the Continental	Silver, Horace	Bb	Monster Jazz
Cool Blues	Parker, Charlie	Bb	Volume 2	Charlie Parker
Cool Struttin	Clark, Sonny
Cornbread	Morgan, Lee
Cosmic Rays	Parker, Charlie	C	Charlie Parker
Cousin Mary	Coltrane, John	Ab	Volume 2
Creole Love Song	Dixieland
Cunga Black	Hubbard, Freddie
Dab of Dis and Dat	Mobley, Hank
Dance of the Infidels	Powell, Bud
Dapper Dan	Von Tilzer, Albert
Dear Old Stockholm	Varmeland	Dm	Volume 1
Decision	Rollins, Sonny	Fm, 13 bar blues	Volume 2
Dig Dis	Mobley, Hank
Dingbat Blues	Mitchell, Blue
Dishwater	Morgan, Lee
Dixie Lee	Byrd, Donald
Doodlin’	Silver, Horace	Db	Monster Jazz
Double Clutching	Israels, Chuck	F	Volume 3
Double Up	Morgan, Lee
Down	Davis, Miles	Bb	Monster Jazz
Down Tempo	Byrd, Donald
Dr. Jekyll	McLean, Jackie	F	Monster Jazz
Duff	Hawes, Hampton	Bb	Volume 2
Durem	Morgan, Lee
Dusty Foot	Byrd, Donald
Early Sunday Morning	Byrd, Donald
Ease It	Dorham, Kenny
Eastern Blues	Bartz, Gary	C	Monster Jazz
Eighty-One	Carter, Ron	F, 24 bar blues	Volume 1
Elevation	Parker, Charlie	F	Monster Jazz
Emanon	Gillespie, Dizzy
Empty Pockets	Hancock, Herbie
Equinox	Coltrane, John	Cm	Volume 1
Eye of the Hurricane	Hancock, Herbie
Far Away	Hubbard, Freddie
Farmer’s Market	Farmer, Art
Fathead	Morgan, Lee
Feather Merchant	Basie, Count
Fine And Mellow	Holliday, Billie
Five Spot After Dark	Golson, Benny	Bm	Volume 2
Five Spot Blues	Monk, Thelonious
Footprints	Shorter, Wayne	Cm, 3/4, 24 bars	Volume 1
For Stompers Only	Getz, Stan
Four Others	Herman, Woody	Ab	Monster Jazz
Frankie And Johnny	Dixieland
Freddie Freeloader	Davis, Miles	Bb, variation on the final chord	Volume 1
Free Wheelin’	Morgan, Lee
Freight Trane	Coltrane, John	Uses alternate changes
Friendless Blues	Dixieland
Funk Dumplin	Coles, Johnny	F	Volume 2
Funky	Burrell, Kenny	Eb, alternate changes	Volume 2
Gandolfo’s Bounce	Little, Booker	Eb	Monster Jazz
Gary’s Notebook	Morgan, Lee
Gate City	Byrd, Donald
Gerkin for Perkin	Brown, Clifford
Gingerbread Boy	Heath, Jimmy
Git Go Blues	Mobley, Hank
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	Mingus, Charles	F	Volume 1
Granted	Henderson, Joe	Cm	Monster Jazz
Greasy	Davis Jr., Walter
Groove Blues	Menza, Don
Groovin’ the Blues	Drew, Kenny
Grovus Mentus	Sheldon, Jack
Gypsy Blue	Brooks, Tina
H & T Blues	Jones, Thad
H+H	Metheny, Pat
Hank’s Waltz	Mobley, Hank
Harvard Blues	Basie, Count
Hassan’s Dream	Golson, Benny	Bbm	Volume 1
Hastings Street Bounce	Adams, Pepper
Heads Up, Feet Down	Heath, Jimmy	Eb	Monster Jazz
Heartbreaker	Hargrove, Roy
Helen’s Ritual	Morgan, Lee
