This is the tune list for a weekly session I play. We go through a lot of material, most of it kind of unusual, and many things that are rather challenging. I shlep this big pile of paper to every rehearsal.
There’s really nothing here you would be expected to walk onto a gig and definitely already know. I have starred the things most likely to come up, either in conversation or on an actual gig. Lead sheets for most of these can be found online through a variety of sources if you want to play them.
*A Felicidade – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Ambrosia – Kenny Barron
Ana Maria – Wayne Shorter
Angeles Crest – Larry Koonse
Aquarius – Joao Donato
Aunt Alice – Rob Thomas
Backyard Groove – Kenny Garrett
Bananeira – Gilberto Gil/Joao Donato
Bicycle Ride – Toninho Horta
Big Red – Tommy Turrentine
Black – Cedar Walton
Black Five – Gregory Fine
*Black Narcissus – Joe Henderson
Black Nile – Wayne Shorter
Christina – Buster Williams
Compulsion – Harold Land
Con Brio – Jerry Bergonzi
Dance Cadaverous – Wayne Shorter
*Dear Old Stockholm
Debonaire – George Colligan
Del Sasser – Sam Jones
Desert Moonlight – Lee Morgan
Dhyana – Tina Brooks
Different Places Together – Jerry Bergonzi
Dual Force – Buster Williams
East of the Village – Hank Mobley
Edda – Wayne Shorter
Everybody’s Song But My Own – Kenny Wheeler
Continued after the break:
Fake Plastic Trees – Yorke/O’Brien/Greenwood/Selway
Favela – Antonio Carlos Jobim
*Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum – Wayne Shorter
Fifth House – John Coltrane
Firm Roots – Cedar Walton
Florence’s Fantasie – Bob Mover
Foolish Door – John Abercrombie
For Our Dearest – Jacob Karlson
Free Wheelin’ – Lee Morgan
*El Gaucho – Wayne Shorter
Greenstreet – John Abercrombie
Heyoke – Kenny Wheeler
Highway One – Bobby Hutcherson
Hindsight – Cedar Walton
Idle Moments – Grant Green
I’ll Remember August – Ralph Towner
*Infant Eyes – Wayne Shorter
An Internal Affair – Jerry Bergonzi
Jean de Fleur – Grant Green
Jean-Marie – Ronnie Matthews
Jessica’s Birthday – Quincy Jones
*Jinrikisha – Joe Henderson
Jive Coffee – Peter Bernstein
Joanne Julia – Kenny Barron
Jogral – Djavan/Neto/Machado
*Joshua – Victor Feldman
*Joshua – Victor Feldman
Katrina Ballerina – Woody Shaw
*Kayak – Kenny Wheeler
Know Where You Are – Kenny Wheeler
Lands End – Harold Land
Landslide – Harold Land
Landslide – Harold Land
Little Dancer – Tom Harrell
The Long Goodbye – Alan Broadbent
Lullabye – Kenny Barron
Lydian Domination – George Colligan
M – John Abercrombie
*Miles Ahead – Miles Davis
Miss C’s Shuffle – Dave Stryker
The Moontrane – Woody Shaw
Ms. Baja – Kenny Garrett
Moon Alley – Tom Harrell
New For Now – Jonathan Kreisberg
No Room For Squares – Hank Mobley
November 15 – Kenny Garrett
*Nutville – Horace Silver
One By One – Wayne Shorter
Outfits – Steve Swallow
*Pensativa – Clare Fischer
*Prince of Darkness – Wayne Shorter
*Question & Answer – Pat Metheny
*Question & Answer – Pat Metheny
*Radio – Steve Swallow
*Remember – Steve Swallow
*Ritha – Larry Young
Sambop – Einhorn/Ferreira
Seeds of Sin – Wayne Shorter
Serenity – Joe Henderson
A Shifting Design – Kurt Rosenwinkel
Smatter – Kenny Wheeler
*SOS – Wes Montgomery
A Sound For Sore Ears – Jimmy Heath
*Soy Califa – Dexter Gordon
Spiral – Kenny Barron
Spring Song – John Abercrombie
Sticky Kisses – Steve Swallow
*Straight Street – John Coltrane
Strollin’ – Horace Silver
Suspended Sentence – Wayne Shorter
The Sweeper – Karolina Strassmeyer
Tarde em Itapua – Vinicius de Moraes
These Are Soulful Days – Lee Morgan
These Are Soulful Days – Lee Morgan
This Happy Madness – Antonio Carlos Jobim
This Is For Albert – Wayne Shorter
*Tones For Joan’s Bones – Chick Corea
United – Wayne Shorter
Veracruz – Nascimento/Borges
Water Lily – Kenny Barron
We Salute The Night – Kenny Wheeler
Wildflower – Wayne Shorter
Windows – Chick Corea
Wives And Lovers – Burt Bacharach
*You Go To My Head – Gillespie/Coots
*You Stepped Out Of A Dream – Brown/Kahn