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A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing one but introducing a new melody and arrangement . Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition. This article is a list of notable contrafacts by jazz artists.
Contrafact
Year
Contrafact composer
Original Tune
Year
Original composer
"26-2 "
1960
John Coltrane
"Confirmation "
1946
Charlie Parker
"Ablution "
Lennie Tristano
"All the Things You Are "
1939
Jerome Kern
"All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother "
1961
Charles Mingus
"All the Things You Are "
1939
Jerome Kern
"An Oscar for Treadwell "
Charlie Parker
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Anthropology /Thriving from a Riff"
1945
Charlie Parker
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Apache Dance "
George Coleman
"Cherokee "
1938
Ray Noble
"Apple Jump "
Dexter Gordon
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Background Music "
Warne Marsh
"All of Me "
1931
Gerald Marks , Seymour Simons
"Back Home in Brooklyn with Donna "
Arun Luthra
"Back Home Again in Indiana "
1917
James F. Hanley
"Barry's Bop "
Fats Navarro
"What Is This Thing Called Love? "
1929
Cole Porter
"Bean and the Boys "
1948
Coleman Hawkins
"Lover, Come Back to Me "
1928
Sigmund Romberg
"Bebop Romp "
Fats Navarro
"Fine and Dandy "
1930
Kay Swift
"Because of Guns "
Vijay Iyer
"Hey Joe "
1962
Billy Roberts
"Bird Gets the Worm "
1947
Charlie Parker
"Lover, Come Back to Me "
1928
Sigmund Romberg
"Bird of Paradise "
Charlie Parker
"All the Things You Are "
1939
Jerome Kern
"Blue Serge "[ 1]
1946
Serge Chaloff
"Cherokee "
1938
Ray Noble
"Blue Silver "
1948
Blue Mitchell
"Peace "
1959
Horace Silver
"Blue's Theme "
Blue Mitchell
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Boneology "
1946
J. J. Johnson
"Honeysuckle Rose "
1929
Fats Waller ,
"Boston Bernie "
Dexter Gordon
"All the Things You Are "
1939
Jerome Kern
"Bright Mississippi "
Thelonious Monk
"Sweet Georgia Brown "
1925
Ben Bernie
"Bud's Bubble "
Bud Powell
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Byas a Drink "
Don Byas
"Stompin' at the Savoy "
1934
Edgar Sampson
"Celebrity "
Charlie Parker
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Celia "
Bud Powell
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Chasin' the Bird "
Charlie Parker
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Chick's Tune "
Chick Corea
"You Stepped Out of a Dream "
1940
Nacio Herb Brown
"Chippie "
Ornette Coleman
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Chronology "
1959
Ornette Coleman
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Come Fog "
Don Grolnick
"Come Rain or Come Shine "
1946
Harold Arlen
"Constellation "
1948
Charlie Parker
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Cotton Tail "
1940
Duke Ellington
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Countdown "
John Coltrane
"Tune Up "
1953
Miles Davis
"Coupe de Ville "
Mike Stern
"There Is No Greater Love "
1936
Isham Jones
"Crazeology "
Benny Harris
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"C.T.A. "
Jimmy Heath
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Dear John "
1990
Freddie Hubbard
"Giant Steps "
1959
John Coltrane
"Dewey Square "
Charlie Parker
"Oh, Lady Be Good! "
1924
George Gershwin
"Denial "
Miles Davis
"Confirmation "
1946
Charlie Parker
"Dexterity "
Charlie Parker
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Dig "
1951
Miles Davis
"Sweet Georgia Brown "
1925
Ben Bernie , Maceo Pinkard
"Diggin' Diz "
Dizzy Gillespie
"Lover "
1932
Richard Rodgers
"Dizzie Atmosphere "
Dizzy Gillespie
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Do You Hear the Voices You Left Behind? "
John McLaughlin
"Giant Steps "
1959
John Coltrane
"Donna Lee "
1947
Charlie Parker and Miles Davis
"Back Home Again in Indiana "[ 2]
1917
Ballard MacDonald , James F. Hanley
"Don't Be That Way "
Benny Goodman , Edgar Sampson , Mitchell Parish
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Doujie "
Wes Montgomery
"Confirmation "
1946
Charlie Parker
"Doxy "
1957
Sonny Rollins
"Ja-Da "
1918
Bob Carleton
"Dream Stepper "
Lee Konitz
"You Stepped Out of a Dream "
1940
Nacio Herb Brown
"The Eternal Triangle "
1987
Sonny Stitt
"Dizzy Atmosphere "
1945
Dizzy Gillespie
"Evidence "[ 3]
Thelonious Monk
"Just You, Just Me "[ 4]
1929
Jesse Greer
"Ezz-Thetic "
George Russell
