The Real Book Project: D
Below are recommended recordings of songs from the Sixth Edition of The Real Book that start with the letter ‘D’. I have chosen recordings that are most similar to what is printed in The Real Book but there may be some differences. Happy Listening!
Song: D Natural Blues
Composer: John L. (Wes) Montgomery
Artist: Wes Montgomery
Album: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
Label: Riverside Records
Year: 1960
Song: Daahoud
Composer: Clifford Brown
Artist: Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Album: Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Label: Emarcy
Year: 1954
Song: Dancing on the Ceiling
Composer: Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
Artist: Chet Baker
Album: It Could Happen to You – Chet Baker Sings
Label: Riverside Records
Year: 1958
Song: Darn That Dream
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen/Eddie De Lange
Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Album: No Count Sarah
Label: Mercury Records
Year: 1959
Song: Day Waves
Composer: Chick Corea/Neville Potier
Artist: Stan Getz
Album: Captain Marvel
Label: Columbia
Year: 1975
Song: Days and Nights Waiting
Composer: Keith Jarrett
Artist: Charles Lloyd Quartet
Album: Montreaux Jazz Festival 1967
Label: TCB Records
Year: 2019
Song: Dear Old Stockholm
Composer: Varmeland
Artist: Miles Davis
Album: ‘Round Midnight
Label: Columbia
Year: 1955
Song: Dearly Beloved
Composer: Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer
Artist: Margaret Whiting
Album: Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
Label: Verve
Year: 1960
Song: Dedicated To You
Composer: Sammy Cahn/Saul Chaplin/Hy Zaret
Artist: Sarah Vaughan (ft. Billy Eckstine)
Album: Finest Hour
Label: Verve
Year: 2000
Song: Detour Ahead
Composer: Herb Ellis/John Frigo/Lou Carter
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Best of Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song
Label: Verve
Year: 1994
Song: Deluge
Composer: Wayne Shorter
Artist: Wayne Shorter
Album: Juju
Label: Blue Note
Year: 1964
Song: Desafinado
Composer: Antonio Carlos Jobim/Newton Mendonca
Artist: Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto ft. Antonio Carlos Jobim
Album: Getz/Gilberto
Label: Verve
Year: 1964
Song: Desert Air
Composer: Chick Corea
Artist: Gary Burton and Chick Corea
Album: Crystal Silence
Label: ECM
Year: 1973
Song: Dexterity
Composer: Charlie Parker
Artist: Charlie Parker
Album: The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes
Label: Savoy Jazz
Year: 2002
Song: Dizzy Atmosphere
Composer: Dizzy Gillespie
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Album: Groovin’ High
Label: Savoy
Year: 1955
Song: Django
Composer: John Lewis
Artist: Modern Jazz Quartet
Album: The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige and Pablo Recordings
Label: Pablo/Prestige
Year: 2003
Song: Doin’ the Pig
Composer: Steve Swallow
Artist: Gary Burton and Keith Jarrett
Album: Gary Burtin and Keith Jarrett
Label: Atlantic
Year: 1971
Song: Dolores
Composer: Wayne Shorter
Artist: The Miles Davis Quintet
Album: Miles Smiles
Label: Columbia
Year: 1967
Song: Dolphin Dance
Composer: Herbie Hancock
Artist: Herbie Hancock
Album: Maiden Voyage
Label: Blue Note
Year: 1965
Song: Domino Biscuit
Composer: Steve Swallow
Artist: Deirdre Rodman/Steve Swallow
Album: Twin Falls
Label: Sunnyside
Year: 2006
Song: Don’t Blame Me
Composer: Jimmy McHugh/Dorothy Fields
Artist: Nat King Cole
Album: The Very Thought of You
Label: Capitol
Year: 1958/1987
Song: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Composer: Duke Ellington/Bob Russel
Artist: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Album: The Essential Duke Ellington
Label: Sony
Year: 1995
Song: Donna Lee
Composer: Charlie Parker
Artist: Charlie Parker
Album: The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes
Label: Savoy Jazz
Year: 2002
Song: Dream a Little Dream of Me
Composer: Wilbur Schwandt/Fabian Andree/Gus Kahn
Artist: Michael Buble
Album: Special Delivery - EP
Label: Reprise
Year: 2010
Song: Dreamsville
Composer: Henry Mancini/Jay Livingston/Ray Evans
Artist: Henry Mancini
Album: Midnight, Moonlight, and Magic – The Very Best of Henry Mancini
Label: RCA
Year: 2004
