List of jazz contrafacts

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A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing song, but with a new melody and arrangement. Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition. This article is a list of notable contrafacts by jazz artists.

Contrafact Year Contrafact Composer Original Song Year Original Composer
"26-2"[citation needed] 1960 John Coltrane "Confirmation" 1946 Charlie Parker
"317 East 32nd Street" 1952 Lennie Tristano "Out of Nowhere" 1931 Johnny Green
"52nd Street Theme" 1944 Thelonious Monk "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Ablution" Lennie Tristano "All the Things You Are" 1939 Jerome Kern
"Ahma See Ya"[1] 1961 Ted Curson "Out Of Nowhere" 1931 Johnny Green
"All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother" 1961 Charles Mingus "All the Things You Are" 1939 Jerome Kern
"Anatomy" 1957 Mal Waldron "All the Things You Are" 1939 Jerome Kern
"And I Do" 1985 Jim Hall "I Should Care" 1944 Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
"And She Remembers Me" 1954 Tal Farlow "I'll Remember April" 1942 Gene de Paul
"Anthropology / Thriving on a Riff" 1945 Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Apache Dance" 1978 George Coleman "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Apple Jump" 1976 Dexter Gordon "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Back Home in Brooklyn with Donna" 2009 Arun Luthra "Back Home Again in Indiana" 1917 James F. Hanley
"Background Music" 1955 Warne Marsh "All of Me" 1931 Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
"Barry's Bop" 1947 Fats Navarro "What Is This Thing Called Love?" 1929 Cole Porter
"Bean and the Boys" 1948 Coleman Hawkins "Lover, Come Back to Me" 1928 Sigmund Romberg
"Bebop Romp" 1947 Fats Navarro "Fine and Dandy" 1930 Kay Swift
"Because of Guns" 2003 Vijay Iyer "Hey Joe" 1962 Billy Roberts
"Bird Gets the Worm" 1947 Charlie Parker "Lover, Come Back to Me" 1928 Sigmund Romberg
"Bird of Paradise" 1947 Charlie Parker "All the Things You Are" 1939 Jerome Kern
"Birdland Stomp" 1987 Herb Geller "Stompin' at the Savoy" 1934 Edgar Sampson
"Blue Serge" 1946 Serge Chaloff "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Blue's Theme" Blue Mitchell "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Boneology" 1946 J. J. Johnson "Honeysuckle Rose" 1929 Fats Waller
"Boston Bernie" Dexter Gordon "All the Things You Are" 1939 Jerome Kern
"The Bridge" 1962 Sonny Rollins "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Bright Mississippi" Thelonious Monk "Sweet Georgia Brown" 1925 Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard
"Byas a Drink" Don Byas "Stompin' at the Savoy" 1934 Edgar Sampson
"C.T.A." Jimmy Heath "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Casbah" Tadd Dameron "Out of Nowhere" 1931 Johnny Green
"Celerity" 1950 Charlie Parker "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Celia" Bud Powell "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Chasin' the Bird" 1947 Charlie Parker "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Chasm" Julian Adderley "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Chick's Tune" Chick Corea "You Stepped Out of a Dream" 1940 Nacio Herb Brown
"Chippie" Ornette Coleman "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Chronology" 1959 Ornette Coleman "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Cochise" Alvin Batiste "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Coffee Pot" J. J. Johnson "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" 1937 Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn
"Cohn Pone"[1] Al Cohn, Nick Travis "Get Happy" 1930 Harold Arlen
"Come Fog" Don Grolnick "Come Rain or Come Shine" 1946 Harold Arlen
"Constellation" 1948 Charlie Parker "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Contrafact" 2018 Walter Smith III "Like Someone In Love" 1944 Jimmy Van Heusen
"Cottontail" (alt. "Cotton Tail" and "Hot Chocolate") 1940 Duke Ellington "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Countdown" John Coltrane "Tune Up" 1953 Miles Davis
"Coupe de Ville" Mike Stern "There Is No Greater Love" 1936 Isham Jones
"Dear John" 1990 Freddie Hubbard "Giant Steps" 1959 John Coltrane
"Deception" Miles Davis "Conception" 1950 George Shearing
"Deep People"[1] Jimmy Guiffre "A Foggy Day" 1937 George Gershwin
"Denial" Miles Davis "Confirmation" 1946 Charlie Parker
"Dewey Square" Charlie Parker "Oh, Lady Be Good!" 1924 George Gershwin
