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Song for My Father Lead Sheet

“Song for My Father” is the title track of Horace Silver’s 1965 album, inspired by a trip to Brazil and...

“Strasbourg / St. Denis” was composed by trumpeter Roy Hargrove and released on his 2008 album Earfood. Named after a...

“Emily” was composed by Johnny Mandel with lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the 1964 film The Americanization of Emily. It’s...

“White Christmas” was written by Irving Berlin and introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn. Crosby’s recording...

“I Fall in Love Too Easily” was written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh,...

“Anthropology” is a bebop classic credited to Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, first recorded in the mid-1940s. Also known as...

“Moanin'” was composed by pianist Bobby Timmons and recorded by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers on their 1958 album...

“Pure Imagination” was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,...

“Night and Day” was written by Cole Porter for the 1932 musical Gay Divorce, where Fred Astaire introduced it. It...

“Invitation” was composed by Bronisław Kaper for the 1952 film of the same name, with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster...

“Naima” is John Coltrane’s tender ballad named after his first wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. It appears on his 1960 album...

“Stardust” was composed by Hoagy Carmichael in 1927, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish added in 1929. It’s one of the...