Jazz Tunes with Long Dominant Cycles

Tunes featuring extended chains of dominant 7th chords moving down by fifths — a common device in the Rhythm Changes bridge, bebop heads, and post-bop compositions. These cycles test a player's ability to connect keys fluidly.

79 tunes

• A Flower Is A Lovesome ThingBilly Strayhorn
  Db
• A Sleepin' BeeHarold Arlen
  Ab
• Ain't Misbehavin'Fats Waller
  C
• Ain't She SweetMilton Ager
  Eb
• Baby, Won't You Please Come HomeWarfield-Williams
  G
• Backstage SallyWayne Shorter
  Fm
• Black And Tan FantasyEllington-Miley
  Bbm
• Black ButterflyEllington-Carruthers-Mills
  F
• Blood CountBilly Strayhorn
  D
• Blues In The NightHarold Arlen
  G
• Blues MarchBenny Golson
  Bb
• Brother Can You Spare A DimeYarburg-Gorney
  Cm
• Brotherhood Of ManFrank Loesser
  Eb
• CheetahKenny Burrell
  Bb
• Close Enough For LoveMandel-Williams
  Ab
• Come Fly With MeJimmy Van-Heusen
  C
• Crazy RhythmWolfe-Kahn-Meyer
  F
• Crepuscule With NellieThelonious Monk
  Ab
• Dolphin, TheLuiz Eca
  E
• DoxySonny Rollins
  Bb
• Fee-Fi-Fo-FumWayne Shorter
  Bb
• For Sentimental ReasonsWilliam Best
  F
• Forever SonnyJimmy Heath
  Bb
• Funk In Deep FreezeHank Mobley
  Ab
• Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To YouDon Redman
  Eb
• HallucinationsBud Powell
  F
• Harlem NocturneHagen-Rogers
  Gm
• Heart And SoulHoagy Carmichael
  F
• How Long Has This Been Going On?George Gershwin
  F
• I Ain't Got NobodyGraham-Williams
  G
• I Can't Get StartedVernon Duke
  C
• I Got It BadDuke Ellington
  G
• I Hadn't Anyone Till YouRay Noble
  F
• I Hear MusicBurton Lane
  F
• If I Could Be With YouJames Johnson
  Eb
• If You Never Come To Me (Inutil Paisagem)Antonio-Carlos Jobim
  C
• IsfahanStrayhorn-Ellington
  Db
• IsotopeJoe Henderson
  C
• JorduDuke Jordan
  Cm
• Kids Are Pretty PeopleThad Jones
  Dm
• Let's Cool OneThelonious Monk
  Eb
• Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)Cole Porter
  Bb
• Let's Fall In LoveHarold Arlen
  C
• Little NilesRandy Weston
  Gm
• Lulu's Back In TownHarry Warren
  Eb
• Man I Love, TheGeorge Gershwin
  Eb
• Moon MistEllington-Mercer
  F
• Moonlight Becomes YouJimmy Van-Heusen
  F
• Nice Work If You Can Get ItGeorge Gershwin
  G
• Old Country, TheAdderley-Lewis
  Dm
• One Foot In The GutterClark Terry
  F
• Out Of This WorldHarold Arlen
  Eb
• PannonicaThelonious Monk
  C
• Party's Over, TheStyne-Comden-Green
  Eb
• Passion FlowerBilly Strayhorn
  G
• People Will Say We're In LoveRichard Rodgers
  C
• Prelude To A KissDuke Ellington
  C
• Put On A Happy FaceCharles Strouse
  Eb
• Round MidnightThelonious Monk
  Ebm
• S' WonderfulGeorge Gershwin
  Eb
• Since I Fell For YouBuddy Johnson
  Eb
• SkippyThelonious Monk
  Ab
• Some Other BluesJohn Coltrane
  F
• SoultraneTadd Dameron
  Eb
• There'll Be Some Changes MadeBenton Overstreet
  Bb
• These Foolish ThingsStrachey-Link
  Eb
• They Can't Take That Away From MeGeorge Gershwin
  Eb
• Think Of OneThelonious Monk
  F
• Time On My HandsVincent Youmans
  F
• Trinkle TinkleThelonious Monk
  Eb
• Troubled WatersArthur Johnston
  F
• Unit SevenSam Jones
  C
• Waltz For DebbyBill Evans
  F
• When I Fall In LoveVictor Young
  Eb
• When The Sun Comes OutHarold Arlen
  G
• Wrap Your Troubles In DreamsHarry Barris
  C
• YesterdaysJerome Kern
  Dm
• You Took Advantage Of MeRichard Rodgers
  Eb
• You're The TopCole Porter
  Eb