Valentines jazz tunes?

[Steve Clark]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for suggestions for tunes to play at a Valentines show other than the usual suspects. Appreciate any input.

Thx.

[Aaron Cohn]

Sorry, it's always much more fun to think of what NOT to play on these occasions:

Just one of those things
Just friends
When your lover has gone
You've changed
Makin' whoopee (at least the second chorus)

etc.

I know, that's not helpful.

Anyway, as for actual suggestions--

How deep is the ocean
Let's fall in love
The nearness of you
I get a kick out of you
Just you, just me
I've got the world on a string


And many, many more. Nearly all standards are about love. You just want to avoid the ones that are about love gone wrong.

No matter how well you think this through you're still going to have to play My Funny Valentine.

[Eli_Upright12]

My funny Valentine is kind of essential its got a line "Everyday is valentines day"

[Marcus Johnson]

Could it be more obvious? "I Love You"

Or, one I like a lot is "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons". Play the melody arco and watch the chicks melt.

Maybe "Haunted Heart"?

There's a bunch. Good thread topic.

[Blake Bass]

There Will Never Be Another You
Just The Way You Look tonight
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Body and Soul
Secret Love
The Nearness of You (great lyrics)
All The Things You Are

[ZachDad]

and my theme song...
"Aint That a Kick in the Head"

[Eli_Upright12]

In a sentimental mood. Another tear jerker or knee wobbler.

[Aaron Cohn]

A couple more:

My one and only love
Dedicated to you
Love walked in

[Marcus Johnson]

Love walked in! Good one, I love that tune.

[milomo]

Originally Posted by Aaron Cohn

it's always much more fun to think of what NOT to play on these occasions

Love For Sale
The End Of A Love Affair
You Don't Know What Love Is
I Wanna Be Around

[dgelting]

Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson

Or, one I like a lot is "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons". Play the melody arco and watch the chicks melt.

+1 for that - I love playing that tune arco, and it's the first tune I'm trying to teach myself on the clarinet.

Also a +1 for The Nearness of You.

Do you have a vocalist?

Another Day
When I Grow too Old to Dream

[Pat Harris]

Beautiful Love
My Foolish Heart

[Eli_Upright12]

Wouldn't it be ironic if you played Romance Without Finance on Valentines day?

[Marc Piane]

Makin' Whoopee.

[Don Higdon]

I don't know if you want to try this, written by Lou Carter (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), and John Frigo (violin):

I told you "I love you," now get out.
I told you "I love you," now get out.
Ev'rything's rosy, ev'rything's Jake, but
just how much can a good man take,
I told you "I love you," now get out.

There may be times when I need you, there's no doubt,
But now, you're something I can do without.
Leave your number, and go on home,
but don't wait with sandwiches by the phone,
I told you "I love you," now get out.

Baby, please leave me be.
You want a puppet and there's no strings on me.

Get hip, you can leave on the five-eighteen,
Now don't go 'way sayin' I've been mean.
If I should weaken, and change my ways,
your round-trip ticket's good for sixty days,
I told you "I love you," now get out.

[hdiddy]

I Thought About You
Alone Together
Beautiful Love

Don't overlook tasty Bossa's. For some reason, I think of these first...
Meditation
Inutil Paisagem (Useless Landscape)

[jumpinin]

My One and Only Love
There is No Greater Love
First Song (for Ruth)