Ten songs of the year

THE TEN SONGS

Every year the jazz department creates a list of ten standards which all jazz students at Ithaca College must thoroughly memorize (the melody, chords, and often with the lyrics and all 12 keys).  These songs are subsequently used as study material for jazz repertoire and jazz arranging classes, and are played in private jazz lessons, combos, ensembles and jam sessions. 

This year, songs were chosen that had good and/or famous "contrafacts."  In jazz terms, a contrafact refers to a melody ("jazz head") written over the same chord progression as another famous song.  Most often, the foundation songs are from the Great American Songbook.

For the 2012-13 school year, the ten songs are (see the listening list below for some of the contrafacts):

• All the Things You Are by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
• Back Home Again In Indiana by James F. Hanley, lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
• Honeysuckle Rose by Fats Waller
• How High The Moon by Morgan Lewis, lyrics by Nancy Hamilton
• I Cant Believe That You're In Love With Me by Clarence Gaskill and Jimmy McHugh
• Just You, Just Me by Jesse Greer, lyrics by Raymond Klages
• Out of Nowhere by Johnny Green, lyrics by Edward Heyman
• Sweet Georgia Brown by Bernie, Pinkard and Casey
• What Is This Thing Called Love by Cole Porter
• Whispering by John and Malvin Schoenberger

...next year there will be ten new songs!

THE 2012-13 LISTENING LIST

Students are also assigned a listening list comprised of many classic recordings of each song (and a few modern recordings as well):  

ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE

• All The Things You Are - Art Tatum.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Billy Eckstine.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Charlie Parker from The Band That Never Was.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Charlie Parker in Lotusland.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Charlie Parker in Sweden.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Chet Baker.m4a
• All The Things You Are - Chris Potter.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Ella Fitzgerald.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Frank Sinatra.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Lee Konitz ALTERNATE HEAD.m4a
• All The Things You Are - Lee Konitz Lennie Tristano.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Lee Konitz Meets Gerry Mulligan.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard.mp3
• All The Things You Are - Warne Marsh Joe Albany.mp3
• Bird Of Paradise - Charlie Parker (Take A).mp3
• Bird Of Paradise - Charlie Parker (Take B).mp3
• Bird Of Paradise - Charlie Parker (Take C).mp3
• Bird Of Paradise - Charlie Parker Carnegie Hall 1949.mp3
• Of All Things - Stan Kenton with Lee Konitz.mp3
• Prince Albert - Kenny Dorham with The Jazz Messengers.mp3
• Thingin - Lee Konitz Bob Brookmeyer Paul Motian Steve Swallow.m4a

BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA

• 03 03 - Donna Lee - Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh.mp3
• 05 05 - Donna Lee - Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh.mp3
• 10 10 - Donna Lee - Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh.mp3
• Back Home Again In Indiana - Art Tatum.mp3
• Back Home Again in Indiana - Louis Armstrong.mp3
• Back Home Again In Indiana - Mel Davis and Buddy Morrow.mp3
• Back Home Again In Indiana - Nat King Cole.mp3
• Donna Lee - Charlie Parker Bird on the Air.mp3
• Donna Lee - Charlie Parker take 2.mp3
• Donna Lee - Charlie Parker take 3.mp3
• Donna Lee - Charlie Parker take 4.mp3
• Donna Lee - Charlie Parker take 5.mp3
• Donna Lee - Clark Terry.mp3
• Donna Lee - Hank Roberts.mp3
• Indiana - Conway's Band 1917.mp3
• Indiana - IC Faculty with Branford Marsalis.mp3
• Indiana - Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh.mp3
• Indiana - Lester Young live at Birdland Vol II.mp3
• Indiana - Lester Young Savoy Studio recording.mp3
• Indiana - ODJB 1917.mp3
• Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana) - The Hi-Los.m4a
• Indiana and Donna Lee - Charlie Parker live at the Three Deuces.mp3
• Indiana changes in F - Charlie Parker The Bird You Never Heard.mp3