"Dexterity" Charlie Parker "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Dextivity" 1947 Dexter Gordon "Take the "A" Train" 1939 Billy Strayhorn
"Dextrose" 1947 Dexter Gordon "Fine and Dandy" 1930 Kay Swift
"Dig" 1951 Miles Davis "Sweet Georgia Brown" 1925 Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard
"Diggin' Diz" Dizzy Gillespie "Lover" 1932 Richard Rodgers
"Dizzy Atmosphere" 1945 Dizzy Gillespie "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Do You Hear the Voices You Left Behind?" John McLaughlin "Giant Steps" 1959 John Coltrane
"Donna Lee" 1947 Charlie Parker and Miles Davis "Back Home Again in Indiana"[2] 1917 Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley
"Don't Be That Way" Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Mitchell Parish "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Doujie" Wes Montgomery "Confirmation" 1946 Charlie Parker
"Doxy" 1957 Sonny Rollins "Ja-Da" - partly 1918 Bob Carleton
"Dream Step" Dick Oatts "You Stepped Out of a Dream" 1940 Nacio Herb Brown
"Dream Stepper" Lee Konitz "You Stepped Out of a Dream" 1940 Nacio Herb Brown
"The Eternal Triangle" 1957 Sonny Stitt "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George and Ira Gershwin
"Evidence"[3] Thelonious Monk "Just You, Just Me"[4] 1929 Jesse Greer
"Ezz-Thetic" George Russell "Love for Sale" 1930 Cole Porter
"Fats Blows" 1947 Fats Navarro "Oh, Lady Be Good" 1924 George Gershwin
"Feather Bed" Ted Brown "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" 1943 Cole Porter
"Fifth House" John Coltrane "What Is This Thing Called Love?" 1929 Cole Porter
"Finger Poppin'" 1959 Horace Silver "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Flintstones Theme" 1961 Hoyt Curtin "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Fox Hunt" Maynard Ferguson "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Fried Bananas" Dexter Gordon "It Could Happen to You" 1944 Jimmy Van Heusen
"For Regulars Only" Dexter Gordon "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Four On Six" 1960 Wes Montgomery "Summertime" 1934 George Gershwin
"Frantic Fancies" Bud Powell "'S Wonderful" 1927 George Gershwin
"Freight Trane" Tommy Flanagan "Blues for Alice" 1951 Charlie Parker
"Fungi Mama" Blue Mitchell "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Fuchsia Swing Song" Sam Rivers "Night And Day" 1932 Cole Porter
"Futurity" Gigi Gryce "There Will Never Be Another You" 1942 Harry Warren
"Garage Band" Arun Luthra "How About You?" 1941 Burton Lane
"Get It" 1957 Bud Powell "Love Me or Leave Me" 1928 Walter Donaldson
"Good Bait" 1944 Tadd Dameron, Count Basie "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Green St. Caper" Woody Shaw "Green Dolphin Street" 1947 Bronislau Kaper
"Groovin' High" 1945 Dizzy Gillespie "Whispering" 1920 Vincent Rose[5]
"Hackensack" Thelonious Monk "Oh, Lady Be Good" 1924 George Gershwin
"Half Nelson" 1947 Miles Davis "Lady Bird" 1939 Tadd Dameron
"Hanid"[1] 1958 Coleman Hawkins "Dinah_(song)" 1925 Harry Akst
"Hot House" 1945 Tadd Dameron "What Is This Thing Called Love?" 1929 Cole Porter
"I Didn't" 1955 Miles Davis "Well, You Needn't" 1944 Thelonious Monk
"I Hate You" 1977 Tete Montoliu "I Love You" 1944 Cole Porter
"I Want More" 1960 Dexter Gordon "All the Things You Are" 1939 Jerome Kern
"Ice Freezes Red" Fats Navarro "Back Home Again in Indiana" 1917 James F. Hanley
"Impressions" 1961 John Coltrane "So What" 1959 Miles Davis
"In a Mellow Tone" 1939 Duke Ellington "Rose Room" 1917 Art Hickman, Harry Williams
"In Walked Bud" 1947 Thelonious Monk "Blue Skies" 1926 Irving Berlin
"Infinity Promenade" Shorty Rogers "Good Bait" 1944 Tadd Dameron
"Infra Rae" Hank Mobley "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" 1928 Sigmund Romberg
"The Injuns" Donald Byrd "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Intoit" Stan Getz "A Night in Tunisia" 1942 Dizzy Gillespie
"It's You" 1996 Lee Konitz "It's You or No One" 1963 Jule Styne
"I've Changed"[1] 2017 Gary Smulyan "You've Changed" 1941 Bill Carey, Carl Fischer
"Jack Sprat" Sonny Stitt "Blues for Alice" 1951 Charlie Parker
"Jahbero" Tadd Dameron "All the Things You Are" 1939 Jerome Kern
"Jay Bird" 1946 J. J. Johnson "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Jay Jay" 1946 J. J. Johnson "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Jayne" Ornette Coleman "Out of Nowhere" 1931 Johnny Green
"Ju-Ju" Lennie Tristano "Back Home Again in Indiana" 1917 Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley
"Juicy Lucy" Horace Silver "Confirmation" 1946 Charlie Parker