Hey, Chico	Morgan, Lee
High Voltage	Mobley, Hank
Hip Strut	McLean, Jackie
Hoinesty	Baker, David	Bb	Monster Jazz
Homestretch	Henderson, Joe	Bb	Monster Jazz
Hush	Byrd, Donald
In and Out	Henderson, Joe
Interplay	Evans, Bill		Volume 1	Bill Evans
Isotope	Henderson, Joe	C	Volume 1
Israel	Carisi, John	Dm	Volume 1
Jackie	Hawes, Hampton	Bb	Volume 2
Jelly Roll	Byrd, Donald
Jody Grind, The	Silver, Horace	Bbm	Volume 2
Joe Cool Blues	Marsalis, Wynton
Johnny’s Blue	Morgan, Lee
Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid	Young, Lester	Bb	Volume 2
Just For The Love	Coltrane, John
K. C. Blues	Parker, Charlie	C	Charlie Parker
K.D.’s Blues	Dorham, Kenny
K.D.’s Motion	Dorham, Kenny
Kicker, The	Henderson, Joe
Killer Joe	Golson, Benny	Bb	Volume 2
Kozo’s Waltz	Morgan, Lee
Laird Baird	Parker, Charlie	Bb	Charlie Parker
Lee Sure rime	Morgan, Lee
Limehouse Blues	Braham, Phillip	Db, 2/4	Volume 1
Lion and the Wolf	Morgan, Lee
Locomotion	Coltrane, John
Long Tall Dexter (LTD)	Gordon, Dexter
Lost And Found	Jordan, Clifford
Lou’s Blues	Donaldson, Lou
Low Life	Byrd, Donald
Mamacita	Henderson, Joe
March on Selma	Mitchell, Blue
Mary Lou	Silver, Horace
Mary’s Blues	Adams, Pepper	F	Monster Jazz
Matrix	Corea, Chick	F, Altered changes	Volume 3
Me ’n You	Morgan, Lee
Mecca Flat Blues	Dixieland
Midget, The	Morgan, Lee
Midtown Blues	McLean, Jackie
Minor Mood	Brown, Clifford
Miss Ann	Dolphy, Eric	F	Monster Jazz
Miss Kadhija	Morgan, Lee
Missouri Uncompromised	Metheny, Pat	A, Altered changes	Volume 1
Misterioso	Monk, Thelonious	Bb	Monster Jazz
Mohawk	Parker, Charlie	Bb	Monster Jazz	Charlie Parker
Morpo	Rogers, Shorty	Bb	Monster Jazz
Movin’ Along	Montgomery, Wes	Eb	Monster Jazz
Mr. Day	Coltrane,John
Mr. Knight	Coltrane, John
Mr. P.C	Coltrane, John	Gm	Volume 1
Mr. Syms	Coltrane, John	C, alternate changes	Volume 2
Mrs. Parker from K. C	Little, Booker
Mustang	Byrd, Donald
New-Ma	Morgan, Lee
Night Creeper	Blythe, Arthur
Night Train	Forrest, Jimmy
Noose Bloos	Dorham, Kenny
Nostalgia In Times Square	Mingus, Charles	Altered changes	Volume 1
Nothing Personal	Grolnick, Don	Michael Brecker
Now’s The Time	Parker, Charlie	F	Volume 3	Charlie Parker
Nutville	Silver, Horace
One For Daddy-O	Adderley, Nat	Bbm	Volume 2
One Mint Julep	Hubbard, Freddie
Open House	Smith, Jimmy
Opus De Funk	Silver, Horace	Bb	Volume 2
Oscar for Oscar	Dorham, Kenny
Our Man Higgins	Morgan, Lee	Bb	Monster Jazz
Out Of The Night	Henderson, Joe	Fm	Monster Jazz
Outpost Blues	Hubbard, Freddie
Parker’s Mood	Parker, Charlie	Bb	Charlie Parker
