Jazz Tunes with Backdoor Cadences

Tunes featuring the bVII7 → Imaj resolution — a darker, modal-flavored alternative to the standard V7-I cadence. The "backdoor" progression borrows from the parallel minor and creates a distinctive, bluesy sound.

44 tunes

• A Child Is BornThad Jones
  Bb
• A Foggy DayGeorge Gershwin
  F
• A Time For LoveJohnny Mandel
  F
• Adam's AppleWayne Shorter
  Ab
• All AloneIrving Berlin
  F
• Black CoffeeBurke-Webster
  C
• Blue Room, TheRichard Rodgers
  F
• Blues Five SpotThelonious Monk
  Bb
• Change PartnersIrving Berlin
  F
• Crepuscule With NellieThelonious Monk
  Ab
• Crystal SilenceChick Corea
  Am
• EpistrophyKenny Clarke Thelonious Monk
  Db
• Every Time We Say GoodbyeCole Porter
  Eb
• FavelaAntonio-Carlos Jobim
  Am
• Freddie FreeloaderMiles Davis
  Bb
• Goodbye Pork Pie HatCharles Mingus
  Eb
• Harlem NocturneHagen-Rogers
  Gm
• Here's To LifeArtie Butler
  Cm
• HerzogBobby Hutcherson
  F
• HideawayDavid Sanborn
  Ab
• How Little We KnowHoagy Carmichael
  F
• Inch Worm, TheFrank Loesser
  F
• IsotopeJoe Henderson
  C
• Just You, Just MeJesse Greer
  C
• Long Ago And Far AwayJerome Kern
  F
• My Shining HourHarold Arlen
  C
• Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Coltrane Changes), TheJerry-Brainin
  G
• Nostalgia In Times SquareCharles Mingus
  F
• On BroadwayMann-Weil-Stoller-Leiber
  F
• Round MidnightThelonious Monk
  Ebm
• SereneEric Dolphy
  Eb
• Seven Steps To HeavenVictor Feldman
  F
• Si SiCharlie Parker
  F
• Since I Fell For YouBuddy Johnson
  Eb
• Sometimes I'm HappyVincent Youmans
  F
• Straight LifeFreddie Hubbard
  F
• Sweet Georgia BrightCharles Lloyd
  C
• TwistedWardell Gray
  Bbm
• West Coast BluesWes Montgomery
  Bb
• When Sunny Gets BlueMarvin Fisher
  F
• While We're YoungWilder-Palitz
  Eb
• Yardbird SuiteCharlie Parker
  C
• You Are Too BeautifulRichard Rodgers
  C
• You Go To My HeadFred Coots
  Eb