"Kamman's A' Comin'" Oscar Pettiford "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"The Kangaroo" 1953 Les Paul "Stompin' at the Savoy" 1934 Edgar Sampson
"Keen and Peechy" 1947 Woody Herman "Fine and Dandy" 1930 Kay Swift
"Ko-Ko" 1945 Charlie Parker "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Kokochee" Teddy Charles "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Lee's Dream" Fred Hersch "You Stepped Out of a Dream" 1940 Nacio Herb Brown
"Lennie-Bird" Lennie Tristano "How High the Moon" 1940 Morgan Lewis
"Lennie's Pennies" Lennie Tristano "Pennies from Heaven" 1936 Arthur Johnston
"Lester Leaps In" 1939 Lester Young "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Let's Call This"[6] Thelonious Monk "Honeysuckle Rose" 1929 Fats Waller
"Lex" 1960 Donald Byrd "Tadd's Delight" (aka "Sid's Delight") 1949 Tadd Dameron
"Liberia" 1964 John Coltrane "A Night in Tunisia" 1941 Dizzy Gillespie
"Little Benny" (aka "Crazeology", "Bud's Bubble") Benny Harris "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Little Rootie Tootie" Thelonious Monk "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Little Willie Leaps" 1947 Miles Davis "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" 1937 Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn
"Lullaby of Birdland" 1952 George Shearing "Love Me or Leave Me" 1928 Walter Donaldson
"Mad Be Bop" 1946 J. J. Johnson "Just You, Just Me" 1929 Jesse Greer
"The Man from Hyde Park" Harold Mabern "The Song Is You" 1932 Jerome Kern
"Marshmallow" Warne Marsh "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Mayreh" Horace Silver "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" 1937 Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann
"Meiji Stunt" Jim McNeely "Just in Time" 1956 Jule Styne
"Meteor" 1956 Tal Farlow "Confirmation" 1946 Charlie Parker
"Mirror Lake" Idrees Sulieman "Wave" 1967 Antônio Carlos Jobim
"Monk/Trane" 2009 John Patitucci "Giant Steps" 1959 John Coltrane
"Moodamorphosis"[1] Gil Fuller, Dave Burns "Oh,_Lady_Be_Good!" 1924 George Gershwin
"Moose the Mooche" 1946 Charlie Parker "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Motion" 1954 Jimmy Raney "You Stepped Out of A Dream" 1940 Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
"My Little Suede Shoes" Charlie Parker "Jeepers Creepers" 1938 Harry Warren
"Never Felt That Way Before" Sonny Stitt "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" 1937 Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn
"Nostalgia" Fats Navarro "Out of Nowhere" 1931 Johnny Green
"Not You Again" John Scofield "There Will Never Be Another You" 1942 Harry Warren
"Now He Beats The Drum,Now He Stops" Chick Corea "How Deep Is The Ocean" 1932 Irving Berlin
"Off the Cuff" Jim McNeely "It's You or No One" 1963 Jule Styne
"Oleo" 1945 Sonny Rollins "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Omicron" 1956 Donald Byrd "Woody'n You" 1943 Dizzy Gillespie
"On a Misty Night" Tadd Dameron "September in the Rain" 1937 Harry Warren
"On The Minute"[1] 1961 John Eardley "Love_Me_or_Leave_Me_(Donaldson_and_Kahn_song)" 1928 Walter Donaldson
"One Liners" Mike Stern "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" 1928 Sigmund Romberg
"One Night Stan" 2016 Alison Young "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Ornithology" 1946 Charlie Parker, Benny Harris "How High the Moon" 1940 Morgan Lewis
"An Oscar for Treadwell" Charlie Parker "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Out a Day" Franck Amsallem "Night and Day" 1932 Cole Porter
"Ow!" 1947 Dizzy Gillespie "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Passport" 1949 Charlie Parker "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Parker 51"[7] 1951 Jimmy Raney "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Prince Albert" Kenny Dorham "All the Things You Are" 1939 Jerome Kern
"The Protagonist" Jack Cooper "Lover" 1932 Richard Rodgers
"Psalm" Jimmy Halperin "Darn That Dream" 1939 Jimmy Van Heusen
"Quasimodo" Charlie Parker "Embraceable You" 1928 George Gershwin
"Quicksilver" Horace Silver "Lover, Come Back to Me" 1928 Sigmund Romberg
"Raeba" Jimmy Halperin "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" 1939 Richard Rodgers
"Re-Re" Bob Mintzer "Back Home Again in Indiana" 1917 Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley
"The Red Tornado" Red Rodney "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Reets and I" Benny Harris "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" 1937 Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn
