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Jazz at Centrum Audition Songs

Welcome Jazz Port Townsend applicants!

To help people prepare for Jazz Port Townsend applications, we provide the following access to recordings of audition songs.

Instrumentalist and vocalist song lists are provided with several link types—use GrooveShark links to listen to free full versions, and use iTunes or Amazon links to purchase recordings.

The Jazz Port Townsend week long workshop is a great opportunity to meet and work with excellent musicians, soak up a week of jazz in a seaside paradise, and leave as a better musician—whether you're a playing professional, aspiring professional, or committed avocational player.

Jazz at Centrum presents Jazz Port Townsend every summer and various other offerings throughout the year.

 

Instrumentalist Audition Songs

 

Songs
Show Notes
Recordings
Show Notes
Jazz at Centrum - Instrumental Audition Songs
Bag's Groove
Heard in many different renditions. Miles' version with Milt (Bags) Jackson is classic but is a straight version. Listen to Oscar Peterson's version to hear triplets added.
Miles Davis - Bag's Groove
Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Percy Heath & Kenny Clarke - Bags' Groove - Bags' Groove (Take 2) 9:22 min. Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Oscar Peterson Trio Miles Davis - Bag's Groove
Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Percy Heath & Kenny Clarke - Bags' Groove - Bags' Groove (Take 2) Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Oscar Peterson Trio
Blues In The Closet
Oscar Pettiford - Vienna Blues
Red Garland Trio at the Prelude
Red Garland Trio at the Prelude
Oscar Pettiford - The Very Best Of
Shorter version--great bass (or is it cello) solo.
Body And Soul
Composed by: Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Robert Sour
Art Pepper - Unreleased Art, Vol. 1
Art Pepper alto, George Cables pno, David Williams bs, Carl Burnett dms. Recorded 1982. Billie Holiday - Jazz At The Philharmonic
Coleman Hawkins - Jazz Indispensable
The famous/classic recording. John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound
Another classic. Dexter Gordon - Body And Soul
Art Pepper - Playboy Jazz Series: Jazz Love Songs After Dark
Alto and piano duet. Billie Holiday - Jazz At The Philharmonic
Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul
The famous/classic recording. John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound
Another classic. Esparanza Spalding - Esparanza
5/4
Bye Bye Blackbird
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (Legacy Edition)
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (Legacy Edition)
Evidence
Thelonious Monk - Live At The It Club
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk: Live At the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival
Fly Me To The Moon
Jazz Waltz or 4/4
Hampton Hawes - Something Special
Hampton Hawes - Something Special
Oscar Peterson - The Oscar Peterson's Trio Play
Oscar Peterson Trio - Modern Jazz
Frank Sinatra - The Very Good Years
Count Basie Orchestra Frank Sinatra - The Very Good Years
Count Basie Orchestra
Footprints
Wayne Shorter - Footprints
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
Here's That Rainy Day
Stan Getz - Getz / Gilberto No. 2 (Live)
No vocal. Stan Getz - Getz / Gilberto No. 2 (Live)
No vocal.
In A Sentimental Mood
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
John Coltrane tenor sax, Duke Ellington piano, Elvin Jones drums, Aaron Bell bass Duke Ellington - The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927-1962)
Early Duke Ellington Orchestra recording. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
John Coltrane tenor sax, Duke Ellington piano, Elvin Jones drums, Aaron Bell bass Duke Ellington - The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927-1962)
Early Duke Ellington Orchestra recording.
In Walked Bud
Thelonious Monk - The Columbia Years '62-'68
Jon Hendricks on vocal Thelonious Monk - The Columbia Years '62-'68
Jon Hendricks on vocal Thelonious Monk - Misterioso
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso
Love For Sale
Charlie Parker - The Cole Porter Songbook
Charlie Parker - The Cole Porter Songbook
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition)
Moanin'
Art Blakey - The Best Blue Note Album In The World... Ever! (Disc 1)
Art Blakey - Moanin'
Now's The Time
Charlie Parker - Now's The Time
One of the earliest recordings of the tune, Miles Davis-trumpet. Charlie Parker - Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Charlie Parker
Also with Miles Davis, alternate take. Charlie Parker - The Essential Charlie Parker
Later recording. Charlie Parker - The Essential Charlie Parker
Later recording. Charlie Parker - Live At Storyville
Charlie Parker alto saxophone, Herb Pomeroy trumpet, Sir Charles Thompson piano, Jimmy Wood bass, Kenny Clarke drums.
On Green Dolphin Street
Miles Davis - '58 Sessions
Miles Davis - '58 Sessions
Pensativa
Bill Evans - Crosscurrents
Bill Evans - Crosscurrents
Satin Doll
Dexter Gordon - Dextrose
Dester Gordon tenor saxophone, Tete Montoliu piano, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen bass, Alex Riel drums Dexter Gordon - Billie's Bounce
Dester Gordon tenor saxophone, Tete Montoliu piano, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen bass, Alex Riel drums Bud Powell - Bud Powell In Paris
Bud Powell - Bud Powell In Paris
McCoy Tyner - Nights Of Ballads And Blues
McCoy Tyner - Nights Of Ballads And Blues
Someday My Prince Will Come
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
Miles Davis tpt, Hank Mobley tnr, John Coltrane tnr, Wynton Kelly pno, Paul Chambers bs, Jimmy Cobb dms. Recorded 1961. Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
Miles Davis tpt, Hank Mobley tnr, John Coltrane tnr, Wynton Kelly pno, Paul Chambers bs, Jimmy Cobb dms. Recorded 1961.
Sonnymoon For Two
Sonny Rollins - Lust For Life
Stoptime version. Sonny Rollins - The Very Best
Sonny Rollins - The Very Best
Sonny Rollins - Lust For Life
Stoptime version.
Straight, No Chaser
Spring 2012 Session - work from The Definitive Thelonious Monk on Prestige and Riverside
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits
Thelonious Monk - Monk In Tokyo
Thelonious Monk - The Composer
Thelonious Monk - Mulligan Meets Monk
Gerry Mulligan - baritone sax Thelonious Monk - Mulligan Meets Monk
Gerry Mulligan - baritone sax Thelonious Monk - The Definitive Thelonious Monk on Prestige and Riverside
Slower tempo Thelonious Monk - The Definitive Thelonious Monk on Prestige and Riverside
Slower tempo
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Duke Ellington - The Great Paris Concert (Disc 2)
Johnny Hodges alto sax - 1962 Duke Ellington - The Great Paris Concert
Johnny Hodges alto sax - 1962 Gene Harris - The Gene Harris Trio Plus One
Gene Harris piano, Stanley Turrentine tenor sax, Ray Brown bass, Mickey Roker drums - 1986 Gene Harris - The Gene Harris Trio Plus One
Gene Harris piano, Stanley Turrentine tenor sax, Ray Brown bass, Mickey Roker drums - 1986 Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Walkin'
Miles Davis All Stars - Walkin'
Miles Davis trumpet, Lucky Thompson tenor sax, J. J. Johnson trombone, Horace Silver piano, Percy Heath bass, Kenny Clarke drums. Miles Davis All Stars - Walkin'
Miles Davis trumpet, Lucky Thompson tenor sax, J. J. Johnson trombone, Horace Silver piano, Percy Heath bass, Kenny Clarke drums.
Yesterdays
Benny Golson - Groovin' With Golson
Benny Golson - Groovin' With Golson
Clifford Brown - Clifford Brown's Finest Hour
With Helen Merrill Clifford Brown - Clifford Brown's Finest Hour
With Helen Merrill

