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-CorneliusBb
- A Certain SmileFain-WebsterF
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley SquareManning SherwinEb
- A Smooth OneBenny GoodmanF
- A Sunday Kind Of LoveBelle-Prima-Leonard-RhodesF
- AffirmationJosé FelicianoBm
- After YouCole PorterC
- Ain't Misbehavin'Fats WallerC
- AireginSonny RollinsFm
- All BluesMiles DavisG
- All Of A Sudden My Heart SingsHerpin-Jamblan-RomeC
- All The WayJimmy Van-HeusenEb
- Always And ForeverPat MethenyAm
- April In ParisVernon DukeC
- Au PrivaveCharlie ParkerF
- Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-areThelonious MonkBb
- Bag's GrooveMilt JacksonF
- Bags' GrooveMilt JacksonF
- BarbadosCharlie ParkerF
- Basin Street BluesSpencer WilliamsBb
- Bass BluesJohn ColtraneAb
- Be-BopDizzy GillespieFm
- Benny's TuneLionel LouekeDb
- Besame MuchoConsuelo VelazquesDm
- Bessie's BluesJohn ColtraneEb
- Best Thing For You Is Me, TheIrving BerlinC
- Better Git It In Your SoulCharles MingusF
- Bidin' My TimeGeorge GershwinEb
- Billie's BounceCharlie ParkerF
- Bird LivesJackie McLeanF
- BirdlikeFreddie HubbardF
- Birk's WorksDizzy GillespieFm
- Black CoffeeBurke-WebsterC
- BloomdidoCharlie ParkerBb
- Blue 'N' BoogieDizzy GillespieBb
- Blue 7Sonny RollinsBb
- Blue DollJackie McLean / Donald ByrdBb
- Blue MonkThelonious MonkBb
- Blue SphereThelonious MonkBb
- Blue TraneJohn ColtraneEb
- BluehawkThelonious MonkBb
- Blues By FiveRed GarlandBb
- Blues ConnotationOrnette ColemanBb
- Blues Five SpotThelonious MonkBb
- Blues For BagsSonny StittF
- Blues For LesterSonny StittBb
- Blues In The ClosetOscar PettifordAb
- Blues In The NightHarold ArlenG
- Blues InnJackie McLeanBb
- Blues MarchBenny GolsonBb
- Blues Up And DownSonny Stitt / Gene AmmonsBb
- Boy, What A NightLee MorganBb
- C-Jam BluesDuke EllingtonC
- Chasin' The TraneJohn ColtraneF
- CherylCharlie ParkerC
- Chi-ChiCharlie ParkerAb
- Chicken, ThePee-Wee EllisBb
- Cold Duck TimeEddie HarrisF
- Comes LoveBrown-Stept-TobiasGm
- Cool BluesCharlie ParkerC
- CornbreadLee MorganFm
- CountryKeith JarrettEb
- Cousin MaryJohn ColtraneAb
- Dewey SquareCharlie ParkerEb
- DiendaKenny KirklandC
- Dig DisHank MobleyBb
- Diminuendo And CrescendoDuke EllingtonDb
- DinahHarry AkstG
- DjangoJohn LewisFm
- Don't Go To StrangersKent-Mason-EvansBb
- Down Home BluesTom DelaneyBb
- Dr. JackleJackie McLeanF
- Dr. JekyllJackie McLeanF
- Driftin'Herbie HancockEb
- East St. Louis Toodle-ooEllington-MilleyCm
- Eighty OneRon CarterF
- EpilogueBill EvansEb
- Farmer's TrustPat MethenyC
- Fascinating RhythmGeorge GershwinF
- FavelaAntonio-Carlos JobimAm
- Fee-Fi-Fo-FumWayne ShorterBb
- Feels So GoodChuck MangioneF
- Fine And MellowBillie HolidayF
- Fools Rush InRube BloomC
- FootprintsWayne ShorterCm
- For Minors OnlyJimmy HeathCm
- Freddie FreeloaderMiles DavisBb
- Full HouseWes MontgomeryFm
- Get HappyHarold ArlenF
- Give Me The Simple LifeRube BloomEb
- Goodbye Pork Pie HatCharles MingusEb
- Got A Match?Chick CoreaDm
- Gravy Waltz, TheRay BrownC
- HarlequinWayne ShorterA
- Here's That Sunny DayBarney KesselA
- HideawayDavid SanbornAb
- Horace-ScopeHorace SilverDb
- HungariaDjango ReinhardtG
- Hymnal BluesSonny StittF
- I Feel PrettyBernstein-SondheimC