"Love for Sale "
1930
Cole Porter
"Feather Bed "
Ted Brown
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To "
1943
Cole Porter
"Finger Poppin' "
1959
Horace Silver
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Flintstones Theme "
Bryson, Goldberg
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Fox Hunt "
Maynard Ferguson
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Fried Bananas "
Dexter Gordon
"It Could Happen to You "
1944
Jimmy Van Heusen
"Fifth House "
John Coltrane
"Hot House "
1945
Tadd Dameron
"Four Brothers "
1947
Jimmy Giuffre
"Jeepers Creepers "
1938
Harry Warren
"52nd Street Theme "
1944
Thelonious Monk
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Frantic Fancies "
Bud Powell
"'S Wonderful "
1927
George Gershwin
"Freight Train "
Tommy Flanagan
"Blues for Alice "
1951
Charlie Parker
"Fungi Mama "
Blue Mitchell
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Futurity "
Gigi Gryce
"There Will Never Be Another You "
1942
Harry Warren
"Garage Band "
Arun Luthra
"How About You? "
1941
Burton Lane
"Get It "
1957
Bud Powell
"Love Me or Leave Me "
1928
Walter Donaldson
"Green St. Caper "
Woody Shaw
"Green Dolphin Street "
1947
Bronislau Kaper
"Good Bait "
1944
Tadd Dameron , Count Basie
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Groovin' High "
1945
Dizzy Gillespie
"Whispering "
1920
Vincent Rose
"Hackensack "
Thelonious Monk
"Oh, Lady Be Good "
1924
George Gershwin
"Half Nelson "
1956
Miles Davis
"Lady Bird "
1948
Tadd Dameron
"Hot House "
1945
Tadd Dameron
"What Is This Thing Called Love? "
1929
Cole Porter
"I Hate You "
Tete Montoliu
"I Love You "
1944
Cole Porter
"Ice Freezes Red "
Fats Navarro
"Back Home Again in Indiana "
1917
James F. Hanley
"Impressions "
1961
John Coltrane
"So What "
1959
Miles Davis
"In a Mellow Tone "
1939
Duke Ellington
"Rose Room "
1917
Art Hickman , Harry Williams
"In Walked Bud "
1947
Thelonious Monk
"Blue Skies "
1926
Irving Berlin
"Infra Rae "
Hank Mobley
"Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise "
1928
Sigmund Romberg
"The Injuns "
Donald Byrd
"Cherokee "
1938
Ray Noble
"Intoit "
Stan Getz
"A Night in Tunisia "
1942
Dizzy Gillespie
"Jack Sprat "
Sonny Stitt
"Blues for Alice "
1951
Charlie Parker
"Jahbero "
Tadd Dameron
"All the Things You Are "
1939
Jerome Kern
"Jay Bird "
1946
J. J. Johnson
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Jay Jay "
1946
J. J. Johnson
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Juicy Lucy "
Horace Silver
"Confirmation "
1946
Charlie Parker
"Ju-Ju "
Lennie Tristano
"Back Home Again in Indiana "
1917
Ballard MacDonald , James F. Hanley
"Kamman's A' Comin' "
Oscar Pettiford
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"The Kangaroo "
1953
Les Paul
"Stompin' at the Savoy "
1934
Edgar Sampson
"Keen and Peechy "
Woody Herman
"Fine and Dandy "
1930
Kay Swift
"Ko-Ko "[ 5]
1945
Charlie Parker
"Cherokee "
1938
Ray Noble
"Lee's Dream "
Fred Hersch
"You Stepped Out of a Dream "
1940
Nacio Herb Brown
"Lennie-Bird "
Lennie Tristano
"How High the Moon "
1940
Morgan Lewis
"Lennie's Pennies "
Lennie Tristano
"Pennies from Heaven "
1936
Arthur Johnston
"Lex "
1960
Donald Byrd
"Back Home Again in Indiana "
1917
Ballard MacDonald , James F. Hanley
"Little Rootie Tootie "
Thelonious Monk
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Little Willie Leaps "
Miles Davis
"All God's Chillun Got Rhythm "
1937
Bronislaw Kaper , Walter Jurmann , Gus Kahn
"Lullaby of Birdland "
1952
George Shearing
"Love Me or Leave Me "
1928
Walter Donaldson
"Mad Be Bop "
1946
J. J. Johnson
"Just You, Just Me "
1929
Jesse Greer
"The Man from Hyde Park "
Harold Mabern
"The Song Is You "
1932
Jerome Kern
"Marshmallow "
Warne Marsh
"Cherokee "
1938
Ray Noble
"Mayreh "
Horace Silver
"All God's Chillun Got Rhythm "
1937
Bronislaw Kaper , Walter Jurmann
"Meiji Stunt "
Jim McNeely
"Just in Time "
1956
Jule Styne
"Mirror Lake "
Idrees Sulieman
"Wave "
1967
Antonio Carlos Jobim
"Moose the Mooche "
1946
Charlie Parker
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"My Little Suede Shoes "
Charlie Parker
"Jeepers Creepers "
1938
Harry Warren
"Nostalgia "
Fats Navarro
"Out of Nowhere "
1931
Johnny Green
"Not You Again "
John Scofield
"There Will Never Be Another You "
1942
Harry Warren
"Off the Cuff "
Jim McNeely
"It's You or No One "
1963
Jule Styne
"Oleo "
1945
Sonny Rollins
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"On a Misty Night "