HONEYSUCKLE ROSE

• Honeysuckle Rose - Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall 1938.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Duke Ellington.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Ella Fitzgerald.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller 1937.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller 1941.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Jay McShann feat. Charlie Parker.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Louis Armstrong.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Nat King Cole.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Sarah Vaughan Live Compact Jazz.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Sarah Vaughan The Roulette Years.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose - Thelonious Monk.mp3
• Honeysuckle Rose -into- Body and Soul - Charlie Parker solo.mp3
• Marmaduke (take 4) - Charlie Parker.mp3
• Marmaduke (take 8) - Charlie Parker.mp3
• Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker from The Bird Flies Deep.mp3
• Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker in Sweden.mp3
• Scrapple From The Apple - Charlie Parker on Dial B.mp3
• Scrapple From The Apple - Charlie Parker on Dial C.mp3
• Scrapple From The Apple - Lee Konitz Live at the Half Note.mp3

HOW HIGH THE MOON

• How High the Moon - Catherine Gale.mp3
• How High the Moon - Charlie Parker from "Bird at the Roost".mp3
• How High the Moon - Charlie Parker from "In Live Performance - The Bird Flies Deep".mp3
• How High the Moon - Charlie Parker from "Live In Sweden".mp3
• How High the Moon - Ella Fitzgerald.mp3
• How High the Moon - Helen Forest with Benny Goodman.mp3
• How High the Moon - JATP All-Stars.mp3
• How High the Moon - June Christy with Kentones.mp3
• How High the Moon - June Christy with Stan Kenton.m4a
• How High the Moon - Lester Young.mp3
• How High The Moon - Nat King Cole.mp3
• How High the Moon - Stan Getz.mp3
• Lennie-Bird - Lee Konitz Live at the Half-Note.mp3
• Lennie-Bird - Lee Konitz.m4a
• Lennie-Bird - Lennie Tristano Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh.mp3
• Ornithology - Charlie Parker from "Birth of the Bebop".mp3
• Ornithology - Charlie Parker on Dial take 1.mp3
• Ornithology - Charlie Parker on Dial take 2.mp3
• Ornithology - Charlie Parker on Dial take 3.mp3
• Ornithology - Charlie Parker.mp3
• Ornithology - Phil Woods Clark Terry.mp3
• Satellite - John Coltrane.mp3

 I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME

• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Anita O'Day.mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (alt).mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (orig).mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Billie Holiday.mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Bing Crosby.mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Charlie Parker Lennie Tristano.m4a
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Cootie Williams and Duke Ellington.mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Ella Fitzgerald.mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Frank Sinatra and Louis Prima.mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Lee Konitz and Gerry Mulligan.mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Lester Young.mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Louis Armstrong.mp3
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - The Axidentals.m4a
• Two Not One - Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh.mp3
• Two Not One - Mike Titlebaum Faculty Recital.mp3
• Two Not One - Warne Marsh Lee Konitz Quartet.mp3
• Two Not One - Warne Marsh Sal Mosca Quartet.mp3

JUST YOU, JUST ME

• Evidence - Fred Hersch.mp3
• Evidence - John Stetch.mp3
• Evidence - Thelonious Monk Big Band and Quartet In Concert.m4a
• Evidence - Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall.mp3
• Evidence - Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin.mp3
• Just You, Just Me - Bob Brookmeyer.m4a
• Just You, Just Me - Ella Fitzgerald.mp3
• Just You, Just Me - Lester Young 1.mp3
• Just You, Just Me - Lester Young 2.mp3
• Just You, Just Me - Nat King Cole.mp3
• Just You, Just Me - Ray Charles and Betty Carter.mp3
• Just You, Just Me - Thelonious Monk with Charlie Rouse.mp3
• Just You, Just Me - Thelonious Monk.mp3