Party Time	Morgan, Lee
Perhaps	Parker, Charlie	C	Volume 3	Charlie Parker
Petty Larceny	Morgan, Lee
Pfrancing (No Blues)	Davis, Miles
Philly Twist	Dorham, Kenny
Plain Talk	Smith, Jimmy
Preacher, The	Silver, Horace	16 bar AB Form, blues variation
Psychedelic	Morgan, Lee
Public Eye	Hargrove, Roy
Pursuance	Coltrane, John	Bb	Volume 2
Raggedy Ann	Morgan, Lee
Raise Four	Monk, Thelonious
Rasshan’s Run	Shaw, Woddy
Raunchy Rita	Frank Foster	Elvin Jones Raunchy Rita
Red Top	Hampton, Lionel
Red’s Good Groove	Garland, Red
Reincarnatio Blues	Shoter, Wayne	Bm, 16 bars	Monster Jazz
Relaxin’ At Camarillo	Parker, Charlie	C	Volume 3	Charlie Parker
Rene	McLean, Jackie
Rifrin’	Dorham, Kenny
Royal Garden Blues	Dixieland
Rue Chaptal (Royal Roost)	Clarke, Kenny	C	Monster Jazz
Rumproller	Hill, Andrew
S.F. Beat	Dorham, Kenny
Sack ’O Woe	Adderley, Cannonball
Sadiga	Coleman, George	Ebm	Monster Jazz
Sandu	Brown, Clifford	Eb	Volume 2
Scotch & Water	Zawinul, Joe	Bb, Blues with Bridge	Monster Jazz
Second Handy Motion	Swallow, Steve
Second’s Best	Morgan, Lee
Senor Blues	Silver, Horace
Serenade to a Soul Sister	Silver, Horace
Shake That Thang	Dixieland
Shaky Jake	Walton, Cedar	Eb	Monster Jazz
Short Count	Morgan, Lee	Bb, 24 Bars	Monster Jazz
Short Stop	Rogers, Shorty	Bb	Volume 2
Si, Si	Parker, Charlie	F	Charlie Parker
Sidewinder, The	Morgan, Lee	24 bar blues
Sid’s Ahead	Davis, Miles	F	Monster Jazz
Sippin’ at Belle’s	Davis, Miles
Sir John	Mitchell, Blue
Sista Rebecca	Smith, Jimmy
Sister Sadie	Silver, Horace	G	Volume 2
Six Bits	Dorham, Kenny
Smoke Stack	Hill, Andrew
Snoopy and Woodstock	Marsalis, Wynton
So Long Eric	Mingus, Charles	F	Monster Jazz
Society Red	Gordon, Dexter
Soft Winds	Goodman, Benny
Solar	Davis, Miles	Cm	Volume 1
Solid	Rollins, Sonny
Some Other Blues	Coltrane, John	F	Volume 2
Sonnymoon For Two	Rollins, Sonny
Sonny’s Crib	Clark, Sonny
Soothsayer, The	Shorter, Wayne	C#m	Monster Jazz
Soppin’ The Biscut	Hargrove, Roy
Soul Sister	Gordon, Dexter
Soul Special	Hill, Andrew
Soul Support	Dorham, Kenny
Soul Surge	Hubbard, Freddie	7/4 meter
Soul Time	Mobley, Hank
Soulful Kiddy	Byrd, Donald
South Street Exit	Dolphy, Eric	Ab	Monster Jazz
Speedball	Morgan, Lee
Spontaneous Combustion	Adderley, Cannonball
Squirrel	Dameron, Tadd
St. Louis Blues	Dixieland	G	Volume 2
Stage West	Dorham, Kenny
Step Lightly	Henderson, Joe
Steppin’ Stone	Morgan, Lee
Steps	Corea, Chick	Cm	Volume 1
Steve’s Blues	Criss, Sonny
Sticky Wicket	Gordon, Dexter
Stolen Moments	Nelson, Oliver	Cm,16 Bar Form w/ solos over regular 12 bar form	Volume 1
