Jazz Tunes with Plagal Cadences

Tunes that use IV → I or IVm → I resolutions — the so-called "amen" cadence and its minor variant. The plagal cadence creates a softer, more hymn-like resolution common in gospel-influenced jazz.

100 tunes

• A Blossom FellBarnes-Cornelius
  Bb
• A Certain SmileFain-Webster
  F
• A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley SquareManning Sherwin
  Eb
• A Smooth OneBenny Goodman
  F
• A Sunday Kind Of LoveBelle-Prima-Leonard-Rhodes
  F
• AffirmationJosé Feliciano
  Bm
• After YouCole Porter
  C
• Ain't Misbehavin'Fats Waller
  C
• AireginSonny Rollins
  Fm
• All BluesMiles Davis
  G
• All Of A Sudden My Heart SingsHerpin-Jamblan-Rome
  C
• All The WayJimmy Van-Heusen
  Eb
• Always And ForeverPat Metheny
  Am
• April In ParisVernon Duke
  C
• Au PrivaveCharlie Parker
  F
• Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-areThelonious Monk
  Bb
• Bag's GrooveMilt Jackson
  F
• Bags' GrooveMilt Jackson
  F
• BarbadosCharlie Parker
  F
• Basin Street BluesSpencer Williams
  Bb
• Bass BluesJohn Coltrane
  Ab
• Be-BopDizzy Gillespie
  Fm
• Benny's TuneLionel Loueke
  Db
• Besame MuchoConsuelo Velazques
  Dm
• Bessie's BluesJohn Coltrane
  Eb
• Best Thing For You Is Me, TheIrving Berlin
  C
• Better Git It In Your SoulCharles Mingus
  F
• Bidin' My TimeGeorge Gershwin
  Eb
• Billie's BounceCharlie Parker
  F
• Bird LivesJackie McLean
  F
• BirdlikeFreddie Hubbard
  F
• Birk's WorksDizzy Gillespie
  Fm
• Black CoffeeBurke-Webster
  C
• BloomdidoCharlie Parker
  Bb
• Blue 'N' BoogieDizzy Gillespie
  Bb
• Blue 7Sonny Rollins
  Bb
• Blue DollJackie McLean / Donald Byrd
  Bb
• Blue MonkThelonious Monk
  Bb
• Blue SphereThelonious Monk
  Bb
• Blue TraneJohn Coltrane
  Eb
• BluehawkThelonious Monk
  Bb
• Blues By FiveRed Garland
  Bb
• Blues ConnotationOrnette Coleman
  Bb
• Blues Five SpotThelonious Monk
  Bb
• Blues For BagsSonny Stitt
  F
• Blues For LesterSonny Stitt
  Bb
• Blues In The ClosetOscar Pettiford
  Ab
• Blues In The NightHarold Arlen
  G
• Blues InnJackie McLean
  Bb
• Blues MarchBenny Golson
  Bb
• Blues Up And DownSonny Stitt / Gene Ammons
  Bb
• Boy, What A NightLee Morgan
  Bb
• C-Jam BluesDuke Ellington
  C
• Chasin' The TraneJohn Coltrane
  F
• CherylCharlie Parker
  C
• Chi-ChiCharlie Parker
  Ab
• Chicken, ThePee-Wee Ellis
  Bb
• Cold Duck TimeEddie Harris
  F
• Comes LoveBrown-Stept-Tobias
  Gm
• Cool BluesCharlie Parker
  C
• CornbreadLee Morgan
  Fm
• CountryKeith Jarrett
  Eb
• Cousin MaryJohn Coltrane
  Ab
• Dewey SquareCharlie Parker
  Eb
• DiendaKenny Kirkland
  C
• Dig DisHank Mobley
  Bb
• Diminuendo And CrescendoDuke Ellington
  Db
• DinahHarry Akst
  G
• DjangoJohn Lewis
  Fm
• Don't Go To StrangersKent-Mason-Evans
  Bb
• Down Home BluesTom Delaney
  Bb
• Dr. JackleJackie McLean
  F
• Dr. JekyllJackie McLean
  F
• Driftin'Herbie Hancock
  Eb
• East St. Louis Toodle-ooEllington-Milley
  Cm
• Eighty OneRon Carter
  F
• EpilogueBill Evans
  Eb
• Farmer's TrustPat Metheny
  C
• Fascinating RhythmGeorge Gershwin
  F
• FavelaAntonio-Carlos Jobim
  Am
• Fee-Fi-Fo-FumWayne Shorter
  Bb
• Feels So GoodChuck Mangione
  F
• Fine And MellowBillie Holiday
  F
• Fools Rush InRube Bloom
  C
• FootprintsWayne Shorter
  Cm
• For Minors OnlyJimmy Heath
  Cm
• Freddie FreeloaderMiles Davis
  Bb
• Full HouseWes Montgomery
  Fm
• Get HappyHarold Arlen
  F
• Give Me The Simple LifeRube Bloom
  Eb
• Goodbye Pork Pie HatCharles Mingus
  Eb
• Got A Match?Chick Corea
  Dm
• Gravy Waltz, TheRay Brown
  C
• HarlequinWayne Shorter
  A
• Here's That Sunny DayBarney Kessel
  A
• HideawayDavid Sanborn
  Ab
• Horace-ScopeHorace Silver
  Db
• HungariaDjango Reinhardt
  G
• Hymnal BluesSonny Stitt
  F
• I Feel PrettyBernstein-Sondheim
  C