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78 jazz standards dated in the 1950s, written 1950–1959, 12 with a chord chart. Includes 'Round Midnight, (Themes from) The Man with the Golden Arm, and A Sleepin' Bee.
'Round Midnight Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams · 1953 (Themes from) The Man with the Golden Arm Elmer Bernstein · 1956 A Sleepin' Bee Harold Arlen · 1954 Afro Blue Mongo Santamaría · 1959 Airegin Sonny Rollins · 1954 Alice in Wonderland Sammy Fain · 1951 All Blues Miles Davis · 1959 All My Tomorrows Jimmy Van Heusen · 1959 All of You Cole Porter · 1954 An Affair to Remember Harry Warren · 1957 Around the World Victor Young · 1956 Au Privave Charlie Parker · 1951 Bags' Groove Milt Jackson · 1957 Blue in Green Miles Davis, Bill Evans · 1959 Blue Monk Thelonious Monk · 1954 Blue Rondo à la Turk Dave Brubeck · 1959 Blue Train John Coltrane · 1957 Blues for Alice Charlie Parker · 1951 Blues March Benny Golson · 1958 Bohemia After Dark Oscar Pettiford · 1955 Canadian Sunset Eddie Heywood · 1956 Centerpiece Harry “Sweets” Edison · 1958 Chances Are Robert Allen, Al Stillman · 1957 Chega de Saudade Antônio Carlos Jobim · 1958 Conception George Shearing · 1950 Count Every Star Bruno Coquatrix · 1950 Cry Me a River Arthur Hamilton · 1953 Desafinado Antônio Carlos Jobim · 1958 Dig Miles Davis · 1951 Django John Lewis · 1954 Doxy Sonny Rollins · 1954 Fables of Faubus Charles Mingus · 1959 Flamenco Sketches Miles Davis, Bill Evans · 1959 Fly Me to the Moon Bart Howard · 1954 Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis · 1959 From This Moment On Cole Porter · 1950 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus · 1959 Hello, Young Lovers Richard Rodgers · 1951 Hey There Jerry Ross, Richard Adler · 1954 I Remember Clifford Benny Golson · 1957 I'm a Fool to Want You Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf · 1951 If You Go Away Jacques Brel · 1959 In Your Own Sweet Way Dave Brubeck · 1955 Inchworm Frank Loesser · 1952 Joy Spring Clifford Brown · 1954 Lazy Bird John Coltrane · 1957 Li'l Darlin' Neal Hefti · 1957 Lonely Woman Ornette Coleman · 1959 Lullaby of Birdland George Shearing · 1952 Manhã de Carnaval Luiz Bonfá · 1959 Milestones Miles Davis · 1958 Mind If I Make Love to You? Cole Porter · 1956 Misty Erroll Garner · 1954 Moanin' Bobby Timmons · 1959 Moody's Mood for Love James Moody, Jimmy McHugh · 1952 My Favorite Things Richard Rodgers · 1959 My One and Only Love Guy Wood · 1952 Nardis Miles Davis · 1958 Night Train Jimmy Forrest · 1952 Oleo Sonny Rollins · 1954 Peace Piece Bill Evans · 1958 Petite Fleur Sidney Bechet · 1952 Satin Doll Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn · 1953 So What Miles Davis · 1959 Soul Eyes Mal Waldron · 1957 Straight, No Chaser Thelonious Monk · 1951 Take Five Paul Desmond · 1959 Teach Me Tonight Gene de Paul · 1953 Thank Heaven for Little Girls Frederick Loewe · 1958 That's All Bob Haymes · 1952 Too Darn Hot Cole Porter · 1956 Under the Bridges of Paris Vincent Scotto · 1953 Unforgettable Irving Gordon · 1951 Waltz for Debby Bill Evans · 1956 When I Fall in Love Victor Young · 1952 Whisper Not Benny Golson · 1956 Witchcraft Cy Coleman · 1957 Young at Heart Johnny Richards · 1953