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So what are some great jazz standards to learn for

playing jazz gigs? Well, today I'm going to go over eight jazz standards you need to know coming

right up. What's up, Brent here from learning jazz standards. We want musicians just like you

learn how to play jazz all while shortening in the learning curve, no matter what instrument you play.

Welcome to another quick win episode of the podcast where we do jazz theory tutorials, jazz improv tutorials, as well as deep dives into jazz standards like in today's episode. So make sure you subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you never miss out on anything going on here. So I'm going to walk you through a set list that I would make for one of my gigs. Not only am I going to go through the tunes and why I choose them for my set list, I'm also going to talk about why they are important for you to know. So I'm imagining right now that I'm at the Fat Cat, which was a club in New York City that used to play at quite a bit. The band's all set up. We're ready to go. So let's start playing. Now we're going to start off the set with something with a little bit more energy, something swinging, something a lot of fun. And so we're going to do My Shining Hour by Harold Arlen.

So my shining hour is a fantastic study of one, six, two, five chord progressions, which

is a super common chord progression in jazz.

So understanding this tune is going to really give you a big advantage with other ones.

As well, it's a great study of relative keys, so the major key being E flat major, and

then the minor key being C minor, so a common movement in

jazz harmony. I love how in the bridge it goes to the four chord, but then also moves to this

minor right here, almost giving it this shift to the minor key feeling for a second. So my shining

hour is a really great tune to learn in a great way to

start off a gig. Okay now for the second song we want to keep the energy going, keep the crowd

interested. So we're going to move into a more minor bluesy kind of tune. So we're going to play

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