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Skylark Lead Sheet

“Skylark” was composed by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Johnny Mercer in 1941. It’s a beautiful, yearning ballad recorded by...

“Sleigh Ride” was composed by Leroy Anderson, who began writing it during a heat wave in 1946 and completed it...

“Jingle Bells” was written by James Lord Pierpont and first published in 1857 under the title “The One Horse Open...

“Sweet Georgia Brown” was written in 1925 by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard and Kenneth Casey. It became a jazz standard...

“Tangerine” was composed by Victor Schertzinger with lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the 1942 film The Fleet’s In. Jimmy Dorsey’s...

“Equinox” is a John Coltrane composition recorded in 1960 and released on Coltrane’s Sound. It’s a slow, dark minor blues...

“Yes or No” is a Wayne Shorter composition from his 1964 Blue Note album JuJu, featuring McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman...

“Four on Six” is a composition by guitarist Wes Montgomery, recorded on his 1960 album The Incredible Jazz Guitar of...

“My Way” has music from the French song “Comme d’habitude” by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, with English lyrics written...

“When Sunny Gets Blue” was composed by Marvin Fisher with lyrics by Jack Segal in 1956. Johnny Mathis recorded an...

“My Romance” was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the 1935 Broadway musical Jumbo. Bill Evans’s trio version...

“All of You” was written by Cole Porter for the 1954 Broadway musical Silk Stockings. It became a jazz favorite...