Jazz standard

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This week, Ted Joya returns to discuss his classic reference book, The Jazz Standards, a guide to the repertoire.

Ted explains what makes a song a standard, the Venn diagram between The Jazz Standards and the Great American Songbook, why songs from the 60s and beyond have so rarely become part of that repertoire, and more.

Pop in those earbuds and enjoy.

It's

time to let it roll.

My name is Nate Wilcox, and once again I'm joined by Ted Gioia, author of The Jazz Standards, A Guide to the Repertoire.

Ted, welcome to the show.

All right, we're going to dig a little deeper today because Groovin' High is a critical tune in the jazz real book.

And I'm going to take this history of the tune from the website jazzstandards.com, a fantastic resource.

You should check it out.

So Dizzy Gillespie took a sextet into the studio on February 9th, 1945, and recorded two new compositions, one being Groovin' High, a medium tempo tune based on the chord changes of Whispering, written in 1920, and Blue and Boogie.

So as Clace mentioned at the top, we are considering jazz fairly loosely on this program.

But we do have one jazz standard, if you will.

Duke Ellington's Rockin' in Rhythm, arranged by Andrew.

Hope you enjoy it.

Body and Soul.

Johnny Green at Jazz Standard.

Let's do it.

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THE END The Cornhusker Marching Band playing the St. Louis Blues.

And now a little more modern updating of blues tunes.

One that the current generation gets a real kick out of and that's the Swinging

I'm sure answer questions too.

At Huntingdon Hall, a guitarist called Martin Taylor is playing Jazz Standards from the Golden Age of Jazz on October the 1st.

Comedy Club is on October 2nd.

And October 4th, the Rortio Piano Trio are playing Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert.

Benny Golson passed away in 2024 at the age of 95 after a short illness.

He was an NEA jazz master and legendary tenor saxophonist who co-founded the Jazz Tet and wrote Jazz Standards, including I Remember Clifford and Whisper Not.

Ron Carroll passed away in 2025 at the age of 57 from a heart attack.

He was huge in the global dance music scene.