OUT OF NOWHERE

• 317 E 32nd - FILM - The Lennie Tristano Quintet.mp4
• 317 E. 32nd - Lee Konitz live at the Half Note.mp3
• 317 E. 32nd - Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh.mp3
• 317 E. 32nd - Warne Marsh from Ne Plus Ultra.mp3
• 317 E. 32nd - Warne Marsh Quartet in San Francisco.mp3
• 317 E. 32nd - Warne Marsh Sal Mosca Quartet.mp3
• Casbah - Tadd Dameron.mp3
• Into Norway - Uf Bandgren and John Stowell.mp3
• Jayne - Ornette Coleman.mp3
• Nostalgia - Fats Navarro.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Art Tatum.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Bing Crosby.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Charlie Parker live at the Royal Roost.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Charlie Parker on Dial A.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Charlie Parker on Dial B.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Charlie Parker on Dial C.mp3
• Out of Nowhere - Charlie Parker with Strings live from The Bird Flies Deep.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Charlie Parker with Strings.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Chet Baker.m4a
• Out Of Nowhere - Coleman Hawkins with Django Reinhardt.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Ella Fitzgerald.mp3
• Out of Nowhere - Lena Horne.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Mike Titlebaum 2009 Faculty Recital.mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Stan Getz live in Dusseldorf (from Youtube).mp3
• Out Of Nowhere - Stan Getz.mp3

SWEET GEORGIA BROWN

• Bright Mississippi - John Stetch.mp3
• Bright Mississippi - Thelonious Monk.mp3
• Bright Mississippi excerpt - Mike Titlebaum and Nicholas Walker.mp3
• Dig - Miles Davis Sextet.mp3
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Charlie Parker Bird on Tenor 1943 - 1.mp3
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Charlie Parker Birth of the Bebop 1943.mp3
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Charlie Parker JATP.mp3
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Chet Baker.m4a
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Count Basie.mp3
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Django Reinhardt.mp3
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Nat King Cole.mp3
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Sarah Vaughan.mp3
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Warne Marsh.mp3

WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?

• Hot House - Charlie Parker at Massey Hall Toronto.mp3
• Hot House - Charlie Parker at the Roost.mp3
• Hot House - Charlie Parker Bird On The Air.mp3
• Hot House - Charlie Parker Carnegie Hall 1949.mp3
• Hot House - Charlie Parker Complete Lennie Tristano Sessions.m4a
• Hot House - Charlie Parker Complete Unnisued Volume 3.mp3
• Hot House - Charlie Parker on Dial.mp3
• Hot House - Charlie Parker the Bird Flies Deep.mp3
• Hot House - VIDEO Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie.mp4
• Subconscious Lee - Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz from Video.mp3
• Subconscious Lee - Warne Marsh from Me Plus Ultra.mp3
• Subconscious-Lee - Lee Konitz Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh.mp3
• Subconscious-Lee - Lee Konitz Live at the Half Note.mp3
• Subconscious-Lee - Mike Titlebaum 2009 "Interview" Recital VIDEO.mp4
• What Is This Thing Called Love - Bill Evans Paul Motian and Scott LaFaro.mp3
• What Is This Thing Called Love - Charlie Parker Bird With Strings.mp3
• What Is This Thing Called Love - Charlie Parker JATP.mp3
• What Is This Thing Called Love - Charlie Parker Verve.mp3
• What Is This Thing Called Love - Ella Fitzgerald.mp3
• What Is This Thing Called Love - Nat King Cole.mp3
• What Is This Thing Called Love - Sonny Rollins.mp3

WHISPERING

• Groovin' High - Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.mp3
• Groovin' High - Charlie Parker at the Roost with Symphony Sid intro.mp3
• Groovin' High - Charlie Parker at the Roost.mp3
• Groovin' High - Charlie Parker Bird on the Air.mp3
• Groovin' High - Charlie Parker The Bird Flies Deep.mp3
• Groovin' High - Kenny Burrell.mp3
• Groovin' High - Milt Jackson and Cannonball Adderley.mp3
• Groovin' High - Zoot Sims.m4a
• Whispering - Bing Crosby.mp3
• Whispering - Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey.mp3
• Whispering - Gershwin plays Gershwin Piano Rolls.mp3
• Whispering - Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz.mp3
• Whispering - Les Paul.mp3
• Whispering - Louis Armstrong.mp3
• Whispering - Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins.m4a
• Whispering - Paul Whiteman.mp3

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