Does anyone know some up-beat instrumental jazz songs? Preferrably 2-4 minutes? I tried searching for some, but they all had someone singing in it, or was really long. I have to bring in an instrumental song for school by Friday, so I decided I’d choose an up-beat jazz song. Does anyone have any suggestions/links?
Thanks
EDIT: I need to be able to find it on the internet. I don't want to buy anything.
Yeah, Dave Brubeck is awesome- anything by him should be good. He does do a lot of mellow stuff, but his upbeat songs are great.
Off the top of my head:
Begin the Beguine- Artie Shaw
Sing Sing Sing- Benny Goodman
Boogie Woogie- Tommy Dorsey
Play Piano Play- Erroll Garner
Take the “A” Train- Duke Ellington
In the Mood- Glenn Miller
Clarinetitis- Benny Goodman
Armando’s Rhumba- Chick Corea
Salt Peanuts- Dizzy Gillespie (instrumental w/ someone saying “salt peanuts”l)
One O’Clock Jump- Count Basie
New Orleans Bump- Wynton Marsalis
Birdland- Weather Report
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy- Cannonball Adderley
There are so many, I can’t even begin to touch the surface.
Good luck! Feel free to e-mail me if you need more.
“Take Five” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
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imperial strut by the yellow jackets. Im not sure what kind of jazz you want tho cuz jazz is pretty broad these days but that yellowjackets tune is good or some of their other stuff.
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Yeah, Dave Brubeck is awesome- anything by him should be good. He does do a lot of mellow stuff, but his upbeat songs are great.
Off the top of my head:
Begin the Beguine- Artie Shaw
Sing Sing Sing- Benny Goodman
Boogie Woogie- Tommy Dorsey
Play Piano Play- Erroll Garner
Take the “A” Train- Duke Ellington
In the Mood- Glenn Miller
Clarinetitis- Benny Goodman
Armando’s Rhumba- Chick Corea
Salt Peanuts- Dizzy Gillespie (instrumental w/ someone saying “salt peanuts”l)
One O’Clock Jump- Count Basie
New Orleans Bump- Wynton Marsalis
Birdland- Weather Report
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy- Cannonball Adderley
There are so many, I can’t even begin to touch the surface.
Good luck! Feel free to e-mail me if you need more.
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the seatbelts - tank!
try it on youtube, its sweet. or if you want the mp3 file you can PM me.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_25mVjKwcc
Song: Shine It
Artist: Medeski, Martin & Wood
Album: End of the World Party
This is just what you are looking for. It's the most up beat jazz tune I've ever heard and I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm sure you can find it free online. If not, you can buy it of 99 cents from itunes. Here's a link to it on youtube. It's the actual studio version. There are two songs played on this link. It is the first one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eai-HszhfXs
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Artistry Jumps - Stan Kenton ork
I’ve got my love to keep me warm - Les Brown ork
Four Brothers, Apple Honey, etc,etc, Woody Herman ork ad infinitum.
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My music collection.
Try Brand X.
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