Jazz standards make up the bulk of a jazz musician’s repertoire and provide the chord changes and song structures that form the basis for improvisation. If you haven’t yet learnt some of the more popular requested standards, chances are you’re headed straight for a train wreck, or even worse, you’ll be SHOT on stage by the pros! In this new series from Erik Veldkamp, he is taking you on a tour of the top 68 Jazz Standards that everyone should be familiar with, using new adaptations for two trombones as the vehicle of this exploration.

These duets are inventive, challenging, and EXTREMELY fun. In fact, Erik included some digital recordings of these so people could get a feeling for how creative they are, and I have attached some from this collection below. You can click play while you follow along with the samples to the left. When you are ready, click above for an immediate digital download.

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Song List

1. Girl From Ipanema
2. My Romance
3. Yardbird Suite
4. Bluesette
5. I Got Rhythm
6. Sweet Georgia Brown
7. Ain’t Misbehavin’
8. Love For Sale
9. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
10. In A Mellow Tone
11. Menteca
12. In A Sentimental Mood
13. Seven Steps To Heaven
14. I Could Write A Book
15. Solar
16. Recorda Me
17. There Will Never Be Another You

Shop The Series

1. Veldkamp, Jazz Standards for Two Trombones Vol.1
2. Veldkamp, Jazz Standards for Two Trombones Vol.2
3. Veldkamp, Jazz Standards for Two Trombones Vol.3
4. Veldkamp, Jazz Standards for Two Trombones Vol.4