Stoptime Blues	McGhee, Howard
Straight No Chaser	Monk, Thelonious	F	Volume 1
Sublues	McLean, Jackie
Sudwest Funk	Byrd, Donald
Summertime	Gershwin, George	AM, 16 bar blues	Volume 2
Swedish Pastry	Kessel, Barney	Bb	Volume 1
Swinging Shepherd Blues	Koffman, Moe	C	Volume 2
Syrup ’n Biscuts	Mobley, Hank
Take The Coltrane	Ellington, Duke
Tanya	Byrd, Donald
Teenie’s Blues	Nelson, Oliver	F	Volume 2
Teeter Totter	Henderson, Joe	Bb	Monster Jazz
Tell It Like It Is	Shorter, Wayne
Tengo Tango	Adderley, Cannonball
Tenor Madness	Rollins, Sonny	Bb	Volume 2
Terrestris	Harrell, Tom
Terrible- T	Morgan, Lee
Thad’s Blues	Jones, Thad
That’s Right	Morgan, Lee	Bb	Monster Jazz
That’s What I’m Talkin’ ’Bout	Rogers, Shorty
The Kicker	Henderson, Joe
The Rajah	Morgan, Lee
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be	Ellington, Mercer	F, 24 bar blues	Volume 2
Third Floor Richard	Lloyd, Charles	F	Monster Jazz
Thumb, The	Montgomery, Wes	G	Monster Jazz
Thumper, The	Heath, Jimmy	Bb	Volume 2
Time’s A Wastin’	Ellington, Duke & Mercer
Tin Roof Blues	Dixieland	Bb, 24 bars	Monster Jazz
Tiny’s Blues	Kahn, Tiny	F	Monster Jazz
Tippin’	Silver, Horace
Tis	Jones, Thad	Eb	Volume 3
To Kill A Brick	Shaw, Woddy	C	Volume 3
Tokyo Blues	Silver, Horace
Tom Cat	Morgan, Lee
Too Much Sake	Silver, Horace
Tough Talk	Jazz Crusaders	F	Volume 1
Train Shuffle	Harrell, Tom
Tranein’ In	Coltrane, John
Trane’s Blues	Coltrane, John	Bb	Volume 2
Trane’s Slo Blues	Coltrane, John
Trapped	Morgan, Lee
True Blue	Brooks, Tina
True Blue	Mitchell, Blue
Turnaround	Coleman, Ornette	C	Volume 2	Monster Jazz
Twelve More Bars To Go	Shorter, Wayne	Gm	Monster Jazz
Twisted	Gray, Wardell	Bb	Volume 2
Twisted Blues	Montgomery, Wes
Two Bass Hit	Gillespie, Dizzy and Lewis, John	C Solo in Db Blues	Monster Jazz
Unit Seven	Adderley, Cannonball
Uptight	Morgan, Lee
Vierd Blues	Davis, Miles
Visa	Parker, Charlie	C	Charlie Parker
Wabash Blues	Dixieland
Walkin’	Davis, Miles	F	Volume 1
Walter L.	Burton, Gary	G	Volume 1
Watermelon Man	Hancock, Herbie	F/C, 16 Bar Blues	Volume 1	Volume 3
We Six	Byrd, Donald
Wee Dot	Johnson, J. J.	Bb	Monster Jazz
West Coast Blues	Montgomery, Wes	Bb,6/4 blues	Volume 1
What Know	Morgan, Lee
What’s Your Story Morning Glory	Webster, Paul Francis
Work Song	Adderley, Cannonball	Fm, 16 bars	Volume 2
X-Stream	Byard, Jaki	Bb	Monster Jazz
Yams	Hancock, Herbie
Yes, I Can…	Morgan, Lee
You Better Leave It Alone	Jordan, Clifford	Bb	Volume 2
You’re Next	Byrd, Donald
Zip Code	Morgan, Lee

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