Informal survey: Jam Session Tunes

City: NYC

5 tunes regularly called at jam sessions:

1) Stablemates
2) There Will Never Be Another You
3) There Will Never Be Another You
4) Stablemates
and 5th place is a tie between Stablemates and There Will Never Be Another You

 

I hate There Will Never be Another You

 

NYC
How High the Moon
honeysuckle rose
along came betty
jeanine
bolivia
there is no greater love
summertime
our love is here to stay
inner urge
one finger snap
beatrice
pinnochio
nardis

 

Some tunes we enjoy:

Lady Bird
Sugar
Yardbird Suite
Blue Monk
Footprints

 

Whatever has the least changes (NYC)

 

Detroit

Footprints literally every single jam session no matter whether its funk or straight ahead or whatever.
There will never be another you
Giant Steps
I'll Remember April
Impressions or So What changes tunes
Lazy Bird
Wave

I'm pretty sure you should know every standard ever written though just to be safe.

 

Some of the tunes you guys are calling aren't that easy. These are for students, so leave out "Betty" and "Giant Steps". I heard Benny Golson say that "Now's The Time" is what you play at a jam session when you can't think of anything else to play. He then played "Now's The Time".

Song for My Father
Now's The Time
Blue Monk
Birk's Works
Autumn Leaves

 

When I was in high school, my brother was studying piano, and we got hold of a copy of the book. We simply worked our way through it from cover to cover. That exercise has paid off again and again.

 

Kellogg, Idaho! =)

Chameleon: all day, every day

 

Speaking for myself, this is actually a super informative thread!

 

Blue Bossa
Straight No Chaser
All Blues

They seem to be common, at least amongst my friends. I don't typically go 'out' to jams

 

Autumn Leaves
Four on Six
Summertime
Tune Up
Billies Bounce

 

Blues in F
Blues in G
Blues in A
Blues in Eb
Blues in um... er.... Db?

 

from( h town) last jam i was on these got called ( i recorded my self to see what i could do to improve)
blues b f(l)at
days of wine and roses
autumn leaves
blue bossa
what is this thing called love
green dolphin
softly as in a morning sunrise
miss jones
just friends
(i suggested the chicken and everyone seemed to think i was ordering dinner)

 

This topic has been beat over at least 3 times. Use the search.

 

Rochester NY

Just Friends
What is this thing
It could happen to you
I love you
Alone together

 

hamilton, ontario. it's hard to narrow it down because every jam is different, but these are some tunes i find called a lot...

beatrice
days of wine and roses
there will never be another you
stella by starlight
body and soul
stablemates
cherokee