BudgetBooks: Jazz Standards

by Rikky Rooksby

The "Budgetbooks" series offers a real bargain, with 87 songs in this 352-page book. A simple generic one-color cover helps keep the price down, but keeping them affordable hasn't affected the wonderful choice of songs offered. You'll recognize most of the songs here; they are familiar favorites that you've heard often.

There are no photos and no glossy pages, just piano/vocal/guitar music for a lot of great jazz songs.

The piano/vocal/guitar format has a melody line, a piano accompaniment requiring moderate playing ability, song lyrics, and guitar chord symbols.

Song List:

Adios
All Or Nothing At All
Alfie
Alright, Okay, You Win
Always
Always In My Heart (Siempre En Mi Corazon)
Aquellos Ojos Verdes (Green Eyes)
Autumn In New York
Besame Me Mucho (Kiss Me Much)
Bewitched
The Blue Room
Body And Soul
Blue Skies
Brazil
Call Me Irresponsible
Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
Cry Me A River
Close As Pages In A Book
Day By Day
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Day Dream
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Fever
Dreamy
Early Autumn
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
Frenesi
Georgia On My Mind
The Glory Of Love
Good Morning Heartache
God Bless' The Child
Harlem Nocturne
How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
I Can't Get Started With You
I Hear Music
I Could Write A Book
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
I Got It Bad And It Ain't Good
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
I Wish I Were In Love Again
I'll Be Seeing You
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Isn't It Romantic?
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)
In The Mood
It Could Happen To You
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got Swing)
It Might As Well Be Spring
It Never Entered My Mind
It's Easy To Remember
Just One More Chance
The Lady Is A Tramp
The Lady's In Love With You
Lazy River
Lazy Afternoon
Lazybones
Lover
Little Girl Blue
Love Is Just Around The Corner
Lullaby Of Birdland
Manhattan
Midnight Sun
Mona Lisa
My Favorite Things
My Foolish Heart
My Heart Stood Still
My Romance
My Ship
The Nearness Of You
Never Let Me Go
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Perifda
September Song
Skylark
Speak Low
Waltz For Debby
Stella By Starlight
Tangerine
Thanks For The Memory
That Old Black Magic
Tico Tico (Tico No Fuba)
The Way You Look Tonight
You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
What Kind Of Fool Am I?
When Sunny Gets Blue
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You

Other titles are also available in the "Budgetbooks" series.
Here are a few:

Each book has an excellent selection of 75 to 90 songs. Just some of the many, many songs contained in this series:

Movie Songs -- Almost Paradise, On Golden Pond, Raiders March, Romeo and Juliet (Love Theme), The Way We Were, Up Were We Belong.
Country Songs -- Always On My Mind, Cowboy Take Me Away, Galveston, Happy Trails, Lucille, Your Cheatin' Heart.
Love Songs  -- Cherish, Don't Know Much, I'll Be There, The Power Of Love, You Are So Beautiful.
Pop/Rock -- Adia, Dust In The Wind, Good Vibrations, I Hope You Dance, Joy To The World, Stand By Me.
Early Rock Songs
Broadway Songs
Latin Songs
Christmas Songs