Tadd Dameron
"September in the Rain "
1937
Harry Warren
"One Liners "
Mike Stern
"Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise "
1928
Sigmund Romberg
"Ornithology "
1946
Charlie Parker , Benny Harris
"How High the Moon "
1940
Morgan Lewis
"Parker 51 "
Jimmy Raney
"Cherokee "
1938
Ray Noble
"Prince Albert "
Kenny Dorham
"All the Things You Are "
1939
Jerome Kern
"The Protagonist "
Jack Cooper
"Lover "
1932
Richard Rodgers
"Psalm "
Jimmy Halperin
"Darn That Dream "
1939
Jimmy Van Heusen
"Quasimodo "
Charlie Parker
"Embraceable You "
1928
George Gershwin
"Quicksilver "
Horace Silver
"Lover, Come Back to Me "
1928
Sigmund Romberg
"Raeba "
Jimmy Halperin
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was "
1939
Richard Rodgers
"Re-Re "
Bob Mintzer
"Back Home Again in Indiana "
1917
Ballard MacDonald , James F. Hanley
"The Red Tornado "
Red Rodney
"Cherokee "
1938
Ray Noble
"Rhythm-a-Ning "
1957
Thelonious Monk
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Room 608 "
Horace Silver
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Salt Peanuts "
1942
Dizzy Gillespie
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Salute to Birdland AKA Salute to the Bandbox"
1954
Gigi Gryce
"I'll Remember April "
1942
Gene de Paul
"Sax of a Kind "
Lee Konitz , Warne Marsh
"Fine and Dandy "
1930
Kay Swift
"Scrapple from the Apple "
1947
Charlie Parker
"Honeysuckle Rose "
1929
Fats Waller
"Serene "
Eric Dolphy
"Tenderly "
1946
Walter Gross , Jack Lawrence
"Shelley "
Red Rodney
"Rosetta "
1939
Earl Hines
"Split Kick "
Horace Silver
"There Will Never Be Another You "
1942
Harry Warren
"Steeplechase "
Charlie Parker
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Stupendous "
Mel Broiles
"'S Wonderful "
1927
George Gershwin
"Suspone "
Mike Stern
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Sub-Atomic Dominant "
Jimmy Halperin
"Sweet Georgia Brown "
1925
Ben Bernie , Maceo Pinkard
"Subconscious Lee "
Lee Konitz
"What Is This Thing Called Love? "
1929
Cole Porter
"Sweet Clifford "
Clifford Brown
"Sweet Georgia Brown "
1925
Ben Bernie
"Sweet Thing "
Rory Stuart
"In Your Own Sweet Way "
1955
Dave Brubeck
"Tangibility "
Arun Luthra
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"The Theme "
Miles Davis
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Third Event "
Arun Luthra
"Giant Steps "
1959
John Coltrane
"317 East 32nd Street "
Lennie Tristano
"Out of Nowhere "
1931
Johnny Green
"Tippin' "
1956
Horace Silver
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Tour de Force "
Dizzy Gillespie
"Jeepers Creepers "
1938
Harry Warren
"Twelve "
2000
Peter Erskine
"Easy to Love "
1934
Cole Porter
"Two in Love "
2000
Jack Cooper
"I Love You "
1944
Cole Porter
"Vodka "
Mal Waldron
"Yesterdays "
1933
Jerome Kern
"Wail "
Bud Powell
"I Got Rhythm "
1930
George Gershwin
"Walk, Don't Run "[not jazz]
1954
Johnny Smith
"Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise "
1928
Sigmund Romberg
"Waltz New "
Jim Hall
"Someday My Prince Will Come "
1937
Frank Churchill
"Warmin Up a Riff "
Charlie Parker
"Cherokee "
1938
Ray Noble
"Weeja "
1956
Elmo Hope
"Confirmation "
1946
Charlie Parker
"Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am "
Charles Mingus
"What Is This Thing Called Love? "
1929
Cole Porter
"What Love? "
Charles Mingus
"What Is This Thing Called Love? "
1929
Cole Porter
"Wow "
Lennie Tristano
"You Can Depend on Me "
1931
Charles Carpenter , Louis Dunlap , Earl Hines
"Yardbird Suite "
1946
Charlie Parker
"Rosetta "
1939
Earl Hines
"Zog's Jog "
James Morrison
"Cherokee "
1938
Ray Noble
References [ edit ]
Further reading [ edit ]
Aebersold, Jamey (1982). Charlie Parker Omnibook . Criterion. ISBN 0-7692-6053-5 .
Baker, David (2006). How To Play Bebop, Volume 3 . Alfred. ISBN 0-7390-2182-6 .
Crawford, Richard (1993). The American musical landscape . University of California Press. ISBN 0520077644 . ISBN 9780520077645 .
Owens, Thomas (1982). Bebop: The Music and Its Players . Oxford. ISBN 0-1951-0651-2 .
Sher, Chuck (2005). The New Real Book, Volume 1 . Sher Music. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3 .
Sher, Chuck (2005). The New Real Book, Volume 2 . Sher Music. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8 .
Sher, Chuck (2005). The New Real Book, Volume 3 . Sher Music. ISBN 1-883217-03-2 .
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