Verses for jazz standards

[Jkuo]

Anything Goes (verse)

Anything Goes

You Do Something To Me

Night And Day (verse)

What Is This Thing Called Love (verse)

Love For Sale (verse)

I Get A Kick Out Of You (Jamie Cullum)

Just One Of Those Things (Verse)

Just One Of Those Things (Jamie Cullum)

 

[Pupino]

Looking for the " verses" (intros) on some jazz standards. i.e. I get a kick out of you.... "My story is much too sad to be told but practically everything is totally cold"
I can't seem to find them anywhere!!!

 

[pdxdjazz]

Here are the changes to some random verses I've collected along the way.
Verses are becoming difficult to find...
It would be great if others would share more.
)BOB


Verses To Some Jazz Tunes (16)

1. After You've Gone - Verse - Unknown Composer
2. All Of Me VERSE ev - Simons Marks
3. Anything Goes (verse) - Cole Porter
4. At Last (VERSE) - Harry Warren
5. Autumn Leaves (Verse) - Joseph Kosma
6. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen ( plus verse) - Unknown Composer
7. Down In Honky Tonky Town (with Verse) - Chris Smith, Charles McCarron 1916
8. I Wish I Knew (VERSE) bg - Unknown Composer
9. I'll See You In My Dreams (with Verse) - Isham Jones, Gus Khan 1924
10. Les Feuilles Mortes VERSE (Autumn Leaves) dfb - Joseph Kosma
11. My Funny Valentine (VERSE) bg - Unknown Composer
12. Night And Day (VERSE) dfb - Cole Porter
13. Night And Day (verse) - Cole Porter
14. Que Reste-t-il de Nos Amours VERSE dfb - Charles Trenet
15. Since I Fell VERSE rs - Unknown Composer
16. What Is This Thing Called Love (verse) - Cole Porter

 

[Pupino]

Thanks Bob.. that's a good start.
If I find any on my own ill definitely post them!

 

[DaleMac]

Only a few of my charts have the verse. I'll post some as I come across them. A major disincentive is that so many verses are rubato, which is okay on iRP for reading purposes but not so okay for using the Player function.

I have fakebook materials going back to the 1940s and I've never seen any that include verses. (I suspect they were dropped partly because bands didn't want couples standing around on the dance floor waiting for The Beat.) But I've actually had good luck finding them online. Search YouTube and vinyl archives: jazz-on-line.com and archive.org are invaluable resources. The closer you can get to the year it was composed, the more likely the recording will include the verse. And, of course, you can always buy the sheet music!

 

[Gabz]

Hello,

Because Autumn Leaves don't play, a suggest this slight modifications.
Enjoy.
Gab

Autumn Leaves (Verse bis) - Joseph Kosma

 

[pdxdjazz]

Over The Rainbow VERSE - Harold Arlen

Over The Rainbow VERSE - Harold Arlen

 

[pdxdjazz]

Some Of These Days with VERSE - Shelton Brooks (1910)

Anyone have this with the verse? https://youtu.be/SK7DtRAWJGk

I used the two 2/4 bars to reflect Ethel Waters timing in the youtube example you provided.
To do it "square", just edit and remove the 2/4 time sig's.

Some Of These Days VERSE - Shelton Brooks (1910)

And here included on the song's chart:

Some Of These Days with VERSE - Shelton Brooks (1910)

)BOB

 

[pdxdjazz]

What Are You Doing New Years w-VERSE - Frank Loesser

What Are You Doing New Years w-VERSE - Frank Loesser

 

[pdxdjazz]

Shine On Harvest Moon - Bayes And Norworth w/VERSE

Shine On Harvest Moon - Bayes And Norworth

 

[craigallyn]

Day Dream VERSE - Strayhorn-Ellington

Here is the verse to Day Dream. Day Dream - Verse - Strayhorn-Ellington

 

[craigallyn]

Here is the verse, as published. Glad To Be Unhappy - Verse - Richard Rodgers

 

[craigallyn]

And here is the verse, as published. Lyric starts with "the things I used to like...". See Nina Simone's version from the late 50s for a great example.

It Might As Well Be Spring - Verse - Richard Rodgers

 

[craigallyn]

Here is the verse, as published. "This is the one moment I thought I never...". Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Verse - Rube Bloom

 

[pdxdjazz]

Someone To Watch Over Me (verse) - George Gershwin

 

[engelbach]

Here is the verse, as published. Glad To Be Unhappy - Verse - Richard Rodgers

Thanks, craigallyn.

This is my version of the verse.

Glad To Be Unhappy - Verse -Rev JE - Richard Rodgers

Cheers,
Jer

 

[pdxdjazz]

Bewitched VERSE - Rogers-Hart

 

[craigallyn]

Thanks - the A13 in bar 4 should probably be a A7b9 because the melody lands on that flat 9.

 

[pdxdjazz]

Instead of merely suggesting corrections, it's best to post your edited chart. That saves everyone a lot of duplicated effort.
We can then easily download your (edited) chart and compare both charts side by side and with the player.
Thanks,
)BOB

 

[pdxdjazz]

Birth Of The Blues - with Verse - Lew Brown-Buddy DeSylva-Ray Henderson