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The Way You Look Tonight Lead Sheet

“The Way You Look Tonight” was composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields for the 1936 film Swing...

“Little Sunflower” is a composition by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, first recorded on his 1967 album Backlash. It’s a modal tune...

“Bolivia” is a composition by pianist Cedar Walton, one of the great hard bop composers and accompanists. It became popular...

“Lush Life” is Billy Strayhorn’s most famous solo composition, begun in his teens in the 1930s and published in 1949....

“Chega de Saudade” (“No More Blues”) was composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. João Gilberto’s...

“Beatrice” is a composition by saxophonist Sam Rivers, named for his wife, and first recorded on his 1964 Blue Note...

“Lady Bird” was composed by pianist and arranger Tadd Dameron and recorded in 1948. It’s a short, elegant bebop tune,...

“Lullaby of Birdland” was composed by pianist George Shearing in 1952, with lyrics by George David Weiss. Named after the...

“Over the Rainbow” was composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg for the 1939 film The Wizard of...

“I Remember Clifford” was composed by Benny Golson in 1956 as a tribute to trumpeter Clifford Brown, who died in...

“Out of Nowhere” was composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman in 1931, and Bing Crosby had an...

“Someone to Watch Over Me” was written by George and Ira Gershwin for the 1926 musical Oh, Kay! It’s one...