Top 25 Jazz Standards

These are some of the most commonly played jazz standards — the tunes you’ll hear at jam sessions, on gigs, and across many famous recordings. Together, they cover a wide range of forms, harmonic movement, and musical situations.

As you work through them, take your time with each one. Together, these tunes cover a lot of ground, and the more deeply you learn them, the more prepared you’ll be for everything else that comes later.