Jazz Standards Played as Ballads

Jazz standards played at slow or medium-slow tempos — lyrical vehicles for melodic expression and harmonic nuance.

100 tunes

• A BalladGerry Mulligan
  C
• A Blossom FellBarnes-Cornelius
  Bb
• A Flower Is A Lovesome ThingBilly Strayhorn
  Db
• A Ghost Of A ChanceVictor Young
  C
• A Lovely Way To Spend An EveningJimmy McHugh
  F
• A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley SquareManning Sherwin
  Eb
• A Sunday Kind Of LoveBelle-Prima-Leonard-Rhodes
  F
• A Time For LoveJohnny Mandel
  F
• After YouCole Porter
  C
• AgainLionel Newman
  G
• AishaMcCoy Tyner
  Am
• AlfieBurt Bacharach
  Bb
• All About RonnieJoe Greene
  Bb
• All My TomorrowsJimmy Van-Heusen
  G
• All Of A Sudden My Heart SingsHerpin-Jamblan-Rome
  C
• All The WayJimmy Van-Heusen
  Eb
• All Too SoonDuke Ellington
  C
• Alone Too LongArthur Schwartz
  G
• Always And ForeverPat Metheny
  Am
• Among My SouvenirsHoratio Nicholls
  Eb
• And On The Third DayMichael Gibbs
  D
• Angel EyesMatt Dennis
  Cm
• As Time Goes ByHerman Hupfeld
  Eb
• Ask Me NowThelonious Monk
  Db
• Autumn In New YorkVernon Duke
  F
• Baby, Won't You Please Come HomeWarfield-Williams
  G
• BalladeCharlie Parker
  F
• Baltimore OrioleHoagy Carmichael
  Gm
• Bat, ThePat Metheny
  G
• Bess You Is My WomanGeorge Gershwin
  Bb
• BewitchedRichard Rodgers
  C
• Big NickJohn Coltrane
  G
• Blackberry WinterAlec Wilder
  F
• Blame It On My YouthOscar Levant
  Eb
• Blood CountBilly Strayhorn
  D
• Blue And SentimentalLivingstone-David-Basie
  Eb
• Blue In GreenBill Evans Miles Davis
  Dm
• Body And SoulJohnny Green
  Db
• Born To Be BlueWells-Torme
  C
• Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, TheDubin-Warren
  Dm
• But BeautifulJimmy Van-Heusen
  G
• Central Park WestJohn Coltrane
  B
• Chelsea BridgeBilly Strayhorn
  Db
• Close Enough For LoveMandel-Williams
  Ab
• Come SundayDuke Ellington
  Bb
• CoralKeith Jarrett
  Cm
• Could It Be YouCole Porter
  Bb
• Crazy He Calls MeCarl Sigman
  F
• Crepuscule With NellieThelonious Monk
  Ab
• Cry Me A RiverArthur Hamilton
  Eb
• Crystal SilenceChick Corea
  Am
• Dancing On The CeilingRichard Rodgers
  F
• Darn That DreamJimmy Van-Heusen
  G
• Day DreamStrayhorn-Ellington
  F
• Day DreamingJerome Kern
  Bb
• Dedicated To YouCahn-Chaplin-Zaret
  Bb
• Detour Ahead- Carter - Ellis Frigo
  C
• Do It AgainGershwin-De Sylva
  F
• Don't Blame MeJimmy McHugh
  C
• Don't ExplainBillie Holiday
  Dm
• Don't Go To StrangersKent-Mason-Evans
  Bb
• Don't Know WhyJesse Harris
  Bb
• Don't Take Your Love From MeHenry Nemo
  C
• Don't Worry 'Bout MeRube Bloom
  Ab
• Dream A Little Dream Of MeSchwendt-Andre-Kahn
  G
• DreamsvilleHenry Mancini
  C
• Duke Ellington's Sound Of LoveCharles Mingus
  Db
• Early AutumnBurns-Herman
  C
• Easy LivingRalph Rainger
  F
• Embraceable YouGeorge Gershwin
  G
• End Of A Love Affair, TheEdward Redding
  F
• Every Time We Say GoodbyeCole Porter
  Eb
• Everything Happens To MeMatt Dennis
  Bb
• Everything I Have Is YoursBurton Lane
  C
• FallWayne Shorter
  Em
• First SongCharlie Haden
  Cm
• Flamenco SketchesDavis-Evans
  C
• FlamingoTed Grouya
  F
• Folks Who Live On The Hill, TheJerome Kern
  C
• For All We KnowFred Coots
  Eb
• For Heaven's SakeEdwards-Meyer-Bretton
  F
• Gentle Wind And Falling TearGary Burton
  Ab
• Glad To Be UnhappyRodgers-Hart
  F
• Glory Of Love, TheBilly Hill
  G
• God Bless The ChildHerzog-Holiday
  Eb
• Good Life, TheSacha Distel
  Ab
• Good Morning HeartacheDrake-Fisher-Higginbotham
  Cm
• GoodbyeGordon Jenkins
  C
• Goodbye Pork Pie HatCharles Mingus
  Eb
• HarlequinWayne Shorter
  A
• Haunted HeartArthur Schwartz
  Eb
• HeavenDuke Ellington
  Bb
• HelloMilt Jackson
  G
• Here's That Rainy DayJimmy Van-Heusen
  G
• Here's To LifeArtie Butler
  Cm
• How Are Things In Glocca MorraBurton Lane
  F
• How Long Has This Been Going On?George Gershwin
  F
• I Can't Get StartedVernon Duke
  C
• I Cover The WaterfrontJohnny Green
  G
• I Cried For YouFreed-Arnheim-Lyman
  F