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Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" by Frank Loesser

by Tish Oney
December 1, 2017

A host of seasonal songs may be categorized correctly as standards, and this well-known piece is no exception. “Baby, It's Cold Outside" is particularly noteworthy in that, in North America, it fits any month between mid-autumn and early spring. This makes the song particularly versatile as a seasonal favorite--I personally have performed it at Christmastime, at ...

Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Georgia On My Mind" by Hoagy Carmichael

by Tish Oney
July 28, 2017

Great American Songbook composer, Hoagy Carmichael, (1899-1981) penned many more standards besides the timeless “Stardust" and “Georgia On My Mind... “ He also is credited with writing “The Nearness of You," “Heart and Soul," “Skylark," and “I Get Along Without You Very Well," to mention a few more classics. Carmichael starred in a couple of films ...

Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Close Your Eyes" by Bernice Petkere

by Tish Oney
June 7, 2017

One of the major challenges of writing this column remains how to choose one song among several by a given composer that I have decided to feature. When determining to include a song by the very talented Great American Songbook composer, Bernice Petkere (1901-2000), two of my favorite songs immediately came to mind: “Close Your Eyes" ...

Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Nice Work If You Can Get It" by George and Ira Gershwin

by Tish Oney
April 24, 2017

George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin represent a quintessential songwriting team laying claim to several early masterpieces included in what we now call the Great American Songbook. Representing the epitome of the “Jazz Age," they worked together from 1924-1937, creating no fewer than twenty-five full musical scores for performance in Hollywood and on the Great White Way. ...

Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Desafinado" by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça and Jon Hendricks

by Tish Oney
February 1, 2017

There has been a healthy dose of Latin songs that have made their way into the Great American Songbook—after all—Central America and South America are every bit as “American" as the United States. Among the composers of Latin jazz standards, the inimitable guitarist/composer, Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994), stands tall. Jobim composed a great many enduring songs ...

Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Ain't Misbehavin'" by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf

by Tish Oney
December 28, 2016

Legendary pianist and songwriter, Thomas Wright Fats" Waller (1904-1943), contributed several outstanding gems to what we consider today to be the Great American Songbook. These standards include “Honeysuckle Rose" and “Ain't Misbehavin'" (both from 1929), among others. Waller's all-too-brief career reflected the impressive output of a first-rate musician, and showed him to be a talented radio ...

Article: Interview

Bill Cunliffe: A Day In the Life

by Tish Oney
November 3, 2016

Grammy award-winning arranger and pianist Bill Cunliffe has been on the cutting edge of large ensemble arranging and jazz trio performance for the past few decades. An avid composer, performer, film scorer, educator and author of several jazz piano books (and online workshops), Cunliffe is focusing his creative output these days around a few select projects. ...

Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Prelude to a Kiss" by Duke Ellington

by Tish Oney
September 28, 2016

Last month's initial installment of this column opened with an introduction to the concept of analyzing jazz standards for the purpose of adding to our understanding about the structure and elements of great songs having enduring qualities. I did not feel it required mentioning that a song's final structure and the process of songwriting were completely ...

Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Here's That Rainy Day" by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

by Tish Oney
August 24, 2016

I am honored to be authoring a new column for All About Jazz revolving around the question, “What makes a song a standard?." Surely there are as many answers to that rhetorical question as there are scholars having opinions about it. My charge, as I accept it, is to provide some analysis of chords, melody, lyrics ...

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