Jazz Refreshed

Jazz songs

Ain’t Misbehaving – Billie Holiday
Ain’t She Sweet – old Charleston song (famously covered by The Beatles)
All of Me – Sarah Vaughan
Anything Goes – Ella Fitzgerald
As Time Goes By – Jimmy Durante
As – Stevie Wonder
At Last – Etta James
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson (lounge version)
Blue Moon – Billie Holiday
Bye Bye Blackbird – Sammy Davis Jnr.
Changing All Those Changes – Madeline Peyroux
Cheek to Cheek – Ella and Louis
Come Together – The Beatles
Corcovado – Stan Getz (Latin)
Ev’rytime We Say Goodbye – Frank Sinatra
Feel like Makin’ Love – D’Angelo/ Roberta Flack
Fever – Peggy Lee
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
Georgia on my Mind – Ray Charles
Gin House Blues – Nina Simone
Girl from Ipanema – Stan Getz
How High the Moon – June Christy
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
I’ve Got Rhythm – Ella Fitzgerald
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
Jealous Guy – Donny Hathway
L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
Let Em In - Wings
Look of Love – Diana Krall
Lullaby of Birdland – Ella Fitzgerald
Mack the Knife – Frank Sinatra
Misty – Sarah Vaughan
Mood Indigo – Nina Simone
Moon River – Audrey Hepburn
My Baby Just Cares for Me – Nina Simone
My Funny Valentine – Frank Sinatra
Nearness of You – Norah Jones/ Ella Fitzgerald
Nice Work If You Can Get It – Peggy Lee
Night and Day – Frank Sinatra
Night in Tunisia – Ella Fitzgerald
On & On – Erykah Badu
One Note Samba – Ella Fitzgerald
Our Day Will Come – Amy Winehouse/ The Carpenters
Oye Como Va – Satana (Latin)
Pennies From Heaven – Louis Prima
September in the Rain – Sarah Vaughan
Smile – Nat King Cole
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Eva Cassidy
Stormy Weather – Etta James
Summertime – Billie Holiday (Latin style)
Sunday Morning – Maroon Five
Take Five – Dave Brubeck
Take the A Train – Ella Fitzgerald
The Other Woman – Nina Simone
The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
Thinking of You – Frank Ocean
Too Darn Hot – Ella Fitzgerald
Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Reading
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock
What a Difference a Day Makes – Jamie Cullum
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
What the World Needs Now (Is Love, Sweet Love) – Dionne Warwick
You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Randy Newman

Non-jazz songs

(This Will Be) An Everlasting Love – Natalie Cole
7 Days – Craig David
Ain’t Got No (I’ve Got Life) – Nina Simone
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye
Ain’t No Stopping Us Now – McFadden and Whitehead
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers (we do this hip hop style)
Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan
All Night Long – Lionel Richie
American Boy – Estelle
Believe – Cher
Believe – Cher
Best of My Love – The Emotions
Best Part – Daniel Ceasar (feat. H.E.R)
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Brazil – Frank Sinatra
Can’t Help Myself – Four Tops
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Andy Williams
Coming Home Baby – Mel Torme
Do Your Thing – Bassment Jaxx
Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Ella Fitzgerald
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Finally – Cece Peniston
Flowers – Sweet Female Attitude
Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles
I Feel Good – James Brown (best with brass)
I Get a Kick Out of You – Ella F and Louis A (Electro-Swing)
I Wanna Be Like You – The Jungle Book
I Won’t Dance – Ella and Louis (Electro-Swing)
Ignition – R Kelly
It’s Your Thing (with Mais Que Nada chords) – Isley Brothers
I’m A Man – Spencer Davis Group
I’m Every Woman – Chaka Khan
Lady is a Tramp – Ella F and Louis A
Lady – Modjo
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – Ella F and Louis A (Electro-Swing)
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
Love Like This – Faith Evans
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
Move on Up – Curtis Mayfield (best with brass)
Moving Too Fast – Artful Dodger
Never Too Much – Luther Vandross
No Diggity – Blackstreet
Pina Colada Song – Rupert Holmes
Rescue Me – Fontella Bass
Rock With You – Michael Jackson

Roxanne – The Police (Latin version)
Say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
Senorita – Justin Timberlake
September – Earth, Wind, and Fire
Shackles – Mary Mary
Shake Your Body Down – The Jacksons
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Since I’ve Been Loving You – Led Zeppelin
Staying Alive – Beejees
Sunny – Bobby Hebb (we do this high tempo)
Teardrops – Womack & Womack
The Chain – Fleetwood Mac
The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
They Can’t Take That Away – Ella F and Louis A
Thinking of You – Sister Sledge
Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) – Don McClean
Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Why Don’t You Do Right – Peggy Lee (Electro-Swing)
You Make Me Feel – Sylvester
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) – Jackie Wilson
You’ve Got the Love – Florence & The Machine