Beginner Jazz songs for Guitar?
 

Could someone reccomend a couple of easier jazz songs on guitar? I want to start learning some jazz songs, but everything i listen to seems pretty complex, so any reccomendations on where to begin?

[i]My Funny Valentine[/i], [i]Blue in Green[/i], [i]My Foolish Heart[/i], [i]My Romance[/i], [i]Wave[/i], [i]It Could Happen to You[/i]...

Girl from Ipanema is what I'm starting with.

If you don't have any experience with rhythm, it'll throw you for a loop (as it did with me), but otherwise it's simple.

pink panther and a night in tunisia

Missing Tooth-(Dan Beach?) its as easy or hard as you want to make it.

"Blue Christmas" is very easy.

Giant Steps.

[QUOTE=Passion,Grace and Fire]Giant Steps.[/QUOTE]
thats where i started,good song

Autumn leaves is always a good one

Blue Bossa,All Blues,All of Me

yeah All Blues is what i first learned, its also neat son to jam over since its jsut a repeating 12bar blues

"Afternoon in Paris" is also a good place to start with the II-V-I-progression

lullaby of birdland is a good one to learn that -/-maj7/-7/-6 movement

Autumn Leaves and All the Things You Are. Both are chock full of standard songbook cliches, and they are great tunes for getting the sound in your ear. Learn a rhythm changes and a blues as well.

Christmas Song aka Chesnuts roasting on an open fire

[url]http://www.higherpraise.com/Lyrics4/TheChristmasSong.htm[/url]

also go here.. many versions here. and people talk about the chords and the complexity.

[url]http://www.justplainfolks.org/ubb/Forum60/HTML/000040.html[/url]


take the time to learn these chords... i can help you with them in many different spots.


this is such a cool jazz version of this song. you will love it.

Autumn Leaves

all of me

C Jam

tune-up, and my favorite...sugar...though sugar isn't so easy unless you are good with rhythms.

[QUOTE=moogoogaipan]tune-up, and my favorite...sugar...though sugar isn't so easy unless you are good with rhythms.[/QUOTE]
Sugar's a great tune. We do that one in small groups.

hmm. i definitely agree with all blues. i personally found birdland relatively easy.

wait..

three knoxville users posting in a row? what's this?

[QUOTE=cytoplasmicglob]hmm. i definitely agree with all blues. i personally found birdland relatively easy.

wait..

three knoxville users posting in a row? what's this?[/QUOTE]
Two of them are me.:lol:

hey uhh does ne one know any easy jazz tunes to start on bass? i just got a new jazz bass but i cant really play nething real good on it.

I learned Blue Bossa first, taht one is really fun to improvise on.

[QUOTE=superman_q16]hey uhh does ne one know any easy jazz tunes to start on bass? i just got a new jazz bass but i cant really play nething real good on it.[/QUOTE]
All of the tunes already reccomended would be good.

[QUOTE=superman_q16]hey uhh does ne one know any easy jazz tunes to start on bass? i just got a new jazz bass but i cant really play nething real good on it.[/QUOTE]

You don't need to play Jazz on a Jazz bass... Hoping you know that.

I started with Autumn Leaves

[QUOTE=Grant]Giant Steps.[/QUOTE]

haha
now, that's just mean.

Blue Bossa, Autumn Leaves, C Jam, and of course where i started Equinox