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What Makes A Good Jazz Tune?

What Makes A Good Jazz Tune?

Update: 2025-08-06
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Occasionally, jazz musicians are asked to play certain requests that don’t really fit into our stylistic framework. Today, we’re going to make an effort to explain why that is. Some tunes not originally intended to be played in a jazz style fit easily into one, and some don’t, and we’ll try to explain why that is.

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What Makes A Good Jazz Tune?

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