 

Vocalist Audition Songs

 

Songs
Show Notes
Recordings
Show Notes
Jazz at Centrum - Vocalist Audition Songs
Body And Soul
Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday - Lady Day - The Best of Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald And Billie Holiday At Newport
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald And Billie Holiday At Newport
Boplicity
Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool
Arranged by Gil Evans Mark Murphy - Boplicity/Be Bop Lives
Bye Bye Blackbird
Key of F - Range E3 to C4
Key of D - Range C#3 tp A3
Carmen McCrae - The Diva Series
Sarah Vaughan - Live In Japan Vol.2
Billie Holiday - unknown record
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (Legacy Edition)
Con Alma
Dizzy Gillespie
Tierney Sutton
Daahoud
Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Meredith d'Ambrosio - Daahoud/Beloved
Epistrophy
Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits
Giacomo Gates - Epistrophy/Fly Right
Farmer's Market
Wardell Gray & Art Farmer
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Fried Bananas
Dexter Gordon
Here's That Rainy Day
Ella Fitzgerald - The First Lady Of Song
Ella Fitzgerald - The First Lady Of Song
In A Sentimental Mood
Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks
Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks
Joy Spring
Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study In Brown
Tuck & Patti - Joy Spring/When We're Alone
Lady Bird
Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron
Little Sherri
Charlie Rouse
Kevin Mahogany - Little Sherri/My Little Sherri
Love For Sale
Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald - The Best of the Songbooks
Ella Fitzgerald - The Best of the Songbooks
Shirley Horn - Loads of Love and Shirley Horn with Horns
Shirley Horn - Loads of Love and Shirley Horn with Horns
Nostalgia
Fats Navarro - Goin to Minton's
Now's The Time
Charlie Parker - Bird's Best Bop on Verve
Eddie Jefferson - Body and Soul
Orange Blossom
Kurt Elling - Flirting With Twilight
Orange Blossoms In Summertime
Satin Doll
Blossom Dearie - Blossom Time At Ronnie Scott's
Blossom Dearie - Blossom Time At Ronnie Scott's
Joe Williams - Having the Blues Under a European Sky
Joe Williams - Having the Blues Under a European Sky
Carmen McRae - The Great American Songbook
Jimmy Rowles piano, Joe Pass guitar, Chuck Domanico bass, Chuck Flores drums Carmen McRae - The Great American Songbook
Jimmy Rowles piano, Joe Pass guitar, Chuck Domanico bass, Chuck Flores drums
Strollin'
Horace Silver - Horacescope
Karrin Allyson - Footprints
With Jon Hendricks.
Twisted
Wardell Gray - The Very Best Of Wardell Gray
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - The Hottest New Group In Jazz
Whims Of Chambers
Paul Chambers - Whims Of Chambers
Yardbird Suite
Charlie Parker - Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings
Bob Dorough - Devil May Care
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