Essential 'Blue Note' tunes to know for jazz jams

[DaveBeny]

A question for all experienced jazz players:

Which tunes from the classic Blue Note period would I be most likely to encounter at a jazz jam session? I am slowly working on jazz bass theory and technique (making SLOW progress!) and am currently able to get by on a few "simple" tune like 'Song for my Father' and Cantaloupe Island

The tunes I currently have on my list to learn include:
Song for my Father - Horace Silver
Senor Blues - Horace Silver
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
Dolphin Dance- Herbie Hancock
Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson
Recorda Me - Joe Henderson
Moanin' - Art Blakey
Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson
Blue Train - John Coltrane
The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan

Any others that I ought to add to this list? Nothing too advanced/avant please! (ie. Andrew Hill, Dolphy, Cecil Taylor etc! )

 

[JimK]

A question for all experienced jazz players:

That leaves me out.




However-
Chuck Sher's Real Book/Legal Vol 1(& maybe 2) has many tunes from the classic era of Blue Note.
Many Horace Silver tunes...I would add "Nutville" to your list.
Many Wayne Shorter tunes..."Footprints"(from Adam's Apple on Blue Note), "Witch Hunt", "Speak No Evil", etc


Hancock's "Watermelon Man" is basic.

Also from Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder..."Gary's Notebook" & "Totem Pole".

 

[jive1]

If haven't got one yet, I highly recommend getting a Real Book. I prefer the "illegal" version over the one currently being published by Warner Bros/Sher, but that's just me. I like the selection of tunes in the old version better. The book is a bible of cool Jazz tunes to jam on. Just find the ones who's changes you can follow.

 

[jive1]

However-
Chuck Sher's Real Book/Legal Vol 1(& maybe 2) has many tunes from the classic era of Blue Note.

Dang, you replied at the same time I did with almost the same thing.

 

[Ed Fuqua]

If you're sticking to Blue Note, you probably want to be current on
STROLLIN -Horace Silver
THIS I DIG OF YOU - Hank Mobley
WHISPER NOT -Bennie Golson
LAZYBIRD, MOMENT'S NOTICE - Trane
DELUGE, EL GAUCHO - Wayne
INNER URGE -Joe Henderson
YES AND NO - Wayne via Blakey