"Relaxin' With Lee" 1950 Charlie Parker "Stompin' at the Savoy" 1934 Edgar Sampson
"Reunion" 1954 Gigi Gryce "I'll Remember April" 1942 Gene de Paul
"Rhodomagnetics" Wilbur Harden "Take the "A" Train" 1939 Billy Strayhorn
"Rhythm-a-Ning" 1957 Thelonious Monk "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Rifftide" Coleman Hawkins "Oh, Lady Be Good!" 1924 George Gershwin
"Room 608" Horace Silver "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Salt Peanuts" 1942 Dizzy Gillespie "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Salute to Birdland", aka "Salute to the Bandbox"/"Réunion" 1954 Gigi Gryce "I'll Remember April" 1942 Gene de Paul
"Satellite" 1964 John Coltrane "How High the Moon" 1940 Morgan Lewis
"Sax of a Kind" Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh "Fine and Dandy" 1930 Kay Swift
"Scrapple from the Apple" 1947 Charlie Parker "Honeysuckle Rose"; bridge "I Got Rhythm" 1929 Fats Waller
"Serene" Eric Dolphy "Tenderly" 1946 Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
"Seven, Come Eleven" Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Shelley" Red Rodney "Rosetta" 1939 Earl Hines
"Smog Eyes" 1956 Ted Brown "There Will Never Be Another You" 1942 Harry Warren
"Soflee" 1992 Gene Bertoncini "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" 1928 Sigmund Romberg
"Split Feelin's" 1960 Hank Mobley "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Split Kick" Horace Silver "There Will Never Be Another You" 1942 Harry Warren
"Spotlite" Coleman Hawkins "Just You, Just Me" 1929 Jesse Greer
"Steeplechase" Charlie Parker "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Straight Life" Art Pepper "After You've Gone" 1918 Turner Layton
"Striver's Row" 1957 Sonny Rollins "Confirmation" 1946 Charlie Parker
"Stupendous" Mel Broiles "'S Wonderful" 1927 George Gershwin
"Sub-Atomic Dominant" Jimmy Halperin "Sweet Georgia Brown" 1925 Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard
"Suburban Eyes" 1947 Ike Quebec "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" 1937 Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn
"Subconscious Lee" Lee Konitz "What Is This Thing Called Love?" 1929 Cole Porter
"Suspone" Mike Stern "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Sweet Clifford" Clifford Brown "Sweet Georgia Brown" 1925 Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard
"Sweet Thing" Rory Stuart "In Your Own Sweet Way" 1955 Dave Brubeck
"Swing Spring" 1954 Miles Davis "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Tale Of The Fingers"[1] Paul Chambers "Strike Up The Band" 1927 George Gershwin
"Tangibility" Arun Luthra "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Teapot" J. J. Johnson "Sweet Georgia Brown" 1925 Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard
"That's My Kick" 1967 Erroll Garner "I Get A Kick Out Of You" 1934 Cole Porter
"The Theme" Miles Davis "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Third Event" Arun Luthra "Giant Steps" 1959 John Coltrane
"Tide" 1970 Antônio Carlos Jobim "Wave" 1967 Antônio Carlos Jobim
"Tippin'" 1956 Horace Silver "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Tour de Force" Dizzy Gillespie "Jeepers Creepers" 1938 Harry Warren
"Twelve" 2000 Peter Erskine "Easy to Love" 1934 Cole Porter
"Two in Love" 2000 Jack Cooper "I Love You" 1944 Cole Porter
"Vodka"[1] Mal Waldron "Yesterdays" 1933 Jerome Kern
"Wail" Bud Powell "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Walk, Don't Run" 1954 Johnny Smith "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" 1928 Sigmund Romberg
"Waltz New" Jim Hall "Someday My Prince Will Come" 1937 Frank Churchill
"Warmin Up a Riff" Charlie Parker "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble
"Weeja" 1956 Elmo Hope "Confirmation" 1946 Charlie Parker
"Wells Fargo" Wilbur Harden "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
"Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" 1961 Charles Mingus "What Is This Thing Called Love?" 1929 Cole Porter
"What Love?" Charles Mingus "What Is This Thing Called Love?" 1929 Cole Porter
"Wow" 1949 Lennie Tristano "You Can Depend on Me" 1931 Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines
"Yardbird Suite" 1946 Charlie Parker "Rosetta, except measure two" 1939 Earl Hines
"Yellow Dolphin Street" 1977 Tete Montoliu "On Green Dolphin Street" 1947 Bronislau Kaper
"Zog's Jog" James Morrison "Cherokee" 1938 Ray Noble

References

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